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lumineon
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Lumineon

Neon Pokémon

Water

It lives on the deep-sea floor. It attracts prey by flashing the patterns on its four tail fins.

Base Stats

HP 69
Attack 69
Defense 76
Sp. Atk 69
Sp. Def 86
Speed 91
Total 460

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Neon Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 24.0 kg
Base Exp 161
Growth Rate Slow Then Very Fast
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Water2

Sprites

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

Competitive

uu
Rain Dance Support
Item
Damp Rock
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

To put it simply, Lumineon is extremely outclassed. Poor stats bar Speed (Lumineon is the third fastest Swift Swim Sweeper, only being slower than Floatzel and Luvdisc) and a rather average movepool for a generic Swift Swim abuser ultimately force Lumineon into disuse. However, don't be so quick to discount this charming little fish. Lumineon's greatest offensive advantage over other Rain Dance abusers is her access to U-turn, which allows her to scout for troublesome walls instead of merely wasting a turn fruitlessly attacking them. However, ideally, Rain Dance teams should be muscling their way through virtually every wall in UU in the first place, making Lumineon's greatest offensive advantage over other Swift Swim Sweepers moot. Because of this, Lumineon is more suited to be a Rain Dance supporter. Her ability to use Rain Dance, U-turn, and Safeguard all at once, while also being a decent abuser of Rain Dance, gives her a rather distinct niche. While Safeguard allows Lumineon to keep sweepers such as Kabutops free of status, even as a Rain Dance supporter, Lumineon struggles to grasp hold of a team spot since there are many other, better Rain Dance users who can also rid the team of status, such as Lanturn. Nonetheless, Lumineon is a cute fish whose minuscule niche might just mesh perfectly with your team.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc