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Kyogre
Sea Basin Pokémon
Water
KYOGRE has the power to create massive rain clouds that cover the entire sky and bring about torrential downpours. This POKéMON saved people who were suffering from droughts.
Base Stats
HP 100
Attack 100
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 150
Sp. Def 140
Speed 90
Total 670
Type Effectiveness
Abilities
Forms
Evolution Chain
Moves
Locations
Details
Category Sea Basin Pokémon
Height 4.5 m
Weight 352.0 kg
Base Exp 302
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Calm Mind + Water Spout
Item
Blue Orb
Nature
Modest
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Physical Attacker
Item
Blue Orb
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Defensive
Item
Blue Orb
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 248
Def 236
SpD 24
Special Attacker
Item
Blue Orb
Nature
Mild / Hasty
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Strategy Overview
- Primal Kyogre is one of the best choices for breaking down teams thanks to its raw power, coverage, and ability to attack effectively both physically and specially.
- It remains effective despite being checked by the popular Primal Groudon. Additionally, the utility of an Overheat switch-in and mixed Rock Polish Primal Groudon check is both rare and valuable for offensive teams.
- Kyogre can also utilize a defensive variant, making it a consideration for nearly every team.
- Kyogre is a good blanket check for most types of support and Calm Mind Arceus formes.
- However, Kyogre is naturally slow and has poor options for recovery. It is also forced to use Blue Orb, which denies it the option to address these issues. As a result, Kyogre is easy to weaken and pressure out of a game.
- Additionally, Kyogre's aforementioned lack of Speed means that one very rarely reaches a gamestate where it, alone, outright wins. This gives it diminishing returns while the game progresses, as the opponent can opt to sacrifice weakened and non-impactful Pokemon instead of trying to guess how Kyogre will attack.
Common Teammates
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc