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hoopa
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Hoopa

Mischief Pokémon

PsychicGhost

This troublemaker sends anything and everything to faraway places using its loop, which can warp space.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 110
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 150
Sp. Def 130
Speed 70
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Mischief Pokémon
Height 0.5 m
Weight 9.0 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 100
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Mythical Pokémon

Sprites

hoopa Front Front
hoopa Back Back
hoopa Front Shiny Front Shiny
hoopa Back Shiny Back Shiny
hoopa Official Art Official Art
hoopa Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 0.4%
Nasty Plot
Item
Fightinium Z / Ghostium Z
Nature
Modest / Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Hoopa's good offensive typing, ability to outspeed most defensive Pokemon, and massive Special Attack stat give it the tools to seriously bust holes in opposing teams. This is bolstered by its access to Nasty Plot and All-Out Pummeling, which further increases Hoopa's wallbreaking potential and allows it to muscle past would-be checks such as Alolan Muk and Blissey with ease after some mild chip damage. Hoopa also boasts impressive 80 / 130 special bulk, allowing it to take on the likes of Latias and Suicune. However, Hoopa's greatest strength, its Ghost / Psychic typing, is also its greatest weakness, giving it a 4x weakness to Pursuit, thus limiting its matchup versus offensively inclined teams. In addition, Hoopa's poor Speed and Defense stats leave it forced out by common physical attackers, such as Cobalion and Infernape. Finally, Hoopa faces stiff competition as an offensive Ghost-type from the likes of Mimikyu and Gengar, which offer better Speed and utility than Hoopa. Other Psychic-types like Celebi, Latias, and Starmie also offer better Speed and utility and less vulnerability to Pursuit trapping. Hoopa's ability, Magician, also is useless in every situation.

Most Used Moves

Psychic
67.4%
Psyshock
45.6%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc