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pelipper
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Pelipper

Water Bird Pokémon

WaterFlying

Its spacious beak is large enough for a small child to fit right inside.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 50
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 70
Speed 65
Total 440

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Water Bird Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 28.0 kg
Base Exp 154
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water1 ,Flying

Sprites

pelipper Front Front
pelipper Back Back
pelipper Front Shiny Front Shiny
pelipper Back Shiny Back Shiny
pelipper Official Art Official Art
pelipper Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Offensive Rain Support
Moves
Scald / Hydro Pump
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Drizzle
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Pelipper's stats are very mediocre, but the addition of Drizzle has made it into a much more reasonable threat. With a STAB Hurricane, Pelipper excels over Politoed as an offensive rain setter that is capable of hitting Grass-types hard, which have traditionally given rain teams problems. It also has access to Tailwind, providing great offensive support. However, Pelipper completely relies on Drizzle to function, becoming much easier to deal with when the weather is changed. It also has a 4x weakness to Electric, which when combined with its stats, make it have a hard time running a bulky set compared to Politoed.

Below is a sample set. This set is likely to be the standard, but it will be expanded upon and updated as the metagame progresses.

Most Used Moves

Hurricane
99.0%
Tailwind
91.9%
Protect
71.6%
Scald
28.5%
Surf
22.7%
Defog
22.6%

Most Used Items

Damp Rock
47.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc