#087

Dewgong

Sea Lion Pokémon

WaterIce

DEWGONG loves to snooze on bitterly cold ice. The sight of this POKéMON sleeping on a glacier was mistakenly thought to be a mermaid by a mariner long ago.

Base Stats

HP 90

Attack 70

Defense 80

Sp. Atk 70

Sp. Def 95

Speed 70

Total 475

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

fighting 2x rock 2x grass 2x electric 2x

Resistant to

ice ¼x water ½x

Abilities

Thick Fat Hydration

Held Items

Aspear Berry 50%Never Melt Ice 5%

Evolution Chain

Seel

→

Dewgong Lv. 34

Moves

Locations

Seafoam Islands B1f

Seafoam Islands B3f

Seafoam Islands B4f

Icefall Cave Entrance

Icefall Cave Waterfall

Details

Category Sea Lion Pokémon

Height 1.7 m

Weight 120.0 kg

Base Exp 166

Growth Rate Medium

Capture Rate 75

Base Happiness 70

Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀

Habitat Sea

Egg Groups Water1 ,Ground

Sprites

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 13.8%

Specially Defensive

Moves

Ice Beam

Surf / Toxic / Perish Song

Rest

Sleep Talk

Item

Leftovers

Nature

Calm

EVs

HP 252

SpD 252

Spe 4

Special Attacker

Moves

Ice Beam

Surf

Hidden Power Electric / Hidden Power Grass

Encore / Toxic / Perish Song

Item

Leftovers

Nature

Modest

EVs

HP 252

SpA 252

Spe 4

Strategy Overview

Dewgong is a fantastic Water-type in the NU tier and a staple of heavy stall teams thanks to its great bulk, ability to hard counter Huntail, and access to Perish Song. A resistance to Water- and Ice-type attacks and lack of a 4x weakness to Grass are the main advantages Dewgong has over Whiscash and Relicanth, and Dewgong even sports a resistance to Fire as well thanks to Thick Fat. Weaknesses to Rock- and Fighting-type attacks limit Dewgong's effectiveness overall as a defensive threat, particularly physically defensively, meaning its specially defensive set is far more common. Overall, Dewgong is a great choice for defensive teams needing a solid backing.