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vivillon
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Vivillon

Scale Pokémon

BugFlying

Vivillon with many different patterns are found all over the world. These patterns are affected by the climate of their habitat.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 52
Defense 50
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 50
Speed 89
Total 411

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

spewpa Spewpa Lv. 9
vivillon Vivillon Lv. 12

Moves

Details

Category Scale Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 17.0 kg
Base Exp 185
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

vivillon Front Front
vivillon Back Back
vivillon Front Shiny Front Shiny
vivillon Back Shiny Back Shiny
vivillon Official Art Official Art
vivillon Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

anythinggoes Usage: 8.4%
The Butterfly Effect (Quiver Dance)
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Compound Eyes
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 136
SpA 120
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Due to the lack of Sleep Clause and viable Sleep Talk users, Vivillon uniquely stands out as a premier sleep inducer and Quiver Dance sweeper, able to take advantage of guaranteed sleep turns to reliably set up Substitutes and Quiver Dances due to Compound Eyes Sleep Powder. However, Vivillon sits in a somewhat awkward Speed tier, leaving it outsped by Yveltal, Mega Rayquaza, Marshadow, Arceus, and Ultra Necrozma before it starts boosting with Quiver Dance. Furthermore, Vivillon is incredibly frail and doesn't have the best defensive typing, so it's 4x weak to the ubiquitous Stealth Rock, doesn't have room in its moveset for a reliable recovery option like Roost, and is picked off fairly easy by priority users such as Arceus, Mega Rayquaza, and Marshadow. This makes it hard for Vivillon to set up, since it needs team support and can only set up against slower foes. Nevertheless, Vivillon is the very definition of a Pokemon in the Anything Goes metagame that can spiral out of control easily if not immediately assessed as a threat, and although it is somewhat niche, it can be a dangerous threat if left unchecked.

Most Used Moves

Hurricane
99.9%
Defog
0.1%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
35.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc