How to Play Wobbuffet in Dungeons & Dragons (Pokemon Build for D&D 5e)

Today we have a build for everyone's (least) favorite Pokemon Wobbuffet in Dungeons & Dragons! Can you beat dangerous foes in D&D 5e without even attacking them? This is a build for everyone who wants revenge.
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[@Drahjan_TheoryBREAK]

"Patron? Doesn't matter" Genie Patron [gives you access to an almost literal Pokéball]: Am I a joke to you?

[@cyberparadox3425]

Oh my god yes

[@walude1583]

Not to mention Genie Patron gives you access to Sanctuary, which represents your resistance to even want to attack this thing

[@Heyhowsitgoin999]

@@walude1583 Too bad spells like Armor of Agathys pops Sanctuary

[@walude1583]

Of course they errata'd it. Why wouldn't they? Thanks for the info!

[@Heyhowsitgoin999]

@@walude1583 To be fair Clerics were the most OP class with Spirit Guardians + Sanctuary so it made sense they would put a stop to it.

[@jamescampbell2353]

Imagine a level 17 fighter getting dominated by a bbeg and then they have to try to kill the party. Then the wobbafett steps up, and casts encore on them.

[@hekonaleeinos5510]

I knew this one was going to be whack, but i was not prepared for True Strike both managing to be even more worthless than usual AND being picked un-ironically because it is fitting precisely by virtue of being completely useless. This feels like a long awaited punchline.

[@austinhaltiner1489]

I never understood the "True Strike is useless" thing. It's not for weapon attacks, it's for landing a big spell like Plane Shift.

[@thesunwillneverset]

@@austinhaltiner1489 It's also not useless for some martials either. granting rogues guaranteed Sneak Attack for example.

[@hekonaleeinos5510]

@@austinhaltiner1489 I mean that it is specifically useless here, since Wobbuffet never perform any action require rolling any kind of attack, thus never taking advantage of... well, the advantage. It even is, here, a stand-in for "Splash", a pokemon move that does absolutely nothing.

[@austinhaltiner1489]

@@hekonaleeinos5510 That makes sense. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[@silvinity4939]

@@austinhaltiner1489 I feel like it comes from people simply not thinking of those sorts of applications. Like I didn't realize plane shift had that effect until I saw your comment just now. Most of the time when people think of big spells they think of saving throws, which true strike doesn't help with.

[@AwesomeWookiee]

Not solely in character with the teleport, but taking Compelled Duel as an enchantment spell from Fey Touched is a really powerful Shadow Tag that guarantees your Armor of Agathys is in play.

[@hotwery6645]

Yeah. When I saw this was the character Compelled Duel is what came to mind for shadow tag but I understand why he didn't because of the other options he was fishing for

[@StarkMaximum]

Compelled Duel is my favorite spell and it's always such a challenge to not take Fey Touched just to get it.

[@dragonboyjgh]

Teleport is a psychic movie. Maybe one day as an egg move.

[@hotwery6645]

Abra build next? 👀

[@Concherto]

Looks at Eberron Mark of the Sentinel Human...

[@sharkcerer]

Since Armor of Agathys triggers when you get hit, not when you take damage, Invulnerability let’s you just get hit over and over and not have to worry about losing AoA

[@austinboylan5476]

I was surprised he didn’t take that at level 17 just to make the build as busted as possible 😄

[@Aerostorm56]

Quickest way for a DM to shut you down is just to not attack you or use AOE spells instead. I'm pretty sure Dragon Breath doesn't proc oppurtunity attacks right?

[@joshuaburgess4158]

@@Aerostorm56 that's why you convince your dm to let you take the orzohv background for spirit guardians on your spell list

[@BlairWasTakenAlready]

I was expecting a straight-forward Warlock Barbarian to use Rage to half incoming damage to the Armour of Agathys, essentially doubling it's duration and damage output, but I am giddy to be wrong because this build is genius

[@k0pstl939]

Some rule that temp HP is not affected by resistances, but I think thats dumb

[@stefanandrews5098]

@@k0pstl939 it’s funny, I don’t believe Chris Perkins, Gygax’s Ghost, or anyone else is DMing my table. That’s me. I agree with you, also you absolutely Divine Smite with an unarmed attack. Think about a 14/6 Monk/Paladin, Sentinel. If you jam with CR’s stuff - Cobalt Soul (for all the reactions with Sentinel) and Oath of the Open Sea (to either go into shadow mode and smash, or to knock people everywhere).

[@mdalsted]

*Wobbuffet* A plasmoid wizard (with a level in warlock) whose fighting style can basically be summed up as "the 'No U' style". Rumor has it that his black tail is the real Wobbuffet while the more prominent big blue punching bag is simply a decoy.

[@emblem3272]

Only 4 levels in so far, and I am cackling. This is probably the most unorthodox build ever, and somehow it is utterly terrifying. Beautiful work.

[@redtexan7053]

For RP, I feel this character works best if you are annoying as possible. You’ve got to make yourself a *nightmare* to play with. It’ll get the DM, hell even the other players if need be, ticked off and more likely to rush into combat against you specifically, and forget that’s *exactly* what you want.

[@benthomason3307]

VICIOUS MOCKERY

[@sludgy5134]

A Pokémon being a warlock is a stroke of genius

[@c.v.emmans]

Pokemon and Jedi being warlocks by default was not something I was prepared for.

[@arcticbanana66]

And if you take Genie as your patron, you also get a pokeball to live in.

[@pred6]

For some extra tanking if you have no spells to cast because you're set up or unsure what's gonna happen next, you can always take Blade Ward too, the cantrip that gives you resistance to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage. If you have your buffs set up, just helps you get some extra mileage without using slots.

[@jadex1058]

I had the same thought too. This is such a helpful action to be able to take to (hopefully/potentially) double the damage output

[@BJGvideos]

When I woke up today I wasn't expecting that I would hear Wobbuffet versus Anakin Skywalker but I guess that's how today is going to go. You know what we need to accompany this build, of course, is Wobby's friend Jessie and her friends James and Meowth. I'm thinking J&J will be rogue/glamor bards while Meowth is a rogue/bard/artificer. All of then speccing into constitution though.

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

Prepare for trouble....

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

And make it double!

[@szayelapporograntz3276]

7:17 Gentle reminder that Abjuration's Arcane Ward does not "refresh" on every spell cast, it just regains hp equal to 2x the level of a cast abjuration spell. (So AoA gives you 2/4/6/8/10/12/14/16/18 Arcane Ward "HP" at each spell level). I noticed you saying that on the Ansem video, but... I saw it several hours after it was posted and figured it wouldn't be seen XD.

[@anthonynorman7545]

Thank you!

[@arcticbanana66]

I think the problem is that many people only remember the first paragraph of Arcane Ward and forget the rest of it. It's easy to see how people might think the Ward is and "on or off" ability, where if it's "off" and you cast an Abjuration spell it activates the Ward, when it reaches 0 HP the Ward deactivates completely, and casting an Abjuration spell _while_ it's still "on" regenerates it like it says in the ability description. I've actually seen a player do this, he'd let his Arcane Ward burn down to 0 HP so he wouldn't "waste spell slots on just recharging it a little bit". He was really disappointed when I had him reread it.

[@SirBearingtonSupporter]

​@@arcticbanana66 solution: take a feat that gives you the ability to cast an abjuration spell of first level or higher at will! Armor of Shadows is pretty good. Also Mark of Warding Dwarf with Rakdos Cultist Background? And now we don't need Warlock 1... Increasing the Ward HP by 2 but lowering the total HP by 2 and changing proficiency charisma saving throw to intelligence, arguably more psychic.

[@joshuaburgess4158]

@@SirBearingtonSupporter same race but take orzohv background and get spirit guardians. Take 1 level of cleric (order if you have a rouge) instead of warlock, now it hurt to hit you and if they ignore you

[@trulyidkman]

@@joshuaburgess4158 that doesnt work. You cant deal damage while you have sanctuary activated on you. So spirit guardians would stop your sactuary as soon as you damage the opponent.

[@theforgottenranger]

This build is the equivalent of those "Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing" videos

[@borisbutterscotch9482]

13:05 Fun fact! In the Pokemon Table Top United system, 6 rounds of combat is considered to be 1 minute of time. That means that each round is 10 seconds, which is pretty close to the 12 second mark you calculated I this video.

[@MHAL]

You could also take a second level in warlock or the eldritch adept feat to grab armor of shadows, letting you cast mage armor at will and refill your arcane ward to full between fights at no resource cost

[@alextodd1989]

The abjuration wizard in my campaign did this early on with the eldritch adept feat. It was a great move, he had a full arcane ward every initiative roll.

[@laral094]

The deep gnome gets the feat Svirfneblin magic which gives access to the nondetection spell to be cast at will. It's a 3rd level spell so it recharges the ward even faster and you don't need to multiclass. You also get a few other spells once per long rest. So if you just want to have a fully powered arcane ward this would be a better alternative. Of course this is restricted to the deep gnome only.

[@caesarsosa816]

15:33

[@snuffles504]

Mage armor wouldn't be a great choice - it raises your AC, but you WANT enemies to hit you.

[@davidfarnham5623]

This build is so cursed. I love it. Gonna steal it for a bad guy. Thank you for my characters' tears.

[@eldritchexploited5462]

This build is probably one of the best you've made, it's ridiculous in a kind of Brilliant way?

[@kawawangkowboy9566]

Tulok: "... letting you send your ward to absorb damage..." Me: "is he redoing Batman?"

[@c.v.emmans]

I am consistently surprised by a) how wrong my first-glance predictions of the builds are, and b) how creatively you use and synergize features. Warlock and Wizard shouldn't work together on paper. Like many, I predicted Barbarian for rage-flect and the D12 hit die, with a Peace Domain cleric dip for Emboldening bond. Wizard was a surprise, albeit a welcome one. A viable no attack build though...very impressive.

[@Aerostorm56]

Just think of the Warlock spells as moves you learn naturally and Wizard as Moves you use a TM to get.

[@dorca9308]

While I absolutely love you somehow making a "thorns" build, the thing that makes it so much better is that since so few spells are really needed you can still play this however you want with the extra cantrips, spells, and warlock patron

[@Kytseo]

Heck, if you don't mind deviating from the source a bit, Eldritch Blast or Fire Bolt can be Hyper Beam (granted, deviates from the source material, but adds versatility, and Tulok always advises to deviate when necessary, especially when it comes to Pokemon Speak).

[@Shalakor]

@@Kytseo I'd argue Hyper Beam would be something a bit more immediately powerful, like the Disintegrate spell.

[@fredthedilophosaurus6029]

Some guy was denied the Ratcatcher 2 build by the DM, so they came in with this abomination. Their DM loathes them

[@kayabarnhart2779]

This has made me want a miltank build. Specifically Whitney’s miltank.

[@cooperthompson5493]

This is an iconic build. Putting the entire Wobbussy into Armor of Agathys? Exquisite

[@binho6600]

Wobbussy? 😳

[@KingZolem]

Fun fact Wobuffet is actually really popular, making it into the top 100 pokemon. The actually least popular pokemon according to statistics is Silcoon. The second least is Cascoon.

[@BJGvideos]

Depends on the poll. I remember when Simisear was at the bottom of the popularity polls.

[@jamesbiggs8397]

Easily reflavorable into a Masochist Wizard, mad props

[@Aerostorm56]

what was her name? Darkness?

[@CitanulsPumpkin]

I feel like I remember an episode of the cartoon where Wobbofet wore a tool belt and hard hat. Team rocket had to do some light construction work or something. You could easily add a single level of artificer to this build instead of one of the wizard levels and it wouldn't lose anything major. Hell, start off as artificer for better saves, then go into warlock 1 level, then wizard for 18 levels.

[@BJGvideos]

I feel like Meowth is the artificer of the group

[@galeforce3192]

3:36 I think that depends on what the poison is. If it's a natural poison (i.e. a virus or bacteria) that causes an illness or disease, then being poisoned is an inevitability. In that case, it makes sense that Psychic-types are super-effective against Poison-types because the brain works with the immune system to eliminate the pathogens in the body. It's also why so many Bug-types are part-Poison; think of how many bugs are vectors for different illnesses (e.g. malaria, West Nile virus, Lyme disease).

[@jamescampbell2353]

Damage reflection?! HECK YEAH!. I’m especially interested in shadow tag in d&d

[@falloutguy132]

These are the kind of builds I really love! Its kinda like a gimmick, but in the best way possible. Keep up the good work you beautiful bastard of creativity!

[@uberchops]

Surprised there there's no dip to acquire the sentinel feat or some other means of incentivizing the enemy to attack you That said this build is the most absurd thing I have ever seen on this channel and I commend you for even attempting it.

[@sir.hopper]

Sentinel would require the user to both have a weapon and to be able to hit with that weapon, both of which are impractical in this build.

[@AwesomeWookiee]

I come back and rewatch the intro to this every week or so. This is your magnum opus, your Starry Night, pain transfigured into exquisite beauty. Also, the lonely island slap.

[@connorr-w9133]

Really appreciate the "That's the way it is, ma'am" line. I was hoping you'd make a nod to that in this one. God, what a fun build.

[@TheAwakeOrangutang]

This might be a bit of an odd suggestion, but what about a Dark Magician build from Yugioh? He may be Yugi's signature summon, but he actually has a background, an entire deck archetype to pull from for what he should be capable of, and a lot of footage from the anime to use as examples.

[@nephalos666]

I would love to see a Dark Magician build tbh.

[@TheRishabhBhasin]

Great video, but just for the record, counter and mirror coat do have types. They're not affected by weakness/resistance, but they are affected by immunity, so Dark types are immune to Mirror Coat and Ghost types are immune to Counter.

[@d.k.t.3380]

I go "Wobbuffet hunting" in Sword/Shield with a ghost type (that only knows physical moves) or dark type (that only knows special moves) to XP grind for this exact reason: it is oddly, indescribably satisfying beating a Lv40 Wobbuffet with a newly caught Lv15 and getting all that XP out of it...

[@frogabelle]

as a big fan of AoA tank warlocks, this brought me a lot of joy

[@benthomason3307]

This is a rare situation where blade ward would actually be useful. it halves the damage of the next attack, further extending the mileage of all that temp hp, and further feeds into the image of you doing absolutely nothing while your enemies kill themselves attacking you.

[@pierrealyzer2691]

that nuzlock sounds entertaining, tulok suffering is a third the reason i subscribed

[@mikewazowski8075]

As someone who's been looking into making pretty kuch this exact build, thanks for the suggestions. I love the masochist wizard concept.

[@hella_lugosi]

Unfortunately the Ward doesn't fully refresh every round, but you can still fully refresh your ward in between every combat encounter with the Armor of Shadows invocation exploit. I was surprised when this exploit didn't come up but I suspect you just misunderstood how the feature worked

[@arcticbanana66]

I think the problem is that many people only remember the first paragraph of Arcane Ward and forget the rest of it. It's easy to see how people might think the Ward is and "on or off" ability, where if it's "off" and you cast an Abjuration spell it activates the Ward, when it reaches 0 HP the Ward deactivates completely, and casting an Abjuration spell _while_ it's still "on" regenerates it like it says in the ability description. I've actually seen a player do this, he'd let his Arcane Ward burn down to 0 HP so he wouldn't "waste spell slots on just recharging it a little bit". He was really disappointed when I had him reread it.

[@AsamiHarumi381]

This inspired me to make a little slime mascot type character that could turn anyone in the party into a tank. Literally just did most of what you did, but added mounted combatant to it and spammed blade ward every turn after using armor of agathys. Literally like, slime armor the character. My friends kept calling him a symbiote. He was also a utility support by doing things like being a washing machine and using identify. Was fun, very lazy way to play and made blade ward finally worthwhile.

[@Mitcheck315]

Armor of Agathys + Arcane Ward + Suggestion is probably the funniest combination of skills and spells you've ever done and you're four levels in

[@Garryn_]

I love watching these for the vibes and the jokes, and to see where your mind takes the build. But this one is the first build that I truly wish to play. And, I mean, why not?

[@pokemaster374]

Ok....who honestly asked for this, this really expanded my ideas of character concepts, well done

[@StarkMaximum]

I just wanted to let you know I appreciate dearly that you managed to work in a "that's the way it is, ma'am" joke.

[@samuelalexandermarkovnikov891]

Just a nitpick, but "While the ward has 0 hit points, it can't absorb damage, but its magic remains. Whenever you cast an abjuration spell of 1st level or higher, the ward regains a number of hit points equal to twice the level of the spell." You kept saying "refreshing" it, which implies it gets all of that back.

[@arcticbanana66]

I think the problem is that many people only remember the first paragraph of Arcane Ward and forget the rest of it. It's easy to see how people might think the Ward is and "on or off" ability, where if it's "off" and you cast an Abjuration spell it activates the Ward, when it reaches 0 HP the Ward deactivates completely, and casting an Abjuration spell _while_ it's still "on" regenerates it like it says in the ability description. I've actually seen a player do this, he'd let his Arcane Ward burn down to 0 HP so he wouldn't "waste spell slots on just recharging it a little bit". He was really disappointed when I had him reread it.

[@pendragon8185]

If anyone is wondering, This kinda work's on BG3, you need to dip 2 lvl's into Pally to get the Taunt Skill that is uniquely theirs

[@marthfan]

This is the most creative character build you've ever done

[@0_Body]

Player: Why are you hitting yourself? DM: Listen here

[@lucasm.3864]

This is insane and I love it. The flavor alone would make doing this hilarious.

[@robbinridunk]

Brilliantly done, this is awesome.

[@joaopedroabreu2688]

that wynaut pun was golden

[@Kevinblue035]

this also works as a Mash Kyrielight build if you swap something out for a couple levels of paladin or fighter for the defender fighting style and proficiency with a greatsword or hammer that you can call a giant shield

[@hostileeldritch2686]

ok but this is genuinely such an amazing build, amazing job as always!

[@RayneGrimm1]

The absolute mad lad! Tulok your amazing 👏

[@AeonHero64]

This and knuckles have been my favorite builds in a long time. Great work!

[@OldGreyGryphon]

Honestly, the more Pokémon builds you do the more I want to see. They’re always so interesting. Well done!

[@hexshadowman]

Your gimmick builds are always so amazing.

[@Golnax]

This is such a unique build, very cool!

[@shadowmetroid18]

This might be the most mental build you've ever made. Good job!

[@Hex545]

This is probably my favorite build you've done and for my favorite pokemon. Really fun video. Thanks for making a shitty week a bit better

[@Detton30]

I love the subtle way you didn't add amnesia to the list of goals at the start. I love this channel :) Upvote!

[@MegaPokefan97]

This build is absolutely beautiful

[@marcofiorino1196]

This is actually a build that looks fun to play

[@LordTonzilla]

Okay, this has got to be one of the best ones yet.

[@34Xboxaddict]

This is a chef's kiss of a build.

[@isaacgraff8288]

This is insane and I love it.

[@ponygonporygon2153]

Yay, This is gonna be so fun.

[@cameronvandewark4255]

Oh my god this build is evil as hell and I love it. This is so out there and I love it

[@aquamarinerose5405]

For some more spells to suggest. Blade Ward as a miniature Protect. Sadly it doesn't really increase your ward like I thought at first but it's still nice. Vampiric Touch is a decently nice concentration spell to go on the offensive with, since it's an offensive option that also makes your THP barrier even bigger. Life Transference is.. idk if temporary hit points or arcane ward do anything to this but if it does you can basically hand out HP for free. also another thing to add onto vampiric touch,

[@ironcladguildhand9321]

You could also be some sort of lanky green plumber who just smiles bemusedly at everything and somehow succeeds with this build!

[@Eramiserasmus]

I can only imagine how great this will be. Love it and I'm going to use this to break people.

[@BrawlSnorlax]

Suggeston: Hit me in the face! Hit me in the face.

