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whimsicott
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Whimsicott

Windveiled Pokémon

GrassFairy

It scatters cotton all over the place as a prank. If it gets wet, it’ll become too heavy to move and have no choice but to answer for its mischief.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 67
Defense 85
Sp. Atk 77
Sp. Def 75
Speed 116
Total 480

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Windveiled Pokémon
Height 0.7 m
Weight 6.6 kg
Base Exp 168
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Plant ,Fairy

Sprites

whimsicott Front Front
whimsicott Back Back
whimsicott Front Shiny Front Shiny
whimsicott Back Shiny Back Shiny
whimsicott Official Art Official Art
whimsicott Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Prankster Support
Moves
Taunt / Encore
Moonblast / Fake Tears
Protect / Fake Tears
Item
Focus Sash
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Whimsicott has a usable niche as a decent support Pokemon, but it's seriously lacking in every other department. Its Prankster ability lets it to make excellent use of its wide support movepool, which includes moves like Fake Tears, Encore and Taunt, but most notably Tailwind. Prankster Tailwind is a great tool, as it immediately enables many strong attackers, and it can even be consistently set while opposing speed control is up, which is invaluable to the Hyper Offense teams Whimsicott is usually found on. Pokemon like Heatran, Urshifu-R, Zygarde, and Landorus especially appreciate Whimsicott's support, and the latter two can threaten the Fire-types, like Incineroar, that Whimsicott hates. Heatran and Landorus further benefit from Fake Tears. Whimiscott also has limited defensive utility, as its typing allows it to switch in on the likes of Rillaboom, Zygarde, and Urshifu-R, although its poor defenses make this risky. This same bad bulk, alongside its overall poor typing, means Whimsicott has trouble setting Tailwind multiple times, as it struggles to stay in for multiple turns or switch back in after leaving the field. Whimsicott also has difficulty against teams with Psychic Terrain or Tsareena, both of which negate most of its support movepool, bar Tailwind. Finally, Whimsicott faces competition from other Tailwind setters such as Naganadel and Mew. The former possesses powerful offensive pressure, and the latter has a massive support movepool, which includes Fake Out, and fantastic bulk, which makes setting Tailwind multiple times a cinch.

Most Used Moves

Tailwind
96.8%
Moonblast
64.6%
Encore
64.3%
Taunt
51.1%
Sunny Day
24.7%
Beat Up
24.2%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc