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pelipper
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Pelipper

Water Bird Pokémon

WaterFlying

Its spacious beak is large enough for a small child to fit right inside.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 50
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 70
Speed 65
Total 440

Type Effectiveness

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Evolution Chain

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Details

Category Water Bird Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 28.0 kg
Base Exp 154
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water1 ,Flying

Sprites

pelipper Front Front
pelipper Back Back
pelipper Front Shiny Front Shiny
pelipper Back Shiny Back Shiny
pelipper Official Art Official Art
pelipper Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Rain Setter
Item
Damp Rock
Ability
Drizzle
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Pelipper is one of the premier rain setters in the Doubles OverUsed metagame with its ability Drizzle. However, Pelipper faces stiff competition from the other common rain setter, Politoed. While Politoed is bulkier and has more supportive options, Pelipper is more offensive. Hurricane and Hydro Pump give Pelipper excellent STAB coverage that allows it to keep momentum while also breaking foes, especially Grass-types. Pelipper offers useful additional support with its access to Tailwind, which can benefit Pelipper's offensive partners, and its low Speed gives it the potential to act as a slow pivot into teammates that can take advantage of rain or frailer Pokemon that do not wish to take any more damage than they have to. However, a critical Electric weakness means almost any Electric-type attack will knock Pelipper out. This, combined with less overall bulk, makes it a frailer rain setter than Politoed.

Most Used Moves

Hurricane
91.5%
Tailwind
48.6%
Scald
48.6%
Protect
41.3%
Ice Beam
34.7%
U-turn
32.9%

Most Used Items

Damp Rock
33.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc