#186
Politoed
Frog Pokémon
Water
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Base Stats
HP 90
Attack 75
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 100
Speed 70
Total 500
Type Effectiveness
Abilities
Held Items
Evolution Chain
Moves
Locations
Details
Category Frog Pokémon
Height 1.1 m
Weight 33.9 kg
Base Exp 225
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water1
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Front ♀
Back ♀
Front Shiny ♀
Back Shiny ♀
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Tank
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 248
Def 8
SpA 252
Strategy Overview
Politoed is the best blanket Water check in the tier thanks to its much-coveted Water immunity. It has decent offensive pressure, and it can be difficult to play around Politoed's combination of Scald and Encore. However, it has somewhat lacking Speed and physical bulk, making it easy to pressure with common wallbreakers such as Stoutland and Dodrio. Furthermore, Politoed's lack of reliable recovery and susceptibility to being baited into strong coverage attacks such as Choice Band Floatzel's Return give it difficulties.
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc