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vileplume
#045

Vileplume

Flower Pokémon

GrassPoison

Its petals are the largest in the world. As it walks, it scatters extremely allergenic pollen.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 80
Defense 85
Sp. Atk 110
Sp. Def 90
Speed 50
Total 490

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Flower Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 18.6 kg
Base Exp 221
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Plant

Sprites

vileplume Front Front
vileplume Back Back
vileplume Front Shiny Front Shiny
vileplume Back Shiny Back Shiny
vileplume Front ♀ Front ♀
vileplume Back ♀ Back ♀
vileplume Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
vileplume Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
vileplume Official Art Official Art
vileplume Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 6.2%
Cleric
Item
Black Sludge / Occa Berry
Ability
Effect Spore
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 248
Def 208
Spe 52

Strategy Overview

Utilizing great defensive stats and valued resistances to types such as Water, Fighting, and Electric, Vileplume blossoms in PU as a sturdy tank and an excellent cleric that walls common threats like Shiftry and Zebstrika. The combination of Aromatherapy, Effect Spore, and being a grounded Poison to soak up Toxic Spikes gives Vileplume the ability to support a large variety of teams and fortify them in longer matches. Vileplume's offensive prowess is also reasonably good in comparison to other clerics like Audino thanks to the power and poison chance of Sludge Bomb, making it a cleric that is not inherently passive. However, Vileplume's weaknesses to common types such as Fire, Psychic, and Flying from threats like Monferno, Beheeyem, and Dodrio, respectively, means that it may face too much pressure to utilize its toolkit to the fullest.

Most Used Moves

Synthesis
53.5%
Moonlight
45.5%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc