#272

Ludicolo

Carefree Pokémon

WaterGrass

If it hears festive music, all its muscles fill with energy. It can’t help breaking out into a dance.

Base Stats

HP 80

Attack 70

Defense 70

Sp. Atk 90

Sp. Def 100

Speed 70

Total 480

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

flying 2x poison 2x bug 2x

Resistant to

water ¼x ground ½x steel ½x

Abilities

Swift Swim Rain Dish Own Tempo (Hidden)

Held Items

Mental Herb 5%

Evolution Chain

Lotad

→

Lombre Lv. 14

→

Ludicolo Water Stone

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

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Front ♀

Back ♀

Front Shiny ♀

Back Shiny ♀

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

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Assault Vest

Moves

Scald / Hydro Pump

Giga Drain

Ice Beam

Fake Out

Item

Assault Vest

Nature

Modest

EVs

HP 156

Def 52

SpA 156

SpD 4

Spe 140

Life Orb

Moves

Hydro Pump

Giga Drain

Ice Beam

Protect / Fake Out

Item

Life Orb

Nature

Modest

EVs

HP 4

SpA 252

Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Once outshone by Kingdra, Ludicolo is now the go-to Swift Swim user thanks to its amazing coverage. Ludicolo is also is 4x resistant to Water-type moves and neutral to Ice-, Electric-, and Grass-type moves. These traits are useful on non-rain teams too, as Ludicolo can provide Fake Out support and help the team against special attackers and rain teams when using Assault Vest; however, its Defense is low and it can't take strong physical attacks.