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#0134 · GENERATION 1

Vaporeon Build Guide

Water

Bulky Water support and Wish recovery

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMLeftovers

ABILITYWater Absorb

NATUREBold

Surf

Ice Beam

Wish

Protect

How to play

Water Absorb grants Water immunity and can restore HP. Wish heals on the following turn; Protect can help Vaporeon receive that recovery.

Watch out for

Key risk. Electric and Grass attacks are super effective. Wish takes a turn to resolve, and passive turns can give an opponent setup opportunities.

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

Water Absorb grants Water immunity and can restore HP. Wish heals on the following turn; Protect can help Vaporeon receive that recovery.

You want Vaporeon’s HP back

Use Wish, then Protect on the next turn so the delayed healing actually lands. That passive turn can also hand the opponent a free setup.

An Electric or Grass attack is coming

Neither type is absorbed, and both are super effective. Switch out or bank the hit behind Wish, but do not expect Water Absorb to help here.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Vaporeon 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

Water Absorb grants a Water immunity and restores HP when a Water move activates it. Wish heals on the following turn instead of immediately, which is why the Protect turn matters on this set.

Watch the tradeoff. Electric and Grass attacks are super effective. Wish takes a turn to resolve, and passive turns can give an opponent setup opportunities.

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

Vaporeon or Milotic?

Milotic offers immediate recovery through Recover and stat-reset utility with Haze.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Vaporeon	Milotic
HP	130	95
Attack	65	60
Defense	60	79
Sp. Attack	110	100
Sp. Defense	95	125
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 partner covers Electric attacks. A Steel or Fire teammate can resist Grass attacks.

Garchomp

Immune to Electric; Vaporeon resists Ice attacks.

Read Garchomp guide →Compare teammates →

Scizor

Resists Grass; Vaporeon resists Scizor’s Fire weakness.

Read Scizor 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: Milotic

Milotic offers immediate recovery through Recover and stat-reset utility with Haze.

Read Milotic guide →

Try Milotic →

Type matchups

Weak to

Electric2×Grass2×

Resistances and immunities

Fire0.5×Water0.5×Ice0.5×Steel0.5×

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

HP130

Attack65

Defense60

Sp. Attack110

Sp. Defense95

Speed65

Evolution chain

Eevee#133
Water Stone
Vaporeon#134

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

Build your Vaporeon team

Start with Vaporeon. Add teammates and compare your type-and-base-stat score.

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#134

Vaporeon

Water

SLOT 02

SLOT 03

SLOT 04

SLOT 05

SLOT 06

Understand your team

Offense79

Defense64

Coverage17

Synergy17

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.
Grass attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Your own types can hit 3 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	Vaporeon	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	½×	0	1
Water	½×	0	1
Electric	2×	1	0
Grass	2×	1	0
Ice	½×	0	1
Fighting	1×	0	0
Poison	1×	0	0
Ground	1×	0	0
Flying	1×	0	0
Psychic	1×	0	0
Bug	1×	0	0
Rock	1×	0	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

WaterResisted

ElectricNeutral

GrassResisted

IceNeutral

FightingNeutral

PoisonNeutral

Ground✓ Super effective

FlyingNeutral

PsychicNeutral

BugNeutral

Rock✓ Super effective

GhostNeutral

DragonResisted

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.