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frogadier
#657

Frogadier

Bubble Frog Pokémon

Water

It can throw bubble-covered pebbles with precise control, hitting empty cans up to a hundred feet away.

Base Stats

HP 54
Attack 63
Defense 52
Sp. Atk 83
Sp. Def 56
Speed 97
Total 405

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Torrent Protean (Hidden)

Evolution Chain

frogadier Frogadier Lv. 16
greninja Greninja Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Bubble Frog Pokémon
Height 0.6 m
Weight 10.9 kg
Base Exp 142
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Water1

Sprites

frogadier Front Front
frogadier Back Back
frogadier Front Shiny Front Shiny
frogadier Back Shiny Back Shiny
frogadier Official Art Official Art
frogadier Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 0.8%
All-Out Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Protean
Nature
Naive / Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Frogadier possesses one of the greatest abilities in the game in Protean, which gives it STAB on any move it uses, making it a powerful wallbreaker. It's a very versatile Pokemon thanks to its high base Speed that allows it to outpace base 95 Speed Pokemon such as Haunter and Jynx and its diverse movepool that allows it to hit most of the tier for at least neutral damage. Frogadier's great movepool isn't limited to attacks, as it is one of the fastest and most viable Pokemon that can set up Toxic Spikes; as it forces switches, it can set up one layer with ease, and one of the common entry hazard control Pokemon in Xatu has a hard time switching in, as it's threatened by a Protean Ice Beam. Despite its multiple STAB moves, Frogadier's average Special Attack holds it back. Its poor defenses also make it so frail that it cannot take even resisted hits, and its lack of immunities leaves it with no opportunities to switch in; on top of that, it's easy to revenge kill. It faces competition as a special Water-type wallbreaker from Samurott, which is bulkier and more powerful but not as fast as Frogadier is. Frogadier also faces competition from other wallbreakers such as Magmortar and Samurott.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
100.0%
Dark Pulse
100.0%
Scald
95.7%
Surf
3.4%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
99.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc