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kingdra
#230

Kingdra

Dragon Pokémon

WaterDragon

It lives in caves on the seafloor and creates giant whirlpools every time it moves.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 95
Defense 95
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 95
Speed 85
Total 540

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Dragon Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 152.0 kg
Base Exp 243
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water1 ,Dragon

Sprites

kingdra Front Front
kingdra Back Back
kingdra Front Shiny Front Shiny
kingdra Back Shiny Back Shiny
kingdra Official Art Official Art
kingdra Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ubers Usage: 6.3%
Dragon Dance
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Lonely / Naughty
EVs
Atk 252
SpA 80
Spe 176
Mixed Attacker
Moves
Surf / Hydro Pump
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Mild
EVs
Atk 80
SpA 252
Spe 176

Strategy Overview

Kingdra's stats may make it seem like it's outclassed by Dragon-types such as Palkia and Rayquaza. However, Kingdra's ability, Swift Swim, puts it in a class of its own. With Kyogre's eternal rain, Kingdra becomes an excellent revenge killer, and either a powerful mixed attacker, or a sweeper that is incredibly difficult to revenge kill. In the rain, Kingdra will outspeed even Choice Scarf Garchomp and Choice Scarf Palkia, and will easily OHKO both with its powerful, STAB Dragon-type attacks. No other Dragon-type is capable of doing this in Ubers, often making Kingdra a deadly surprise for most teams that rely on Choice Scarfed Dragon-type Pokemon to stop sweeps from Rayquaza. Overall, Kingdra is an excellent Pokemon in Ubers, and is the prime candidate to base an Uber rain team around.

Most Used Moves

Outrage
89.6%
Surf
40.6%
Waterfall
24.9%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
76.2%
Lum Berry
13.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc