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ludicolo
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Ludicolo

Carefree Pokémon

WaterGrass

If it hears festive music, all its muscles fill with energy. It can’t help breaking out into a dance.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 70
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 100
Speed 70
Total 480

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Carefree Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 55.0 kg
Base Exp 216
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water1 ,Plant

Sprites

ludicolo Front Front
ludicolo Back Back
ludicolo Front Shiny Front Shiny
ludicolo Back Shiny Back Shiny
ludicolo Front ♀ Front ♀
ludicolo Back ♀ Back ♀
ludicolo Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
ludicolo Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
ludicolo Official Art Official Art
ludicolo Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 0.2%
Rain Dance Sweeper
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Modest / Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Swords Dance
Moves
Seed Bomb / Bullet Seed
Ice Punch / Rain Dance
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

With a great movepool, awesome typing, and two fantastic abilities, Ludicolo can be a force to be reckoned with. The ability to run both physically- and specially-based offensive sets while also being able to act as a defensive pivot with the combination of Substitute + Leech Seed is not something the average Pokemon can claim. With Ludicolo's abilities offering either blistering Speed or the capacity for huge amounts of recovery in the rain, he is one of the best rain abusers in UU. Ludicolo is not perfect though; his Speed is mediocre outside of rain, and he must depend on Swords Dance if he wants to do much physical damage. Don't let that dissuade you from using him, though, as he is a solid Pokemon and a monster on rain teams.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
59.0%
Ice Punch
34.9%
Seed Bomb
34.9%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
81.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc