Panpour

0.6 m tall and weighing 13.5 kg, Panpour stores a reserve of nutritious water in the tuft on top of its head. It expels the water through its tail to water plants, making them grow very large. It also uses it to keep itself moist, which fits its preference for environments near water.

Its appearance combines a small monkey with a fountain or water spout. The blue crest resembles a frozen jet of water, while the tail ends in a clover-like tip. Its closed eyes reinforce its calm air and form part of a motif shared with Pansage and Pansear.

Panpour occupies the first position in a very short evolutionary line. Using a Water Stone turns it into Simipour, which keeps the Water type and develops the same idea of a monkey associated with its element. Before evolving, it stands out for its Speed of 64 and a movepool combining Water moves, Dark-type attacks and several support techniques.

With 50 HP, 53 Attack, 48 Defense, 53 Special Attack, 48 Special Defense and 64 Speed, Panpour has a modest offensive spread and unreliable defenses. Its total of 316 falls below that of many Water-type rivals, so it has no real place in standard formats outside themed battles or teams built around a specific restriction.

Its competitive niche is in Little Cup, where it can use Nasty Plot to greatly boost its Special Attack without giving up its defenses. Surf or Scald then provide its main damage, while Ice Beam covers Grass- and Dragon-type threats. Taunt prevents status moves and stops setup attempts.

Gluttony makes it consume its held Berry earlier once its HP falls low enough, a useful option with recovery items. Torrent, its Hidden Ability, powers up Water-type attacks in a pinch and fits a more direct offensive style. The Water type lets it hit Fire, Ground and Rock super effectively, while also resisting Fire, Ice, Steel and Water. Defensively, it fears Electric and Grass, and its defenses of 48 make it difficult to find safe turns to use Nasty Plot. Its Speed of 64 helps, but it cannot make up on its own for its lack of power and durability.

Panpour belongs to the Field Egg Group and has a very uneven gender ratio: 12.5% are female. Its 20 Egg Cycles are equivalent to approximately 5355 steps, a considerable distance when breeding several Eggs. A Catch Rate of 190 means that obtaining one is not especially difficult, although it is not an automatic catch either.

Its notable Egg Moves include Hydro Pump, Aqua Tail and Nasty Plot. Hydro Pump provides a very powerful source of special damage during the story, while Aqua Tail allows training to be geared towards Attack. Nasty Plot is the most interesting option for Little Cup battles, because it turns its 53 Special Attack into a more serious threat after a turn of setup.

Evolution has one exact condition: use a Water Stone on Panpour. It does not depend on level or friendship. In the wild, it is associated with areas near water, where it can retain moisture and use the nutritious reserve in its head to water vegetation.