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lanturn
#171

Lanturn

Light Pokémon

WaterElectric

Lanturn’s light can shine up from great depths. It is nicknamed “The Deep-Sea Star.”

Base Stats

HP 125
Attack 58
Defense 58
Sp. Atk 76
Sp. Def 76
Speed 67
Total 460

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Light Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 22.5 kg
Base Exp 161
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water2

Sprites

lanturn Front Front
lanturn Back Back
lanturn Front Shiny Front Shiny
lanturn Back Shiny Back Shiny
lanturn Official Art Official Art
lanturn Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 13.3%
Assault Vest
Moves
Scald / Hydro Pump
Hidden Power Fire / Hidden Power Grass
Item
Assault Vest
Nature
Modest
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 132
Spe 124
Supportive Pivot
Moves
Toxic / Thunder Wave / Protect
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 40
Def 140
SpD 208
Spe 120
Choice Specs
Moves
Hydro Pump / Scald
Ice Beam / Signal Beam
Hidden Power Grass / Hidden Power Fire / Thunderbolt
Item
Choice Specs
Nature
Modest
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 72
Spe 184

Strategy Overview

Lanturn boasts a fantastic typing and an amazing ability in Volt Absorb, which grant it a huge variety of resistances, namely to Fire, Water, Ice, Flying, and Steel, plus an immunity to Electric. Moreover, it has excellent utility moves in Scald, Volt Switch, and Heal Bell, making it one of the best supportive pivots in the tier. It even has a workable offensive movepool coupled with decent neutral coverage, which grants it a mild offensive niche. However, while Lanturn's HP stat is huge, its remaining stats are pretty unimpressive. It doesn't have reliable recovery either, and its large HP stat works against it when it comes to healing via Wish, so it can be awkward to help keep it going. While Lanturn has only a few weaknesses in Grass and Ground, they happen to be quite common coverage moves on various Pokemon in NU, particularly Earthquake from the likes of Magmortar, Electivire, and Archeops, which will do a number on Lanturn.

Most Used Moves

Scald
92.0%
Heal Bell
48.6%
Ice Beam
39.4%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
63.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc