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whimsicott
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Whimsicott

Windveiled Pokémon

GrassFairy

They appear along with whirlwinds. They pull pranks, such as moving furniture and leaving balls of cotton in homes.

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
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Competitive

Disruptive Support
Moves
Moonblast / Giga Drain
Item
Focus Sash
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 252
SpA 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Whimsicott is one of the most annoying Pokemon in Battle Spot Doubles thanks to its disruptive support movepool and Prankster. Between Taunt, Encore, and being the fastest Prankster user in the game, Whimsicott has the unique ability to shut down almost any Pokemon, from Aegislash to Thundurus. With Prankster, Whimsicott can easily use Encore to lock the opposing Pokemon into the ever-present Protect. The mere threat of being locked into Protect forces an opponent to play more aggressively even when it is not beneficial to them. Beyond sheer disruption, Whimsicott can provide direct support to its own team with Tailwind.

Whimsicott's main drawback is that it is incredibly frail, which forces it to use a Focus Sash or risk being OHKOed by even neutral hits, and it is unlikely that Whimsicott will survive for more than two turns. While Whimsicott can be very disruptive, because of its shallow movepool, Whimsicott is very predictable, and its poor offensive stats and limited movepool leave it with little to no offensive presence.

Most Used Moves

Encore
71.8%
Protect
59.6%
Tailwind
52.6%
Moonblast
41.9%
Beat Up
34.9%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc