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lotad
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Lotad

Water Weed Pokémon

WaterGrass

It looks like an aquatic plant and serves as a ferry to Pokémon that can’t swim.

Base Stats

HP 40
Attack 30
Defense 30
Sp. Atk 40
Sp. Def 50
Speed 30
Total 220

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
flying 2xpoison 2xbug 2x
Resistant to
water ¼xground ½xsteel ½x

Abilities

Swift Swim Rain Dish Own Tempo (Hidden)

Held Items

Mental Herb 5%

Evolution Chain

lotad Lotad
→
lombre Lombre Lv. 14
→
ludicolo Ludicolo Water Stone

Moves

Details

Category Water Weed Pokémon
Height 0.5 m
Weight 2.6 kg
Base Exp 44
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 255
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water1 ,Plant

Sprites

lotad Front Front
lotad Back Back
lotad Front Shiny Front Shiny
lotad Back Shiny Back Shiny
lotad Official Art Official Art
lotad Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc
Swift Swim Sweeper
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Timid / Modest
EVs
Def 36
SpA 196
SpD 36
Spe 196

Strategy Overview

Lotad is inferior to most Rain Dance sweepers because it is relatively weak and frail. It has mediocre stats all across the board, and there is little reason to use Lotad over the likes of Mantyke and Kabuto. What Lotad does have is good STAB attacks and coverage, allowing it to hit a good number of Pokemon for super effective damage. Unfortunately, it is still not that great, and is easily removed by other weather inducers. Overall, Lotad is hugely outclassed by other rain sweepers and will rarely find a place on one's team.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc