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wobbuffet
#202

Wobbuffet

Patient Pokémon

Psychic

It hates light and shock. If attacked, it inflates its body to build up its counterstrike.

Base Stats

HP 190
Attack 33
Defense 58
Sp. Atk 33
Sp. Def 58
Speed 33
Total 405

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Patient Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 28.5 kg
Base Exp 142
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Cave
Egg Groups Indeterminate

Sprites

wobbuffet Front Front
wobbuffet Back Back
wobbuffet Front Shiny Front Shiny
wobbuffet Back Shiny Back Shiny
wobbuffet Front ♀ Front ♀
wobbuffet Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
wobbuffet Official Art Official Art
wobbuffet Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Bulky Death Fodder
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Telepathy
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 4
Def 252
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

When you see that Wobbuffet is available for use in a tier where Shadow Tag is banned, you might think that there would be no reason to ever use it. This, however, could not be further from the truth. Wobbuffet carves itself an excellent niche as the bulkiest Pokemon in the tier without any actual use at all. This means that Wobbuffet is easily the best death fodder in the tier. Unlike other death fodder, such as Luvdisc and Emolga, Wobbuffet does not try to trick poor Trainers into thinking it could possibly be useful in any other capacity by learning damaging moves. It also does not let the opposing team set up on it, an area in which most other death fodder fails miserably. Wobbuffet is the perfect Pokemon for those situations where you desperately need to sacrifice something but can't afford to sacrifice a Pokemon with any value whatsoever.

Most Used Moves

Counter
100.0%
Encore
95.2%
Nothing
5.4%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
88.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc