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horsea
#116

Horsea

Dragon Pokémon

Water

It makes its nest in the shade of corals. If it senses danger, it spits murky ink and flees.

Base Stats

HP 30
Attack 40
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 70
Sp. Def 25
Speed 60
Total 295

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Dragon Pokémon
Height 0.4 m
Weight 8.0 kg
Base Exp 59
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 225
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water1 ,Dragon

Sprites

horsea Front Front
horsea Back Back
horsea Front Shiny Front Shiny
horsea Back Shiny Back Shiny
horsea Official Art Official Art
horsea Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.0%
Swift Swim Sweeper
Moves
Hydro Pump / Surf
Hidden Power Grass / Hidden Power Electric
Item
Life Orb / Eviolite
Nature
Modest / Timid
EVs
Def 36
SpA 200
SpD 76
Spe 196

Strategy Overview

Horsea is a premier special sweeper on Rain Dance teams. Swift Swim, coupled with base 60 Speed, allows Horsea to reach 32 Speed in the rain. It has the second highest Special Attack among all Pokemon with Swift Swim. Thanks to its high Speed stat, Horsea is a good option to use over Mantyke. Horsea also has higher Defense and Special Attack than Mantyke. Horsea's base 70 Special Attack allows it to reach 17 Special Attack with maximum EV investment and a Modest nature. It has a good base 70 Defense stat, but a poor base 25 Special Defense stat, which means Horsea can only take physical hits effectively.

Most Used Moves

Hydro Pump
100.0%
Ice Beam
100.0%
Rain Dance
100.0%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc