Greedent

Like Skwovet, Greedent resembles a squirrel, but it takes the idea of storing food much further. Its enormous tail serves as a storage space: it keeps piling up Berries without stopping, even while battling, and continues stuffing more in even when some fall out. Pokédex entries portray it as a distracted Pokémon driven by greed. They also highlight its incisors, which can pierce even the toughest Berries.

Its design recalls a Eurasian red squirrel, associated with the forests of Great Britain, and exaggerates its stocky body, chubby cheeks and tail loaded with fruit. The English name combines “greed” with “rodent”. The Japanese name ヨクバリス (Yokubarisu) combines yokubari, greed, with risu, squirrel.

It occupies the final stage of its evolutionary line. It evolves from Skwovet when it reaches level 24 and keeps the Normal type, although it replaces its pre-evolution’s light build with a much heavier presence.

Greedent is not a common competitive choice. In Smogon’s Sword and Shield analysis, it appears in ZU, and its problems remain clear: it has 120 HP, 95 Attack and 95 Defense, but 75 Special Defense and 20 Speed. It takes physical hits well and hits with decent strength, but it almost always moves last and is left exposed to opponents that weaken it before it can make use of its bulk.

Cheek Pouch defines its Berry-based sets: when it eats one, it restores HP. Its hidden ability Gluttony encourages it to use its held Berry sooner, although it does nothing to fix its low Speed or its reliance on the item. The Normal type gives it an immunity to Ghost and only one weakness, Fighting, but offensively it gets STAB only from its Normal-type moves.

Swords Dance can turn it into a physical threat, while Body Slam provides damage and a chance to paralyze. Rest lets it recover HP and clear status problems, and Earthquake or High Horsepower cover targets that resist its Normal-type attacks. Body Press takes advantage of its 95 Defense, although it still cannot make up for its poor Speed. Status conditions, Knock Off and Fighting-type attackers stop it easily. In a regular playthrough, it works best as an improvised physical wall or as a slow attacker during the earlier stages, when the opponent still lacks specific answers.

Greedent belongs to the Field Egg Group and has a 50% female gender ratio. Its 20 Egg Cycles are equivalent to approximately 5355 steps. Breeding it is straightforward if you already have a compatible specimen, but its catch rate of 90 is well short of the values that make finding and catching it trivial.

The evolution is exact: Skwovet evolves into Greedent when it reaches level 24. It requires no friendship, item, specific move or particular area. In a regular playthrough, catching Skwovet and training it to that level is the direct way to complete the line.

Cheek Pouch fits especially well with endurance-focused builds, because it turns Berries into an additional source of recovery. Gluttony remains an alternative hidden ability for players who would rather activate the effects of their held Berry sooner. Its Normal type and Field Egg Group let it breed with numerous terrestrial species while obtaining Eggs.