Skarmory

How to use Skarmory in Champions

Skarmory 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, Electric, while resisting Normal, Grass, Flying, Psychic. Check the Steel page for the full matchup math behind those numbers.

Movepool highlights

Skarmory can learn 51 moves in Champions. Coverage by type: bug dark fighting fire flying ghost ground ice normal 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
Aerial Ace	flying	Physical	60	101
Agility	psychic	Status	—	101
Air Cutter	flying	Special	60	95
Air Slash	flying	Special	75	95
Assurance	dark	Physical	60	100
Body Press	fighting	Physical	80	100
Brave Bird	flying	Physical	120	100
Curse	ghost	Status	—	101
Dark Pulse	dark	Special	80	100
Drill Peck	flying	Physical	80	100
Drill Run	ground	Physical	80	95
Dual Wingbeat	flying	Physical	40	90
Endure	normal	Status	—	101
Facade	normal	Physical	70	100
Feint	normal	Physical	30	100
Flash Cannon	steel	Special	80	100
Fly	flying	Physical	90	95
Giga Impact	normal	Physical	150	90
Hurricane	flying	Special	110	70
Hyper Beam	normal	Special	150	90
Icy Wind	ice	Special	55	95
Iron Defense	steel	Status	—	101
Iron Head	steel	Physical	80	100
Metal Sound	steel	Status	—	85
Night Slash	dark	Physical	70	100
Payback	dark	Physical	50	100
Protect	normal	Status	—	101
Rest	psychic	Status	—	101
Roar	normal	Status	—	101
Rock Slide	rock	Physical	75	90
Rock Tomb	rock	Physical	60	95
Roost	flying	Status	—	101
Round	normal	Special	60	100
Sand Tomb	ground	Physical	35	85
Sandstorm	rock	Status	—	101
Sky Attack	flying	Physical	140	90
Slash	normal	Physical	80	100
Sleep Talk	normal	Status	—	101
Snore	normal	Special	50	100
Spikes	ground	Status	—	101
Stealth Rock	rock	Status	—	101
Steel Beam	steel	Special	140	95
Steel Wing	steel	Physical	70	90
Substitute	normal	Status	—	101
Sunny Day	fire	Status	—	101
Swords Dance	normal	Status	—	101
Tailwind	flying	Status	—	101
Taunt	dark	Status	—	100
Thief	dark	Physical	60	100
Whirlwind	normal	Status	—	101
X-Scissor	bug	Physical	80	100

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