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vaporeon
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Vaporeon

Bubble Jet Pokémon

Water

Its cells are composed of units much like water molecules. It lives close to water and is often mistaken for a mermaid.

Base Stats

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

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Bubble Jet Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 29.0 kg
Base Exp 184
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Urban
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

vaporeon Front Front
vaporeon Back Back
vaporeon Front Shiny Front Shiny
vaporeon Back Shiny Back Shiny
vaporeon Official Art Official Art
vaporeon Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 6.1%
Support
Moves
Ice Beam / Heal Bell
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Vaporeon is insurance against one of the best Pokemon in the tier, Mega Blastoise, and access to Wish and Heal Bell makes it a decent pick for balance teams. Vaporeon's fantastic bulk lets it blanket check other special attackers like Salazzle, Ninetales, and Swellow. Wish + Protect is fantastic for supporting teammates, and Vaporeon's extremely high HP stat accentuates its prominence as a Wish user. However, Vaporeon is often outclassed as a bulky Water-type and Mega Blastoise switch-in by Mantine, which can blanket check a plethora of special attackers, provide Defog support, and match up well against most Grass-types, arguably one of the most threatening types in RarelyUsed. Vaporeon's passive nature will give free turns to the opponent frequently, something that can leave you in an awful spot in such a fast-paced metagame. For example, Vaporeon's over-reliance on Protect to effectively use Wish allows the opponent to easily double switch to wallbreakers and setup sweepers. Vaporeon lacking Ice Beam can't keep up with aggressive hazard stack teams carrying Roserade. Vaporeon's poor offensive presence gives plenty of setup opportunities to opposing Pokemon like Mega Abomasnow and Snorlax.

Most Used Moves

Scald
99.4%
Wish
99.0%
Protect
99.0%
Haze
80.6%
Heal Bell
13.7%
Toxic
2.1%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
99.5%
Nothing
0.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc