cottonee

Cottonee is a dual-type Grass/Fairy Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

Type: Grass / Fairy

Abilities:

• Prankster: Gives priority to status moves.
• Infiltrator (Hidden Ability): Passes through barriers like Light Screen and Reflect to attack.

Physical Characteristics:

• Cottonee is a small, round Pokémon resembling a cotton ball.
• It is primarily green and white in color, with green leaves that extend like wings on either side of its body.
• It has a tiny face with small, black eyes and a perpetually smiling mouth.
• The texture of its body is fluffy and cotton-like, contributing to its name and appearance.

Behavior and Habitat:

• Cottonee is often found in grasslands and forests, where it drifts with the wind.
• It has a tendency to be blown around by the breeze, which it uses to its advantage to scatter its cotton-like spores.
• Cottonee often travels in flocks, which helps protect them from predators.
• It is known to release cotton spores to deter threats and can blend into fields of cotton-like plants.

In Battle:

• Cottonee is primarily used as a support Pokémon due to its ability, Prankster, which gives priority to its status moves.
• Common moves include Leech Seed, Stun Spore, and Substitute.
• It can be especially effective in disrupting opponents with moves like Encore and Taunt.
• Despite its low offensive stats, its utility in battle comes from its ability to control the battlefield and hinder the opponent's strategy.

Evolution:

• Cottonee evolves into Whimsicott when exposed to a Sun Stone.

Interesting Facts:

• Cottonee is known as the "Cotton Puff Pokémon."
• It was introduced in the Unova region and is often associated with themes of nature and wind due to its appearance and abilities.
• In Pokémon lore, it is said that Cottonee's cotton can be used to create high-quality cloth.
• Its design is likely inspired by natural cotton plants, with its Fairy typing adding a whimsical, mythical element.

Level Up

TM/HM

Breeding

Tutor

Other

• Black: When attacked, it escapes by shooting cotton from its body. The cotton serves as a decoy to distract the attacker.
• White: They go wherever the wind takes them. On rainy days, their bodies are heavier, so they take shelter beneath big trees.
• Black-2: Perhaps because they feel more at ease in a group, they stick to others they find. They end up looking like a cloud.
• White-2: Perhaps because they feel more at ease in a group, they stick to others they find. They end up looking like a cloud.
• X: When attacked, it escapes by shooting cotton from its body. The cotton serves as a decoy to distract the attacker.
• Y: Perhaps because they feel more at ease in a group, they stick to others they find. They end up looking like a cloud.
• Omega-Ruby: When attacked, it escapes by shooting cotton from its body. The cotton serves as a decoy to distract the attacker.
• Alpha-Sapphire: Perhaps because they feel more at ease in a group, they stick to others they find. They end up looking like a cloud.
• Sun: When it finds others of its kind, they all stick together. When enough of them have collected, the mass resembles a cumulonimbus cloud.
• Moon: Pillows and beds stuffed with cotton exhaled by Cottonee are soft and puffy, light and airy— altogether top quality.
• Ultra-Sun: To protect itself, it shoots cotton from its body. When it gets wet in the rain, its cotton grows moist and heavy, and it can’t move as well.
• Ultra-Moon: When attacked, it expels cotton from its body to create a diversion. The cotton it loses grows back in quickly.
• Sword: It shoots cotton from its body to protect itself. If it gets caught up in hurricane-strength winds, it can get sent to the other side of the Earth.
• Shield: Weaving together the cotton of both Cottonee and Eldegoss produces exquisite cloth that’s highly prized by many luxury brands.

546 National

52 Original-Unova

82 Updated-Unova

48 Conquest-Gallery

87 Original-Alola

87 Original-Melemele

47 Original-Ulaula

37 Original-Poni

105 Updated-Alola

105 Updated-Melemele

50 Updated-Ulaula

49 Updated-Poni

262 Galar

168 Crown-Tundra

56 Blueberry