| Tough Claws | |
|---|---|
| Smogon rating | 3.5 |
| Pokémon running it in Reg M-B | 5 |
Mega Aerodactyl
9.9%
100%
Mega Metagross
7.0%
100%
Lycanroc-Dusk
2.7%
100%
Mega Charizard X
0.79%
100%
Mega Barbaracle
0.21%
100%
This Pokemon's contact moves have their power multiplied by 1.3.
Smogon rates it 3.5 on their competitive scale, where 5 is format-defining and 0 is actively unhelpful.
5 of the 282 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder run Tough Claws. The one that matters most is Mega Aerodactyl, which is on 9.9% of teams and runs it on 100% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.
2 of the Pokémon legal in Regulation M-B have Tough Claws in their ability list, and 5 of those are played often enough to measure. An ability is not a choice the way a move or an item is — most Pokémon that have it have no alternative worth taking — so the gap here is about what sees play, not about what is preferred.
Across the ladder, Tough Claws accounts for an expected 0.21 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 4th most-brought of the 19 abilities this format runs. 48% of that comes from Mega Aerodactyl alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its users are mostly Rock (3).
Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.