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ludicolo
#272

Ludicolo

Carefree Pokémon

WaterGrass

The rhythm of bright, festive music activates Ludicolo’s cells, making it more powerful.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 70
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 100
Speed 70
Total 480

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Carefree Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 55.0 kg
Base Exp 216
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water1 ,Plant

Sprites

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

Competitive

ru Usage: 1.3%
Swift Swim
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Modest
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Ludicolo is a niche pick on rain teams in RU as a Swift Swim sweeper due to its ability to threaten annoying bulky Water-types such as Gastrodon, Suicune, and Milotic with Giga Drain. It also has perfect coverage to hit the tier for at least neutral damage, making it sometimes difficult to deal with it. However, Ludicolo is very dependent on rain to make up for its mediocre offensive presence; otherwise, it is very easy to check and revenge kill. Even under rain, Ludicolo still struggles against specially defensive Pokemon that are not weak to its STAB moves, such as Assault Vest Reuniclus, Umbreon, and Porygon2. Many Pokemon can also revenge kill Ludicolo such as First Impression Golisopod, Trace Gardevoir, and Choice Scarf Flygon, even under rain. Ludicolo is also difficult to fit on many rain teams, as they prefer other Swift Swim sweepers like Kingdra and Kabutops or teammates such as Tornadus and Noivern that can handle problematic foes like Toxicroak and bulky Grass-types.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
99.7%
Protect
62.5%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
99.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc