Best Nature For Drowzee and Hypno in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Drowzee and Hypno are both psychic-type Pokémon included in the first generation of released Pokémon. They are both yellow elephant-like humanoids with strong psychic abilities.

They use status effects, counters, shields, and healing utilities that can make them a good fit for a lot of competitive play. However, you must choose the best Nature for your Drowzee and Hypno to get the most out of them.

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This guide will help you pick out the best Nature to complement your Drowzee and Hypno’s respective playstyles in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Best Nature For Drowzee and Hypno

Drowzee and Hypno benefit from an exceptionally high Special Defense stat. This means that players are free to focus on increasing other stats, such as Defense for a more balanced defensive playstyle, or invest even more into Special Defense to become a guaranteed blocker to shut down your opponent’s strongest Special Attacking Pokemon. The ideal Nature for both playstyles is a Calm Nature and a Bold Nature. 

Calm Or Bold Nature

Calm and Bold will both decrease your attack, which is perfectly acceptable as neither Drowzee nor Hypno has particularly powerful attacking moves.

A Calm Nature will boost your Defense, allowing your Drowzee to provide healing utility and sleep immunity when it is on the field.

On the other hand, a Bold Nature will further increase your Special Defense, allowing you to swap in and tank even the hardest-hitting Special Attack moves that your opponent may throw at you.

Nature	Stat Increase	Stat Decrease	Liked Flavor	Disliked Flavor
Bold	Defense	Attack	Sour	Spicy
Calm	Sp. Defense	Attack	Bitter	Spicy

A Pokemon’s Nature can also affect its food flavor preferences. As shown in the table, a Pokemon with a Brave Nature will like Sour Food and dislike Spicy Food. These likes and dislikes mean that their condition will be more effectively or ineffectively raised depending on the type of food you feed them.

Note that while it is quite useful to keep track of a Pokémon’s Nature in competitive play, it is not necessary if you just intend to play the game casually. 

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Base Stats For Drowzee and Hypno

We have listed the base IV stats for Drowzee and Hypno. They give you a good idea of the IV spread and how you might want to adjust it for your own Drowzee/Hypno. Due to the exceptionally high Special Defense stat, most players tend to focus on increasing their Speed or regular Defense.

IV Stat	Drowzee	Hypno
HP	60	85
Attack	48	73
Defense	45	70
Sp. Atk	43	73
Sp. Def	90	115
Speed	42	67

Final Thoughts

Both Calm and Bold are two of the best Natures to select on your Drowzee and Hypno if you intend on using them competitively. Drowzee and Hypno already provide strong defensive and healing utilities to your team.

You can bolster their defensive capabilities even more by focusing on overall defense with a Bold Nature, or you can specialize in blocking powerful Special Attacks with a Calm Nature.