#062
Poliwrath
Tadpole Pokémon
WaterFighting
With its extremely tough muscles, it can keep swimming in the Pacific Ocean without resting.
Base Stats
HP 90
Attack 95
Defense 95
Sp. Atk 70
Sp. Def 90
Speed 70
Total 510
Type Effectiveness
Abilities
Held Items
Evolution Chain
Moves
Details
Category Tadpole Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 54.0 kg
Base Exp 230
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water1
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
SubPunch
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 252
Atk 252
Def 4
Bulk Up
RestTalk
Item
Leftovers / Life Orb
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 252
Atk 4
Def 252
Belly Drum
Item
Salac Berry
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Mono-Attacker
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
Atk 4
SpD 252
Strategy Overview
Poliwrath has a very unique and valuable typing, resisting Dark-, Rock-, Ice-, and Fire-type attacks, which are all very common types in the UU metagame, not to mention that it's capable of absorbing Water-type attacks for 25% HP recovery. Poliwrath has no big flaws stat-wise, but this balance is also what kills it as a potential standard. Usually, Pokemon need to hit hard or take hits really well to be very successful, but in this case, Poliwrath is more of a middleman. If you put its EVs where its purposes lie, it will certainly pull its weight for you in a standard team.
Most Used Moves
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc