#449
Hippopotas
Hippo Pokémon
Ground
It lives in arid places. Instead of perspiration, it expels grainy sand from its body.
Base Stats
HP 68
Attack 72
Defense 78
Sp. Atk 38
Sp. Def 42
Speed 32
Total 330
Type Effectiveness
Abilities
Sand Stream Sand Force (Hidden)
Evolution Chain
Moves
Locations
Details
Category Hippo Pokémon
Height 0.8 m
Weight 49.5 kg
Base Exp 66
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 140
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat —
Egg Groups Ground
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Front ♀
Back ♀
Front Shiny ♀
Back Shiny ♀
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Sand Support
Item
Smooth Rock / Eviolite
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
SpD 4
Strategy Overview
Hippopotas find its place in NU as a very reliable sand setter, and the only one with Sand Stream. A decent defensive typing, access to Stealth Rock, and reliable recovery in Slack Off makes it a reliable, albeit specific, team supporter. However, due to its low base stats, it's fairly frail even when invested, and is prone to being set up on unless it runs a phazing move. Its typing leaves Hippopotas weak to common special Water- and Grass-type moves. Because of the unique support it gives, it only fits on a certain type of team and fails to do much other than set up sand.
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Common Teammates
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc