Moving on from Cottonee and Whimsicott, we come to Petilil and Lilligant. These Pokémon will be great for taking beautiful GO Snapshots, but what is their battle prowess shaping up like? Let's see if we can answer that question.

PETILIL

  • CATEGORY: Bulb Pokémon
  • PRONOUNCED: PEH-tih-lil
  • TYPE: Grass
  • HEIGHT: 1' 08"
  • WEIGHT: 14.6 lbs.

ATTACK:  119

DEFENSE:  91

STAMINA:  128

MAX  CP:  1030

LILLIGANT

  • CATEGORY: Flowering Pokémon
  • PRONOUNCED: LIL-lih-gunt
  • TYPE: Grass
  • HEIGHT: 3' 07"
  • WEIGHT: 35.9 lbs.

ATTACK:  214

DEFENSE:  155

STAMINA:  172

MAX  CP:  2550
PLACE IN THE META: Lilligant was never going to be the best Grass-type attacker in Pokémon GO, but its stats were good enough to at least make it at least a decent Pokémon in Trainer Battles. But looking at Lilligant and Petilil's movepools from the main-series games (from which its GO movepool will be based on), it does not learn any Grass-type Fast Attacks, pretty much ending any hope of this Pokémon being good in battle.

​LIKELY MOVEPOOL: Out of the Fast Moves we currently have in Pokémon GO, the following are the ones that seem most likely to be given to Lilligant:
  • Charm
  • Hidden Power
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Out of the Charged Moves we currently have in Pokémon GO, the following are the ones that seem most likely to be given to Lilligant:
  • Energy Ball
  • Grass Knot
  • ​Petal Blizzard
  • Solar Beam

Should Niantic add any new moves, the following are good candidates for Lilligant's movepool:
  • Magical Leaf
  • Leaf Storm

LOOKING AHEAD: Looking beyond Generation 5, Lilligant gains no evolution, exclusive Z-Move, or Mega Evolution that is known of at this time.
Thanks for reading, Trainers! Basculin is up next.
SOURCE: Pokémon Deluxe Essential Handbook, The Official National Pokédex: Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon Edition, Stats Calculated by Serebii | IMAGE CREDIT: The Pokémon Company