Competitive Information for Pelipper [Black/White]
Water / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Pelipper? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Pelipper is a notable Water and Flying-typed Pokemon. Pelipper are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. Pelipper's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Rock.
Item: Life Orb / Mystic Water
Ability: Rain Dish
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Air Slash / Air Cutter
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Pelipper (Rain Dish)
Pelipper is an astounding Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Pelipper from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Pelipper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rain Dish, if rain dance is active Pelipper heals 1/16 of its max hp each turn.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Pelipper cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Slash
- Knock Off
- Ice Beam
- Hydro Pump
Pelipper Special Sweeper (Scarf God)
Pelipper is a wonderful Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Scarf will increase Pelipper's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Pelipper's accuracy stat stage. The famous Peligod from YouTube. Fear its power.
♦ Knock Off is a physical 20-base power Dark-type move (removes the target's held item).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Hydro Pump is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Water-type move that deals a phenomenal amount of damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Pelipper? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Mystic Water
Ability: Rain Dish
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Twister
Doubles Special Sweeper Pelipper (Rain Dish)
Pelipper is an outstanding Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Pelipper from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Pelipper's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Rain Dish, if rain dance is active Pelipper heals 1/16 of its max hp each turn.
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Pelipper learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Pelipper can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Pelipper
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Scald, Toxic
Moves that boost Pelipper's stats
- Agility
- Ominous Wind
- Steel Wing
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Pelipper
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Scald
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Pelipper in Black and White
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