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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

ubers Usage: 0.1%
Utility Trapper
Item
Custap Berry
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 80
Def 176
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Wobbuffet is a unique Pokemon. Despite having a very limited movepool and downright awful stats bar HP, it is very deadly, as these flaws are compensated for by its access to Shadow Tag. This trapping ability is a blessing for Wobbuffet, as it works fantastically with its movepool and is very deadly in general. In conjunction with Shadow Tag, Encore, Mirror Coat, and Counter all allow Wobbuffet to remove a selected Pokemon, and Wobbuffet is thus often found on offensive teams, as this niche benefits setup sweepers greatly. Sadly, Wobbuffet's Psychic typing is more a curse than a blessing, as it lacks useful resistances and only has small benefits. However, Wobbuffet does make up for it with its very good bulk. Don't be fooled by its measly base 58 defenses, as they are compensated for by Wobbuffet's huge base 190 HP and the fact that it doesn't need to invest EVs into anything but its defenses. The most notable benefit of its Psychic typing is that it makes it a great check to Mewtwo lacking Taunt, which is huge because Mewtwo is often a big threat to offensive teams due to its high Speed, power, and coverage.

Most Used Moves

Counter
100.0%
Encore
94.4%
Safeguard
10.1%
Splash
1.8%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
14.3%
Nothing
5.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc