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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Whimsicott in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use with Whimsicott, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.
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Blueberry #57 | Type | |
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Whimsicott | ||
Abilities | ||
Prankster Infiltrator Chlorophyll (Hidden) |
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Weak to: | (4x) | |
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Immune to: | (0x) |
Ability Name | Description | |
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Prankster | Increases the Speed priority of status moves by 1. Moves affected by this ability are ineffective against Dark-type opponents. | |
Infiltrator | The user ignores the opponent's protective moves and stat boosts from moves. | |
Chlorophyll (Hidden) |
Increases the user's Speed stat under sunshine. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
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HP | 60 | 513 |
Atk | 67 | 515 |
Def | 85 | 242 |
SpAtk | 77 | 341 |
SpDef | 75 | 325 |
Speed | 116 | 49 |
Total | 480 | 364 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 167 | 167 | 135 | 135 | 120 |
Atk | 130 | 119 | 87 | 78 | 64 |
Def | 150 | 137 | 105 | 94 | 81 |
SpAtk | 141 | 129 | 97 | 87 | 73 |
SpDef | 139 | 127 | 95 | 85 | 72 |
Spd | 184 | 168 | 136 | 122 | 108 |
Best Natures | ||
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Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk) |
Timid (+Spe, -Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Prankster Support | ★★★★ |
Nature | Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | HP 4 / Sp. Atk 252 / Spe 252 |
Final Stat Values | HP 136 / Def 105 / Sp. Atk 141 / Sp. Def 95 / Spe 168 |
Ability | Prankster |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Focus Sash |
Moveset | ・
Tailwind
・ Moonblast ・ Energy Ball ・ Taunt |
Fastest Prankster Pokemon in the game. Can shutdown opposing supportive leads with Taunt. Can also act as an offensive lead. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Prankster | Focus Sash |
The Ability chosen for this build is Prankster. This lets Whimsicott use its status moves first before the opponent can act.
The item chosen for this build is Focus Sash. This lets Whimsicott survive on hit allowing it to potentially use one more move before going down.
Tailwind | Moonblast |
Energy Ball | Memento |
Tailwind lets Whimsicott double its team's speed for four turns.
Moonblast and Energy Ball are its best Fairy and Grass-type STAB moves.
Memento is used when Whimsicott is at 1 HP to reduce the opponent's offensive stats by two stages. Only use this at 1 HP because Whimsicott will faint after this move is used.
Ghost Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Immune to: | (0x) |
Ghost is the best Tera Type for this build because it lets Whimsicott dodge Extreme Speed and faster Pokemon with Fake Out.
Best Ghost Type Pokemon
A full 252 EVs are put in Whimsicott's Sp. Atk and Speed to make it hit as hard and fast as possible. The extra 4 EVs are placed in its HP to help round out its bulk.
A Modest nature is preferred to help maximize Whimsicott's offensive output. This is chosen over Timid because there aren't many Pokemon that can outspeed Prankster Whimsicott.
Taunt | Shuts down opposing leads that would like to use status moves. |
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Charm | Reduces a physical attacker's Attack by two stages without having to faint. |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Prankster Support | ★★★★★ |
Nature | Timid (+Spe, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | Sp. Atk 252 / 4 Sp. Def / Spe 252 |
Final Stat Values | HP 135 / Def 105 / Sp. Atk 141 / Sp. Def 96 / Spe 168 |
Ability | Prankster |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Focus Sash |
Moveset | ・
Tailwind
・ Moonblast ・ Encore ・ Protect |
Fastest Prankster Pokemon in the game. Can support offensive partners with Helping Hand. Can lock opponents into disadvantageous moves with Encore. |
Ability | Held Item | |
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Prankster | Focus Sash |
The Ability chosen for this build is Prankster. This lets Whimsicott use its status moves first before the opponent can act.
The item chosen for this build is Focus Sash. This lets Whimsicott survive on hit allowing it to potentially use one more move before going down.
Tailwind | Moonblast |
Encore | Protect |
Tailwind lets Whimsicott double its team's speed for four turns.
Moonblast is Whimsicott's best Fairy-type STAB move.
Encore can lock opponents into moves, putting them into disadvantageous positions.
Protect can protect Whimsicott from Fake Out turns.
Ghost Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Immune to: | (0x) |
Ghost is the best Tera Type for this build because it lets Whimsicott dodge Extreme Speed and faster Pokemon with Fake Out.
Best Ghost Type Pokemon
Despite it being a support Pokemon, 252 Special Attack EVs are necessary for dealing meaningful damage to relevant Dragon-types like Walking Wake, Raging Bolt, and Roaring Moon. Alternatively, if Whimsicott is not running Special Attacking moves like Moonblast, 252 EVs can be put into HP.
252 Speed EVs are necessary to always outspeed opposing Tornadus-I. It is also important to never be slower than other Whimsicott, who you must always speed tie.
The extra 4 EVs are placed in its HP to help round out its bulk.
A Timid nature is preferred to help maximize Whimsicott's speed, which works in conjunction with its full 252 Speed investment and Prankster Ability.
Taunt | Shuts down opposing leads that would like to use status moves. |
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Charm | Reduces a physical attacker's Attack by two stages without having to faint. |
Helping Hand | Helping Hand can boost Whimsicott's partner's damage output.. |
Whimsicott has a lot of strong offensive and supportive moves that it could use. Try to select the best move each turn especially if you could use an offensive move to get a knockout or if you expect an Encore from the opponent.
Bring teammates that can benefit from Tailwind's Speed boost or Pokemon that get a free switch in into an opponent crippled by Memento.
Supportive Lead | Physical Attacker | Special Attacker |
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Whimsicott | Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style | Gholdengo |
Whimsicott can setup Tailwind for its teammates to help them outspeed fast Pokemon like Hearthflame Ogerpon or Flutter Mane.
Urshifu Rapid Strike and Gholdengo are relatively slower Pokemon that can benefit from Tailwind's Speed boost. They also appreciate being switched into Pokemon that have their offensive stats dropped by Memento to allow them to get a safe Swords Dance or Nasty Plot off.
Support / Special Attacker | Physical Attacker |
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Whimsicott | Gouging Fire |
Physical Attacker | Special Attacker |
Terrakion | Walking Wake |
Whimsicott can set up Sun and Tailwind for teammates with Protosynthesis, such as Gouging Fire and Walking Wake. It can also set up Terrakion with Beat Up.
Pokemon | Description |
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Talonflame | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Outspeeds Whimsicott while Gale Wings is active. ・Bypasses Focus Sash with Dual Wingbeat. ▶️ Talonflame Best Movesets |
Weezing | Ranking: ★★★★
・Neutralizing Gas disables Whimsicott's Prankster. ・Poison is the best type against Whimsicott, both offensively and defensively. ▶️ Weezing Best Movesets |
Farigiraf | Ranking: ★★★★
・Armor Tail stops Prankster's +1 priority. ・Can use Trick Room to counteract Tailwind. ▶️ Farigiraf Best Movesets |
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