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! colspan="3" | Yellow Flowers
! colspan="3" | Yellow Flowers
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| Flabébé (Yellow Flower) || Average || Average
| Flabébé (Yellow Flower) || 30% || 30%
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| Flabébé (Orange Flower) || Very Rare || Very Rare
| Flabébé (Orange Flower) || 4% || 4%
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| Flabébé (White Flower) || Very Rare || Very Rare
| Flabébé (White Flower) || 1% || 1%
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| Smeargle || Rare || Rare
| Smeargle || 10% || 10%
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| Volbeat || Rare || Rare
| Volbeat || 10% || 10%
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| Illumise || Rare || Rare
| Illumise || 10% || 10%
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| Roselia || Rare || Rare
| Roselia || 10% || 10%
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| Ducklett || Rare || Rare
| Ducklett || 10% || 10%
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| Spritzee || Unavailable || Rare
| Spritzee || {{n/a}} || 10%
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| Swirlix || Rare || Unavailable
| Swirlix || 10% || {{n/a}}
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| Croagunk || Very Rare || Very Rare
| Croagunk || 5% || 5%
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! colspan="3" | Purple Flowers
! colspan="3" | Purple Flowers
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| Flabébé (Blue Flower) || Average || Average
| Flabébé (Blue Flower) || 30% || 30%
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| Flabébé (Orange Flower) || Very Rare || Very Rare
| Flabébé (Orange Flower) || 4% || 4%
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| Flabébé (White Flower) || Very Rare || Very Rare
| Flabébé (White Flower) || 1% || 1%
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| Smeargle || Rare || Rare
| Smeargle || 10% || 10%
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| Volbeat || Rare || Rare
| Volbeat || 10% || 10%
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| Illumise || Rare || Rare
| Illumise || 10% || 10%
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| Roselia || Rare || Rare
| Roselia || 10% || 10%
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| Ducklett || Rare || Rare
| Ducklett || 10% || 10%
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| Spritzee || Unavailable || Rare
| Spritzee || {{n/a}} || 10%
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| Swirlix || Rare || Unavailable
| Swirlix || 10% || {{n/a}}
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| Croagunk || Very Rare || Very Rare
| Croagunk || 5% || 5%
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! colspan="3" | Tall Grass
! colspan="3" | Tall Grass
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| Croagunk || Average || Average
| Croagunk || 35% || 35%
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| Smeargle || Rare || Rare
| Smeargle || 10% || 10%
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| Volbeat || Rare || Rare
| Volbeat || 10% || 10%
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| Illumise || Rare || Rare
| Illumise || 10% || 10%
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| Roselia || Rare || Rare
| Roselia || 10% || 10%
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| Ducklett || Rare || Rare
| Ducklett || 10% || 10%
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| Spritzee || Unavailable || Rare
| Spritzee || {{n/a}} || 10%
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| Swirlix || Rare || Unavailable
| Swirlix || 10% || {{n/a}}
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| Flabébé (Yellow Flower) || Very Rare || Very Rare
| Flabébé (Orange Flower) || 4% || 4%
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| Flabébé (Orange Flower || Very Rare || Very Rare
| Flabébé (White Flower) || 1% || 1%
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! colspan="3" | Hordes
! colspan="3" | Hordes
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| Hoppip || Common || Common
| Hoppip || 60% || 60%
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| Psyduck || Average || Average
| Psyduck || 35% || 35%
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| Roselia || Rare || Rare
| Roselia || 5% || 5%
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! #187 Hoppip !! #235 Smeargle
! #187 Hoppip !! #235 Smeargle
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| Hoppip possesses a really unique Grass/Flying type, but it is both weak and frail, although it is better at taking special hits than physical ones. However, Hoppip has really good Speed and learns a lot of support moves, not to mention that it evolves to full strength relatively quickly. It comes with Synthesis for self-restoration, and learns the three powder moves Sleep Powder, Poison Powder and Stun Spore, really soon. It also learns Leech Seed and Rage Powder much later, and also learns U-turn and Memento to help a fellow Pokemon enter the battle, all via level-up. It's best to use Hoppip as a dedicated supporter to complement your team's attackers.
| Smeargle comes with only one move, Sketch, and learns nothing else by leveling up, but this single move makes Smeargle a huge wildcard. Sketch lets Smeargle copy and learn the last move used by its opponent, so it can potentially get any move combination in the game. Unfortunately, Smeargle has very poor stats that limits its flexibility. It also takes a lot of effort and planning to assemble a good moveset, and the payoff just isn't worthwhile if you're just trying to beat the main story. Smeargle does see use on link battles and competitions if you're willing to invest the time and effort, so it's worth catching it and keeping it for battles against real players..
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! colspan="2" | #313 Volbeat and #314 Illumise
! colspan="2" | #313 Volbeat and #314 Illumise
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| colspan="2" | Volbeat and Illumise are gender-based counterparts to each other, with Volbeat being a physically-inclined attacker while Illumise has stronger special attacks. Unfortunately, Volbeat's movepool does not synergize well with his stats. He can only learn special Bug-type moves by leveling up, and most of the TMs he can learn for type coverage are special as well. He even gets the extremely rare Tail Glow that increases Special Attack by 2.5 times, but his special attack stat is simply way too horrible to make good use of it. Illumise on the other hand learns several useful support moves from leveling up, with both Moonlight and Wish for healing, and Encore for messing with the opponent. She can also learn a variety of status moves through TMs, like Light Screen, Thunder Wave and Swagger. Incidentally, Illumise learns way more physical attacks than special attacks, but at least the special moves she can learn give good coverage, and she gets Bug Buzz. These two Pokemon are not so strong in the long run, but like the rest of the non-evolving Pokemon you've encountered so far, their superior stats for this part of the game makes them a strong temporary party member until eventually getting outclassed further in.
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! #453 Croagunk !! #580 Ducklett
! #453 Croagunk !! #580 Ducklett
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| Croagunk has a great Poison/Fighting type that gives it a slew of resistances, while it is built to be a moderately fast attacker. Its offensive moveset consists of a lot of Poison and Dark type moves, but barely any Fighting type attacks. However, its Dark-type attacks actually gives it defense against Psychic types that it is extremely weak to, with Sucker Punch to strike them down quickly and trapping them with Pursuit. It is also supplemented with some mean status moves, learning Taunt early to shut down enemy status moves and the infuriating Swagger.
| Ducklett draws some obvious comparisons with Psyduck, both being silly-looking aquatic birds. While Psyduck has better bulk and is supplemented by a plethora of support moves, Ducklett is faster and has a more offensive moveset, starting off with both Wing Attack and Water Pulse, two STAB moves that deal good damage. It also learns Roost and Tailwind, useful status moves, and learns both Brave Bird and Hurricane to deal massive Flying damage. It is also one of the few Pokemon to learn both Fly and Surf, so if anything it's a good HM slave for transportation.
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! #682 Spritzee !! #684 Swirlix
! #682 Spritzee !! #684 Swirlix
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| Spritzee is exclusive to Pokemon Y, being a very bulky support Pokemon that works better in doubles. It has a massive amount of useful status moves. Its level-up moveset alone contains Aromatic Mist, Heal Pulse, Calm Mind, Aromatherapy, Misty Terrain and Reflect. Its Special Attack is also pretty high, so its Moonblasts are nothing to scoff at. As is typical of defensive Pokemon, it is slow, but it can learn Trick Room through TM to alleviate that problem. It requires trading while holding a Sachet to evolve, which you can't do until after the second gym. Double battles are also rare in the main story, so it doesn't often get to reveal its full potential.
| Pokemon X players get Swirlix as the Route 7 Fairy-type instead. Swirlix also learns many status moves, but its stats are more balanced, being much faster in exchange for worse HP. It can learn Aromatherapy, Wish, Light Screen and Safeguard naturally. It also has better Attack than Spritzee, so it can use both physical and special moves effectively. Slurpuff learns the powerful Energy Ball and Play Rough on its own, but it can also be thought Thunderbolt, Flamethower, Surf and Dazzling Gleam through TMs.
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