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Grimmsnarl

189 appearances (Regulation M-B)
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Tier
Grimmsnarl
Dark Fairy
HP 95
Atk 120
Def 65
Sp.Atk 95
Sp.Def 75
Speed 60
Total 510
Weight 134.5 lbs.
Prankster
Increases the priority of the Pokémon’s status moves by 1 stage.
Frisk
When the Pokémon enters a battle, it identifies opponents’ held items.
Pickpocket
When the Pokémon is hit by a contact move, it will steal the held item of the attacker if it is not already holding an item.

Type effectiveness

Weakness · 2×
Poison Steel Fairy
Resistance · ½×
Ghost
Resistance · ¼×
Dark
Immunity · 0×
Psychic Dragon

Meta Builds

Meta Popular

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

#1
Prankster Light Clay
100.0 58.6% WR · 10 teams
Light Screen Reflect Scary Face Spirit Break
Stat Alignment: 60% Careful, 40% Impish
Team
Grimmsnarl
Grimmsnarl
Prankster · Light Clay
100%
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Life Orb
50%
Staraptor
Staraptor
Intimidate · Staraptite
50%
Annihilape
Annihilape
Defiant · Sitrus Berry
40%
Maushold
Maushold
Friend Guard · Chople Berry
30%
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil · Floettite
30%
Intimidators Champions Challenge #19 REG M-B · lucardrgs (#3) · 7–1
Staraptor
Staraptor
Intimidate Staraptite
Close Combat Brave Bird Roost Protect
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil Floettite
Dazzling Gleam Moonblast Light of Ruin Protect
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability Sitrus Berry
Wave Crash Last Respects Aqua Jet Protect
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin Life Orb
Earthquake Dragon Claw Stomping Tantrum Protect
Grimmsnarl
Grimmsnarl
Prankster Light Clay
Reflect Light Screen Spirit Break Scary Face
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality Kasib Berry
Matcha Gotcha Strength Sap Rage Powder Trick Room
#2
Prankster Light Clay
91.7 50.3% WR · 31 teams
Foul Play Light Screen Parting Shot Reflect
Stat Alignment: 81% Careful, 10% Impish
Team
Grimmsnarl
Grimmsnarl
Prankster · Light Clay
100%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality · Coba Berry
81%
Staraptor
Staraptor
Intimidate · Staraptite
45%
Swampert
Swampert
Torrent · Swampertite
45%
Pelipper
Pelipper
Drizzle · Sitrus Berry
45%
Archaludon
Archaludon
Stamina · Leftovers
45%
*Sitrus-Series*|Champions-MB|#63 · Skraw (#5) · 7–2
Swampert
Swampert
Torrent Swampertite
Wave Crash Earthquake Ice Punch Protect
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil Floettite
Moonblast Dazzling Gleam Calm Mind Protect
Pelipper
Pelipper
Drizzle Sitrus Berry
Hurricane Weather Ball Tailwind Wide Guard
Grimmsnarl
Grimmsnarl
Prankster Light Clay
Reflect Light Screen Parting Shot Foul Play
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality Coba Berry
Matcha Gotcha Life Dew Trick Room Rage Powder
Archaludon
Archaludon
Stamina Leftovers
Electro Shot Dragon Pulse Flash Cannon Protect
#3
Prankster Light Clay
87.2 52.8% WR · 8 teams
Fake Out Light Screen Parting Shot Reflect
Stat Alignment: 88% Careful, 12% Adamant
Team
Grimmsnarl
Grimmsnarl
Prankster · Light Clay
100%
Charizard
Charizard
Blaze · Charizardite Y
50%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate · Sitrus Berry
50%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant · Black Glasses
38%
Gholdengo
Gholdengo
Good as Gold · Life Orb
38%
Staraptor
Staraptor
Intimidate · Staraptite
25%
Wolfey Patreon Tournament - Pokémon Champions #4 · Rhymar (#1) · 8–2
Charizard
Charizard
Blaze Charizardite Y
Heat Wave Weather Ball Solar Beam Protect
Hydreigon
Hydreigon
Levitate Choice Scarf
Draco Meteor Dark Pulse Snarl Earth Power
Gholdengo
Gholdengo
Good as Gold Life Orb
Make It Rain Shadow Ball Protect Nasty Plot
Grimmsnarl
Grimmsnarl
Prankster Light Clay
Parting Shot Fake Out Light Screen Reflect
Toxapex
Toxapex
Regenerator Leftovers
Infestation Baneful Bunker Wide Guard Toxic
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate Sitrus Berry
Flare Blitz Throat Chop Fake Out Parting Shot
#4
Prankster Light Clay
83.4 56.0% WR · 5 teams
Fake Out Light Screen Parting Shot Spirit Break
Stat Alignment: 60% Careful, 20% Impish, 20% Adamant
Team
Grimmsnarl
Grimmsnarl
Prankster · Light Clay
100%
Swampert
Swampert
Torrent · Swampertite
80%
Pelipper
Pelipper
Drizzle · Focus Sash
80%
Metagross
Metagross
Clear Body · Metagrossite
40%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality · Sitrus Berry
40%
Archaludon
Archaludon
Stamina · Leftovers
40%
Mudkip's Marsh Pit #1 · yukiie (#6) · 5–2
Swampert
Swampert
Torrent Swampertite
Wave Crash Earthquake Ice Punch Protect
Pelipper
Pelipper
Drizzle Focus Sash
Weather Ball Hurricane Wide Guard Tailwind
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality Sitrus Berry
Matcha Gotcha Rage Powder Trick Room Protect
Archaludon
Archaludon
Stamina Leftovers
Electro Shot Flash Cannon Dragon Pulse Protect
Grimmsnarl
Grimmsnarl
Prankster Light Clay
Fake Out Spirit Break Light Screen Parting Shot
Raichu
Raichu
Lightning Rod Raichunite X
Fake Out Rising Voltage Volt Switch Protect
#5
Prankster Light Clay
81.3 43.2% WR · 76 teams
Light Screen Parting Shot Reflect Spirit Break
Stat Alignment: 57% Careful, 36% Impish
Team
Grimmsnarl
Grimmsnarl
Prankster · Light Clay
100%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality · Sitrus Berry
71%
Staraptor
Staraptor
Intimidate · Staraptite
54%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate · Sitrus Berry
39%
Metagross
Metagross
Clear Body · Metagrossite
25%
Gholdengo
Gholdengo
Good as Gold · Life Orb
24%
CHAMPIONS REG. M-B |👑CROWN FIGHT Bo3 TOUR #73👑 · KST | KAMPFI (#3) · 9–1
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil Floettite
Dazzling Gleam Draining Kiss Calm Mind Protect
Sneasler
Sneasler
Unburden Focus Sash
Dire Claw Close Combat Coaching Fake Out
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality Coba Berry
Matcha Gotcha Life Dew Rage Powder Trick Room
Grimmsnarl
Grimmsnarl
Prankster Light Clay
Spirit Break Parting Shot Light Screen Reflect
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate Sitrus Berry
Flare Blitz Throat Chop Fake Out Parting Shot
Wash Rotom
Wash Rotom
Levitate Leftovers
Hydro Pump Volt Switch Protect Will-O-Wisp

