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Archaludon

3,207 appearances (Regulation M-A)
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Tier
Archaludon
Steel Dragon
HP 90
Atk 105
Def 130
Sp.Atk 125
Sp.Def 65
Speed 85
Total 600
Weight 132.3 lbs.
Stamina
When the Pokémon takes damage from a move, its Defense stat is boosted by 1 stage.
Sturdy
If the Pokémon has full HP and takes damage from a move that would knock it out in one hit, it will endure the hit with 1 HP. The Pokémon is also immune to one-hit KO moves.
Stalwart
The Pokémon ignores the effects of Abilities and moves that draw in moves.

Type effectiveness

Weakness · 2×
Fighting Ground
Resistance · ½×
Normal Water Electric Flying Psychic Bug Rock Steel
Resistance · ¼×
Grass
Immunity · 0×
Poison

Meta Builds

Meta Popular

Builds ranked by competitive performance — higher placement at larger events scores more.

#1
Sturdy White Herb
100.0 71.2% WR · 29 teams
Aura Sphere Draco Meteor Flash Cannon Protect
Team
Archaludon
Archaludon
Sturdy · White Herb
100%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Choice Scarf
93%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant · Black Glasses
72%
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil · Floettite
59%
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Prankster · Focus Sash
59%
Arcanine [Hisuian Form]
Arcanine [Hisuian Form]
Intimidate · Sitrus Berry
52%
Talon's FIGHT CLUB #87 POKEMON CHAMPIONS · QueerCrocodile (#2) · 10–1
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil Floettite
Moonblast Dazzling Gleam Light of Ruin Protect
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Prankster Focus Sash
Tailwind Moonblast Encore Protect
Arcanine [Hisuian Form]
Arcanine [Hisuian Form]
Intimidate Sitrus Berry
Rock Slide Flare Blitz Extreme Speed Protect
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability Choice Scarf
Wave Crash Last Respects Aqua Jet Flip Turn
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant Black Glasses
Kowtow Cleave Sucker Punch Iron Head Protect
Archaludon
Archaludon
Sturdy White Herb
Aura Sphere Draco Meteor Flash Cannon Protect
#2
Stamina Chople Berry
98.7 67.9% WR · 69 teams
Aura Sphere Dragon Pulse Electro Shot Protect
Team
Archaludon
Archaludon
Stamina · Chople Berry
100%
Pelipper
Pelipper
Drizzle · Focus Sash
97%
Scizor
Scizor
Technician · Scizorite
96%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Choice Scarf
93%
Dragonite
Dragonite
Inner Focus · Dragoninite
88%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate · Sitrus Berry
61%
*Sitrus-Series*|Champions|$50 to winner|#58 · Altkyle (#1) · 12–0
Dragonite
Dragonite
Inner Focus Dragoninite
Dragon Pulse Hurricane Tailwind Protect
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability Choice Scarf
Wave Crash Last Respects Aqua Jet Flip Turn
Scizor
Scizor
Technician Scizorite
Bullet Punch Close Combat Swords Dance Protect
Archaludon
Archaludon
Stamina Chople Berry
Electro Shot Dragon Pulse Aura Sphere Protect
Pelipper
Pelipper
Drizzle Focus Sash
Hurricane Weather Ball Tailwind Protect
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate Sitrus Berry
Fake Out Flare Blitz Throat Chop Parting Shot
#3
Stamina Leftovers
83.8 61.9% WR · 19 teams
Dragon Pulse Electro Shot Protect Snarl
Team
Archaludon
Archaludon
Stamina · Leftovers
100%
Pelipper
Pelipper
Drizzle · Focus Sash
84%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Choice Scarf
79%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality · Bright Powder
68%
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil · Floettite
58%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate · Sitrus Berry
58%
The Grand Champions Festival · charismaacheck (#31) · 12–3
Scovillain
Scovillain
Moody Scovillainite
Leech Seed Overheat Rage Powder Protect
Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl
Unnerve Aerodactylite
Rock Slide Dual Wingbeat Tailwind Protect
Sneasler
Sneasler
Unburden White Herb
Close Combat Gunk Shot Fake Out Protect
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability Choice Scarf
Wave Crash Last Respects Flip Turn Aqua Jet
Pelipper
Pelipper
Drizzle Sitrus Berry
Weather Ball Hurricane Wide Guard Protect
Archaludon
Archaludon
Stamina Leftovers
Electro Shot Snarl Dragon Pulse Protect
#4
Stamina Chople Berry
82.2 57.2% WR · 91 teams
Dragon Pulse Electro Shot Flash Cannon Protect
Team
Archaludon
Archaludon
Stamina · Chople Berry
100%
Pelipper
Pelipper
Drizzle · Focus Sash
77%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Choice Scarf
74%
Sneasler
Sneasler
Unburden · White Herb
47%
Scizor
Scizor
Technician · Scizorite
40%
Dragonite
Dragonite
Inner Focus · Dragoninite
33%
The Grand Champions Festival · patcon5 (#41) · 12–3
Pelipper
Pelipper
Drizzle Sitrus Berry
Protect Weather Ball Hurricane Wide Guard
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability Choice Scarf
Wave Crash Last Respects Aqua Jet Flip Turn
Archaludon
Archaludon
Stamina Chople Berry
Protect Dragon Pulse Flash Cannon Electro Shot
Sneasler
Sneasler
Unburden Focus Sash
Protect Close Combat Dire Claw Fake Out
Scizor
Scizor
Technician Scizorite
Protect Bug Bite Bullet Punch Swords Dance
Dragonite
Dragonite
Multiscale Dragoninite
Protect Hurricane Dragon Pulse Surf
#5
Stamina Leftovers
79.5 53.0% WR · 869 teams
Dragon Pulse Electro Shot Flash Cannon Protect
Team
Archaludon
Archaludon
Stamina · Leftovers
100%
Pelipper
Pelipper
Drizzle · Focus Sash
80%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Choice Scarf
72%
Sableye
Sableye
Prankster · Roseli Berry
35%
Sneasler
Sneasler
Unburden · White Herb
33%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality · Kasib Berry
33%
The Grand Champions Festival · Liakos (#7) · 15–3
Pelipper
Pelipper
Drizzle Sitrus Berry
Tailwind Weather Ball Hurricane Wide Guard
Archaludon
Archaludon
Stamina Leftovers
Electro Shot Dragon Pulse Flash Cannon Protect
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability Choice Scarf
Wave Crash Aqua Jet Flip Turn Last Respects
Sableye
Sableye
Prankster Roseli Berry
Will-O-Wisp Rain Dance Encore Disable
Venusaur
Venusaur
Chlorophyll Venusaurite
Sludge Bomb Earth Power Giga Drain Protect
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant Focus Sash
Sucker Punch Protect Low Kick Iron Head

Tournament Stats

Submissions that don't match in-game data (typos, renamed moves or abilities) are discarded during import, so the counts here can differ from the total appearance count above.

Most Common Teammates

Pelipper
Pelipper
Water Flying
72.2% usage · WR 50.4%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Water Ghost
63.5% usage · WR 51.1%
Sneasler
Sneasler
Fighting Poison
35.9% usage · WR 48.6%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Fire Dark
30.6% usage · WR 47.6%
Dragonite
Dragonite
Dragon Flying
28.2% usage · WR 51.1%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Grass Ghost
27.7% usage · WR 47.8%
Sableye
Sableye
Dark Ghost
16.7% usage · WR 50.6%
Scizor
Scizor
Bug Steel
16.7% usage · WR 56.2%

Most Common Moves

Electro Shot
2926 (91.2%)
Flash Cannon
2801 (87.3%)
Protect
2700 (84.2%)
Dragon Pulse
1578 (49.2%)
Draco Meteor
1430 (44.6%)
Aura Sphere
708 (22.1%)
Snarl
226 (7.0%)
Thunderbolt
208 (6.5%)
Steel Beam
61 (1.9%)
Dark Pulse
33 (1.0%)

Most Common Items

Leftovers Leftovers
1955 (61.0%)
Chople Berry Chople Berry
326 (10.2%)
White Herb White Herb
180 (5.6%)
Magnet Magnet
163 (5.1%)
Choice Scarf Choice Scarf
156 (4.9%)
Sitrus Berry Sitrus Berry
145 (4.5%)
Dragon Fang Dragon Fang
96 (3.0%)
Bright Powder Bright Powder
36 (1.1%)
Quick Claw Quick Claw
31 (1.0%)
Metal Coat Metal Coat
25 (0.8%)

