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Best Team for Espeon

A step-by-step guide to building the perfect team around Espeon. Discover the best teammates, understand why they work, and load the full team into the builder with one click.

Espeon Overview

Espeon

#196 Espeon

Strengths

Resists: Fighting, Psychic

Weaknesses to Cover

Step-by-Step Teammate Guide

Fill each slot with a teammate that patches Espeon's weaknesses and adds offensive coverage.

  1. Slot 2 — Pick one of these teammates:

    Empoleon
    EmpoleonWaterSteelRecommended

    Resists bug; hits fire, ice super-effectively

    +15% coverage gain

    Lucario
    LucarioFightingSteel

    Resists bug, dark; hits normal, ice super-effectively

    +15% coverage gain

    Excadrill
    ExcadrillGroundSteel

    Resists bug; hits fire, electric super-effectively

    +15% coverage gain

  2. Slot 3 — Pick one of these teammates:

    Heracross
    HeracrossBugFightingRecommended

    Resists dark, ground; hits normal, grass super-effectively

    +8% coverage gain

    Chesnaught
    ChesnaughtGrassFighting

    Resists dark, electric, ground; hits normal, water super-effectively

    +8% coverage gain

    Kommo O
    Kommo ODragonFighting

    Resists dark, electric; hits normal, dragon super-effectively

    +8% coverage gain

  3. Slot 4 — Pick one of these teammates:

    Golem
    GolemRockGroundRecommended

    Resists electric, fire; hits electric, flying super-effectively

    +5% coverage gain

    Rhydon
    RhydonGroundRock

    Resists electric, fire; hits electric, flying super-effectively

    +5% coverage gain

    Miraidon
    MiraidonElectricDragon

    Resists electric, fire; hits water, flying super-effectively

    +5% coverage gain

  4. Slot 5 — Pick one of these teammates:

    Grimmsnarl
    GrimmsnarlDarkFairyRecommended

    Resists ghost; hits ghost, dragon super-effectively

    +3% coverage gain

    Mimikyu Disguised

    hits ghost, dragon super-effectively

    +2% coverage gain

    Sylveon
    SylveonFairy

    hits dragon super-effectively

    +1% coverage gain

  5. Slot 6 — Pick one of these teammates:

    Vikavolt
    VikavoltBugElectricRecommended

    hits water super-effectively

    +1% coverage gain

    Pikachu
    PikachuElectric

    hits water super-effectively

    +1% coverage gain

    Jolteon
    JolteonElectric

    hits water super-effectively

    +1% coverage gain

Suggested Complete Team

Alternative Builds

Other strong team compositions built around Espeon:

Psychic/ground/steel focused variant