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

Competitive

Utility
Moves
Moonblast / Endeavor
Protect / Safeguard / Taunt
Item
Focus Sash
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Whimsicott's ability Prankster allows it to act as a reliable support Pokemon. Its wide supporting movepool complements this well, featuring moves such as Tailwind, Encore, Safeguard, Taunt, and Grass Whistle. This variety of options makes Whimsicott fairly unpredictable; however, this also makes it suffer from four-moveslot syndrome, meaning it is forced to leave out some important moves and adapt its set depending on the team's needs. Whimsicott has a mediocre typing: it is weak to attacks coming from common Pokemon such as Primal Groudon and Mega Rayquaza, but it also resists types such as Water and Dark and is immune to Dragon, giving it a small advantage over threats such as Primal Kyogre, Yveltal, and most Dragons if played correctly. However, most of these Pokemon have a way of hitting Whimsicott super effectively, via either a secondary STAB move or a coverage move. Whimsicott's Grass typing also makes it immune to a common redirection move in Rage Powder, making it a great answer to Amoonguss. Whimsicott's bulk is very low, though, and doesn't allow it to provide any significant defensive presence, although Focus Sash somewhat makes up for this. As any other support Pokemon, Whimsicott is entirely reliant on its teammates, has little offensive presence, and can hardly win if it is the last Pokemon left on the field.

Most Used Moves

Encore
86.3%
Safeguard
69.1%
Tailwind
69.0%
Moonblast
64.7%
Protect
30.2%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
10.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc