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samurott
#503

Samurott

Formidable Pokémon

Water

In the time it takes a foe to blink, it can draw and sheathe the seamitars attached to its front legs.

Base Stats

HP 95
Attack 100
Defense 85
Sp. Atk 108
Sp. Def 70
Speed 70
Total 528

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

dewott Dewott Lv. 17
samurott Samurott Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Formidable Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 94.6 kg
Base Exp 238
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

samurott Front Front
samurott Back Back
samurott Front Shiny Front Shiny
samurott Back Shiny Back Shiny
samurott Official Art Official Art
samurott Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 1.6%
Swords Dance
Item
Lum Berry / Life Orb
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Special Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Modest / Rash
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Samurott is a somewhat underrated Water-type in RU, but it has quite a few things going for it, such as its great offensive stats and access to both physical and special STAB moves, allowing it to use physical and special sets. Its large movepool also includes Swords Dance, Megahorn, Ice Beam, Grass Knot, and Knock Off, which lets it deal with most defensive Pokemon. It is particularly noteworthy that Samurott can fill the archetype of an offensive Water-type while simultaneously beating Slowking with the aforementioned Megahorn. Special sets are capable of using Taunt to break through most defensive cores, while physical sets can utilize Aqua Jet to defeat revenge killers. Also, Samurott's decent bulk and Water typing are both useful defensively. However, Samurott's Speed is quite low for a sweeper, which holds back Swords Dance sets. Special sets face stiff competition from Clawitzer, another Water-type wallbreaker with higher Special Attack and stronger coverage thanks to Mega Launcher, though Samurott boasts a higher Speed tier, a stronger Water-type STAB move for neutral targets, and key access to Taunt and Aqua Jet for utility over Clawitzer.

Most Used Moves

Aqua Jet
96.7%
Ice Beam
78.3%
Waterfall
19.6%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
81.4%
Lum Berry
14.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc