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Hippowdon
Heavyweight Pokémon
Ground
It blasts internally stored sand from ports on its body to create a towering twister for attack.
Base Stats
HP 108
Attack 112
Defense 118
Sp. Atk 68
Sp. Def 72
Speed 47
Total 525
Type Effectiveness
Abilities
Sand Stream Sand Force (Hidden)
Evolution Chain
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Details
Category Heavyweight Pokémon
Height 2.0 m
Weight 300.0 kg
Base Exp 184
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat —
Egg Groups Ground
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Front ♀
Back ♀
Front Shiny ♀
Back Shiny ♀
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Physically Defensive
Item
Rocky Helmet
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 252
Atk 4
Def 252
Yawn + Stealth Rock
Item
Figy Berry / Sitrus Berry
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252
Strategy Overview
- Hippowdon is an amazing physical wall as well as a great setup supporter. With fantastic natural bulk and Slack Off, Hippowdon has no problem sponging hits from the strongest physical attackers in the metagame such as Mega Kangaskhan and Mega Salamence and spreading chip damage with Sand Stream and Rocky Helmet.
- In addition, Hippowdon can use Stealth Rock and Yawn to earn a free turn for its teammates and break Focus Sash to enable sweeps.
- On top of that, Hippowdon is rarely setup bait thanks to its access to Whirlwind and a strong STAB Earthquake coming from a respectable Attack.
- However, Hippowdon's Speed tier is very low and its poor Special Defense stat combined with weaknesses to common attacking types makes it susceptible to common special attackers such as Greninja and Tapu Fini.
- However, it remains one of the best Stealth Rock setters and support Pokemon and establishes itself as a metagame-defining threat.
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Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc