Which Eevee Evolution is the strongest?
Flareon, Jolteon, Vaporeon, Espeon, Umbreon, Glaceon, and Leafeon! Also, I think maybe 5th generation could bring some new Eevee evolutions :)
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This response concerns competitive play only (and gravitates toward Gen 9 singles).If you specifically want an Eeveelution for your in-game team, choose the one that best fits your team, as they all have sufficient stats to be workable.
However, the Eeveelutions have fallen off considerably in competitive play, and several are frankly very bad options. If you want to have fun playing your favourites in casual matches, then you might find the other answers palatable; this answer aims to give a view on these Pokemon’s actual viability, as much as I’ve generalised the battle format a bit.
I will sort each Eeveelution into a tier list to show where each one ranks among the others. OU and BSS are used as reference points.
Rank A(sometimes have a niche)
Vaporeonhas always been one of the better Eeveelutions thanks to its high HP and good defensive typing. It finds itself in an especially fortunate position in Gen 9 as one of few remaining Pokemon with access to Scald, let alone Haze and Flip Turn in addition to that. Vaporeon’s access to cleric moves like Heal Bell and Wish also help define its niche. Still, Vaporeon tends to compare unfavourably with the likes of Toxapex, Rotom-W, Dondozo, and others in the “bulky Water” mould.
Sylveonis the most well rounded Eeveelution thanks to its good typing, favourable stat distribution, and good ability in Pixilate. It can work as a Specs or Calm Mind wallbreaker or in a Wish + Protect support role. However, no matter what set it chooses, it faces competition from Flutter Mane, Clefable, Primarina, Enamorus, and others with more tools and dual typings.
Espeonhas a significant niche in the form of Magic Bounce, which makes it a bother to balance and stall teams. Its stats and movepool are sufficient to make Choice Specs or Calm Mind wallbreaker sets work. It can also set up dual screens. Nonetheless, Espeon is often held back as other Psychic-types with higher stats, a better movepool, or a dual typing outclass it. Espartha, Lati@s, Cresselia, and especially Hatterene are examples.
Rank B(fully outclassed)
Jolteonhas excellent Speed, which stands out in the absense of Tapu Koko and Zeraora in Gen 9. However, Jolteon’s weak movepool, no second typing, and lack of defensive merit mean it is still outclassed as an Electric-type attacker. Regieleki, Raging Bolt, Tornadus-T, Sandy Shocks, and Zapdos are examples of more flexible Pokemon.
Umbreonhas good bulk, a decent typing, and a solid enough movepool to be a blanket check to offensive Pokemon. However, it has just about zero relevance in the presence of Ting-Lu and other Dark-types in the defensive mould, like Mandibuzz and Samurott-Hisui. Umbreon’s reliance on Foul Play for damage is a further mark against it.
Rank C(plain bad)
Leafeonhas Chlorophyll and Swords Dance as a foundation, but is otherwise heavily outclassed. Meowscarada, Rillaboom, Ogerpon, and Serperior are vastly preferable attackers due to their better movepool and typings. Venusaur is plainly better in the Chlorophyll niche.
Glaceonhas the poor fortune of being a slow Ice-type, which condemns it to irrelevance. Baxcalibur, Chien-Pao, and Iron Bundle are only the latest in Ice-type attackers that are better than Glaceon. If you dabble in defensive Ice-types, then Avalugg, Sandslash-A, or even something like Cetitan would offer more utility, unless you really value Freeze-Dry.
Flareonis irrelevant because of its low Speed, bad coverage, reliance on a recoil move, lack of a secondary typing, and the infinite supply of Fire-types that don’t have these problems. Cinderace and Gouging Fire are examples of better offensive Fire-types, and Heatran and Skeledirge are examples of better defensive ones.
Jolteon is for more speed and Espeon is for more special attack. Espeon also better as a lead thanks to Magic bounce giving him the ability to reflect stealth-rock and other entry hazards.
