Espeon: Best Moveset, Weaknesses & Counters, Stats, and Evolution

The world of Pokémon has been a growing phenomenon since 1996, when the first pair of video games came out in stores. Today, there are almost 900 individual Pokémon identified by the PokéDex and in this article, we are going to tell you everything you need to know about one of them – Espeon.

Espeon is a Psychic-type Pokémon introduced in Generation II of the core video games. It is an Eeveelution, one of the numerous evolutions of the Generation I Pokémon Eevee. Eevee will evolve into Espeon during the day if its Friendship level is high enough. It is weak only to Bug-, Ghost-, and Dark-type moves, and is super effective against Fighting- and Poison-type Pokémon. It is not immune to any moves.

In this article, we are going to tell you all the information you’ll need if you want to breed an Espeon in any of the games. You’ll find out about its type, its powers, its strengths and weaknesses, its evolutions, and its moves. We’re going to focus on both the core games, as well as other popular video games based on the Pokémon franchise.

Best moveset

In the Pokémon GO videogame, the best moves for your Espeon are Confusion and Psychic if you’re battling Pokémon in Gyms. Namely, this moveset gives you the highest total DPS and is, likewise, the best moveset for PVP battles. The official description for Confusion reveals the following: “The target is hit by a weak telekinetic force. This may also confuse the target”; as for Psychic, the attack is described as follows: “The target is hit with a strong telekinetic force to inflict damage. This may also lower the target’s defensive stats.”

Weaknesses and Counters

As a Psychic-type Pokémon, Espeon is weak against Bug-, Ghost-, and Dark-type moves, and is super effective against Poison- and Fighting-type Pokémon. It is not immune to any specific type. It receives normal damage from Normal-, Flying-, Poison-, Ground-, Rock-, Steel-, Fire-, Water-, Grass-, Electric-, Ice-, Dragon-, and Fairy-type moves.

Stats

Espeon’s Stats, based on the most recent available data, are:

In Pokémon GO, Espeon has a Base Stamina of 163, a Base Attack of 261, and a Base Defense of 175.

As for its abilities, they are:

• Synchronise: The attacker will receive the same status condition if it inflicts a burn, poison, or paralysis to the Pokémon.
• Magic Bounce: Reflects status moves instead of getting hit by them. (Hidden Ability)

Evolutions

Espeon was first introduced in Generation II as a new evolution of Eevee, a Generation I mascot. An Eevee evolves into Espeon only during the daytime with a high-enough level of Friendship. Espeon does not have any additional forms.

In Pokémon GO, Espeon is also obtained by evolving Eevee, for which you need 25 Eevee Candy. You can also do it during the day and with your Buddy Eevee, with who you’ve walked at least 10 km.

Moves

As of Generation VIII, the movies that Espeon can learn are:

• Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Espeon
• Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Espeon
• × indicates a move that cannot be used in Generation VIII

By leveling up

By TM

By transfer from another generation

In Pokémon GO, Espeon can learn Confusion and Zen Headbutt as Fast Attacks, and Psybeam, Psychic, Future Sight, Last Resort, and Shadow Ball as Charged Attacks. Some of these attacks depend on when you caught and evolved your Espeon, as they are event-only attacks.