Tag: vaporeon

Could you recommend me a strong water type Pokémon which is able to function well on land? I’ve been trying to find a 6th member to my team.

Vaporeon.

Edit: Yes, Lanette. I’ll add an actual answer.

This entirely depends on what your team’s needs are, actually. Although there are a number of pokémon that function well on land, each one has entirely different capabilities. For example, if you’re looking for a pokémon that has fantastic offensive capabilities when it comes to distance attacks, slowbro is an unconventional choice but a solid one nonetheless, given its considerable power over the elements, the bulk of its species, and its ability to mega evolve. As a mega slowbro, its battle style makes it difficult to hit as well, which in combination with its natural defenses and offensive power means it can easily tear through a battle without sustaining much more than a scratch.

In terms of more conventional choices (particularly if you don’t have access to mega stones), starmie is also highly popular, made so by offensively geared trainers such as Misty. There’s a good reason for this too: starmie is an extremely fast pokémon capable of landing devastating beam-based hits, so it’s notorious for downing opponents before a trainer can utter a single order. The drawback is that starmie isn’t known at all for its defensive capabilities; in fact, its major weak point is quite literally in full display on its face. A trainer thinking about using starmie must be extremely alert at all times on the battlefield.

On the other hand, it’s difficult to take down a pokémon when it’s out of reach, which is why my final recommendation, as unconventional as it is, would be pelipper. People underestimate pelipper, I think, due to its extreme weakness to an element commonly used against water-type pokémon. However, pelipper possesses excellent defensive (aside from the obvious weakness), as well as the maneuverability to make battles rather interesting, shall we say—so long as it attacks from a distance.

If you prefer hand-to-hand combat, though, a common choice would be one of the starters (barring blastoise, of course), but perhaps the best choice would be swampert. Once mega evolved, its bulk increases, which means moves such as Waterfall or Ice Punch turn from powerful to positively devastating. Moreover, it lacks a weakness to electric-types, which adds to its tank-like capabilities. Additionally, if you already have a pelipper on your team (particularly one with the Drizzle ability), mega swampert’s powerful Waterfall makes the two of them a perfect pair.

If you’d prefer something a little less conventional, though, look towards crawdaunt. Much like pelipper, many people don’t entirely think twice about crawdaunt, but the thing is, not many of them realize crawdaunt can learn Swords Dance, a move capable of increasing the offensive power of physical moves. This is a fantastic advantage, as it provides a much needed boost to crawdaunt’s already formidable Crabhammer (among other physical techniques).

Finally, azumarill is shockingly an excellent battler in this department as well, for very similar reasons to crawdaunt: it learns Belly Drum, which drastically increases its offensive powers (albeit while hurting itself in the process). Moreover, azumarill possesses an interesting type combination that can frustrate an opponent, and its defensive capabilities and overall stamina allow it to endure a surprising amount of abuse on the field.

If you’d prefer something a bit more defensive or mixed, you really can’t get much better than toxapex for quite obvious reasons. Although it may not be the most maneuverable pokémon one could train, it is a verifiable fortress, capable of withstanding intense fire while at the same time whittling away at an opponent using its toxic moves.

Alternatively, if you’d like something that will move about a field, try either quagsire or gastrodon, both of whom are water/ground-types (that is, water-types immune to electricity) with surprisingly fantastic defensive capabilities. It’s just that gastrodon is better adapted to taking distance moves, whereas quagsire is better suited to taking physical strikes. (That and gastrodon can hold its own using distance moves itself, whereas quagsire is more geared towards trainers whose main strategy will be to frustrate their opponents with moves such as Toxic and Curse.) Alternatively, wash rotom is a pokémon few trainers would expect, but its unique typing, the durability of the washer it uses as a body, and its tendency to strike back and strike back hard make it an excellent if underrated choice.

If, meanwhile, you would prefer something with a bit more speed, greninja is infamous for it—that is, its ability to strike hard and fast and to take down an opponent before they even blink. However, that isn’t your only choice, especially if you don’t want speed for attacking. If you’re an excellent strategist, araquanid is a popular choice as well, but it’s popular for its ability to lay down traps. With the right amount of planning and perfect timing, sending an araquanid out at the beginning of the first match can potentially decide the outcome of an entire battle.

Finally, if you’re simply looking for companionship … vaporeon. It may not be the strongest pokémon on this list, but it’s certainly the friendliest.

I call bias. —LH

Bill, what exactly is the deal with lop-eared Eevees? In particular, I’ve heard that you shouldn’t evolve them into Vaporeon because the ear structure will cause issues. Is this true?

Actually, no. A lop-ear vaporeon’s ear can still drain just as a normal vaporeon’s ear will.

However, that doesn’t mean that lop-ear in eevee isn’t a cause for concern. While water can drain rather easily from a vaporeon’s ear (Note: It might not for eevee, however, so please be careful about letting your lop-eared eevee swim), bacteria is an entirely different story, and lop-ear is a prime breeding ground for microorganisms due to the fact that the opening is held against the head (thus providing warm, moist shelter). This means that all members of the eevee family except flareon are highly susceptible to ear infections, so eevee with lop-ear must be checked regularly for any issues.

As a note, the reason why flareon is exempt here is because it possesses the capability of raising its body temperature (and withstanding higher temperatures) than is viable for most strains of bacteria that would cause infection in its cousins and preevolution. For this reason, flareon is actually resistant to most ailments, simply by virtue of simulating an intensely high fever for a short period of time.

For all others, especially the fragile leafeon and the normally aquatic vaporeon, it’s important to keep your pokémon’s ears clean, check inside their ears regularly for any signs of dirt or pus, and keep an eye on your eevee or eeveelution for signs of infection (lack of coordination or balance, fever, pain, difficulty hearing, and so forth).

Why are some eeveelutions more canine, some more feline, some more vulpine, etc.? It’s certainly more interesting than having them all be the same but recolored for type, but why did nature do that one?

In most cases, it’s a product of adaptive evolution. Each eeveelution possesses the traits it has because those better equip it for the specific niche it serves. For example, the more “feline” vaporeon looks the way it does because it’s meant to have a certain sense of agility as it glides through the water and chases after fish. By contrast, the more “canine” jolteon possesses dog-like traits because their hunting-style is more dog-like (and also because their thinner muzzle makes it easier for them to sniff out and dig out the eggs that form a staple of their diets). Additionally, the more “vulpine” flareon actually looks the way it does for a combination of both: as it hunts for small rodents on its own, it needs both agility and sharper senses. That and its puffier coat, which some say also make it look vulpine, is better at keeping its body from overheating, as strange as that is to say. 

Alternatively, in certain cases, certain traits were simply bred into the species—meaning, breeders carefully controlled the parentage of eevee to ensure that they possess certain traits upon evolution, as in the case of the more cat-like espeon, the more dog-and-rabbit-like sylveon, and the more fox-like umbreon. (Of course, it’s worth it to note that fox-like adaptations have always benefited umbreon in the wild as well, so breeders didn’t exactly have to do much to get a more vulpine umbreon.)

As for leafeon and glaceon, they’re a bit of both too. They’re both vulpine, yes, but leafeon was bred to be that way, whereas glaceon essentially adapted to be that way on its own (as their fox-like characteristics make it easier for them to fish).

Hey Bill~ So a very long story short, my Eevee that I was planning to evolve into a Jolteon got into a spot of trouble and ended up a Vaporeon! He’s not unhappy about it and the rest of my team have had no issue adjusting to the change either, but the problem is that all my other pokemon are electric types!! What’s the best way that I can keep training Vaporeon along with the rest of them given the type difference? I don’t want him to get hurt but I don’t want him to feel left out either~

If you’ve got a pokémon with the special ability Lightning Rod, ensure your vaporeon sticks to them as much as possible. That should keep him safe, regardless of what happens during training. Additionally, take this as a blessing in disguise of sorts: use your vaporeon’s newfound strengths to your advantage. (That is to say, partner your vaporeon up with your other electric-types on the battlefield, as electric’s biggest weakness, ground, is no match to your vaporeon’s water-based abilities.) Finally, if possible, obtain and grow wacan berries, as these can decrease the effectiveness of electric-type attacks. Your vaporeon may benefit from holding them during training sessions as extra protection.

Otherwise, the only advice I can offer is be extra vigilant about keeping an eye on your team and ensuring that their abilities are kept in check. I know that’s not particularly helpful advice, but it’s probably the most practical for this situation, I’m afraid—terribly sorry about this!

Best of luck, anonymous!

I always wondered if the eeveelutions are considered omnivores what specifically do their diets consist of? And does it differ on the specific eeveelution?

Eevee and its evolutions lean more toward (for the most part) carnivorous lifestyles, actually. While, like most pokémon, they can eat nuts, berries, grains, root vegetables, and so forth, much of their diet should be meat and protein of some kind.

That having been said, the answer to your second question depends. In captivity, the eevee family can actually be fed the exact same diet, regardless of what evolution each individual takes, with no real consequences so long as their trainer keeps in mind that they should be fed a balance of foods.

In the wild however, absolutely, it depends on the evolution.

Eevee tend to have the most balanced diet (as one would expect) and will eat whatever it can find in its immediate environment.

Flareon often stick to slower animals and pokémon, and its favored food sources tend to be small mammals. It will also display the unusual behavior of roasting their food with the intention of cooking it before eating. (Trainers should be aware that tamed flareon also display this behavior and should only be fed in fireproof environments.)

Vaporeon, being aquatic pokémon, will eat mostly seafood, including fish, amphibians, turtles, jellyfish, and aquatic mammals (such as seals). It tends to avoid shellfish, likely due to the difficulty in getting them open, but it will also hunt for larger meat sources (such as walruses, dolphins, and even sharks) in packs.

Jolteon, being faster and gifted with electrical attacks, often hunt for birds and forage for eggs. It’s also the one eeveelution that prefers pokémon meat over animal meat, as bird pokémon tend to be larger targets than their animal “counterparts.”

Espeon and Leafeon both tend to eat more of a herbivorous diet than their cousins. This does not mean that they are strictly herbivorous; simply that they forage more often than the others. Espeon tends to hunt for insects and other animals with lesser cognitive functions thanks to its psychic abilities. Leafeon, meanwhile, avoids insects (due to its plant biology) and consumes largely rodents, rabbits, frogs, and anything else it can find in its forest habitat. (Leafeon also photosynthesizes whenever a food source isn’t readily available.)

Umbreon, meanwhile, is much more of a carnivore than its cousins in that its diet consists almost entirely of meat. As a nocturnal, forest-dwelling pokémon in nature, it will often hunt for small, ground-dwelling pokémon and animals, particularly diurnal ones. It has no qualms raiding the nests of sleeping prey, in other words.

Glaceon will often consume whatever it can find in its colder, more arctic environment—usually seafood (for polar glaceon) or rabbits (for mountainous). Glaceon may also share territory with vaporeon, sometimes even hunting alongside them to take down larger prey (such as seals and even walruses).

Finally, Sylveon, like eevee, will eat whatever it can find in its environment but typically chooses prey it can lure into dark corners of its habitat and then devour.

My Vaporeon is acting different, she collects the softest things she can find and puts it to her bed and my Flareon is very protective over Vaporeon. They are both female, this seems like they are expecting but how can two females biologically make a baby? Those are the only two Pokémon I have.

Not to be overly blunt, anonymous, but sometimes, two pokémon of the same gender mate. This is especially true in cases where only two pokémon of the same family or egg group are present (as they then view each other as the only potential mates available), but it can happen even if other choices are available, depending on the individual’s preference. Interestingly enough, it’s also possible for such a pair to engage in “expectant” behaviors—including one becoming protective over the other and the the other creating a nest suitable for an egg—even if it’s impossible for a fertilized egg to exist.

In short, even though your vaporeon and flareon are both female and thus cannot produce a fertilized egg together, it’s very likely that they’ve become a mated pair anyway, due to their closeness and bond as your only two pokémon.

Congratulations, anonymous!

Bill, my vaporeon just had its litter, 5 healthy little eevee babies. The only problem is, one of the babies is shiny and the mother is rejecting it! What do I do to ensure my silver baby stays healthy and alive?

As a warning, Bill, “donate it to me” is not an appropriate answer.—LH

You wound me, Lanette. You wound me. —Bill

Unfortunately, this means you’ll need to care for the puppy yourself. It’s very rare (and difficult) to get the mother to adopt her pup after she’s rejected it, and in some cases, she may even attack the puppy if you try to reintroduce it.

That having been said, there are three things you need to monitor for immediately after birth if you haven’t figure it out already: hypothermia, low blood sugar, and dehydration. If your puppy is shivering, that’s a good thing. If it isn’t and if its nose is losing color, that would be hypothermia. If your puppy’s nose and gums are wet, then it’s fine, but if you feel a sticky, mucous membrane in its mouth, then dehydration is setting in. Finally, if your puppy is more lethargic than usual or if it’s convulsing, then its blood sugar is dangerously low. The latter two conditions warrant a trip to your local pokémon center, but it’s important to know that there are ways to prevent your eevee from getting to this state.

First, heat. It’s important to stabilize your eevee’s body temperature within the first week. Use heat lamps and hot water bottles to keep your eevee warm; blankets shouldn’t be used in addition to this, as it’s very easy to induce heat stress in your puppy (which is just as bad as hypothermia … just less difficult to achieve). Try to keep your eevee’s environment at around 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius) on the first two days, then drop the temperature down by a degree each day after that until your eevee can survive on its own body heat.

Feeding, meanwhile, is a bit more difficult to resolve, but it’s vital for not only the other two issues I’ve mentioned above but also the development of your eevee’s immune system. If you have another female mammalian pokémon that’s of breeding age, try to get it to nurse from her. If not, try to find a breeder or a friend with one such pokémon and ask them for milk, or purchase raw miltank milk or specially crafted eevee formula. The latter may be the easiest option, actually, as it’s readily available at all pokémarts and contains all the vitamins, minerals, and sugars a growing eevee needs. It just doesn’t quite provide the biological component that helps with a young eevee’s immune system, so some trainers prefer the more organic method if they can find it.

All young eevee need to be fed about once every two to three hours. (If it’s healthy, it will cry to let you know when it’s time.) If not feeding from another pokémon, you’ll need to give it its milk or formula from a bottle. Be sure to sterilize the bottle before loading by boiling it for five to ten minutes in water. Dry thoroughly, then fill it. Finally, warm the bottle gently until it reaches a temperature of 95 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit (35 to 37.8 degrees Celsius)—or human body temperature, in other words. If a drop of it applied to the back of your wrist is too hot for you, then it’s too hot for your eevee.

Once your eevee reaches about two to three weeks, you can begin to wean it. Feed it milk in a flat dish to teach it how to eat from a bowl for the first two weeks, then give it specially made eevee puppy kibble (available at any pokémart) in addition to the milk for the next two. Decrease the amount of milk you give it each day after you begin feeding it solid foods. After a month, you can switch completely to the kibble and water. (Do not feed it anything but kibble until about two months.)

Finally, one last thing not that many people think of: getting it to relieve itself. Eevee don’t really know this at birth; rather, their mothers lick their stomachs to get them to go. You can simulate this behavior by rubbing your eevee’s stomach after feeding. Do this for two to three weeks after birth (or, in other words, as you feed it milk or formula), or it simply won’t relieve itself.

Make it past a couple of months, and your eevee should be able to survive on its own, just like any other eevee. But it’s important to remember that until then, it’s a good idea to avoid reintroducing this one to its mother. You may be able to expose it to its brothers and sisters, but the mother may attack your shiny eevee on sight. It’s a leftover instinct from the wild—behavior designed to discourage a shiny from coming back and putting the rest of the litter in danger by drawing in a predator, basically. After the eevee can survive on its own and begins mastering its attacks, the mother may take an ambivalent stance towards her puppy, but it’s unlikely that she’ll ever see it as hers. It’s up to you to give that hatchling the love and affection it needs to grow.

Best of luck, anonymous.

So recently I’ve been looking into moving to Alola, my dad had been lending me his Vaporeon while in Hoenn, however seeing as I’ll be registered as an Alolan Trainer I decided to leave her with dad…but ever since I made up my mind she’s gotten really clingy…what should I do? I don’t want her being too dependent on me when I leave, is there a way to wain her off me?

Your best chance at doing so would be to reintroduce your father into her life. Don’t simply give his vaporeon back to him. Rather, make it a transitional period. Spend the next few days or weeks before you leave for Alola doing activities with your dad and his vaporeon so that his pokémon can get acclimated to life with him again.

I would also highly recommend communicating with your father. Explain that you’re concerned over vaporeon’s mental health and let him know that you’re worried she’s not taking your potential departure that well. As her rightful trainer, he should be able to come up with a plan to reassure his vaporeon and help her transition back to his team. He may ask to do some of her feedings and have her perform important tasks for him. Your job in these cases is to encourage her to allow him to do this.

It may be worth it to reassure her that you’ll be back as well. You can do this verbally up until you leave, but after you depart, it may be worth it to use each pokémon center’s videophone to call home and allow your father’s vaporeon to see and hear you—at first, anyway. These conversations, too, can happen more and more infrequently until it’s clear your father’s vaporeon will be fine with just a weekly or monthly call.

Ultimately, though, step one would absolutely be to communicate with your father. Remember that you aren’t his vaporeon’s actual trainer, so it’s up to him to come up with a plan to help ease the transition. However, it’s important for you to communicate with him and let him know what’s going on, and it’s also important for you to support whatever he does to ease his vaporeon back into his life.

Best of luck, anonymous.