#426
Drifblim
Blimp Pokémon
GhostFlying
There was once an incident in which a man took a trip riding a Drifblim, only to go missing.
Base Stats
HP 150
Attack 80
Defense 44
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 54
Speed 80
Total 498
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Details
Category Blimp Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 15.0 kg
Base Exp 174
Growth Rate Fast Then Very Slow
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat —
Egg Groups Indeterminate
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Tailwind Disruptor
Item
Psychic Seed / Misty Seed
Ability
Unburden
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 12
Def 236
SpA 12
SpD 236
Spe 12
Strategy Overview
- Drifblim is one of the few good Tailwind setters in VGC 2017.
- With a high base HP of 150, it has tremendous bulk, and when combined with Terrain Seeds, it becomes one difficult Pokemon for your opponent to bring down.
- With access to a unique Ghost / Flying typing, Drifblim becomes the only Tailwind setter of the format that is immune to Fake Out, and it has the capability to wall a regular Snorlax set.
- Drifblim has access to a huge support movepool in Will-O-Wisp, Disable, Haze, Swagger, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Memento and Tailwind, thus serving its role primarily as a support Pokemon.
- What makes Drifblim viable over other Tailwind setters is its ability Unburden, which doubles its Speed upon consumption of its held item. Combined with either Misty Seed or Psychic Seed, this allows Drifblim to gain more bulk and Speed before the turn player even makes a move, enabling it to greatly pressure your opponent.
- Its Flying typing partly becomes a source for its downfall, as it's not protected against priority moves in Psychic Terrain, allowing Pokemon like Whimsicott and Sableye to cripple it with Taunt before it can set up a Tailwind.
- Being purely a support Pokemon, Drifblim fails to deal sufficient damage once Tailwind is set up, and switching it out makes it lose both its defensive boosts, as well as the Speed boost from Unburden.
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Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc