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shiinotic
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Shiinotic

Illuminating Pokémon

GrassFairy

Forests where Shiinotic live are treacherous to enter at night. People confused by its strange lights can never find their way home again.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 45
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 100
Speed 30
Total 405

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Illuminating Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 11.5 kg
Base Exp 142
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Plant

Sprites

shiinotic Front Front
shiinotic Back Back
shiinotic Front Shiny Front Shiny
shiinotic Back Shiny Back Shiny
shiinotic Official Art Official Art
shiinotic Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 0.5%
Choice Specs
Item
Choice Specs
Ability
Effect Spore
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 92
SpA 252
Spe 164

Strategy Overview

Shiinotic carries a small niche in the PU tier as a strong wallbreaker with access to a spammable, strong STAB move in Moonblast along with a secondary STAB move in Giga Drain and coverage in Hidden Power Fire. This, combined with a solid Grass / Fairy typing, lets it check Water- and Fighting-types such as Hitmonchan and Water-types such as Jellicent. However, a low Speed stat plus mediocre HP and Defense stats means that Shiinotic is prone to being overwhelmed by faster threats such as Stoutland and Skuntank. This, combined with the fact that Shiinotic has an average Special Attack stat, means that it struggles to break past special walls such as Audino and Clefairy. Shiinotic also faces competition from other Grass-type wallbreakers such as Victreebel, which boast higher Special Attack and are faster.

Most Used Moves

Moonblast
85.0%
Spore
78.2%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
33.4%
Life Orb
20.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc