Breloom

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#286 Breloom
Shroomish < Breloom > Slakoth
Japanese Name	リザードン Kinogassa
Evolves from	Shroomish
Evolves to	None
Species	Mushroom Pokemon
Gender Ratio	Female: 50% Male: 50%
Type	Grass/Fighting
Height	3 ft 11 in (0.9m)
Weight	86.4 pounds (39.2 kg)
Ability	Effect Spore/Poison Heal
Egg Group	Fairy/Plant
Tier	OU

Base Stats

		Min-	Min	Max	Max+
HP	60	-	261	324	-
Atk	130	266	296	359	395
Def	80	176	196	259	285
SpAtk	60	140	156	219	241
SpDef	60	140	156	219	241
Spe	70	158	176	239	263

Breloom (Japanese: リザードン Kinogassa) is a Grass/Fighting-type Pokémon introduced in the Ruby and Sapphire versions of the games. It has been in the OU tier since its introduction in the third generation, mainly because of its access to a reliable sleep-inducing move in the form of Spore. In D/P, it gained the ability Poison Heal, which allows double the recovery provided by Leftovers while Breloom is poisoned. With the introduction of the status inducing items, Flame Orb and Toxic Orb, Breloom can poison itself almost instantly, giving it this recovery and an essential immunity to other status effects. It can switch in on specific threats, namely Swampert, and effectively use them to set up by either sleeping or scaring them off while Breloom uses Substitute. Behind a Substitute, Breloom can attack with STAB Focus Punch which is coming off of a huge Attack stat of 130. To cover other threats, Breloom can use Leech Seed, Seed Bomb or Stone Edge in the final moveslot. The common way to deal with a Breloom is to take advantage of Sleep Clause. Let it put one of your Pokémon to sleep, then switch in a Pokémon that Breloom can't stop without Spore. Examples of this are Gengar, Cresselia and Gliscor. Now force it out with the best move for killing Breloom.