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Spritzee

Gen VI

Perfume Pokémon

Fairy

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It emits a scent that enraptures those who smell it. This fragrance changes depending on what it has eaten.

Height
0.2 m
Weight
0.5 kg
Base EXP
68
Growth
Medium
Catch rate

200/255Very easy

Friendship

70/255

Base stats

HP78Attack52Defense60Speed23Sp. Def65Sp. Atk63
HP★
78
Attack
52
Defense
60
Speed
23
Sp. Def
65
Sp. Atk
63

Total 341

Medium

EV yield +1 HP

Real ranges (IV 0–31 · EV 0–252 · nature included)

MinMax
HP138185
Attack51114
Defense58123
Speed2582
Sp. Def63128
Sp. Atk61126
Total396758

About Spritzee

Like Swirlix, Spritzee looks as though it came out of a perfume shop, although its silhouette is closer to that of a small bird. It has a pink, rounded body, tiny wings, purple legs and a blue-grey face dominated by a curved beak. That beak recalls plague doctors’ masks, while the body evokes a perfume bottle or a powder puff.

Its distinctive feature is the fragrance it produces through an internal organ. The scent changes depending on the food it eats and enchants anyone who smells it. In ancient times, noblewomen carried one with them to release their preferred fragrance instead of using conventional perfume. The Aroma Pokémon category fits that relationship between diet, scent and personal care.

Spritzee occupies the first position in its evolutionary line. When traded while holding a Sachet, it evolves into Aromatisse, which retains the Fairy type and develops an appearance closer to a plague doctor costume and a theatrical perfume figure.

Combat analysis

×2

Weakness

PoisonSteel
×½

Resistance

FightingBugDark
×0

Immunity

Dragon

Spritzee in depth

A perfume bottle with a beak

Spritzee’s design brings together several references that can be read in its silhouette. Its round, padded body recalls a powder puff, while its overall shape resembles the soft part of a perfume bottle. It also has traits of a small bird: short wings, legs with no visible toes, large eyes and a very prominent beak. The connection to plague doctors appears in that mask-like beak and ties in with the historical practice of putting aromatic substances inside them.

Its Japanese name, シュシュプ (Shushupu), comes from pushū, a Japanese onomatopoeia associated with spraying or misting. The English name preserves the idea of spritz, a light spray of perfume, and its sound also recalls sprite, a fairy-like creature. It is not a creature based on a single animal: the concept mixes birds, cosmetics, perfumery and fairy folklore.

A line born in Kalos

Spritzee debuted in the sixth generation as one of the species associated with Kalos’s image, a region inspired by France and particularly linked to fashion and perfume. Its evolution by trading it while holding a Sachet reinforces that theme: the item is not just a decoration, but a scented pouch that fits the line’s identity.

It has appeared since Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, continued into Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, and is also available in Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon, Sword and Shield. In Sword and Shield, it received a technical oddity in its learnset: Draining Kiss appears at levels 9 and 15 because of a programming error, when the level 9 move was supposed to be Disarming Voice. The duplicate does not create a variant of the species, but it does distinguish its move list from the one originally intended.

Little Cup’s slow support Pokémon

In Little Cup, Spritzee’s stat spread suits a support defender better than an attacker. Its 78 HP partly makes up for its average defenses, and its Fairy typing lets it switch into Fighting-, Dark- and Bug-type attacks. With Eviolite, that durability becomes more consistent. Wish and Protect form its recovery core, while Aromatherapy clears the team’s status conditions.

Aroma Veil stops Taunt from cutting that plan short and also protects it from moves that force it to repeat, lock in or change its move choice. That gives it value against teams that rely on disabling their defensive Pokémon. Moonblast keeps it from being passive, although its 63 Special Attack is not enough to bring down resistant opponents easily. Calm Mind offers an offensive route, but it needs Steel- and Poison-types to be weakened first.

What cuts off its scent

Its 23 Speed affects every turn. Spritzee will usually take the hit before using Wish, so switching in with low HP is dangerous, especially if there is residual damage on the field. Another practical weakness is losing Eviolite: without the item, it takes neutral attacks much worse, even though its typing resistances remain.

Steel- and Poison-type Pokémon force it out or take advantage of its lack of power. It is also worth watching out for opponents using Knock Off, as they can remove the item that supports its durability. On defensive teams, it works best alongside an answer to those types and teammates that can make use of Wish recovery. Its fragrance changes with its diet; its battle plan, on the other hand, depends above all on keeping its item and finding safe opportunities to switch in.

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