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whimsicott
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Whimsicott

Windveiled Pokémon

GrassFairy

It rides on the wind and slips into people’s homes. After it has turned a room into a cotton- filled mess, it giggles to itself and takes off.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 67
Defense 85
Sp. Atk 77
Sp. Def 75
Speed 116
Total 480

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Windveiled Pokémon
Height 0.7 m
Weight 6.6 kg
Base Exp 168
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Plant ,Fairy

Sprites

whimsicott Front Front
whimsicott Back Back
whimsicott Front Shiny Front Shiny
whimsicott Back Shiny Back Shiny
whimsicott Official Art Official Art
whimsicott Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Choice Specs
Item
Choice Specs
Ability
Infiltrator
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Whimsicott makes for a good wallbreaker thanks to its defensive typing, usable Special Attack, and coverage options helping it switch into Pokemon such as Passimian, Vaporeon, and Scrafty and threaten potential switch-ins such as Incineroar, Garbodor, and Weezing with solid damage. These traits combined with U-turn and a great Speed tier also make Whimsicott a good pivot that can force out Pokemon such as Sneasel, Alolan Exeggutor, and Seismitoad and bring in the appropriate check. Unfortunately, Whimsicott's Special Attack stat leaves it unable to break through sturdier special walls such as Delphox, Mega Audino, and Ferroseed, while Assault Vest Slowking can also easily scout what Whimsicott locks itself into thanks to its titanic bulk and Regenerator. Additionally, because Whimsicott often uses its defensive typing to switch in and wallbreak, it struggles to stay out of range of priority moves such as Pangoro and Medicham's Bullet Punch and Sneasel's Ice Shard and is prone to being revenge killed by Choice Scarf users with super effective coverage moves such as Passimian and Togedemaru.

Most Used Moves

Moonblast
90.0%
Psychic
44.4%
Defog
40.4%
U-turn
33.9%
Encore
33.4%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
22.4%
Leftovers
20.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc