Shelgon

No. 0372

Type: Dragon

Shelgon ignores its hunger entirely, never eating any food. Apparently, Shelgon will evolve once all its energy stores are used up.

Base stats

Total 420

What to answer with

Attacking types that hit what hits it hard, and the best move of each one it learns.

• Steel — Cover 2 weaknesses (Ice, Fairy) — Iron Head
• Fighting — Covers 1 weakness (Ice) — Brick Break
• Fire — Covers 1 weakness (Ice) — Fire Blast
• Rock — Covers 1 weakness (Ice) — Rock Slide
• Fairy — Covers 1 weakness (Dragon) — It learns nothing of that type
• Ice — Covers 1 weakness (Dragon) — It learns nothing of that type

Abilities

• Rock Head
• Overcoat (Hidden)

Evolution line

• Bagon
• Shelgon
• Salamence

Moves

• Bite
• Body Slam
• Brick Break
• Crunch
• Double-Edge
• Draco Meteor
• Dragon Breath
• Dragon Cheer
• Dragon Claw
• Dragon Dance
• Dragon Pulse
• Dragon Tail
• Ember
• Endure
• Facade
• Fire Blast
• Fire Fang
• Fire Spin
• Flamethrower
• Focus Energy
• Headbutt
• Helping Hand
• Hydro Pump
• Hyper Voice
• Iron Defense
• Iron Head
• Leer
• Mud-Slap
• Outrage
• Protect
• Rain Dance
• Rest
• Roar
• Rock Slide
• Rock Tomb
• Scary Face
• Shadow Claw
• Sleep Talk
• Substitute
• Sunny Day
• Take Down
• Temper Flare
• Tera Blast
• Thunder Fang
• Zen Headbutt

What the optimizer would run

Rules: Gen 9 OU (singles)

Role

Setup sweeper

Ability

Rock Head

Item

Life Orb

Nature

Adamant

EVs

252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD

Moves

Dragon Dance, Rock Tomb, Outrage, Brick Break