#097
Hypno
Hypnosis Pokémon
Psychic
Seeing its swinging pendulum can induce sleep in three seconds, even in someone who just woke up.
Base Stats
HP 85
Attack 73
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 73
Sp. Def 115
Speed 67
Total 483
Type Effectiveness
Resistant to
Abilities
Evolution Chain
Moves
Details
Category Hypnosis Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 75.6 kg
Base Exp 169
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Humanshape
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Front ♀
Back ♀
Front Shiny ♀
Back Shiny ♀
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Trick Room Tank
Item
Lum Berry / Mental Herb
Ability
Inner Focus
Nature
Relaxed
EVs
HP 252
Def 196
SpA 60
Strategy Overview
Hypno's decent 85 / 70 / 115 defenses make it bulky enough to take some strong hits. Hypno's useful abilities, Insomnia and Inner Focus, nicely help it set up Trick Room. It has balanced Attack and Special Attack stats, meaning it can attack from either side effectively. Hypno's Speed stat is somewhat high, but it is low enough to still abuse Trick Room well. One of Hypno's best traits is that no one knows what Hypno does. Hypno is obviously not your standard Pokemon in VGC, and not many people actually know about its abilities and what it's actually capable of.
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc