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Lotad

Water Weed Pokémon

WaterGrass

It looks like an aquatic plant and serves as a ferry to Pokémon that can’t swim.

Base Stats

HP 40

Attack 30

Defense 30

Sp. Atk 40

Sp. Def 50

Speed 30

Total 220

EV Yield 1 Sp. Def

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

flying 2x poison 2x bug 2x

Resistant to

water ¼x ground ½x steel ½x

Abilities

Swift Swim Rain Dish Own Tempo (Hidden)

Held Items

Mental Herb 5%

Evolution Chain

Lotad

→

Lombre Lv. 14

→

Ludicolo Water Stone

Moves

Locations

Hoenn Route 102

Hoenn Route 114

Details

Category Water Weed Pokémon

Height 0.5 m

Weight 2.6 kg

Base Exp 44

Growth Rate Medium Slow

Capture Rate 255

Base Happiness 70

Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀

Habitat Waters Edge

Egg Groups Water1 ,Plant

Sprites

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.2%

Life Orb

Moves

Surf

Rain Dance

Giga Drain / Energy Ball

Ice Beam

Item

Life Orb

Nature

Modest / Timid

EVs

Def 116

SpA 196

Spe 196

Strategy Overview

Lotad has a unique typing with a nice STAB combination; however, it has low stats. It depends on rain to work well, as Swift Swim gives Lotad a small niche on rain teams by doubling its Speed. It has a nice movepool which includes powerful STAB moves. However, Lotad is weak to common types in Flying and Bug.