コファルド (Kofarudo)

**コファルド (Kofarudo)** is an Ice/Dark Pokémon, and is one of the original Fakemon created for Procyon and Deneb.

Like its pre-evolutions, it is exclusive to Deneb.

It evolves from スノファー (Snofā) while knowing Crunch. It is the final form of ノーシュ\_(Nōshyu).

## Overview

Kofarudo is basically Weavile/Chien-Pao in Procyon and Deneb. Fast and powerful, but pretty frail. Ice and Dark are very potent STAB together ever since Steel lost the resistance to Dark. While Kofarudo is slower than Weavile and especially Chien-Pao, 111 Speed is still solid, outrunning up to Tentyrant and tieing with Conductot as the 11th fastest Pokemon in the game. 130 Special Attack is nothing to scoff at either, as it has very high base power moves to boot compared to Weavile and Chien-Pao.

While Weavile has STAB Triple Axel and a boosted Knock Off and Chien-Pao having Sword of Ruin to bump its Attack stat further, Kofarudo has access to the elusive Freeze-Dry with its 130 Special Attack. Freeze-Dry is something it uses effectively, similarly to Kyurem-White and Iron Bundle. Freeze-Dry lets it threaten Water types with ease. Tentyrant, the one Water/Dark type that resists Dark and Ice and has very good Special Defense, is at mercy with Choice Specs Freeze-Dry. There are a couple of other Pokemon that can resist both Ice and Dark together that do not get ravaged by Freeze-Dry. Purimōdo, Merazādo, Aurostice, Goabalt, Jawile, and Bakeko. However, most of them are not tanky to eat a Choice Specs Black Hole well unless if they have an Assault Vest. While Purimōdo and Aurostice can handle Choice Specs Black Hole and Ice move of choice well, they are susceptible to Chrome Ball.

Speaking of Choice Specs Black Hole, it is insanely powerful. Remember Latios's Draco Meteor? Basically that, but without any immunities to switch in safely. In fact, Kofarudo excels at massive Dark type damage than Chien-Pao and Weavile. However, its strongest Ice move, Blizzard, has accuracy issues without Hail up. Even if there's Hail to patch up Blizzard, Weavile and Chien-Pao still do more damage than Kofarudo's Blizzard. Regardless, it has Freeze-Dry to cover against Water types as a form of coverage at the cost of measly low base power. The only reliable Ice STAB that isn't horrendous inaccurate as Blizzard is Frostbite, which can snowball out of control if the luck happens.

Another aspect Kofarudo has over its counterparts is Fur Coat. Fur Coat is a vastly superior ability than Snow Cloak, as Fur Coat patches up its very exploitable Defense stat. With Fur Coat, it can withstand a lot of neutral hits well at full health without any Spikes damage involve. It can even tank through Bullet Punch and Speedmite very well. For example, Choice Band Jolly Grissly's Return is a 2HKO. Life Orb Adamant Sandrill's Earthquake is a 2HKO. Jolly Demorigan's Runestrike without Choice Band or Life Orb has a 6.3% chance to 1HKO from full health.

Overall, Kofarudo is a fast, deceptively physically bulky, and powerful wallbreaker that can tear through teams left and right, despite its weaknesses being numerous, little set of resistances to play with, and all of its strongest moves not having 100% Accuracy, similar to Gen 1 Victreebel and Moltres. Though, in a game where Weavile and Chien-Pao do not exist, Kofarudo is fine in running Dark Pulse alongside Black Hole for a consistent damage output and Flinch chance.

## Base Stats

 * Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable.
* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.