Highland Emberpup vs Nighttime Piopiota: stats, types and which is better

Which is better by the numbers

Nighttime Piopiota has the higher base stat total: 640 against 457 for Highland Emberpup, a gap of 183 (40% more).

Highland Emberpup wins 0 of the 7 base stats and Nighttime Piopiota wins 7.

The biggest gap is Break: Nighttime Piopiota has 98 and Highland Emberpup has 38, 157.9% more.

Base stats side by side

Stat	Highland Emberpup	Nighttime Piopiota	Gap	Higher
HP	67	102	35	Nighttime Piopiota
Attack	86	108	22	Nighttime Piopiota
Magic Attack	86	108	22	Nighttime Piopiota
Defense	60	75	15	Nighttime Piopiota
Magic Defense	53	75	22	Nighttime Piopiota
EP Regen	67	74	7	Nighttime Piopiota
Break	38	98	60	Nighttime Piopiota
Total	457	640	183	Nighttime Piopiota

Where they rank

By base stat total, Highland Emberpup places #219 and Nighttime Piopiota places #16 of all 227 Aniimo.

Rank by base stat total	Highland Emberpup	Nighttime Piopiota
All Aniimo	#219 of 227	#16 of 227
Final forms only	Not a final form	#16 of 137
Within its element	#28 of 30 Fire, #34 of 34 Rock	#4 of 42 Water, #3 of 46 Dark

Type match-up

Highland Emberpup's own elements get no strong hit on Nighttime Piopiota: 3 of 4 pairings are resisted (×0.625).

Nighttime Piopiota's Water hits Highland Emberpup's Fire for ×1.6 and Water hits Highland Emberpup's Rock for ×1.6.

Attacker	Defender	Damage	Effect
Highland Emberpup (Fire)	Nighttime Piopiota (Water)	×0.625	Weak
Highland Emberpup (Fire)	Nighttime Piopiota (Dark)	×1	Neutral
Highland Emberpup (Rock)	Nighttime Piopiota (Water)	×0.625	Weak
Highland Emberpup (Rock)	Nighttime Piopiota (Dark)	×0.625	Weak
Nighttime Piopiota (Water)	Highland Emberpup (Fire)	×1.6	Strong
Nighttime Piopiota (Water)	Highland Emberpup (Rock)	×1.6	Strong
Nighttime Piopiota (Dark)	Highland Emberpup (Fire)	×1	Neutral
Nighttime Piopiota (Dark)	Highland Emberpup (Rock)	×1	Neutral

Each pairing of one element against one element is listed on its own, with the game's own multipliers. An attack uses the element of its skill, so the skill check below is the fuller picture.

Skill coverage

Highland Emberpup has 6 skills on record and Nighttime Piopiota has 7.

Highland Emberpup's strongest damaging skill is Fire Kick: Fire, might 72.

None of Highland Emberpup's 3 damaging skills hits Nighttime Piopiota's Water and Dark for more than ×1.

Nighttime Piopiota's strongest damaging skill is Wrath of the Sea: Water, might 100.

Where to find them

Find Highland Emberpup in Russet Highlands, Driftwise Meadow in Breezy Plains.

Find Nighttime Piopiota in The Lost Islets. Nighttime Piopiota shows up only at night.

They do not share a spawn region.

Evolution lines

Body and movement

Game value	Highland Emberpup	Nighttime Piopiota
Size	0.35	0.43
Height	0.7	1.6
Can fly	No	No
Can glide	No	No
Walk speed	1.026	1.2

Raw numbers from the game files. The game does not state their units.

Homeland work

Highland Emberpup and Nighttime Piopiota share no homeland work.

Work	Highland Emberpup	Nighttime Piopiota
Earth	Level 1	No
Fire	Level 1	No
Carry	Level 1	No
Water	No	Level 3
Leisure	No	Level 3
Dark	No	Level 3

Highland Emberpup vs Nighttime Piopiota