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primarina
#730

Primarina

Soloist Pokémon

WaterFairy

It controls its water balloons with song. The melody is learned from others of its kind and is passed down from one generation to the next.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 74
Defense 74
Sp. Atk 126
Sp. Def 116
Speed 60
Total 530

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

brionne Brionne Lv. 17
primarina Primarina Lv. 34

Moves

Details

Category Soloist Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 44.0 kg
Base Exp 239
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Water1 ,Ground

Sprites

primarina Front Front
primarina Back Back
primarina Front Shiny Front Shiny
primarina Back Shiny Back Shiny
primarina Official Art Official Art
primarina Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

monotype Usage: 0.3%
Wallbreaker (Fairy)
Item
Choice Specs
Nature
Modest
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Fairy

Primarina is a very powerful special wallbreaker for Fairy with access to Psychic, helping immensely in the Poison matchup. Its typing is great offensively, as few Pokemon can switch into the coverage its combined STAB attacks provide. Primarina's Water typing also grants it a very important Steel neutrality, allowing it to take on opposing Pokemon such as Mega Scizor and Excadrill, and its high Special Defense allows it to absorb special attacks throughout the battle, letting it take on Pokemon such as Porygon2 and Slowbro. However, its mediocre Defense leaves Primarina vulnerable to strong physical attackers such as Kyurem-B and Mega Pinsir, and its low Speed unfortunately leaves it easily revenge killed by foes such as Diggersby and Nidoking, forcing it to switch out multiple times throughout a battle. Primarina can be hard to fit onto a team, as Fairy isn't lacking in strong special attackers. It can also compete with Azumarill, which shares its same typing and is a very powerful setup Pokemon with useful priority.

Most Used Moves

Moonblast
96.0%
Psychic
76.6%
Ice Beam
21.0%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc