Wobbuffet
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Names
- English: Wobbuffet
- Japanese: ソーナンス (Sonans)
- German: Woingenau
- French: Qulbutoke
Number(s)
- National: 202
- Hoenn: 161
- Johto: 107
Gender
♂ 50% - ♀ 50%
Egg Group(s)
Inteterminate
Evolution
| Baby/Pre-evo | Basic |
|---|---|
Size
- Height: 1.3 m / 4’03”
- Weight: 28.5 kg / 62.8 lbs.
Damage Taken
- ×½: Fighting, Psychic
- ×2: Bug, Ghost, Dark
Ability effects are not included.
Base Stats
| Stat | Rank | E.P. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sum | 405 | ||
| HP | 3 | 2 | |
| Attack | 71 | 0 | |
| Defense | 51 | 0 | |
| Sp.Atk | 66 | 0 | |
| Sp.Def | 48 | 0 | |
| Speed | 60 | 0 | |
Ability
- Shadow Tag
- Game's description
- Prevents the foe from escaping.
- Battle effect
- The opponent cannot run nor switch. If this Pokémon switches, the opponent will remain trapped. The opponent may still switch by using Baton Pass.
Wild Item
- NONE
Pal Park
- Area: Field
- Points: 80
- Encounter rate: 10
Miscellaneous
- Species: Patient Pokémon
- Steps to hatch: 5,120
- Color: Blue
- Catch Rate: 45
- Base Tameness: 70
- Growth Group: Medium Fast
1,000,000 exp. points to Lv100
Location
- Diamond
- Lake Verity, Lake Acuity, Lake Valor [Rare, (Pokédar)]
- Pearl
- Lake Verity, Lake Acuity, Lake Valor [Rare, (Pokédar)]
Pokédex Flavour (description)
- Gold
- It hates light and shock. If attacked, it inflates its body to pump up its counterstrike.
- Silver
- To keep its pitchblack tail hidden, it lives quietly in the darkness. It is never first to attack.
- Crystal
- In order to conceal its black tail, it lives in a dark cave and only moves about at night.
- Ruby
- If two or more WOBBUFFET meet, they will turn competitive and try to outdo each other's endurance. However, they may try to see which one can endure the longest without food. TRAINERS need to beware of this habit.
- Sapphire
- WOBBUFFET does nothing but endure attacks - it won't attack on its own. However, it won't endure an attack on its tail. When that happens, the POKéMON will try to take the foe with it using DESTINY BOND.
- Emerald
- Usually docile, a WOBBUFFET strikes back ferociously if its black tail is attacked. It makes its lair in caves where it waits for nightfall.
- Fire Red
- To keep its pitch-black tail hidden, it lives quietly in the darkness. It is never first to attack.
- Leaf Green
- It hates light and shock. If attacked, it inflates its body to pump up its counterstrike.
- Diamond
- It desperately tries to keep its black tail hidden. It is said to be proof the tail hides a secret.
- Pearl
- It desperately tries to keep its black tail hidden. It is said to be proof the tail hides a secret.
