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weepinbell
#070

Weepinbell

Flycatcher Pokémon

GrassPoison

WEEPINBELL has a large hook on its rear end. At night, the POKéMON hooks on to a tree branch and goes to sleep. If it moves around in its sleep, it may wake up to find itself on the ground.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 90
Defense 50
Sp. Atk 85
Sp. Def 45
Speed 55
Total 390

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

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Details

Category Flycatcher Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 6.4 kg
Base Exp 137
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 120
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Plant

Sprites

weepinbell Front Front
weepinbell Back Back
weepinbell Front Shiny Front Shiny
weepinbell Back Shiny Back Shiny
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weepinbell Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu
Physical Sun Sweeper
Moves
Solar Beam / Swords Dance / Sleep Powder
Item
Poison Barb
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 252
SpA 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

With the ability to run a physically based offensive set, Weepinbell differentiates itself from other prominent sun hyper offense Pokemon such as Tangela and Bellossom. While Tropius does compete with Weepinbell as a physical Chlorophyll sweeper, Weepinbell sports not only a higher Attack stat but also higher Base Power on its physical STAB move. However, Weepinbell is exceedingly frail, being 2HKOed even by neutral hits such as Mawile's Hidden Power Steel and Relicanth's Rock Slide. Weepinbell is also not particularly fast outside of sun, making it susceptible to being revenge killed. Weepinbell has an exceedingly difficult time breaking past certain Pokemon like Golbat and Pelipper, as its Poison + Ground coverage only covers so much. Lastly, Weepinbell does not fit on any team archetype outside of sun hyper offense, as it's otherwise outclassed by other Grass- and Poison-types such as Cacturne, Roselia, and Arbok.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc