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Encore

Normal · Status · 27 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Normal
Encore
TypeNormal
CategoryStatus
Base power—
Accuracy100%
PP5
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Whimsicott 23.5% 78.3% Mega Delphox 12.8% 5.7% Mega Raichu Y 11.0% 7.7% Ninetales-Alola 6.5% 59.7% Maushold 5.5% 24.4% Politoed 3.5% 37.6% Sableye 2.2% 61.4% Mega Raichu X 0.66% 6.5% Ninetales 0.56% 8.5% Tinkaton 0.56% 64.6% Mega Lopunny 0.50% 49.7% Palafin 0.45% 2.9% Oranguru 0.44% 28.4% Mega Banette 0.32% 61.5% Audino 0.31% 4.1% Alakazam 0.23% 20.6% Raichu 0.18% 49.8% Liepard 0.17% 70.6% Mega Clefable 0.13% 6.1% Alcremie 0.13% 26.4% Aromatisse 0.12% 57.4% Pikachu 0.07% 11.6% Reuniclus 0.07% 13.2% Hawlucha 0.06% 12.2%

What it does

For its next 3 turns, the target is forced to repeat its last move used. If the affected move runs out of PP, the effect ends. Fails if the target is already under this effect, if it has not made a move, if the move has 0 PP, or if the move is Assist, Blazing Torque, Combat Torque, Copycat, Dynamax Cannon, Encore, Magical Torque, Me First, Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Move, Nature Power, Noxious Torque, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Struggle, Transform, or Wicked Torque.

Who carrys it

27 of the 277 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Encore. The one that matters most is Whimsicott, which is on 23.5% of teams and carrys it on 78.3% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Normal move it is super effective against nothing, resisted by Rock and Steel, and does nothing at all to Ghost. 16 other Normal moves appear in this format: Protect, Fake Out, Weather Ball, Hyper Voice, Swords Dance, Helping Hand and others.

Who could and does not

49 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Encore at all, against the 27 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it. The most-played of those are Dragonite, Primarina, Annihilape, Azumarill, Gallade and Samurott-Hisui — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Encore accounts for an expected 0.29 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 18th most-brought of the 121 moves this format runs. 63% of that comes from Whimsicott alone, so it is really one Pokémon’s move rather than the format’s. Its carriers are mostly Fairy (6), Electric (5) and Psychic (4).

Where these numbers come from

Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.

Where this goes next

Build

Open the builder with Whimsicott seated — Whimsicott brings Encore to more teams than any of the other 26 Pokémon that carry it.

More

All 121 moves the format runs, ordered by how many copies an average team carries.