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mothim
#414

Mothim

Moth Pokémon

BugFlying

While it loves floral honey, it won’t gather any itself. Instead, it plots to steal some from Combee.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 94
Defense 50
Sp. Atk 94
Sp. Def 50
Speed 66
Total 424

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

wormadam Wormadam Lv. 20
mothim Mothim Lv. 20

Moves

Details

Category Moth Pokémon
Height 0.9 m
Weight 23.3 kg
Base Exp 148
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 100% ♂ / 0% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

mothim Front Front
mothim Back Back
mothim Front Shiny Front Shiny
mothim Back Shiny Back Shiny
mothim Official Art Official Art
mothim Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Choice Specs
Item
Choice Specs
Ability
Tinted Lens
Nature
Rash
EVs
Atk 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

At first glance, Mothim seems to be outclassed by Butterfree and other Quiver Dance users due to its frailty and lack of Sleep Powder, but fortunately for Mothim, its decently high Special Attack and Tinted Lens ability typically make it a better user of Choice Specs than these Pokemon, though an inferior user of Quiver Dance. Even so, Mothim's low Speed, 4x weakness to Stealth Rock, and overall frailty make it hard for it to stay around for longer than a few turns, so its use is fairly limited. While it won't hurt to try Mothim out, you have to keep in mind that it faces a lot of competition as a wallbreaker from other Pokemon such as Charizard, who can provide other benefits to your team in addition to punching holes in opposing teams.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc