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prinplup
#394

Prinplup

Penguin Pokémon

Water

It lives alone, away from others. Apparently, every one of them believes it is the most important.

Base Stats

HP 64
Attack 66
Defense 68
Sp. Atk 81
Sp. Def 76
Speed 50
Total 405

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

prinplup Prinplup Lv. 16
empoleon Empoleon Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Penguin Pokémon
Height 0.8 m
Weight 23.0 kg
Base Exp 142
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Water1 ,Ground

Sprites

prinplup Front Front
prinplup Back Back
prinplup Front Shiny Front Shiny
prinplup Back Shiny Back Shiny
prinplup Official Art Official Art
prinplup Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 5.1%
Utility
Item
Eviolite
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
SpD 4

Strategy Overview

Prinplup is a unique Pokemon in PU sporting the combination of Stealth Rock and Defog, allowing it to reliably remove and set entry hazards as well as compressing roles, making Prinplup a solid utility Pokemon. Prinplup also sets itself apart from other Stealth Rock setters such as Golem and Camerupt with its resistance to Water- and Ice-type attacks as well as its ability to threaten out said hazard setters with Scald, and it sets itself apart from Lumineon with more bulk and being able to set up hazards as well as removing them, though this comes at the expense of not having a Water immunity and a slow U-turn like Lumineon does. However, a lack of recovery limits the number of times Prinplup can function as an utility Pokemon and means it is easily overwhelmed by offensive pressure from Pokemon such as Stoutland and Ursaring. It is also reliant on Eviolite for tanking hits better, leaving it vulnerable to Knock Off. This combined with the fact that Prinplup is passive at times, especially against Grass-types such as Roselia, means foes can easily force it out or use it as setup fodder.

Most Used Moves

Scald
99.3%
Defog
97.1%
Toxic
72.5%
Ice Beam
21.4%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
99.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc