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blastoise
#009

Blastoise

Shellfish Pokémon

Water

Once it takes aim at its enemy, it blasts out water with even more force than a fire hose.

Base Stats

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

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

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

1v1 Usage: 0.1%
Bulky Special Attacker
Moves
Rock Tomb / Ice Beam
Dragon Pulse / Aura Sphere
Item
Blastoisinite
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 216
SpA 136
SpD 44
Spe 112

Strategy Overview

Mega Blastoise's ability to counter some of 1v1's most prominent threats such as Dragonite, Mega Charizard Y, and non-Thunder Punch Mega Metagross makes it a great anti-metagame Pokemon. Mega Launcher is a fantastic ability, since it boosts Mega Blastoise's Aura Sphere and Dragon Pulse by 50%, allowing Mega Blastoise to break through a myriad of threats such as Mega Lopunny and Mega Charizard X. However, Mega Blastoise's mediocre stats force it to focus solely on a particular stat to gain KOs, and this is an issue, as it needs lots of bulk to survive hits but also needs to run a lot of Special Attack and Speed investment along with a Speed-lowering move to defeat foes. Additionally, Mega Blastoise is weak to several Electric- and Grass-types and Pokemon with coverage of either type such as Zeraora, Serperior, Thunder Punch Mega Metagross, and Grass Knot Greninja. Finally, it faces a lot of competition from other, much more viable Water-types such as Mega Gyarados, Greninja, and Tapu Fini.

Most Used Moves

Aqua Jet
100.0%
Aqua Ring
100.0%
Aqua Tail
100.0%
Rain Dance
100.0%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc