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Nighttime Piopiota vs Highland Scorchhowl

Nighttime PiopiotaWater / Dark · SupportBase stat total 640
Highland ScorchhowlFire / Rock · DPSBase stat total 610

Which is better by the numbers

Nighttime Piopiota has the higher base stat total: 640 against 610 for Highland Scorchhowl, a gap of 30 (4.9% more).

Nighttime Piopiota wins 3 of the 7 base stats and Highland Scorchhowl wins 4.

The biggest gap is Break: Nighttime Piopiota has 98 and Highland Scorchhowl has 50, 96% more.

Base stats side by side

StatNighttime PiopiotaHighland ScorchhowlGapHigher
HP1029012Nighttime Piopiota
Attack1081157Highland Scorchhowl
Magic Attack1081157Highland Scorchhowl
Defense75805Highland Scorchhowl
Magic Defense75705Nighttime Piopiota
EP Regen749016Highland Scorchhowl
Break985048Nighttime Piopiota
Total64061030Nighttime Piopiota

Where they rank

By base stat total, Nighttime Piopiota places #16 and Highland Scorchhowl places #93 of all 227 Aniimo.

Rank by base stat totalNighttime PiopiotaHighland Scorchhowl
All Aniimo#16 of 227#93 of 227
Final forms only#16 of 137#90 of 137
Within its element#4 of 42 Water, #3 of 46 Dark#9 of 30 Fire, #13 of 34 Rock

Type match-up

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

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

AttackerDefenderDamageEffect
Nighttime Piopiota (Water)Highland Scorchhowl (Fire)×1.6Strong
Nighttime Piopiota (Water)Highland Scorchhowl (Rock)×1.6Strong
Nighttime Piopiota (Dark)Highland Scorchhowl (Fire)×1Neutral
Nighttime Piopiota (Dark)Highland Scorchhowl (Rock)×1Neutral
Highland Scorchhowl (Fire)Nighttime Piopiota (Water)×0.625Weak
Highland Scorchhowl (Fire)Nighttime Piopiota (Dark)×1Neutral
Highland Scorchhowl (Rock)Nighttime Piopiota (Water)×0.625Weak
Highland Scorchhowl (Rock)Nighttime Piopiota (Dark)×0.625Weak

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 Highland Scorchhowl has 9.

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

Highland Scorchhowl's strongest damaging skill is Falling Star: Fire, might 170.

Where to find them

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

Highland Scorchhowl has no wild spawn. It evolves from Flameruff at Aniimo level 20.

Evolution lines

Body and movement

Game valueNighttime PiopiotaHighland Scorchhowl
Size0.430.55
Height1.61.7
Can flyNoNo
Can glideNoNo
Walk speed1.21.601

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

Homeland work

Nighttime Piopiota and Highland Scorchhowl share no homeland work.

WorkNighttime PiopiotaHighland Scorchhowl
WaterLevel 3No
LeisureLevel 3No
DarkLevel 3No
EarthNoLevel 3
FireNoLevel 3
CarryNoLevel 1

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