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

Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Grass Ghost
63.0% usage · WR 46.9%
Staraptor
Staraptor
Normal Flying
50.8% usage · WR 44.4%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Fire Dark
31.2% usage · WR 46.6%
Garchomp
Garchomp
Dragon Ground
30.7% usage · WR 45.2%
Gholdengo
Gholdengo
Steel Ghost
25.4% usage · WR 42.1%
Metagross
Metagross
Steel Psychic
22.8% usage · WR 45.3%
Pelipper
Pelipper
Water Flying
22.2% usage · WR 49.3%
Swampert
Swampert
Water Ground
21.7% usage · WR 52.0%

Most Common Moves

Light Screen
175 (92.6%)
Reflect
161 (85.2%)
Parting Shot
152 (80.4%)
Spirit Break
127 (67.2%)
Fake Out
41 (21.7%)
Foul Play
39 (20.6%)
Scary Face
30 (15.9%)
Swagger
10 (5.3%)
Fake Tears
5 (2.6%)
Taunt
4 (2.1%)

Most Common Items

Light Clay Light Clay
171 (90.5%)
Roseli Berry Roseli Berry
7 (3.7%)
Leftovers Leftovers
3 (1.6%)
Babiri Berry Babiri Berry
2 (1.1%)
Sitrus Berry Sitrus Berry
2 (1.1%)
Focus Sash Focus Sash
1 (0.5%)
Wide Lens Wide Lens
1 (0.5%)
Black Glasses Black Glasses
1 (0.5%)
Mental Herb Mental Herb
1 (0.5%)

Most Common Abilities

Prankster
189 (100.0%)

Learnable Moves

Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Assurance Dark Physical 60 100 12
Bite Dark Physical 60 100 20
Body Press Fighting Physical 80 100 12
Body Slam Normal Physical 85 100 16
Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 16
Bulk Up Fighting Status - 101 20
Burning Jealousy Fire Special 70 100 8
Chilling Water Water Special 50 100 20
Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 16
Dark Pulse Dark Special 80 100 16
Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 80 100 12
Drain Punch Fighting Physical 75 100 12
Draining Kiss Fairy Special 50 100 12
Endure Normal Status - 101 12
Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
Fake Out Normal Physical 40 100 12
Fake Tears Dark Status - 100 20
Fire Punch Fire Physical 75 100 16
Flatter Dark Status - 100 16
Fling Dark Physical 1 100 12
Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 8
Focus Energy Normal Status - 101 20
Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150 100 20
Foul Play Dark Physical 95 100 16
Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90 8
Hammer Arm Fighting Physical 100 90 12
Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90 8
Ice Punch Ice Physical 75 100 16
Imprison Psychic Status - 101 12
Lash Out Dark Physical 75 100 8
Leech Life Bug Physical 80 100 12
Light Screen Psychic Status - 101 20
Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Low Kick Fighting Physical 1 100 20
Low Sweep Fighting Physical 65 100 20
Mega Kick Normal Physical 120 75 8
Misty Terrain Fairy Status - 101 12
Nasty Plot Dark Status - 101 20
Parting Shot Dark Status - 100 20
Play Rough Fairy Physical 90 90 12
Power Swap Psychic Status - 101 12
Power Whip Grass Physical 120 85 12
Protect Normal Status - 101 8
Reflect Psychic Status - 101 20
Rest Psychic Status - 101 8
Round Normal Special 60 100 16
Scary Face Normal Status - 100 12
Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 70 100 16
Sleep Talk Normal Status - 101 12
Snore Normal Special 50 100 16
Spirit Break Fairy Physical 75 100 16
Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 75 100 12
Substitute Normal Status - 101 12
Sucker Punch Dark Physical 70 100 8
Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100 8
Swagger Normal Status - 85 16
Taunt Dark Status - 100 20
Thief Dark Physical 60 100 20
Throat Chop Dark Physical 80 100 16
Thunder Punch Electric Physical 75 100 16
Torment Dark Status - 100 16
Trailblaze Grass Physical 50 100 20
Trick Psychic Status - 100 12
Uproar Normal Special 90 100 12
Wonder Room Psychic Status - 101 12

Notable Placements

Place Player Tournament Record
#1 Rhymar Wolfey Patreon Tournament - Pokémon Champions #4 8-2-0
#3 KST | KAMPFI CHAMPIONS REG. M-B |👑CROWN FIGHT Bo3 TOUR #73👑 9-1-0
#5 Skraw *Sitrus-Series*|Champions-MB|#63 7-2-0
#9 Thomas Dick Wolfey Patreon Tournament - Pokémon Champions #4 5-2-0
#11 Rhymar r/VGC Regulation M-B Kickoff Cup 6-1-0
#12 KST | KAMPFI *Sitrus-Series*|Champions-MB|#63 5-3-0
#13 Skraw Talon's FIGHT CLUB #89 POKEMON CHAMPIONS 5-3-0
#14 xhooorxhi *Sitrus-Series*|Champions-MB|#63 5-3-0
#14 Candytrouble Wolfey Patreon Tournament - Pokémon Champions #4 4-3-0
#16 TTVHoIyBroIy Talon's FIGHT CLUB #89 POKEMON CHAMPIONS 4-3-0
#16 Frill Wolfey Patreon Tournament - Pokémon Champions #4 4-3-0