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blastoise
#009

Blastoise

Shellfish Pokémon

Water

The jets of water it spouts from the rocket cannons on its shell can punch through thick steel.

Base Stats

HP 79
Attack 83
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 85
Sp. Def 105
Speed 78
Total 530

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

wartortle Wartortle Lv. 16
blastoise Blastoise Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Shellfish Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 85.5 kg
Base Exp 239
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Monster ,Water1

Sprites

blastoise Front Front
blastoise Back Back
blastoise Front Shiny Front Shiny
blastoise Back Shiny Back Shiny
blastoise Official Art Official Art
blastoise Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 37.9%
Utility
Moves
Roar / Dragon Tail
Foresight / Toxic
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Bold / Relaxed
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
SpD 4

Strategy Overview

Blastoise is famous for being the best user of Rapid Spin in BW UU. Its usable bulk and decent defensive typing give Blastoise many opportunities to enter battle and clear hazards from the field. Its access to Scald gives it a chance to burn Ghost-types that try and prevent the use of Rapid Spin and possibly ruin their longevity. It can even bypass their immunity to Rapid Spin entirely with Foresight. Scald's burn chance combined with Blastoise's access to phazing moves ensure that other Pokemon won't use Blastoise as setup bait. Unfortunately, though it is a good Rapid Spin user, it is a bad bulky Water-type. The other bulky Water-types, such as Suicune, Slowbro, Milotic, and Swampert, offer better bulk and various other advantages, such as recovery, better movepools, and useful secondary typings. These Pokemon often take up Blastoise's niche and make it hard to fit on teams. Even so, Blastoise continues to find space on teams as a great spinner.

Most Used Moves

Scald
99.3%
Roar
80.9%
Refresh
52.9%
Toxic
26.9%
Ice Beam
11.6%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
94.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc