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horsea
#116

Horsea

Dragon Pokémon

Water

If it senses any danger, it will vigorously spray water or a special type of ink from its mouth.

Base Stats

HP 30
Attack 40
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 70
Sp. Def 25
Speed 60
Total 295

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Dragon Pokémon
Height 0.4 m
Weight 8.0 kg
Base Exp 59
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 225
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water1 ,Dragon

Sprites

horsea Front Front
horsea Back Back
horsea Front Shiny Front Shiny
horsea Back Shiny Back Shiny
horsea Official Art Official Art
horsea Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.1%
Rain Sweeper
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Modest / Timid
EVs
HP 116
SpA 196
Spe 196

Strategy Overview

Horsea can be a threat under rain, but that is where the problem lies. Because manual weather is so bad and it has terrible bulk, Horsea finds itself unable to set up Rain Dance. When it does manage to use Rain Dance, it is forced onto a time limit because of the short duration of manual rain. Furthermore, Horsea is outclassed by other Swift Swim users such as Omanyte, as they can hit much harder than Horsea in the rain. Other offensive Water-types like Corphish outclass it as well because of having better bulk and raw power. Without rain being active, Horsea finds itself slower than a lot of the tier's most common offensive Pokemon.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
83.1%
Surf
39.8%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
41.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc