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vivillon
#666

Vivillon

Scale Pokémon

BugFlying

Vivillon with many different patterns are found all over the world. These patterns are affected by the climate of their habitat.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 52
Defense 50
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 50
Speed 89
Total 411

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

spewpa Spewpa Lv. 9
vivillon Vivillon Lv. 12

Moves

Details

Category Scale Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 17.0 kg
Base Exp 185
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

vivillon Front Front
vivillon Back Back
vivillon Front Shiny Front Shiny
vivillon Back Shiny Back Shiny
vivillon Official Art Official Art
vivillon Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 4.3%
Quiver Dance
Item
Flyinium Z / Leftovers
Ability
Compound Eyes
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

The combination of its access to Quiver Dance, decent Speed and Special Attack, and good offensive typing makes Vivillon one of the deadliest setup sweepers in NU, capable of threatening offensive and defensive teams alike. Sleep Powder is another factor that contributes to how threatening Vivillon is, allowing it to incapacitate even its hardest checks in Pokemon like Steelix, Silvally-Steel, and Rhydon and proving useful in generating setup opportunities. Furthermore, Compound Eyes increasing the accuracy of Vivillon's moves makes Sleep Powder and Hurricane far more reliable than usual. Vivillon also boasts good coverage in Hurricane + Energy Ball, which is enough to hit the entire tier barring most Steel-types neutrally. However, Vivillon's defensive presence is rather poor due to its typing leaving it 4x weak to Stealth Rock and vulnerable to common attacking typings in Electric, Fire, Flying, and Ice and its low defenses preventing it from taking neutral attacks well even after using Quiver Dance and leaving it susceptible to priority from the likes of Sneasel and Medicham. Vivillon is weak unboosted, meaning that it will need to accrue a number of boosts in order to break through bulkier Pokemon like Assault Vest Slowking as well as balance teams.

Most Used Moves

Hurricane
99.4%
Bug Buzz
30.7%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
13.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc