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quagsire
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Quagsire

Water Fish Pokémon

WaterGround

It has a sluggish nature. It lies at the river’s bottom, waiting for prey to stray into its mouth.

Base Stats

HP 95
Attack 85
Defense 85
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 65
Speed 35
Total 430

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

quagsire Quagsire Lv. 20
clodsire Clodsire Lv. 20

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Water Fish Pokémon
Height 1.4 m
Weight 75.0 kg
Base Exp 151
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water1 ,Ground

Sprites

quagsire Front Front
quagsire Back Back
quagsire Front Shiny Front Shiny
quagsire Back Shiny Back Shiny
quagsire Front ♀ Front ♀
quagsire Back ♀ Back ♀
quagsire Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
quagsire Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
quagsire Official Art Official Art
quagsire Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ou Usage: 1.6%
Specially Defensive
Moves
Toxic / Ice Punch
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Water Absorb
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
Def 56
SpD 200

Strategy Overview

While Quagsire may be adorable, it is also rather forgettable due to its low base stat total and inferiority to other bulky Water-types, most notably Swampert. Although admittedly flawed, Quagsire does sport access to Recover, Water Absorb, and Encore to differentiate itself from the oversized mudpuppy. These traits allow it to be one of the few hard counters to all variants of Starmie (which is no easy feat) while still faring decently well against Pokemon such as Metagross and Tyranitar. All in all, Quagsire's extremely niche options can allow it to function in standard; just make sure that what it's doing can't be done better by other Water-types.

Most Used Moves

Recover
99.4%
Curse
62.4%
Ice Punch
61.7%
Encore
30.1%
Ice Beam
18.7%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc