Skiploom are Pokemon who’s bloom signals the changing of the seasons. It is known as the Cottonweed Pokemon, Skiploom are very quick due to their extremely light weight and constant used as a means inflict a variety of status ailments in order to wear down its foes. It is evolved from Hoppip at level 18, and evolves into Jumpluff at level 27. Skiploom would first be seen in the second generation of Pokemon games in Pokemon Gold/Silver. It would appear in the main series anime proper in the episode “The Grass Route” where it would battle Ash’s Bulbasaur
About Skiploom
| First appearance in anime | “The Grass Route” |
| First appearance in game | Pokemon Gold/Silver |
| Region | Johto |
| Evolution | Hoppip->Skiploom->Jumpluff |
| 1st Evo level | 18 |
| 2nd Evo level | 27 |
| Pokedex Entry | Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire:Skiploom's flower blossoms when the temperature rises above 64 degrees Fahrenheit. How much the flower opens depends on the temperature. For that reason, this Pokémon is sometimes used as a thermometer. Alpha Sapphire |
Skiploom Base stats
| HP | 55 |
| ATTACK | 45 |
| DEFENCE | 50 |
| SP. ATTACK | 45 |
| SP. DEFENCE | 65 |
| SPEED | 80 |
| TOTAL | 340 |
Appearance
Skiploom has a round body, colored green with a pair of stubby arms, tail, and feet . It has large ears on the sides of its head and red, oval eyes with no pupils.Its head houses a yellow flower that opens and closes depending on the temperature of its surroundings. Skiploom spreads its petals to absorb as much sunlight as possible. At a mere 2 feet tall and only 2 pounds, it easily can get blown away with the wind
Behavior
Skiploom are constantly seen taking in sunlight whenever they can and will float high in the air off the gusts of wind in order to do so. It opens or closes its petals based on the temperature of its surroundings, making it known as a natural thermometer. It hates the rain and will quickly seek shelter whenever it feels it coming on
Strengths and Weaknesses
Skiploom is capable of being a great annoyance to enemy teams as a disabler. It has access to numerous status effect moves such as Sleep Powder, Leech Seed, and Stun spore to debilitate enemies whilst keeping itself safe with moves like Substitute. However its stat spread is somewhat poor with its only really solid stat being its speed. As a Grass/Flying type, Skiploom has a relatively poor spread of type matchups, resisting only Grass, Water, and Fighting type moves while being extremely vulnerable to Ice type moves as well as Fire, Poison, Flying and Rock type moves.
Best moveset
With this set of moves, Skiploom aims to annoy and gradually wear down its opponents with a combination of status moves and utility. Sleep Powder is the core move here as it allows it to force a response by the enemy to either switch out or power through it. It can set up a substitute to protect its usual fragile self, then proceed to Leech Seed, allowing it to constantly recover the health lost from Substitutes while wearing down its opponent. Encore can be used to trap opponents who try to set up on Skiploom to force their hand.
| Substitute | Leech Seed |
| Encore | Sleep Powder |
How to catch Skiploom in Pokemon Go?
Skiploom was released with the main release of Johto-region Pokémon on February 16th, 2017. It can be found in the wild in forest areas. It was also formerly a reward for the completion of research tasks. Skiploom can be acquired by evolving Hoppip with 25 candies, and can evolve into Jumpluff with 100 candies!.
Trivia
- Skiploom is the very last Pokemon mentioned in the Gold/Silver edition of the Pokerap
- Skiploom is based off of the real life dandelion, which is known for its extremely light weight and its petals flying off in the breeze.
- Skiploom’s name is a combination of “Skip” and “Bloom”
FAQs
What level does Skiploom evolve?
Hoppip evolves into Skiploom at level 18, and Skiploom evolves into Jumpluff at level 27
What nature is best for Skiploom?
Skiploom wants to be as fast as possible in order to get off its status effects before it can be knocked out, so Jolly natures are typically the choice for it
What role is best for Skiploom?
Skiploom has access to a wide variety of debuffing status moves and has good speed for a pre-evo Pokemon, a combination that lends it to be a great utility piece in a team that can harass otherwise problematic threats.
Conclusion
Skiploom may be somewhat narrow in what it is capable of with its otherwise mediocre stats, but what it does it does pretty well. There is great use for Pokemon who can reliably disable the greatest threats to your team and gradually wear them down over time. It also gets significantly more potent once it evolves into Jumpluff and its issues of poor stats are resolved somewhat. If you don’t mind managing the flaws, Skiploom can work on your team.
