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Hippowdon

Heavyweight Pokémon

Ground

It brandishes its gaping mouth in a display of fearsome strength. It raises vast quantities of sand while attacking.

Base Stats

HP 108

Attack 112

Defense 118

Sp. Atk 68

Sp. Def 72

Speed 47

Total 525

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

water 2x grass 2x ice 2x

Resistant to

poison ½x rock ½x

Immune to

electric 0x

Abilities

Sand Stream Sand Force (Hidden)

Evolution Chain

Hippopotas

→

Hippowdon Lv. 34

Moves

Details

Category Heavyweight Pokémon

Height 2.0 m

Weight 300.0 kg

Base Exp 184

Growth Rate Slow

Capture Rate 60

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

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Physically Defensive

Moves

Earthquake

Stealth Rock

Slack Off

Rock Slide / Toxic / Whirlwind

Item

Rocky Helmet / Leftovers

Nature

Impish

EVs

HP 252

Def 144

SpD 112

Special Wall

Moves

Slack Off

Earthquake

Stealth Rock

Rock Slide / Toxic

Item

Leftovers

Nature

Careful

EVs

HP 248

Def 8

SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Hippowdon is one of the best mixed walls in the game, checking some of the metagame's most prominent threats, such as Terrakion, Talonflame, and Garchomp. It has everything a wall could want: a good typing, great bulk, and reliable recovery. It also has good support options in Stealth Rock and Whirlwind, and is useful on sand teams due to its ability, Sand Stream. Its attacks also pack quite a punch for a defensive Pokemon. However, Hippowdon is painfully slow and has weaknesses to common attacking types, such as Water and Ice. Hippowdon also has to rely on Whirlwind to stop setup sweepers, making it somewhat easy to wear down.