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petilil
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Petilil

Bulb Pokémon

Grass

The leaves on its head are very bitter. Eating one of these leaves is known to refresh a tired body.

Base Stats

HP 45
Attack 35
Defense 50
Sp. Atk 70
Sp. Def 50
Speed 30
Total 280

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Bulb Pokémon
Height 0.5 m
Weight 6.6 kg
Base Exp 56
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 190
Base Happiness 70
Gender 0% ♂ / 100% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Plant

Sprites

petilil Front Front
petilil Back Back
petilil Front Shiny Front Shiny
petilil Back Shiny Back Shiny
petilil Official Art Official Art
petilil Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.0%
Sun Support
Moves
Giga Drain / Solar Beam
Hidden Power Fire / Hidden Power Ice / Stun Spore
Item
Eviolite
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 120
SpA 120
SpD 36
Spe 200

Strategy Overview

Despite being outclassed by most Grass-types in the metagame, Petilil's access to Healing Wish, Sleep Powder, Stun Spore, and Chlorophyll makes Petilil a somewhat effective addition to sun teams as a Healing Wish user and reliable check to Water-, Electric-, and Ground-types. Its access to Sleep Powder means Petilil frees a moveslot for Bellsprout, and Healing Wish allows Petilil to rejuvenate a weakened team member without losing momentum in the battle. However, Petilil lacks coverage and relies on Hidden Power to damage its common checks such as Foongus and Vullaby, though it can neutralize incoming Fire-types with Sleep Powder and Stun Spore. Petilil also shares weaknesses to Fire, Flying, and Ice with Chlorophyll users such as Bellsprout, Bulbasaur and Deerling, making the team struggle somewhat against these shared threats if it does not have proper checks to them. Since Petilil is outclassed by other Grass-types, its usage is restricted to sun teams, where it supports Vulpix and other Chlorophyll sweepers such as Bellsprout quite reliably.

Most Used Moves

Growth
29.7%
Sunny Day
14.2%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
68.7%
Eviolite
16.9%
Heat Rock
13.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc