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Nighttime Piopiota vs Pranky

Nighttime PiopiotaWater / Dark · SupportBase stat total 640
PrankyWater · HealerBase stat total 540

Which is better by the numbers

Nighttime Piopiota has the higher base stat total: 640 against 540 for Pranky, a gap of 100 (18.5% more).

Nighttime Piopiota wins 5 of the 7 base stats and Pranky wins 2.

The biggest gap is Break: Nighttime Piopiota has 98 and Pranky has 45, 117.8% more.

Base stats side by side

StatNighttime PiopiotaPrankyGapHigher
HP1021064Pranky
Attack1088127Nighttime Piopiota
Magic Attack1087236Nighttime Piopiota
Defense756510Nighttime Piopiota
Magic Defense759924Pranky
EP Regen74722Nighttime Piopiota
Break984553Nighttime Piopiota
Total640540100Nighttime Piopiota

Where they rank

By base stat total, Nighttime Piopiota places #16 and Pranky places #163 of all 227 Aniimo.

Rank by base stat totalNighttime PiopiotaPranky
All Aniimo#16 of 227#163 of 227
Final forms only#16 of 137Not a final form
Within its element#4 of 42 Water, #3 of 46 Dark#32 of 42 Water

Type match-up

Nighttime Piopiota's own elements get no strong hit on Pranky: 2 of 2 pairings are resisted (×0.625).

Pranky's own elements get no strong hit on Nighttime Piopiota: 1 of 2 pairings are resisted (×0.625).

AttackerDefenderDamageEffect
Nighttime Piopiota (Water)Pranky (Water)×0.625Weak
Nighttime Piopiota (Dark)Pranky (Water)×0.625Weak
Pranky (Water)Nighttime Piopiota (Water)×0.625Weak
Pranky (Water)Nighttime Piopiota (Dark)×1Neutral

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

Nighttime Piopiota has 7 skills on record and Pranky has 5.

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

None of Nighttime Piopiota's 5 damaging skills hits Pranky's Water for more than ×1.

Pranky's strongest damaging skill is Water Orb: Water, might 30.

Where to find them

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

Find Pranky in Mistwoods, Nimbus Field in Breezy Plains and The Lost Islets.

Both spawn in The Lost Islets.

Evolution lines

Shiny and dark rates

RateNighttime PiopiotaPranky
Shiny rateNot recorded1 in 20,000 (0.005%)
Dark rateNot recorded1 in 3,000 (0.033%)

From the game's shiny_rate and dark_rate fields.

Body and movement

Game valueNighttime PiopiotaPranky
Size0.430.55
Height1.61.1
Can flyNoNo
Can glideNoNo
Walk speed1.21.995
Run speedNot recorded4.7

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

Homeland work

Homeland work both can do: Water.

WorkNighttime PiopiotaPranky
WaterLevel 3Level 2
LeisureLevel 3No
DarkLevel 3No
CarryNoLevel 1

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