[@hotwery6645]

Love this and would love to see other Pokémon builds. Also before the video I was thinking you would choose teifling to get the racial hellish rebuke and you were going to call them a demon

[@dummy_vicc2976]

I didnt expect a warlock/wizard multiclass to be such an effective tank, but holy shit, this is terrifying

[@fightingfalcon777]

This was absolutely beautiful 🤣❤️

[@jaseannfoxoff3542]

My fav episode thus far

[@creativelibertiesweretaken3366]

10:03 so this is basically just the “standing here I realize” build

[@smiegto]

second level of warlock would let you pick up free mage armour which is an abjuration spell and would allow you to recharge the ward during like a short rest or so

[@AnilSaulnier]

Tulok, you're a genius and so close to greatness. I only have one reccommendation: if your first level dip is in genie warlock you get a free pokeball!

[@OrbitalPulsar]

That was incredible

[@Lycandros]

I love this build!

[@pikanachuster4032]

This is such a funny build. I can’t wait to use this against my players

[@jumpstick9446]

Wouldn't this be the perfekt build to cast "Blade Ward" each round to half incoming slashing, piercing and bludgeoning damage?

[@TheDougio]

Well Wobbaffet doesn't resist normal type so probably not in character

[@jumpstick9446]

@@TheDougio I would argue, that Bludgeoning Piercing and Slashing damage is actually fighting type, because Fighters and Barbarians are using it most.

[@TheDougio]

@@jumpstick9446 yes, but counterpoint: slash and cut are normal type

[@jumpstick9446]

@@TheDougio Agree to disagree then. I think it would help the build even further, and most of the build is already up for interpretation.

[@nicolasvillasecaali7662]

Woba-fett is a bounty hunter that... (Wait wrong char) wobuffet is that one pokemon you see at first glance and think "this is a weird one" and it still manage to become a beloved mascot on its own... With the power to smack back gods in the face if they don't adapt to more pacifist ways of the chill punching bag. With how unorthodox characters Tulok manage to make is there doubt why I'm so enthusiastic on the idea of him making a Tangle the lemur build? (Btw Sr Tulok please) oddly both have quite the special tails, although he is more mysterious and shy about it.

[@gingerb0i622]

This is an excellent build and embodies the character really well. For anyone who wants to use this build but optimize a little bit further, take blade ward as a cantrip and absorb elements as a spell. Both of these spells give you temporary resistance to damage you take which means your ward hp and armor hp are extended further.

[@eldritchexploited5462]

Absorb Elements is also still in flavor because it's only damaging capability is as a counter attack

[@Doctor_Sirus]

I don't have pokemon games but I can feel the pain in your language.

[@Mightymajin]

I lost a Vibrava in an Emerald Nuzlocke to a Wobbafett once, so I understand your pain

[@danieljohnson9917]

...Dear god, what monster have you made, Tulok?

[@Omagadam1]

Suggestion is a decent suggestion. Detect Thoughts is a decent detect thoughts. Probably my favourite line from anything ever

[@JinWolf9]

If you cant be a slime, id argue Tiefling, as the charisma and intelligence bonus is helpful, and if your DM allows Xanathars Race Feats, then Flames of phleglethos could be a decent early game effect to help pile on a d4 to melee attackers, and you can use something like greenflame blade to activate it, and Infernal Constitution gives extra resistances, and a Con bump.

[@asgorathalpha8316]

Dude, you are bathing in salt for this build.

[@2MeterLP]

You know, whenever I cast Armor of Agathys I CoInCiDeNtAlLy get hit with ranged attacks until the temp HP are gone...

[@zachrodan7543]

you're a tank... with low ac and a d6 hit die. what the hell are you? terrifying. I love it

[@0_Body]

*sees intelligence as a main stat "it's big brain time"

[@Andrew_the_Worthy_Shield]

Armor of Agathys and Second level going into Wizard: "I think we all know where this is going."

[@faye8291]

This build is DELICIOUS

[@gamemasteranthony2756]

I need to keep this in mind with my homebrew that allows players to play as a Pokémon. Although...my version has the Pokémon eschew the spellcasting in order to use their abilities like Counter and Destiny Bond, so not sure how it will pan out.

[@JonathanToolonie]

For that intro alone, you get a like.

[@kevinphiggins]

I want to see Wobbuffet fight the Tarrasque