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No.0232

Donphan

Armor Pokémon

Ground
Height: 1.1mWeight: 120kg（Power of Low Kick against it: 100）Egg Groups: FieldSingles: UUDoubles: (DUU)Regional Dex: Paldea #123

Description

If Donphan were to tackle with its hard body, even a house could be destroyed. Using its massive strength, the Pokémon helps clear rock and mud slides that block mountain trails.

Raising data

Catch rate
60 / 255
Base friendship
70
Egg steps
2,688 steps
Gender ratio
♂ 50% / ♀ 50%
Growth rate
Medium Fast（1,000,000）

Base StatsTotal 500

HP90
Atk120
Def120
SpA60
SpD60
Spe50

Actual stats

Max252 EV0 EVMin
HP197197165165
Atk189172140126
Def189172140126
SpA1231128072
SpD1231128072
Spe1121027063

Calculated at 31 IVs. Max = 252 EVs with a boosting nature, 252 EV = neutral nature, 0 EV = neutral nature, Min = 0 EVs with a hindering nature. HP is not affected by nature.

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Abilities

  • Sturdy

    The Pokémon cannot be knocked out by a single hit as long as its HP is full. One-hit KO moves will also fail to knock it out.

  • Sand VeilHidden

    Boosts the Pokémon's evasiveness in a sandstorm.

Competitive usage

How often this Pokémon is used in ranked battles, and within that, the share of its moves, items, abilities, Tera types, EV spreads and teammates. Listed per format.

Doubles OU2.3%#51 ・ 2026-07Usage over time

Moves

  • Protect100%
  • Endeavor100%
  • Ice Shard100%
  • Sand Tomb99.9%
  • Encore0.1%
  • Helping Hand0%
  • Rapid Spin0%
  • Earthquake0%
  • Iron Head0%
  • Gyro Ball0%

Items

  • Shell Bell100%
  • Life Orb0%
  • Heavy-Duty Boots0%
  • Assault Vest0%
  • Rocky Helmet0%
  • Eviolite0%

Abilities

  • Sturdy100%

Tera types

  • ghost100%
  • ground0%
  • grass0%
  • steel0%
  • dragon0%
  • ice0%

EV spreads

Teammates

Chien-PaoChien-Pao97.8%WhimsicottWhimsicott97.8%Chi-YuChi-Yu97.8%Basculegion (Female)Basculegion (Female)97.8%DudunsparceDudunsparce97.7%DunsparceDunsparce0.1%ClefableClefable0%TyranitarTyranitar0%
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Moves whose power depends on weight

Low Kick scales with the target's weight; Heavy Slam scales with the attacker-to-target weight ratio. Opponents listed are taken from the usage data, limited to Pokémon that actually run the move.

Power taken from Heavy Slam

Evolution

Phanpy#0231PhanpyGround
Level 25→
Donphan#0232DonphanGround

Type Matchups

Weak to×2 / ×4
WaterGrassIce
Resists×½ / ×¼
PoisonRock
Immune to×0
Electric
Super-effective STAB coverage×2+
FireElectricPoisonRockSteel

Moves

Level up

—NormalFury AttackPhysical 15
Lv1GroundBulldozePhysical 60
Lv1NormalDefense CurlStatus
Lv1FireFire FangPhysical 65
Lv1NormalGrowlStatus
Lv1NormalHorn AttackPhysical 65
Lv1ElectricThunder FangPhysical 65
Lv6NormalRapid SpinPhysical 50
Lv10RockRolloutPhysical 30
Lv15DarkAssurancePhysical 60
Lv19DarkKnock OffPhysical 65
Lv24NormalSlamPhysical 80
Lv30GroundStomping TantrumPhysical 75
Lv37NormalScary FaceStatus
Lv43GroundEarthquakePhysical 100
Lv50NormalGiga ImpactPhysical 150
TM（47）
Body PressBody SlamCharmCurseDigDouble-EdgeEarth PowerEncoreEndeavorEndureFacadeGunk ShotGyro BallHeavy SlamHelping HandHigh HorsepowerHyper BeamHyper VoiceIce FangIce SpinnerIron DefenseIron HeadMud ShotMud-SlapPlay RoughPoison JabProtectRain DanceRestRoarRock SlideRock TombSand TombSandstormSeed BombSleep TalkSmack DownSmart StrikeStealth RockStone EdgeSubstituteSunny DayTake DownTera BlastThiefThroat ChopTrailblaze

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Ground-type list
GroundSandshrewGroundSandslashGroundDiglettGroundSteelDiglett (Alolan Form)GroundDugtrioGroundSteelDugtrio (Alolan Form)RockGroundGeodudeRockGroundGravelerRockGroundGolemGroundRockRhyhornGroundRockRhydonWaterGroundWooperPoisonGroundWooper (Paldean Form)WaterGroundQuagsireGroundFlyingGligarIceGroundSwinubIceGroundPiloswineGroundPhanpy

FAQ

What kind of Pokémon is Donphan?

Armor Pokémon If Donphan were to tackle with its hard body, even a house could be destroyed. Using its massive strength, the Pokémon helps clear rock and mud slides that block mountain trails.

What type is Donphan?

Donphan is a Ground-type Pokémon.

What is Donphan weak to?

It takes heavy damage from Water / Grass / Ice-type moves.

What are Donphan's base stats?

HP90 / Atk120 / Def120 / SpA60 / SpD60 / Spe50 (total 500)

What are Donphan's abilities?

Sturdy, Sand Veil

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