Most Common Abilities

Stamina
2580 (80.5%)
Sturdy
480 (15.0%)
Stalwart
146 (4.6%)

Learnable Moves

Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Aura Sphere Fighting Special 80 101 20
Body Slam Normal Physical 85 100 16
Breaking Swipe Dragon Physical 60 100 16
Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 16
Dark Pulse Dark Special 80 100 16
Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100 16
Draco Meteor Dragon Special 130 90 8
Dragon Cheer Dragon Status - 101 16
Dragon Claw Dragon Physical 80 100 16
Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 85 100 12
Dragon Tail Dragon Physical 60 90 12
Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 12
Electro Shot Electric Special 130 100 12
Endure Normal Status - 101 12
Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
Flash Cannon Steel Special 80 100 12
Focus Energy Normal Status - 101 20
Foul Play Dark Physical 95 100 16
Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90 8
Gyro Ball Steel Physical 1 100 8
Hard Press Steel Physical 1 100 12
Heavy Slam Steel Physical 1 100 12
Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90 8
Iron Defense Steel Status - 101 16
Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100 16
Light Screen Psychic Status - 101 20
Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Metal Burst Steel Physical 1 100 12
Metal Sound Steel Status - 85 20
Meteor Beam Rock Special 120 90 12
Mirror Coat Psychic Special 1 100 20
Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100 20
Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100 12
Protect Normal Status - 101 8
Reflect Psychic Status - 101 20
Rest Psychic Status - 101 8
Roar Normal Status - 101 20
Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 12
Rock Tomb Rock Physical 60 95 16
Scary Face Normal Status - 100 12
Sleep Talk Normal Status - 101 12
Smack Down Rock Physical 50 100 16
Snarl Dark Special 55 95 16
Solar Beam Grass Special 120 100 12
Stealth Rock Rock Status - 101 20
Steel Beam Steel Special 140 95 8
Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 8
Substitute Normal Status - 101 12
Swords Dance Normal Status - 101 20
Thunder Electric Special 110 70 12
Thunder Wave Electric Status - 90 20
Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 16

Notable Placements

Place Player Tournament Record
#1 TurboMatt Coupe Critique Champions VGC #2 - 200€ prize 11-1-0
#1 LenVGC AUTOFULL CHAMPIONS SERIES QUALIFIER [120 USD] 9-2-0
#1 Altkyle *Sitrus-Series*|Champions|$50 to winner|#58 12-0-0
#1 Raichu123 Alpensee Tour (Reg M-A) #60 - ✨🐢 for #1! 9-2-0
#1 Kumanomi Devils Den Tournaments #74 10-1-0
#1 EgoDeath *Sitrus-Series*|Champions|#57 9-1-0
#1 Sabo11 Sketch Academy Champions Regulation M-A Tournament 9-1-0
#2 Iaoth SpearPillar Champions Tour #2 | Reg M-A $100 Prize 10-3-0
#2 William Brown Rutgers Scarlet Classic Pokemon Champions VGC Tour 8-2-0
#2 Kumanomi *Sitrus-Series*|Champions|#55 7-2-0
#2 SlimeGun VGCA Battle Hall #25 9-2-0
#2 HumbreAlto CHAMPIONS REG. M-A |👑CROWN FIGHT Bo3 TOUR #67👑 10-1-0
#2 Justin G Devils Den Tournaments #74 9-2-0
#2 Martz Tenki's Cart - Pokémon Champions M-A ruleset! 9-2-0
#2 Freyaknightvgc SpearPillar x WonderWorld #1| $300 Prize Reg M-A 10-3-0
#2 Foghorn SpearPillar Champions Tour #6 | Reg M-A $100 Prize 10-3-0
#2 BlackwingKakashi Devils Den Tournaments #76 - $100 For First 9-3-0
#2 Victor Vieira LIGA DA COMUNIDADE #4 (R$ 1.000 PRIZE POOL) 10-3-0
#2 leoscerni LIGA DA COMUNIDADE #2 (R$ 1.000 PRIZE POOL) 12-3-0
#3 Anzumous The Drywall Series - Champions! 5-2-0
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