Hippopotas
Hippo Pokémon
It lives in arid places. Instead of perspiration, it expels grainy sand from its body.
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Front Shiny
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Front ♀
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Front Shiny ♀
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Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Strategy Overview
Hippopotas is the only Pokemon in Little Cup who can set up a permanent sandstorm. It usually finds its place on defensively oriented teams, aiding its team with sandstorm support which adds more residual damage to the opponent.
Unfortunately, Hippopotas is not as effective as its big brother Hippowdon is in OU. Hippowdon can easily switch into various physical threats and constantly phaze them and successfully heal its HP via Slack Off. However, in a metagame filled with offense, Hippopotas struggles to wall effectively. Furthermore, low Speed and Special Defense stats really hinder its ability to stay in for long periods of time. Even with these shortcomings, Hippopotas is still a very dependable Pokemon. It can consistently set up both sandstorm and Stealth Rock, a claim no other Little Cup Pokemon can make.
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Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc