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Body Press

Fighting · Physical · 25 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Fighting
Body Press
TypeFighting
CategoryPhysical
Base power80
Accuracy100%
PP10
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Torkoal 4.8% 2.6% Kommo-o 4.3% 2.4% Mega Metagross 3.7% 31.6% Corviknight 2.3% 32% Hippowdon 0.45% 2.7% Mudsdale 0.42% 11.9% Houndstone 0.31% 14.5% Mega Steelix 0.28% 35.8% Mega Chesnaught 0.26% 80.9% Mega Falinks 0.24% 1.5% Mega Aggron 0.24% 91.2% Cofagrigus 0.23% 70.9% Goodra-Hisui 0.20% 46.2% Tauros-Paldea-Aqua 0.19% 0.3% Orthworm 0.15% 99.3% Mega Slowbro 0.15% 48.8% Skarmory 0.13% 92.4% Garganacl 0.08% 70.7% Runerigus 0.07% 33.3% Torterra 0.06% 1.6% Avalugg-Hisui 0.04% 44.9% Sandaconda 0.02% 94.5% Bastiodon 0.02% 96.8% Avalugg 0.01% 78.9%

What it does

Damage is calculated using the user's Defense stat as its Attack, including stat stage changes. Other effects that modify the Attack stat are used as normal.

At 80 base power it is the 20th strongest of the 39 damaging physical moves that appear in this format.

Who carrys it

25 of the 277 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Body Press. The one that matters most is Torkoal, which is on 4.8% of teams and carrys it on 2.6% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Fighting move it is super effective against Dark, Ice, Normal, Rock and Steel, resisted by Bug, Fairy, Flying, Poison and Psychic, and does nothing at all to Ghost. 11 other Fighting moves appear in this format: Close Combat, Low Kick, Detect, Focus Blast, Quick Guard, Aura Sphere and others.

Who could and does not

51 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Body Press at all, against the 25 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it. The most-played of those are Archaludon, Grimmsnarl, Dragonite, Tyranitar, Swampert and Mamoswine — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Body Press accounts for an expected 0.04 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 84th most-brought of the 121 moves this format runs. 4% of that comes from Torkoal alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its carriers are mostly Steel (8), Ground (6) and Fighting (4).

Where these numbers come from

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.

Where this goes next

Build

Open the builder with Torkoal seated — Torkoal brings Body Press to more teams than any of the other 24 Pokémon that carry it.

More

All 121 moves the format runs, ordered by how many copies an average team carries.