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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

uu Usage: 5.8%
Special Attacker
Moves
Surf / Hydro Pump
Rain Dance / Hidden Power Psychic / Focus Punch
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 32
SpA 252
Spe 224
Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 32
Atk 252
Spe 224

Strategy Overview

Ludicolo is one of the most essential Rain Dance sweepers because of its Grass typing, which allows it to strike down the annoying Water-type Pokemon that cause havoc for Rain Dance teams. In the rain, it outruns the majority of UU Pokemon and has enough power to slay them with Energy Ball, Surf, and Ice Beam. Ludicolo also has impressive special bulk, enabling it to stay in and set up against a wide range of foes. Lastly, Ludicolo has access to Swords Dance and an adequate physical movepool, which allows it to foil foes that think it's running a special moveset.

However, Ludicolo has a couple of problems. Its base 90 Special Attack is not especially impressive, even when using Surf in the rain. Ludicolo can also be picked off easily by a number a priority moves, such as Extreme Speed, Fake Out, Quick Attack, and Mach Punch. Even then, Ludicolo stands out as a useful Rain Dance user that helps keep the offensive momentum going.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
74.6%
Surf
45.9%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
73.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc