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ludicolo
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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

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

Swift Swim Sweeper
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Modest
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Ludicolo finds its niche in the tier as a rain sweeper alongside Kabutops and Omastar, due to its ability Swift Swim. Ludicolo possesses outstanding coverage with its Water- and Grass-type STAB moves and Ice Beam, making it very difficult to switch into. However, even with a Swift Swim boost, Ludicolo is outsped by common Pokemon if it runs a Modest nature, such as Choice Scarf Delphox, Choice Scarf Flygon, and Unburden Hitmonlee, all of which can deal solid damage to it. Strong priority moves such as Fletchinder's Acrobatics and Shiftry's Sucker Punch can take Ludicolo down as well. Ludicolo is also severely hindered by status, as paralysis cripples its Speed, while burns and poison can weaken it quickly in combination with Life Orb damage.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
83.4%
Scald
41.8%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
67.8%
Leftovers
17.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc