Lillipup Movesets & Competitive Sets

Moves Thunder Wave cripples Lillipup switch-ins, allowing its teammates to outspeed the opposing Pokemon. It also ensures Lillipup is not setup bait for dangerous sweepers such as Shell Smash Omanyte. Return is a good STAB move that packs a punch off of Lillipup's decent Attack stat. Play Rough lets Lillipup 2HKO Fighting-types, which otherwise counter it. Fire Fang can be used to 2HKO Ferroseed and Magnemite, and it gives Lillipup some way to hit Pawniard. Crunch hits Ghost-types such as Gastly, which can be extremely threatening thanks to its immunity to Return and ability to use Substitute on a Thunder Wave. Wild Charge can be used to OHKO Berry Juice Archen after it takes Stealth Rock damage and also does considerable damage to Omanyte and Tirtouga. Set Details Vital Spirit makes Lillipup immune to sleep and allows it to switch in on Foongus's Spore and other sleep moves. Berry Juice restores Lillipup's HP and can allow it to come in more often on Foongus and other weaker Pokemon. Maximum Attack investment is needed to 2HKO Fighting-types with Play Rough. 23 HP and 13 Special Defense let Lillipup avoid a 2HKO from any of Foongus's attacks and survive a Sludge Bomb from Life Orb Gastly at full health and Eviolite Bellsprout's Solar Beam after Stealth Rock damage. Usage Tips Use Thunder Wave often in order to spread status and cripple switch-ins, and then switch Lillipup out to a counter. If the opponent has a Foongus, switch Lillipup in on it so that none of your Pokemon have to be put to sleep. However, be careful of allowing Lillipup to be poisoned by Sludge Bomb, as this will wear it down quickly. If the opponent has a Timburr or Scraggy, it is a good idea to use Play Rough as they switch in order to 2HKO and OHKO them, respectively. Team Options Teams that cannot afford to have a Pokemon crippled by sleep and appreciate paralysis support will appreciate having Lillipup. Swords Dance Pawniard works as a partner because it has an easier time if its checks are paralyzed. Slow wallbreakers like Skrelp and Swords Dance Pancham appreciate being able to outpace faster Pokemon. Fairy-types make for good partners for Lillipup because they counter Fighting-types while Lillipup can switch into Foongus for them. Checks to Flying-types are necessary because Lillipup is OHKOed by Doduo and Taillow and can be setup bait for Fletchling. Pursuit support is appreciated so Lillipup isn't walled by Ghost-types when not running Crunch.

This is basically the best set that Lillipup can run. Lillipup has a decent 15 Attack with a Jolly nature, and with a Life Orb, STAB Return is going to sting a little if you're not a Ghost-, Rock-, or Steel-type. Wild Charge can easily take care of any incoming Water-types, including Frillish aiming to take advantage of Return. Fire Fang allows Lillipup to hit Steel-types hard, the most important of which is Ferroseed, which completely walls this set otherwise. Lastly, Crunch allows Lillipup to hit Ghost-types, including the aforementioned Frillish. Ice Fang is another coverage option that enables Lillipup to hit Dragon-types for huge damage. This set uses maximum investment in Attack and Speed to maximize the damage that Lillipup can cause. Jolly is the preferred nature over Adamant as Lillipup has a decent amount of power as it is, but is a bit lacking in Speed if not running Jolly. Life Orb is the item of choice, allowing Lillipup to hit hard while being able to switch attacks at the same time. Lillipup has plenty of moves at its disposal, though they aren't necessarily the best ones. Moves such as Dig and Aerial Ace can be used if your team needs it, but they really don't need to be used over any of the moves listed as Lillipup will lose coverage on important Pokemon if it chooses to forgo Crunch. Lillipup can also be a good user of Choice Scarf, hitting 22 Speed with an Adamant nature, meaning that it has power as well as Speed. Choice Band is also an option, but Lillipup doesn't really benefit from having it over Life Orb.