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victini
#494

Victini

Victory Pokémon

PsychicFire

This Pokémon brings victory. It is said that Trainers with Victini always win, regardless of the type of encounter.

Base Stats

HP 100
Attack 100
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 100
Sp. Def 100
Speed 100
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Victory Pokémon
Height 0.4 m
Weight 4.0 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 100
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Mythical Pokémon

Sprites

victini Front Front
victini Back Back
victini Front Shiny Front Shiny
victini Back Shiny Back Shiny
victini Official Art Official Art
victini Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

almostanyability Usage: 8.9%
Physical Attacker
Moves
Trick / Brick Break
Item
Choice Band / Flame Plate
Ability
Tough Claws / Desolate Land / Tinted Lens
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Choice Scarf
Moves
Trick / Brick Break / Grass Knot
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Tough Claws / Desolate Land / Tinted Lens
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Special Attacker
Moves
Thunderbolt / Thunder
Glaciate / U-turn
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Sheer Force
Nature
Timid / Modest
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Victini is one of the better offensive Pokemon in the tier due to its high-Base Power moves and unpredictability, being able to attack with both physical and special sets and to run multiple viable abilities, such as Desolate Land, Tough Claws, Sheer Force, and Tinted Lens. Though its Attack is average, the boost from its abilities, as well as the high Base Power of its moves, allow it to hit hard. Its bulk is decent enough for an attacker, allowing it to take a hit if need be, and it has a decent typing that allows it to switch into common moves such as Focus Blast, Psyshock, and Pixilate- or Refrigerate-boosted Normal-type moves. It can lure in standard answers to its more common physical set with a Sheer Force special set if need be.

However, Victini is weak to common Dark-type moves such as Pursuit and Knock Off, the former of which is problematic due to V-create's stat drops forcing Victini to switch out a lot, and the latter of which weakens Victini by removing its item while still dealing a lot of damage. It also has no reliable way to get around Flash Fire and Primordial Sea users. Lastly, it has a weakness to Stealth Rock and is vulnerable to all other entry hazards, which is a very big problem for the same reasons as Pursuit.

Most Used Moves

V-create
81.2%
U-turn
76.9%
Trick
36.2%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
12.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc