Skiploom
Cottonweed Pokémon
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.
Details
Base stats
Where to find Skiploom
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Skiploom can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absorb Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Splash Does nothing. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 1 | Synthesis Heals the user by half its max HP. Affected by weather. | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Tail Whip Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 8 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 10 | Fairy Wind Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Fairy | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 12 | Poison Powder Poisons the target. | Poison | Status | — | 75 | 35 |
| 12 | Sleep Powder Puts the target to sleep. | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 15 |
| 12 | Stun Spore Paralyzes the target. | Grass | Status | — | 75 | 30 |
| 15 | Bullet Seed Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Grass | Physical | 25 | 100 | 30 |
| 20 | Leech Seed Seeds the target, stealing HP from it every turn. | Grass | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 24 | Mega Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 28 | Acrobatics Has double power if the user has no held item. | Flying | Physical | 55 | 100 | 15 |
| 31 | Cotton Spore Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages. | Grass | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 34 | U-turn User must switch out after attacking. | Bug | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 36 | Rage Powder Redirects the target’s single-target effects to the user for this turn. | Bug | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 37 | Giga Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| 41 | Bounce User bounces high into the air, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. | Flying | Physical | 85 | 85 | 5 |
| 44 | Memento Lowers the target’s Attack and Special Attack by two stages. User faints. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 48 | Worry Seed Changes the target’s ability to Insomnia. | Grass | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
Sprites & renders
22 sprites & renders for Skiploom.






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More Grass-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
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Cite this page
“Skiploom”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/skiploom.
Species data from PokéAPI.