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sylveon
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Sylveon

Intertwining Pokémon

Fairy

Its ribbonlike feelers give off an aura that weakens hostility in its prey, causing them to let down their guard. Then it attacks.

Base Stats

HP 95
Attack 65
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 110
Sp. Def 130
Speed 60
Total 525

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Intertwining Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 23.5 kg
Base Exp 184
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

sylveon Front Front
sylveon Back Back
sylveon Front Shiny Front Shiny
sylveon Back Shiny Back Shiny
sylveon Official Art Official Art
sylveon Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

monotype Usage: 0.1%
Choice Specs
Item
Choice Specs
Ability
Pixilate
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 240
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 12

Strategy Overview

Sylveon is a decent pick on Fairy teams thanks to its amazing wallbreaking capabilities with its Pixilate ability, good base 110 Special Attack, and Choice Specs. Furthermore, good special bulk allows it to fire off Choice Specs-boosted Hyper Voices with ease against special attackers, and good coverage options such as Psyshock allow Sylveon to deal massive damage to types that would usually annoy Fairy, such as Poison. However, Sylveon's low Defense and Speed stats make it vulnerable to physical attackers and revenge killers and unable to outspeed key threats. Sylveon's mono-Fairy typing compounds this by adding nothing defensively to Fairy teams, and Sylveon cannot switch into common threats to Fairy. Sylveon is also very vulnerable to residual damage and is worn down very fast, making it susceptible to revenge killers. Lastly, while it has good coverage options, Sylveon lacks a way to heavily damage most Steel-types outside of Hidden Power, which is a crippling trait for a Fairy-type. All of these traits make Sylveon generally hard to fit on a team.

Most Used Moves

Psyshock
50.9%
Protect
43.1%
Wish
41.6%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
29.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc