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mothim
#414

Mothim

Moth Pokémon

BugFlying

It loves the honey of flowers and steals honey collected by Combee.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 94
Defense 50
Sp. Atk 94
Sp. Def 50
Speed 66
Total 424

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

wormadam Wormadam Lv. 20
mothim Mothim Lv. 20

Moves

Details

Category Moth Pokémon
Height 0.9 m
Weight 23.3 kg
Base Exp 148
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 100% ♂ / 0% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

mothim Front Front
mothim Back Back
mothim Front Shiny Front Shiny
mothim Back Shiny Back Shiny
mothim Official Art Official Art
mothim Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 0.3%
Choice Specs
Item
Choice Specs
Ability
Tinted Lens
Nature
Rash
EVs
Atk 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Despite having access to a solid ability in Tinted Lens and STAB moves in Bug Buzz and Air Slash, Mothim is mediocre in PU. It also has access to Quiver Dance, but it is outclassed by Butterfree in this regard. Mothim can function as a decent Choice Specs user; however, this is also done better by Butterfree due to its slightly higher Speed stat. Mothim's horrible defenses and bad Bug / Flying typing, which gives it weaknesses to common attacking types and a 4x weakness to Stealth Rock, make it almost impossible for Mothim to set up and limit its chances to wallbreak. It's outclassed by other special wallbreakers such as Simipour, which are faster and are not hampered by Stealth Rock, and its below-average Speed means that it can easily be taken out by faster Pokemon such as Stoutland.

Most Used Moves

Bug Buzz
96.9%
Air Slash
85.9%
U-turn
22.8%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
14.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc