#0393 · Generation 4

Piplup

Water

Piplup has 314 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the special side (61) and a Speed of 40. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 162, which makes it a balanced special attacker.

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What Piplup is weak to

Weak to: Electric, Grass. Resists: Fire, Water, Ice, Steel. Immune to: none.

Attacking typeDamage taken
Electric×2
Grass×2
Fire×0.5
Water×0.5
Ice×0.5
Steel×0.5

Base stats

HP53
Atk51
Def53
SpA61
SpD56
Spe40
Total314

Best teammates for Piplup

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Piplup: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

  1. Tinkaton FairySteel

    Resists grass, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  2. Klefki SteelFairy

    Resists grass, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  3. Mawile SteelFairy

    Resists grass, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  4. Celesteela SteelFlying

    Resists grass, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to electric.

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  5. Corviknight FlyingSteel

    Resists grass, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to electric.

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  6. Skarmory SteelFlying

    Resists grass, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to electric.

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Counters to Piplup

  1. Kartana

    Grass STAB hits Piplup super effectively and it resists everything Piplup can hit it with by type.

  2. Iron Leaves

    Grass STAB hits Piplup super effectively and it resists everything Piplup can hit it with by type.

  3. Raging Bolt

    Electric STAB hits Piplup super effectively and it resists everything Piplup can hit it with by type.

  4. Meowscarada

    Grass STAB hits Piplup super effectively and it resists everything Piplup can hit it with by type.

  5. Roserade

    Grass STAB hits Piplup super effectively and it resists everything Piplup can hit it with by type.

  6. Rillaboom

    Grass STAB hits Piplup super effectively and it resists everything Piplup can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Piplup

Piplup is in the regional Pokédex of 1 game we cover:

Platinum