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Helioptile

Generator Pokémon

ElectricNormal

They make their home in deserts. They can generate their energy from basking in the sun, so eating food is not a requirement.

Base Stats

HP 44

Attack 38

Defense 33

Sp. Atk 61

Sp. Def 43

Speed 70

Total 289

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

fighting 2x ground 2x

Resistant to

flying ½x steel ½x electric ½x

Immune to

ghost 0x

Abilities

Dry Skin Sand Veil Solar Power (Hidden)

Evolution Chain

Helioptile

→

Heliolisk Sun Stone

Moves

Locations

Kalos Route 9

Details

Category Generator Pokémon

Height 0.5 m

Weight 6.0 kg

Base Exp 58

Growth Rate Medium

Capture Rate 190

Base Happiness 70

Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀

Habitat —

Egg Groups Monster ,Dragon

Sprites

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.6%

Paralysis Pivot

Moves

Glare

U-turn

Thunderbolt

Surf / Hidden Power Ground

Item

Eviolite

Nature

Timid

EVs

HP 4

Def 172

SpA 32

SpD 96

Spe 196

Strategy Overview

Being an Electric-type in LC means two things: you'll have to compete with Chinchou, and you're more or less bothered by all the Ground-types. At first, Helioptile looks like it's a massively inferior Chinchou that hits less hard, but underneath you'll see a paralyzing move in Glare, which can hit Ground-types and just about anything else as long as they aren't an Electric-type or have Limber. You'll also see a great momentum move in U-turn, which allows it to get past being trapped by Ground-types. Lastly, it's immune to Water-type moves, making it an excellent switch-in on Water-types akin to Croagunk.