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Orthworm
Steel type · strong stats (BST 480, top 83% of the Champions roster) · builds into a physical tank.
Orthworm
steel · BST 480 · physical tank
Base stats
| HP | 70 | |
| Attack | 85 | |
| Defense | 145 | |
| Sp. Atk | 60 | |
| Sp. Def | 55 | |
| Speed | 65 |
Defensive profile
How incoming damage multiplies for this form.
Abilities
Selectable in Champions (400 VP to change).
- Earth Eater
- Sand Veil
How to use Orthworm in Champions
Orthworm fills a physical tank niche on Champions ranked teams. With a 66-stat-point budget (max 32 per stat), most builds pour 32 into Attack and its best defensive stat, then fine-tune Speed in steps of 2 to sit just above or below the metagame's common numbers.
Defensively it is hurt hardest by Fire, Fighting, Ground, while resisting Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying. Check the Steel page for the full matchup math behind those numbers.
Movepool highlights
Orthworm can learn 38 moves in Champions. Coverage by type: fighting ghost ground normal poison psychic rock steel. Pick four that patch your team's coverage gaps — the team builder flags what's missing automatically.
Full move list
| Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body Press | fighting | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Body Slam | normal | Physical | 85 | 100 |
| Bulldoze | ground | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Coil | poison | Status | — | 101 |
| Curse | ghost | Status | — | 101 |
| Dig | ground | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Double-Edge | normal | Physical | 120 | 100 |
| Earth Power | ground | Special | 90 | 100 |
| Earthquake | ground | Physical | 100 | 100 |
| Endure | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Facade | normal | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| Flash Cannon | steel | Special | 80 | 100 |
| Giga Impact | normal | Physical | 150 | 90 |
| Helping Hand | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| High Horsepower | ground | Physical | 95 | 95 |
| Hyper Beam | normal | Special | 150 | 90 |
| Iron Defense | steel | Status | — | 101 |
| Iron Head | steel | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Iron Tail | steel | Physical | 100 | 75 |
| Metal Sound | steel | Status | — | 85 |
| Mud Shot | ground | Special | 55 | 95 |
| Mud-Slap | ground | Special | 20 | 100 |
| Protect | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Rest | psychic | Status | — | 101 |
| Rock Blast | rock | Physical | 25 | 90 |
| Rock Slide | rock | Physical | 75 | 90 |
| Rock Tomb | rock | Physical | 60 | 95 |
| Sand Tomb | ground | Physical | 35 | 85 |
| Sandstorm | rock | Status | — | 101 |
| Shed Tail | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Sleep Talk | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Smack Down | rock | Physical | 50 | 100 |
| Spikes | ground | Status | — | 101 |
| Stealth Rock | rock | Status | — | 101 |
| Steel Beam | steel | Special | 140 | 95 |
| Stomping Tantrum | ground | Physical | 75 | 100 |
| Substitute | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Wrap | normal | Physical | 15 | 90 |
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