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lapras
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Lapras

Transport Pokémon

WaterIce

They have gentle hearts. Because they rarely fight, many have been caught. Their number has dwindled.

Base Stats

HP 130
Attack 85
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 85
Sp. Def 95
Speed 60
Total 535

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Transport Pokémon
Height 2.5 m
Weight 220.0 kg
Base Exp 187
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Monster ,Water1

Sprites

lapras Front Front
lapras Back Back
lapras Front Shiny Front Shiny
lapras Back Shiny Back Shiny
lapras Official Art Official Art
lapras Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Choice Specs
Moves
Hidden Power Fire / Signal Beam / Surf
Item
Choice Specs
Nature
Modest
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Lapras sports great neutral coverage between its Water-type STAB move and Freeze-Dry, with the former hitting typical Freeze-Dry switch-ins, such as Piloswine and Fire-types. Lapras also possesses some defensive utility with its impressive natural bulk, a 4x resistance to Ice-type attacks, and Water Absorb. However, Lapras is susceptible to common offensive types, such as Fighting, Grass, Electric, and Rock. Lapras's Ice typing particularly spells trouble for it, as it will lose a quarter of its health every time it switches into Stealth Rock. A mediocre Speed stat also leaves Lapras wishing it could match the pace of other offensive threats, such as Mesprit, Primeape, and Kabutops. Lapras is also overly reliant on Choice Specs for power because of its average Special Attack.

Most Used Moves

Surf
82.1%
Rest
54.7%
Ice Beam
31.1%

Most Used Items

Damp Rock
54.6%
Life Orb
24.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc