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Vivillon, a Bug and Flying type Pokémon, official artwork

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Vivillon: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Vivillon is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Sp. Atk (90) and Speed (89), with a base stat total of 411. Competitively it is a lower-tier option. In the VGC ladder it sits at 3.1% usage.

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What is Vivillon weak to?

How much damage Vivillon takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toRock
2×Weak toElectricFireFlyingIce
0.5×ResistsBug
0.25×ResistsFightingGrass
0×Immune toGround

Vivillon takes super-effective damage from Rock, Electric, Fire, Flying, Ice (Rock hit it for 4x damage). It resists Bug, Fighting, Grass and is immune to Ground.

Best moveset for Vivillon

The most-used moves on Vivillon in VGC (official doubles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • Sleep PowderGrass-25%
  • HurricaneFlying11023.8%
  • Rage PowderBug-23.2%
  • ProtectNormal-21%
  • TailwindFlying-3.9%
  • Pollen PuffBug902%

Best nature for Vivillon

Timid. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Timid with 2/0/0/32/0/32 EVs (71.3% of sets).

Abilities

  • Shield DustThis Pokemon is not affected by the secondary effect of another Pokemon's attack.
  • Compound EyesThis Pokemon's moves have their accuracy multiplied by 1.3.
  • Friend GuardThis Pokemon's allies receive 3/4 damage from other Pokemon's attacks.

Evolution line

Scatterbug
Spewpa
Vivillon

Best teammates for Vivillon

Pokémon most often paired with Vivillon on successful VGC (official doubles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (42 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
HurricaneFlying11070%Special
Bug BuzzBug90100%Special
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Pollen PuffBug90100%Special
PsychicPsychic90100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Air SlashFlying7595%Special
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Skitter SmackBug7090%Physical
U-turnBug70100%Physical
PsybeamPsychic65100%Special
Air CutterFlying6095%Special
Bug BiteBug60100%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
AcrobaticsFlying55100%Physical
Draining KissFairy50100%Special
PounceBug50100%Physical
Struggle BugBug50100%Special
Weather BallNormal50100%Special
GustFlying40100%Special
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
Poison PowderPoison-75%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Quiver DanceBug--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SafeguardNormal--Status
Sleep PowderGrass-75%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
Stun SporeGrass-75%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SupersonicNormal-55%Status
TailwindFlying--Status