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hoopa
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Hoopa

Mischief Pokémon

PsychicGhost

This troublemaker sends anything and everything to faraway places using its loop, which can warp space.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 110
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 150
Sp. Def 130
Speed 70
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Mischief Pokémon
Height 0.5 m
Weight 9.0 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 100
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Mythical Pokémon

Sprites

hoopa Front Front
hoopa Back Back
hoopa Front Shiny Front Shiny
hoopa Back Shiny Back Shiny
hoopa Official Art Official Art
hoopa Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 0.1%
Offensive Trick Room
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Substitute Attacker
Moves
Psyshock / Nasty Plot
Substitute / Nasty Plot
Item
Salac Berry / Life Orb / Leftovers
Nature
Timid / Modest
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Hoopa is a fearsome wallbreaker with an extremely high Special Attack stat as well as fantastic coverage moves in Psyshock, Shadow Ball, and Focus Blast. With access to Nasty Plot and Trick Room, Hoopa can put severe dents in certain playstyles, with Nasty Plot beating more defensively-oriented teams and Trick Room punishing more offensive teams. Hoopa also also sports a nice Special Defense stat, allowing it to take hits from a wide variety of special attackers such as Suicune and Florges and thus easily set up Trick Room or Nasty Plot. Although Hoopa does have some nice strengths, its Defense and Speed stats are hardly desirable, as it's outsped and KOed by the majority of physical attackers in the tier, forcing Hoopa to have Trick Room up much of the time. Its Psychic / Ghost typing can be a blessing as well as a condemnation, as it allows Hoopa to come in safely on common bulky setup sweepers such as Reuniclus, Florges, and Snorlax but also leaves it susceptible to potential Pursuit users such as Krookodile and Mega Aerodactyl.

Most Used Moves

Psyshock
61.8%

Most Used Items

Nothing
18.2%
Life Orb
15.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc