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politoed
#186

Politoed

Frog Pokémon

Water

They gather on moonlit nights to form a large chorus. Their cries sound angry and not at all pleasant, but they are certainly distinctive.

Base Stats

HP 90
Attack 75
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 100
Speed 70
Total 500

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Frog Pokémon
Height 1.1 m
Weight 33.9 kg
Base Exp 225
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water1

Sprites

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

Competitive

pu Usage: 0.1%
Specially Defensive
Moves
Protect / Encore
Item
Chesto Berry
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 248
SpD 252
Spe 8

Strategy Overview

Without Drizzle, Politoed is a generic ho-hum defensive Water-type in the metagame. Politoed is average and does not perform any role exceptionally well. While not necessarily bad, it lacks the practicality and utility of other defensive Water-types such as Jellicent due to its convenient secondary typing, access to moves like Will-O-Wisp and Taunt, and reliable recovery. Politoed fails to keep up with the abundance of threatening wallbreakers such as Stoutland and setup sweepers like Alolan Raichu.

Most Used Moves

Rest
61.6%
Scald
61.4%
Protect
45.1%
Toxic
39.1%
Haze
27.1%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
32.1%
Damp Rock
26.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc