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mesprit
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Mesprit

Emotion Pokémon

Psychic

Known as “The Being of Emotion.” It taught humans the nobility of sorrow, pain, and joy.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 105
Defense 105
Sp. Atk 105
Sp. Def 105
Speed 80
Total 580

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Emotion Pokémon
Height 0.3 m
Weight 0.3 kg
Base Exp 261
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 140
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

mesprit Front Front
mesprit Back Back
mesprit Front Shiny Front Shiny
mesprit Back Shiny Back Shiny
mesprit Official Art Official Art
mesprit Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 7.7%
Offensive Support
Moves
Thunder / Thunderbolt
Energy Ball / Ice Beam
Item
Electrium Z
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Mesprit is a very niche Stealth Rock setter with near-perfect coverage to threaten opposing entry hazard removers and Stealth Rock setters, allowing it to act as an offensive support Pokemon. It also has good uninvested bulk and a useful ability that let it find multiple opportunities to set up Stealth Rock. Outside of this role, however, Mesprit is horribly outclassed by other Stealth Rock setters such as Druddigon, Rhydon, and Seismitoad because they're far more consistent and have better defensive utility by virtue of their types, bulk, and abilities. Other Psychic-types such as Medicham, Delphox, and Sigilyph also give Mesprit competition, as they are stronger and the latter two have better Speed tiers to make them more threatening. While it sports good bulk, Mesprit's lack of reliable recovery combined with the necessity to run full offensive investment to have any valuable niche makes it susceptible to being worn down quickly. Mesprit also only has average Speed and is outpaced by faster threats such as Rotom, Togedemaru, and Sneasel.

Most Used Moves

Psychic
79.2%
U-turn
32.7%
Ice Beam
22.1%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
26.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc