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cottonee
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Cottonee

Cotton Puff Pokémon

GrassFairy

When it finds others of its kind, they all stick together. When enough of them have collected, the mass resembles a cumulonimbus cloud.

Base Stats

HP 40
Attack 27
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 37
Sp. Def 50
Speed 66
Total 280

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Cotton Puff Pokémon
Height 0.3 m
Weight 0.6 kg
Base Exp 56
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 190
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Plant ,Fairy

Sprites

cottonee Front Front
cottonee Back Back
cottonee Front Shiny Front Shiny
cottonee Back Shiny Back Shiny
cottonee Official Art Official Art
cottonee Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 1.9%
Offensive Prankster
Moves
Giga Drain / Hidden Power Fighting
Dazzling Gleam / Hidden Power Fighting
Encore / Knock Off
Memento / Knock Off / Tailwind
Item
Darkinium Z / Eviolite
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 36
Def 40
SpA 144
SpD 40
Spe 232

Strategy Overview

Cottonee's Knock Off-resistant typing, expansive movepool, and fantastic ability in Prankster altogether make it one of Little Cup's best pivot and support Pokemon on offensive and balanced teams. Its plethora of useful resistances allows it to reliably check Fighting- and Water-type Pokemon such as Mienfoo and Carvanha, while its expansive utility movepool, consisting of Memento, Tailwind, and Encore, allows it to make full use of its ability and support its team. Furthermore, Cottonee has access to the coveted priority Z-Memento, which allows it to heal a teammate upon use and nearly guarantee their setup. Unfortunately, Cottonee's 4x weakness to Poison-type attacks makes it susceptible to getting KOed by surprise Poison-type coverage moves from Pokemon that it would otherwise check. Despite its Fairy typing, Cottonee is also unable to check most Dark-types due to its inability to hit them with moves affected by Prankster. Furthermore, Cottonee is weak to common attack types in Ice, Flying, Fire, and Steel, is quite frail without heavy investment, and lacks an outstanding offensive presence even with maximum investment.

Most Used Moves

Memento
48.4%
Defog
46.7%
Encore
40.3%
Knock Off
32.2%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
66.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc