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vaporeon
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Vaporeon

Bubble Jet Pokémon

Water

Vaporeon underwent a spontaneous mutation and grew fins and gills that allow it to live underwater. This Pokémon has the ability to freely control water.

Base Stats

HP 130
Attack 65
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 110
Sp. Def 95
Speed 65
Total 525

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Bubble Jet Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 29.0 kg
Base Exp 184
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Urban
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

vaporeon Front Front
vaporeon Back Back
vaporeon Front Shiny Front Shiny
vaporeon Back Shiny Back Shiny
vaporeon Official Art Official Art
vaporeon Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 1.5%
Defensive
Moves
Haze / Flip Turn
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
SpD 4
Tera Type
PoisonDark

Strategy Overview

Vaporeon establishes itself as a useful defensive Pokemon, utilizing its ability Water Absorb and the recovery of Wish to slow down great Water-type Pokemon such as Suicune and Basculegion-F. Vaporeon can support its teammates by passing Wish to them and using Flip Turn to bring in strong attackers such as Choice Specs Hisuian Goodra, or it can use Haze to neutralize setup sweepers like Mimikyu. Vaporeon also helps immensely against rain teams by blanking the Water-type attacks of common rain attackers such as Barraskewda and Basculegion-F. Vaporeon, however, struggles immensely into Electric-types such as Raikou and Magnezone, as while they may not appreciate a Scald burn, they can generally force Vaporeon out into a teammate. Dragon-types such as Cyclizar and Noivern also can give Vaporeon trouble, as their disruptive moves such as Knock Off and Taunt can force it out by threatening to cripple it. Vaporeon's biggest issue, though, is its passivity, and thus it can be exploited very easily by Pokemon such as Reuniclus and Wo-Chien that do not care about Scald.

Most Used Moves

Wish
97.3%
Scald
81.0%
Protect
79.7%
Flip Turn
48.1%
Haze
35.2%
Calm Mind
18.1%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
69.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc