Competitive Information for Pelipper [Ruby/Sapphire]
Water / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Pelipper? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Pelipper is a phenomenal Water and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to find yourself dealing with Pelipper when battling in the 3rd generation meta. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Pelipper's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Rock.
Item: Mystic Water
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Water Pulse
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Pursuit / Thief
- Twister
Special Sweeper Pelipper
Pelipper is an astounding Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Don't forget back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Pelipper's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Water Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse the target).
♦ 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).
♦ Pursuit is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if the targeted foe is switching out).
♦ Thief is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Pelipper has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Pelipper? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.
Item: Mystic Water
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf / Water Pulse
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Twister
- Pursuit / Thief
Doubles Special Sweeper Pelipper
Pelipper is a wonderful Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Remember before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Pelipper's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Water Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Water-type move (20% chance to confuse 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).
♦ Pursuit is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (power doubles if the targeted foe is switching out).
♦ Thief is a special 40-base power Dark-type move (if your Pelipper has no item, it steals the target's).
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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 Ruby/Sapphire. 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 RS 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: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Pelipper's stats
- Agility
- Steel Wing
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Pelipper
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Pelipper in Ruby and Sapphire
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