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sylveon
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Sylveon

Intertwining Pokémon

Fairy

By releasing enmity-erasing waves from its ribbonlike feelers, Sylveon stops any conflict.

Base Stats

HP 95
Attack 65
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 110
Sp. Def 130
Speed 60
Total 525

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Intertwining Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 23.5 kg
Base Exp 184
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

sylveon Front Front
sylveon Back Back
sylveon Front Shiny Front Shiny
sylveon Back Shiny Back Shiny
sylveon Official Art Official Art
sylveon Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

doublesou Usage: 5.0%
Calm Mind Sweeper
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Pixilate
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
SpA 4

Strategy Overview

While generally outclassed by Tapu Fini as a Calm Mind sweeper, Sylveon boasts a unique advantage in Pixilate + Hyper Voice, which gives it better spread damage than Tapu Fini's Muddy Water thanks to the boost from Pixilate, its better neutral coverage, and Sylveon's higher base Special Attack. This combination lets Sylveon hit Pokemon like Urshifu-R, Kyurem-B, and Rillaboom for strong spread damage, which Tapu Fini isn't able to do with Muddy Water. Unlike Tapu Fini though, Sylveon struggles to damage Steel-types such as Heatran and Celesteela, and it requires teammates like Incineroar, Landorus, or Volcanion to remove Steel-types or chip them into range of a boosted Hyper Voice. Sylveon also doesn't automatically set Misty Terrain to naturally block status moves, and a pure-Fairy typing means Sylveon loses the Water Type's defensive profile, which is compounded by a much lower base 65 Defence stat. It also fails to offer any utility outside of Calm Mind offence, unlike Tapu Fini. Sylveon appreciates support from teammates like Incineroar, Rillaboom, and Zeraora, which ease it setting up Calm Mind with Fake Out. Incineroar also provides damage mitigation through Intimidate and Snarl, and Rillaboom gives HP recovery from Grassy Terrain. Sylveon also benefits from speed control in Trick Room from Porygon2 while threatening Fighting-types like Urshifu-R with Hyper Voice.

Most Used Moves

Protect
86.6%
Calm Mind
18.9%
Reflect
10.5%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
22.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc