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blastoise
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Blastoise

Shellfish Pokémon

Water

BLASTOISE has water spouts that protrude from its shell. The water spouts are very accurate. They can shoot bullets of water with enough accuracy to strike empty cans from a distance of over 160 feet.

Base Stats

HP 79
Attack 83
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 85
Sp. Def 105
Speed 78
Total 530

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
grass 2xelectric 2x
Resistant to
steel ½xfire ½xwater ½xice ½x

Abilities

Torrent

Evolution Chain

squirtle Squirtle
→
wartortle Wartortle Lv. 16
→
blastoise Blastoise Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Shellfish Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 85.5 kg
Base Exp 239
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Monster ,Water1

Sprites

blastoise Front Front
blastoise Back Back
blastoise Front Shiny Front Shiny
blastoise Back Shiny Back Shiny
blastoise Official Art Official Art
blastoise Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ou Usage: 0.3%
UUOU
Standard
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 148
SpA 68
Spe 40

Strategy Overview

This analysis was written well over a decade ago. The following content is no longer accurate about this Pokemon's place in the metagame and the ADV OU metagame in general.

Most Used Moves

Rapid Spin
99.4%
Roar
71.6%
Surf
65.4%
Refresh
38.2%
Hydro Pump
34.0%
Ice Beam
31.1%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
99.5%
Salac Berry
0.3%
Mystic Water
0.1%
Aguav Berry
0.1%
Sitrus Berry
0.0%

Common Teammates

Blissey 54.6%Jirachi 43.8%Skarmory 43.8%Metagross 38.7%Flygon 36.7%Slaking 29.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc