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jumpluff
#189

Jumpluff

Cottonweed Pokémon

GrassFlying

Once it catches the wind, it deft­ ly controls its cotton-puff spores to float, even around the world.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 55
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 55
Sp. Def 95
Speed 110
Total 460

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

skiploom Skiploom Lv. 18
jumpluff Jumpluff Lv. 27

Moves

Details

Category Cottonweed Pokémon
Height 0.8 m
Weight 3.0 kg
Base Exp 207
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Fairy ,Plant

Sprites

jumpluff Front Front
jumpluff Back Back
jumpluff Front Shiny Front Shiny
jumpluff Back Shiny Back Shiny
jumpluff Official Art Official Art
jumpluff Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 0.6%
Swords Dance
Ability
Infiltrator
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Fast Pivot
Ability
Infiltrator
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Jumpluff is a niche Pokemon in the PU tier due to its ability to provide utility support for its teammates. Swords Dance and Strength Sap can turn Jumpluff into an unexpected offensive threat, bolstered by its nice Speed tier. Jumpluff has several other great utility moves, and options such as Sleep Powder, Memento, and U-turn allow it to support its teammates fairly effectively. Jumpluff also sports a decent typing that gives it an immunity to Toxic Spikes and Spikes and resistances to Water, Fighting, and Grass, though a weakness to Stealth Rock can hamper Jumpluff's longevity. However, Jumpluff's typing also gives it other exploitable weaknesses, including a nasty 4x weakness to Ice and 2x weaknesses to Fire and Flying. On top of this, Jumpluff is quite frail and can't do much outside of its support role. Jumpluff also can't afford to hold an item such as Leftovers because it needs a boosted Acrobatics due to its abysmal Attack, which remains underwhelming even with a Swords Dance boost. Lastly, despite Jumpluff's good Speed stat, it's in a crowded Speed tier and contends with other base 110 Speed Pokemon such as Alolan Raichu and Dodrio.

Most Used Moves

U-turn
45.9%
Encore
34.0%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
44.4%
Nothing
12.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc