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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

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.