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ludicolo
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Ludicolo

Carefree Pokémon

WaterGrass

LUDICOLO begins dancing as soon as it hears cheerful, festive music. This POKéMON is said to appear when it hears the singing of children on hiking outings.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 70
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 100
Speed 70
Total 480

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Carefree Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 55.0 kg
Base Exp 216
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water1 ,Plant

Sprites

ludicolo Front Front
ludicolo Back Back
ludicolo Front Shiny Front Shiny
ludicolo Back Shiny Back Shiny
ludicolo Front ♀ Front ♀
ludicolo Back ♀ Back ♀
ludicolo Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
ludicolo Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
ludicolo Official Art Official Art
ludicolo Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

doublesou Usage: 5.3%
Rain Attacker
Item
Waterium Z / Life Orb
Nature
Modest
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Ludicolo is a strong rain attacker, firing off powerful Water-type attacks in order to punch holes in the enemy team. It has access to Fake Out, which is a useful move for disrupting opposing strategies, and under rain, Ludicolo is the fastest Fake Out user in the metagame. Immunity to powder moves can be handy, making Ludicolo unaffected by Spore and Rage Powder, which allows it to get around Amoonguss, an annoyance to rain teams. Ludicolo has Grass-type STAB coverage and can deal with traditional rain checks such as Tapu Fini. However, Ludicolo lacks useful resistances, has mediocre bulk, and falls easily to more powerful attacks. Additionally, it is very dependent on rain, thus being limiting towards teambuilding.

Most Used Moves

Fake Out
95.9%
Ice Beam
76.8%
Scald
75.6%
Knock Off
18.1%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc