Level 25To Pelipper

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#0279 · GENERATION 3

Pelipper Build Guide

WaterFlying

Rain support and defensive pivot

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMHeavy-Duty Boots

ABILITYDrizzle

NATUREBold

Surf

Hurricane

Roost

U-turn

How to play

Drizzle starts rain on entry, strengthening Water attacks. Hurricane normally skips its accuracy check in rain. Use Roost to recover or U-turn to bring in a rain beneficiary.

Watch out for

Key risk. Electric attacks deal 4× damage. Rain also helps opposing Water attacks and weakens your own Fire moves. Boots do not extend rain duration or reduce direct attacks.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

BATTLE PLAN

When to attack, set up or switch

Drizzle starts rain on entry, strengthening Water attacks. Hurricane normally skips its accuracy check in rain. Use Roost to recover or U-turn to bring in a rain beneficiary.

An Electric attack is aimed at you

Electric deals 4× to a Water and Flying type, so the rain carrier is punished by the move its own weather helps the opponent aim at. A Ground teammate is the answer, because Electric moves cannot touch a Ground type at all.

The rain is not running

Hurricane is an accuracy-checked move outside the rain, so the storm is the difference between a nuke and a coin flip. Surf stays reliable either way, which is the reason both are on the set.

You want the HP back

Roost heals, and for the rest of that turn it removes the Flying type — the same typing that makes Ground moves harmless. Use it when nothing Ground is about to answer, and note that a removed immunity can end the pivot.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Pelipper in. A slower pivot may take the opponent’s hit first. Turn order and the opponent’s move still matter.

ITEM & ABILITY

How this build works

Drizzle starts rain on entry, which strengthens Water attacks for both sides and lets Hurricane skip its accuracy check. The same rain weakens Fire damage, and Heavy-Duty Boots do not extend the weather or soften a direct hit — they only remove the hazard tax.

Watch the tradeoff. Electric attacks deal 4× damage. Rain also helps opposing Water attacks and weakens your own Fire moves. Boots do not extend rain duration or reduce direct attacks.

These battle mechanics do not change the builder’s type-and-base-stat score. The tool does not simulate moves, abilities, held items or damage.

COMPARE YOUR OPTIONS

Pelipper or Gyarados?

Gyarados shares Water/Flying typing but offers physical setup and Intimidate instead of starting rain.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Pelipper	Gyarados
HP	60	95
Attack	50	125
Defense	100	79
Sp. Attack	95	60
Sp. Defense	70	100
Speed	65	81

Base stats are not final battle stats. Level, nature, IVs, EVs and battle effects affect the result. Check availability in your game before choosing an alternative.

Teammate ideas

A Ground teammate covers Electric attacks. Include a teammate that benefits from rain without making every slot dependent on weather.

Kingdra

Swift Swim benefits from rain and adds special attacking pressure.

Read Kingdra guide →Compare teammates →

Gastrodon

Electric immunity and Rock resistance help cover weaknesses.

Read Gastrodon guide →Compare teammates →

These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

Compare computed teammate suggestions →

Alternative: Gyarados

Gyarados shares Water/Flying typing but offers physical setup and Intimidate instead of starting rain.

Read Gyarados guide →

Try Gyarados →

Type matchups

Weak to

Electric4×Rock2×

Resistances and immunities

Fire0.5×Water0.5×Fighting0.5×Ground0×Bug0.5×Steel0.5×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP60

Attack50

Defense100

Sp. Attack95

Sp. Defense70

Speed65

Evolution chain

Wingull#278
Level 25
Pelipper#279

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

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Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

SLOT 01#279

Pelipper

WaterFlying

SLOT 02

SLOT 03

SLOT 04

SLOT 05

SLOT 06

Understand your team

Offense84

Defense67

Coverage33

Synergy8

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Electric attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Rock attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Pelipper takes 4× damage from Electric attacks by type.
Your own types can hit 6 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.
No teammate has a base Speed of 100 or higher. Consider adding a faster option.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Pelipper	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	½×	0	1
Water	½×	0	1
Electric	4×	1	0
Grass	1×	0	0
Ice	1×	0	0
Fighting	½×	0	1
Poison	1×	0	0
Ground	0×	0	1
Flying	1×	0	0
Psychic	1×	0	0
Bug	½×	0	1
Rock	2×	1	0
Ghost	1×	0	0
Dragon	1×	0	0
Dark	1×	0	0
Steel	½×	0	1
Fairy	1×	0	0

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

NormalNeutral

Fire✓ Super effective

WaterNeutral

ElectricNeutral

Grass✓ Super effective

IceNeutral

Fighting✓ Super effective

PoisonNeutral

Ground✓ Super effective

FlyingNeutral

PsychicNeutral

Bug✓ Super effective

Rock✓ Super effective

GhostNeutral

DragonNeutral

DarkNeutral

SteelNeutral

FairyNeutral

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.