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Nighttime Piopiota vs Rainstorm Thornblade

Nighttime PiopiotaWater / Dark · SupportBase stat total 640
Rainstorm ThornbladeGrass / Electric · DPSBase stat total 620

Which is better by the numbers

Nighttime Piopiota has the higher base stat total: 640 against 620 for Rainstorm Thornblade, a gap of 20 (3.2% more).

Nighttime Piopiota wins 4 of the 7 base stats and Rainstorm Thornblade wins 3.

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

Base stats side by side

StatNighttime PiopiotaRainstorm ThornbladeGapHigher
HP102966Nighttime Piopiota
Attack10812113Rainstorm Thornblade
Magic Attack10812113Rainstorm Thornblade
Defense75705Nighttime Piopiota
Magic Defense75705Nighttime Piopiota
EP Regen749218Rainstorm Thornblade
Break985048Nighttime Piopiota
Total64062020Nighttime Piopiota

Where they rank

By base stat total, Nighttime Piopiota places #16 and Rainstorm Thornblade places #59 of all 227 Aniimo.

Rank by base stat totalNighttime PiopiotaRainstorm Thornblade
All Aniimo#16 of 227#59 of 227
Final forms only#16 of 137#59 of 137
Within its element#4 of 42 Water, #3 of 46 Dark#6 of 54 Grass, #15 of 26 Electric

Type match-up

Nighttime Piopiota's Dark hits Rainstorm Thornblade's Grass for ×1.6 and Dark hits Rainstorm Thornblade's Electric for ×1.6.

Rainstorm Thornblade's Grass hits Nighttime Piopiota's Water for ×1.6 and Electric hits Nighttime Piopiota's Water for ×1.6.

AttackerDefenderDamageEffect
Nighttime Piopiota (Water)Rainstorm Thornblade (Grass)×0.625Weak
Nighttime Piopiota (Water)Rainstorm Thornblade (Electric)×1Neutral
Nighttime Piopiota (Dark)Rainstorm Thornblade (Grass)×1.6Strong
Nighttime Piopiota (Dark)Rainstorm Thornblade (Electric)×1.6Strong
Rainstorm Thornblade (Grass)Nighttime Piopiota (Water)×1.6Strong
Rainstorm Thornblade (Grass)Nighttime Piopiota (Dark)×1Neutral
Rainstorm Thornblade (Electric)Nighttime Piopiota (Water)×1.6Strong
Rainstorm Thornblade (Electric)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 Rainstorm Thornblade has 8.

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

Rainstorm Thornblade's strongest damaging skill is Elegant Waltz: Grass, might 172.

Where to find them

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

Find Rainstorm Thornblade in Sea of Flowers in Breezy Plains and The Lost Islets. Rainstorm Thornblade shows up only during rain or thunderstorm. Rainstorm Thornblade is a unique spawn: once caught, it will not respawn.

Both spawn in The Lost Islets.

Evolution lines

Body and movement

Game valueNighttime PiopiotaRainstorm Thornblade
Size0.430.4
Height1.61.6
Can flyNoNo
Can glideNoNo
Walk speed1.21.35

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

Homeland work

Nighttime Piopiota and Rainstorm Thornblade share no homeland work.

WorkNighttime PiopiotaRainstorm Thornblade
WaterLevel 3No
LeisureLevel 3No
DarkLevel 3No
LightningNoLevel 3
GrassNoLevel 3
ArtisanshipNoLevel 3

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