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igglybuff
#174

Igglybuff

Balloon Pokémon

NormalFairy

It likes to sing but is not yet good at it. With praise and encouragement, it will get better little by little.

Base Stats

HP 90
Attack 30
Defense 15
Sp. Atk 40
Sp. Def 20
Speed 15
Total 210

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
Resistant to
Immune to

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Balloon Pokémon
Height 0.3 m
Weight 1.0 kg
Base Exp 42
Growth Rate Fast
Capture Rate 170
Base Happiness 70
Gender 25% ♂ / 75% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups No Eggs

Sprites

igglybuff Front Front
igglybuff Back Back
igglybuff Front Shiny Front Shiny
igglybuff Back Shiny Back Shiny
igglybuff Official Art Official Art
igglybuff Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc
Wish + Protect
Item
Eviolite
Ability
Competitive
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 196
SpA 116
SpD 196

Strategy Overview

At first glance, Igglybuff has a good HP stat and a wide movepool. However, all of its other stats are extremely poor, and it lacks enough unique utility options to distinguish itself at all from Spritzee. In a metagame dominated by Fighting-types such as Timburr and Mienfoo, not having that key Fighting-type resistance due to its Normal typing is brutal for Igglybuff, and its abysmal defensive stats are just another reason why Igglybuff is fully outclassed by Spritzee. Igglybuff does sport Competitive and Fire Blast, but these traits are not enough to warrant its use whatsoever when its overall stats and movepool are so poor.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc