Comfey, The Posy Picker Pokémon. Comfey picks flowers with its vine and decorates itself with them. For some reason, flowers won't wither once they're attached to a Comfey. v
Overview
Comfey is a Pokémon that was introduced in generation seven. Comfey has a unique role all things considered due to it's ability, Triage. Triage makes it so that the healing moves of the user, i.e. Comfey, get +3 priority, meaning that they will go before other Pokémon most of the time. Comfey itself has good defensive stats to further emphasize said role. Comfey also gets a variety of moves to more adequately support the team as a whole.
Positives
It has great defenses, especially Special Defense, allowing for it to survive many hits and act as a great healer in Doubles
Triage is a fantastic ability for doubles and does even boost some attacking moves, which Comfey does get
Its Speed is high so even without Triage it can be useful
It has a decent Special Attack so can be used as an attacker when not filling the healing role
Negatives
Its ability is great for Doubles, but in Singles it may not be the best
Its HP stat is what hinders its bulk
Its movepool has a lot more physical options than Special which is not ideal for its stats
Movesets
Healing Flowers
- Draining Kiss
- Giga Drain/ Protect
- Trick Room/ Aromatherapy
- Floral Healing
Item Attached: Babiri Berry/ Iapapa Berry
Ability: Triage
EVs and Nature:
252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
This is the set you would use when using Comfey normally. Draining Kiss is the only boosted STAB move that Comfey has, now while there is no investment in Special Attack it is not on the set for its power. It is on the set because of its interaction with Triage. Since it heals the user Draining Kiss counts as a healing move and thus will get priority. The use for this is to trigger an ally's weakness policy before the opponent has their Pokémon move. Giga Drain also falls under the same category as a healing move and can trigger the Weakness Policy of an ally weak to grass or a Pokémon with the ability Sap Sipper, Protect can be used over Giga Drain if it is unnecessary to the team. Trick Room can be used to support a Trick Room strategy for the team; if such a move is a detriment then Aromatherapy can be used to clear status effects in the few cases that it is a problem. Floral Healing is a move unique to Comfey that restores the target by 50% of its max HP, when in Grassy Terrain that amount goes up to 66.6%. A Babiri Berry is used to halve the damage from a super effective steel type attack on Comfey, otherwise a pinch Berry such as the Iapapa Berry can be used. The EV's are made to maximize the defensive bulk of Comfey; special defense is higher on Comfey then defense so that is why it is raised.
DYNAMAX:
Dynamaxing Comfey isn't really the best option as it removes a lot of what makes Comfey worth using, but in a clutch it can be used to set up Grassy Terrain with Giga Drain in order to get the Floral Healing boost after you have finished Dynamaxing
Partners:
Some good partners for Comfey are Pokemon like, Galarian Moltres and Rillaboom. Rillaboom sets up Grassy Terrain which on its own is helpful but when paired with floral healing can be used to provide massive healing benifits. Moltres can be hit by a draining kiss and have it's weakness policy triggered, thus giving it boosts, it can then be healed by Comfey.
Countering Comfey
The biggest and most common threat to Comfey is arguably a lot of things. Due to its rather passive status if left alone with a offensive Pokémon, neverminded one with a super effective move it will easily fall. The biggest example would be a Pokemon such as Glastrier which can basically ignore Comfey or use it to get boosts
Locations in Games
Red/Blue/Yellow:
Not in game
Gold/Silver/Crystal:
Not in game
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald:
Not in game
FireRed/LeafGreen:
Not in game
Colosseum/XD:
Not in game
Diamond/Pearl/Platinum:
Not in game
HeartGold/SoulSilver:
Not in game
Black/White:
Not in game
Black 2/White 2:
Not in game
X/Y:
Not in game
Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire:
Not in game
Sun/Moon:
Lush Jungle
Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon:
Lush Jungle
Let's Go, Pikachu!/Let's Go, Eevee!:
Not in game
Sword/Shield:
Fields of Honor, Soothing Wetlands, Forest of Focus, Challenge Beach, Training Lowlands, Insular Sea, Honeycalm Island
Max Raid Battles: Fields of Honor, Soothing Wetlands, Forest of Focus, Insular Sea
Anime Appearences
