Vaporeon
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Names:
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Name Meaning:
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Japanese: Showers
German: Aquana
French: Aquali
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Vapor (as in Water Vapor)
+ Eon
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Type
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Height:
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Weight
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Water
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3'3" (1m)
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63.9 lb (29 kg)
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Species:
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Trait(s):
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Bubble Jet
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Water Absorb
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EXP. to Level 100
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1,000,000
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Medium Fast
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45
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Gender Ratio
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+2 HP
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87.5% Male / 12.5% Female
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Egg Group
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# of Steps to Hatch from Egg
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Ground
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8,960 Steps
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Base stats
130 HP / 65 Atk / 60 Def / 110 SAtk / 95 SDef / 65 Spd
Weaknesses:
Electric (x2), Grass
(x2)
Resistances: Fire
(x1/2), Water
(x1/2), Ice
(x1/2), Steel
(x1/2)
Immunities: Water
(with Water Absorb)
Movesets
Baton Passer
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Moves
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How to obtain
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| 1)
Surf |
HM03 |
2)
Substitute
OR
Acid Armor |
Fire Red/Leaf Green/Emerald
Move Tutor, TM90
Level 64
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| 3)
Wish |
Breed
male Togetic with female Skitty, then breed the
male Skitty child with female Eevee. |
| 4)
Baton Pass |
Level 36 (Eevee
only) |
| Trait: Water Absorb |
Nature: Bold (+Def,
- Atk) |
| Item: Leftovers |
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def /
6 SAtk |
Strategy:
With Vaporeon's excellent HP, it can make long-lasting Substitutes.
After creating a Substitute, it can then Baton Pass it to a teammate
such as Metagross, Salamence, or any other sweeper who normally dooesn't
use Substitute. It can also pass Defense boosts by using Acid Armor.
Wish helps Vaporeon heal itself and other Pokémon on the team.
As you can see, Vaporeon can be a great team player with this moveset
and is an excellent Pokémon to use in Baton Pass teams.
Try to get its Defense as high as possible, especially if you don't
have Acid Armor. Vaporeon is good against physical sweepers like Aerodactyl
and Rhyperior, but first it needs a good Defense to take on their
physical attacks. Vaporeon's actual Defense stat is low compared to
certain other Water types (including Milotic and Swampert), so boost
it using EVs and a Bold Nature.
Wish
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Moves
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How to obtain
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| 1)
Surf |
HM03 |
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2) Wish
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Breed male Togetic
with female Skitty, then breed the male Skitty child
with female Eevee. |
3)
Toxic
OR
Hidden Power Electric
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TM06
TM10 and the right IVs |
4)
Protect
OR
Ice Beam |
TM17
TM13 |
| Trait: Water Absorb |
Nature: Bold (+Def,
- Atk) |
| Item: Leftovers |
EVs: 200 HP / 252 Def /
52 SAtk |
Strategy:
The previous moveset will have trouble with enemy Water-types,
including other Vaporeons. This second set can handle Water opponents
by using Toxic to weaken them. As long as they don't have Rest,
they'll find it hard to survive long with the constant poison damage.
Hidden Power Electric is another option to take care of Water-types
and is mainly used to defeat Gyarados, who is a major pain for Vaporeon.
Again Wish is there to provide a method of healing for both Vaporeon
and the rest of the team.
Protect is there for two reasons: stall the opponent as they take
poison damage and ensure that Wish will heal you, since Wish takes
two turns to work and you may not always survive the next turn.
However, if you find that Grass and Dragon opponents are giving
you trouble, then use Ice Beam instead to take care of those types.
Other options: Haze
(Level
57), Roar (TM05), Charm (breed with Buneary, Glameow,
Pachirisu, Phanphy, Skitty, Snubbull, or Teddisursa), Fake
Tears (breed with Mawile or Teddiursa), Yawn (breed
with Bidoof, Dunsparce, Hippopotas, Slakoth, or Wooper)
Vaporeon's movepool is really
limited. In fact, there's really not much it learns that hasn't
already been listed.
Haze and Roar can help stop
opponents from stat boosting. The problem is that most of those
Pokemon, including Swords Dance Garchomp, Dragon Dance Gyarados,
and Dragon Dance Tyranitar, are too dangerous for Vaporeon to
face.
Charm, Fake Tears, and Yawn
can make an opponent easier to defeat with Charm reducing Attack,
Fake Tears reducing Special Defense, and Yawn inducing Sleep.
The negative effects of these moves can also force opponents to
switch out.
How to counter Vaporeon:
If Vaporeon doesn't have Hidden Power Electric, then just about
every Water type counters it. Notable ones include Milotic,
whose Marvel Scale lets it benefit from Toxic, and Gyarados,
who can shut Vaporeon down with Taunt. Lanturn,
Lapras, and Starmie also do a
great job since they can learn Thunderbolt.
If Vaporeon doesn't have Ice Beam, then Grass types easily do the
trick. Venusaur, Breloom, Roserade,
Celebi, and Shaymin are the best
choices since they are either immune to Toxic or can easily heal
themselves using Natural Cure.
Ludicolo handles Vaporeon no matter if it has Ice
Beam or HP Electric, since it's not weak against either move. It
can defeat it with Energy Ball or use Leech Seed to sap its high
HP.
Blissey and Cresselia are obvious
answers given their massive HP and Special Defense.
As far as Electric types go, most of them have trouble switching
in on Vaporeon's Surf. Raikou is an exception since
it has high Special Defense and Calm Mind. Zapdos
also fares well if it has Roost.
Gardevoir with Trace is a pretty special counter
since Trace copies Vaporeon's Water Absorb, making her immune to
Surf. Her high Special Defense protects her from Vaporeon's other
attacks while she blasts it with Thunderbolt.
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