#009

Blastoise

Shellfish Pokémon

Water

It deliberately makes itself heavy so it can with stand the recoil of the water jets it fires.

Base Stats

HP 79

Attack 83

Defense 100

Sp. Atk 85

Sp. Def 105

Speed 78

Total 530

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

grass 2x electric 2x

Resistant to

steel ½x fire ½x water ½x ice ½x

Evolution Chain

Squirtle

→

Wartortle Lv. 16

→

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

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ou Usage: 2.6%

UU OU 1V1

Bulky Water

Moves

Item

Leftovers

RestTalk

Moves

Rest

Sleep Talk

Surf

Ice Beam / Zap Cannon

Item

Leftovers

Strategy Overview

Blastoise is a generic "bulky Water". It has good overall stats (defenses especially) and uses some good support moves, Reflect and Rapid Spin in particular. It is just a no-nonsense tank Pokemon: it's made to do one thing, and it does it well. It's UU because it isn't quite as defensive as Pokemon like Suicune or Slowbro (Slowbro also has the handy Thunder Wave), but it is not quite as fast and does not have as much variety as something like Starmie (who can also Reflect and Rapid Spin). Don't be fooled, though; Blastoise is not a bad Pokemon by any means, but as previously stated, Blastoise only plays one role.