Leafeon is by far the best even though has slightly above average speed he has awesome attack and defense and far outclasses Flareon who is the weakest eevee evolution.
Umbreon all the way he has HUGE defense and even HUGER S.def and a GREAT hp stat as well along with a variety of walling moves such as toxic, curse, payback, and moonlight and wish.
there is no real physical tank but Flareon has huge attack and great S.def but he has such an aweful moveset that all you have to work with is fire fang, iron tail, return, and curse. EDIT: Leafeon can also tank physically because of a 130 defense stat and plenty of offensive and support options.
Glaceon and Vaporeon are the way to go Glaceon for better defense and Vaporeon for more hp, Glaceon is best in a hail storm for it raises evaisevness and Vaporeon is a great switch into water attacks thanks to water absorb
It’s 6th gen now so I am going to review all the eeveelutions.
Vaporeon dropped from OU and now shines in UU. Most Vaporeons you will meet are clerics or walls/stallers with moves like Wish, Heal Bell, Toxic, Scald, and Protect.
Jolteon also dropped from OU and is good in UU. All Jolteons you will meet are fast special sweepers with moves like Thunderbolt, Signal Beam, Shadow Ball, Hidden Power, and Substitute.
Flareon has had some buffs(mainly Flare Blots and fairy resist) but is still the worst eeveelution by far. Flareon can be offensive or defensive. Defensive Flareon packs Wish, Protect, Heal Bell, and Lava Plume while offensive Flareon usually has the abillity Guts and packs moves like Flare Blitz, Flame Charge, Facade, Bite, Iron Tail, Superpower, and Protect.
Espeon is still OU and OK. Espeon is always a fast special sweeper with moves like Psychic,, Psyshock, Dazzling Gleam, Shadow Ball, Calm Mind and Yawn. Its main niche is Magic Bounce.
Umbreon is still UU and OK. Umbreon is always an annoying stalling with moves like Toxic, Moonlight, Curse, Payback, and more.
Leafeon is superior to Flareon in that it works but has a very small movepool, which is what holds it back, along with its typing. Most Leafeons are Sword’s Dancers with Substitute, Sword’s Dance, Leaf Blade, then filler or coverage.
Glaceon is right next to Flareon in terms or performance and is outclassed by Jolteon and Espeon. Just give him 4 attacks and Choice Specs or Life Orb.
Sylveon, the new one, has replaced Vaporeon in OU and here is why: Vaporeon’s strongest strategy then was Hydration. It immediately heals Vaporeon’s status conditions in rain. A lot of Vaporeons would carry Rest and be on the same team as Politoed but now that the weather has been nerfed, Vaporeon lost its greatest assets. Sylveon came to OU because fairy is excellent typing and he is easier to EV/Super Train. If you wanted a mixed wall, max out HP and Def with a Bold nature. If you want a special wall, max out HP and SDef with a Calm nature. Sylveon is just a better cleric than Vaporeon this gen. Most Sylveons are clerics with moves like Wish, Heal Bell, Toxic, Protect, Moonblast, and Hyper Voice. I mentioned Hyper Voice because it breaks through substitutes and gets boosted by Pixilate.
Now, let us rank them:
Special Sweeper: Espeon/Jolteon
Physical Sweeper: Leafeon
Cleric: Sylveon
Wall/Staller: Umbreon
Runner up(s) to Special Sweeper: Glacieon
Runner up(s) to Physical Sweeper: Flareon
Runner up(s) to Cleric: Vaporeon
Umbreon has no competion.
I hope I helped :)
We all know that the Eeveelutions follow a stat distribution of060-065-065-095-110-130 rule.
By Stats:
HP: Vaporeon has 130; Umbreon and Sylveon have 095; Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Leafeon, and Glaceon have 065.
Attack: Flareon has 130; Leafeon has 110; Vaporeon, Jolteon, Espeon, Umbreon, and Sylveon have 065; and Glaceon has 060.
Defense: Leafeon has 130; Umbreon and Glaceon have 110; Sylveon has 065; Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, and Espeon have 060.
Special Attack: Espeon and Glaceon have 130; Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Sylveon have 110; Flareon has 095; and Umbreon and Leafeon have 060.
Special Defense: Umbreon and Sylveon have 130; Flareon has 110; Vaporeon, Jolteon, Espeon, and Glaceon have 095; and Leafeon has 065.
Speed: Jolteon has 130; Espeon has 110; Leafeon has 095; Vaporeon, Flareon, Umbreon, and Glaceon have 065; and Sylveon has 060.
In terms of weaknesses:
Vaporeonis weak to Electric and Grass. It resists Fire, Water, Ice and Steel. If it hasWater Absorb, it is immune to Water.
Jolteonis only weak to Ground. It resists Electric, Flying, and Steel. If it hasVolt Absorb, it is immune to Electric.
Flareonis weak to Water, Ground, and Rock. It resists Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel, and Fairy. If it hasFlash Fire, it is immune to Fire.
Espeonis weak to Bug, Ghost, and Dark. It resists Fighting and Psychic.
Umbreonis weak to Fighting, Bug, and Fairy. It resists Ghost and Dark. It is immune to Psychic.
Leafeonis weak to Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. It resists Water, Electric, Grass, and Ground.
Glaceonis weak to Fire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel. It resists only Ice.
Sylveonis weak to Poison and Steel. It resists Fighting, Bug, and Dark. It is immune to Dragon.
In terms of movesets:
Vaporeoncan learn Normal-, Water-, and Ice-type moves through level-up (also, it can learn Acid Armor). Through TM, it can learn Normal-, Water-, Ice-, and Ghost-type (Shadow Ball) moves.
Jolteoncan learn Normal-, Electric-, Fighting- (Double Kick), and Bug-type (Pin Missile) moves through level-up. Through TM, it can learn Normal-, Electric-, and Ghost-type (Shadow Ball) moves.
Flareoncan learn Normal-, Fire-, Poison- (Smog), and Dark-type (Bite) moves through level-up. Through TM, it can learn Normal-, Fire-, and Ghost-type (Shadow Ball) moves.
Espeoncan learn Normal- and Psychic-type moves through level-up. Through TM, it can learn Normal-, Grass- (Grass Knot), Psychic-, Ghost- (Shadow Ball), and Fairy-type (Dazzling Gleam) moves.
Umbreoncan learn Normal- and Dark-type moves through level-up. Through TM, it can learn Normal-, Psychic-, Ghost- (Shadow Ball), and Dark-type moves.
Leafeoncan learn Normal- and Grass-type moves through level-up. Through TM, it can learn Normal-, Grass-, Flying- (Aerial Ace), Bug- (X-Scissor), and Ghost-type (Shadow Ball) moves.
Glaceoncan learn Normal-, Ice-, Psychic- (Mirror Coat), and Dark-type (Bite) moves through level-up. Through TM, it can learn Normal-, Ice-, and Ghost-type (Shadow Ball) moves.
Sylveoncan learn Normal- and Fairy-type moves through level-up. Through TM, it can learn Normal-, Psychic- (Psyshock), Ghost- (Shadow Ball), and Fairy-type (Dazzling Gleam) moves.
Every Eeveelution has a base stat total of 525. They’re all as strong as the others, it’s a matter of how you use each one in battle. For example, Flareon’s amazing attack and low speed makes it a great option for choice scarfing, as where a Life Orb would be great for a speedy special attacker like Jolteon or Espeon. The bulkier ones, like Vaporeon and Umbreon can really take advantage of leftovers and sitrus berries.
In short, there is no strongest, it’s a matter of preference.
Okay, here’s my analyzation of each Eeveelution:Flareon’s best move is Flare Blitz, making him a very weak Pokemon. So it’s probably a central attacker.Vaporeon’s HP stat is incredible, but with not the best defense. Hydro Pump can deal major damage, yet only works with a Wide Lens and PP Ups.Jolteon’s speed is incredible. EV trained in Special Attack and Speed/Sp. Def. could help it a lot in competitive gameplay.Leafeon’s an attacker. No question.Glaceon can do good with Hail, making both of its abilities take effect. Plus its already powerful ice moves with dominate. Blizzard has 100 Accuracy in Hail, too, so it’s recommended Glaceon to have Hail with it.Espeon has great Sp. Attack, so it centrally attacks with Psychic and heals with Morning Sun.Umbreon’s a staller. A major staller. A Toxic/Protect/Wish Umbreon works.Sylveon is a Special Defender. No question here either.So: My #1 Eeveelution is Jolteon.
Probably doesn’t need another answer but this is directed towards-in game, not competitively. I will use a points system like others have based on typing, role, offensive moves and utility moves. I define common as something you are likely to encounter in-game like Water, Grass, Ground, Flying, Bug and Rock.
Vaporeon has a nice Water typing leaving it few weaknesses though the common Grass is one of them and the types it resists are rare besides other Water types. It’s STAB is also great for shredding through caves. 4/5
Jolteon only has one weakness but no useful resists and it’s STAB hits common Water and Flying types. 4/5
Flareon is weak to common Water, Rock and Ground but it can hit Steel types. 2/5
Espeon is weak to the common Bug and has few resists. It’s coverage is nothing good either. 2/5
Umbreon is in a similar boat as Espeon but does have an Immunity to Psychic. 3/5
Leafeon has five weaknesses, two being common but does have a few nice resists and it hits common types. 2/5
Glaceon is weak to good types and resists only itself but hits many common types. 3/5
Sylveon has good resists and rare weaknesses and an immunity. Doesn’t hit any common types though. 4/5
Now for Roles and how good they are at them…
Vaporeon is a nice bulky attacker but would be better with healing. 3/5
Jolteon is a sweeper and good at it in-game. 4/5
Flareon is too slow to sweep and too frail to be bulky. 1/5
Espeon is a sweeper like Jolteon but trades a bit of speed for power. 4/5
Umbreon is bulky like Vaporeon but can have healing. 4/5
Leafeon is another sweeper with some bulk to it. 4/5
Glaceon is like Flareon but does have priority. 2/5
Sylveon is a great bulky attacker with a draining move. 5/5
And onto offensive moves, which includes both STAB and coverage.
Vaporeon has many Water options from Surf to Hydro Pump to Muddy Water and Ice moves for Grass. Doesn’t have anything for other Waters. 4/5
Jolteon also has options for STAB but Thunderbolt is prefered. Pin Missile hits grass but there’s nothing for Ground. 4/5
Flareon’s STAB options both have downsides, one being weak and the other having recoil. It also doesn’t have good coverage. 1/5
Espeon has Psychic for STAB but nothing to hit Dark besides Swift. 3/5
Umbreon’s best STAB options come from TM (Dark Pulse/Snarl) or Tutor (Foul Play). No useful coverage. 2/5
Leafeon has Leaf Blade for STAB and can learn Aerial Ace from TM to hit Bugs and other Grass. 4/5
Glaceon gets it’s bet STAB option from TM (Ice Beam) and has no good coverage. 2/5
Sylveon has Moonblast and Draining Kiss, one providing a great STAB and the other healing. No coverage. 4/5
Utility moves:
Vaporeon: Acid Armor (1)Jolteon: Thunder Wave (1)Flareon: Fire Spin (1)Espeon: Morning Sun (1)Umbreon: Confuse Ray, Moonlight (2)Leafeon: Swords Dance, Synthesis (2)Glaceon: N/A (0)Sylveon: N/A (0)
And now to tally the points and get this over with:
Vaporeon: 12Jolteon: 13Flareon: 5Espeon: 10Umbreon: 11Leafeon: 12Glaceon: 7Sylveon: 13
Results (AKA TLDR)1st: Jolteon/Sylveon2nd: Vaporeon/Leafeon3rd: Umbreon4th: Espeon5th: Glaceon6th: Flareon
All information used in making this is based off USUM
I believe that Vaporeon is the best Eevee evolution because of its useful ability (Water Absorb) and annoying movesets you could make using its pretty good movepool. Vaporeon has easy access to quick recovery with its Water Absorb ability and the move Aqua Ring which is basically like Leftovers. It can also learn Wish and Detect (detect for recovering using Aqua Ring or Leftovers) as egg moves. Or, you can take advantage of that and use Flail, which is also an egg move for Vaporeon.
Here’s a popular annoying and powerful moveset for Vaporeon (nature and such included):Vaporeon + LeftoversAbility: Water AbsorbNature: Bold- Wish (for a lot of HP recovery)- Scald (for attacking when the opponent is weakened by Toxic or for burning the opponent)- Protect/Detect (for recovering a bit of HP using its Leftovers)- Toxic (for crippling others)You can also look for other movesets, if this one doesn’t appeal to you.
Let’s take some things into consideration, like types. (I’m gonna do half points for resistances)Flareon= Fire; weak to rock, ground, and water, resistance to bug, steel, grass, fire, ice, and fairy strong against grass, ice, steel, and bug. So, 7- 3= 4 pointsVaporeon= Water; weak to grass and electric, resistance to fire, steel, ice, water, strong against fire, rock, and ground. So, 5-2=3Jolteon= Electric, weak to ground, resitance to flying, electric, and steel, ground is immune to it, strong against water and flying. So, 3.5-2=1.5Espeon= Psychic, weak to bug, dark, and ghost, resists psychic, fighting, strong against fighting and poison, and dark is immune to it. So, 4-4=0Umbreon= Dark, weak to fighting, fairy, and bug, resists ghost, dark, strong against ghost and psychic, immune to psychic. So, 4-3=1Leafeon= Grass, weak to fire, poison, flying, bug, and ice, resists ground, water, electric, and grass, strong against water, rock and ground. So, 7-5=2 pointsGlaceon= Ice, weak to fire, steel, rock, and fighting, resists ice, strong against flying, grass, ground, and dragon. So, 4.5- 4= 0.5Sylveon= Fairy, weak to poison and steel, resists fighting, dark, and bug, strong against fighting, dragon, and dark, immune to dragon. So, 5.5- 2= 3.5Next:StatsFlareon:65 hp130 att60 def95 spa110 spd65 spVaporeon130 hp65 att60 def110 spa95 spd65 spJolteon65 hp65 att60 def110 spa95 spd130 spEspeon65 hp65 att60 def130 spa95 spd110 spUmbreon95 hp65 att110 def60 spa130 spd65 spLeafeon65 hp110 att130 def60 spa65 spd95 spGlaceon65 hp60 att110 def130 spa95 spd65 spSylveon95 hp65 att65 def110 spa130 spd60 spPick and choose.Want a wall? UmbreonWant a spd tank? Choose SylveonA staller? VaporeonA special sweeper? Espeon or JolteonA physical sweeper? Leafeon is your best bet <'-'>Hope I helped!
In my opinion, Umbreon is the best eeveelution. This is because (A I kind of grew up with this Pokemon and Pokemon black and white were my two first Pokemon games, and I evolved my eevee into Umbreon and (B, it is a Sp.Def powerhouse and has above decent HP, making it useful for last man standings and has status inducing skills, such as poison attacks, and can also learn curse, a very helpful move when in a pickle. Second best is Espeon for almost the same reasons, except for the fact it has higher Sp.Atk and lower Sp.Def. However, having Espeon early in the games has an effect on your team. Since psychic is weak against bug, early on big type moves such as bug bite and infestation can cause minor setback. The same goes for Um bre on, except its poison type moves make up for that so. Last is Glacion, mostly because in the middle of the games, grass types are rare and dragon types are almost impossible to find in the whole game, along with the fact that they are weak to rock (and heaven only knows how many Pokemon and moves are rock in sun and moon, along with black and white). So there you go, Umbreon is the best.
Vaporeon is the best eeveelution aka eevee evolution. The reasons why are:
Vaporeon has lots of hp so she can get hit with lots of damage so she can last a while
Vaporeon can counter both of its weaknesses: Electric and Grass with Dig, Aurora Beam, and Ice Beam.
Vaporeon can learn moves with a variety of types, most with Technical Machines or Hidden Machines (TMs or HMs)
Therefore, Vaporeon is the best eeveelution.
Well….There are many eeveeloutions that are all powerful, but some more than others. I’d say Jolteon and Espeon are among them. But people need different things, so I’m including something about them all.1. Vaporeon is a great special tank that can defend itself with it’s great sp. attack. Hydro pump is a great attack. It can also shine in doubles as it’s health means that it can stay in the battle for a long time, and helping hand is good as it can assist one of the huge attackers.2. Flareon is offensive with it’s physical attack stat and being the fire eeveeloution most people would expect a monster. Unfortuantly, the moveset sucks. Flare Blitz is good but is it’s best attack by far.Jolteon is badass and super powerful. The fastest eeveeloution that can make itself even faster with agility. Thunder often misses but it also has discharge which is great. It is also one of the best sp attackers with pretty good sp defence.Leafeon is great as a phisical attacker and defender, with good speed and I think everyone with one that is high level knows leaf blade.Glacion is a great mix of special and physical with sp attack and defence. Ice movesets however, are hard to work with.Umbreon is a good tank with both defence stats high and good hp. However, the attack stats suck seriously. It has moonlight which restores hp and dark pulse in a good moveset.Espeon is an amazing special attacker and is also fast. Statically, it is very similar to Jolteon. Psychic is great as is morning sun as it restores health.Sylveon is your special stuff. Sp defence and sp attack. Draing kiss can restore it’s hp and moonblast is also great.
I think that Espeon and Jolteon are the best, although Vaporeon and Leafeon would be my runners up. Espeon and Jolteon are special sweepers, whilst Leafeon as your physical sweeper probably. Vaporeon and Glacion are special tanks, and Umbreon is also one. Leafeon as an attacker, not Flareon as it kind of sucks, whilst Sylveon as your special machine.
Hope I helped!
P.S It’s gen 8 now, this is from gen 8 point of view.
Vaporeon can be a backup staller for your team, also, it can learn Flip Turn, so when it’s about to faint, you can quickly change to another Pokemon while dealing some damage.Jolteon would be good in being a special attacker, giving your team quick wins, but in double battles, you won’t expect your opponent to use protect, without using priority moves in battle while dealing not damage to both opponents is extremely risky.Flareon has only one chance; Physical moves and status inflicting by using Burning Jealousy, or else, you have to go with Flare Blitz and Fire Fang for STAB.Espeon stands on the stage as a Special Attacker, and runner-up for Speed along with Leafeon, Espeon like Jolteon, Ultimate weakness is against physical priority moves, physical attacker example: Leafeon, Dragapult.Umbreon is a staller, it’s only purpose is to play that role. Using high HP Vaporeon might be better than no Attack Umbreon.Leafeon stats are balanced, not including its specials, it can easily knock out Pokemon Low in Defence while it can withstand a high amount of damage. It’s speed cannot match Jolteon and Espeon, so it’s most likely they would KO each other.Glaceon is the opposite of Leafeon here, think of how to change this to the opposite.Sylveon is not good against dual type Dragons, take an example from Eternatus, Dialga, Duralagon, easily being beaten up by Super effective moves, or else, it would be really good with a draining move and if only it had Misty Terrain.
VaporeonLeftoversHydrationModest
Well, that’s all for now
Extras (Replays)
So far I had only got one for Leafeon (which was an amazing Knock Off sweep), you can check it out on the rate my team replay wallhere
I hope I’ve helped!
