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Ludicolo

Carefree Pokémon

WaterGrass

If it hears festive music, all its muscles fill with energy. It can’t help breaking out into a dance.

Base Stats

HP 80

Attack 70

Defense 70

Sp. Atk 90

Sp. Def 100

Speed 70

Total 480

EV Yield 3 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

Details

Category Carefree Pokémon

Height 1.5 m

Weight 55.0 kg

Base Exp 216

Growth Rate Medium Slow

Capture Rate 45

Base Happiness 70

Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀

Habitat Waters Edge

Egg Groups Water1 ,Plant

Sprites

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Front ♀

Back ♀

Front Shiny ♀

Back Shiny ♀

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

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Assault Vest

Moves

Scald / Hydro Pump

Giga Drain

Ice Beam

Fake Out

Item

Assault Vest

Nature

Modest

EVs

HP 156

Def 52

SpA 156

SpD 4

Spe 140

Life Orb

Moves

Hydro Pump

Giga Drain

Ice Beam

Protect / Fake Out

Item

Life Orb

Nature

Modest

EVs

HP 4

SpA 252

Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Once outshone by Kingdra, Ludicolo is now the go-to Swift Swim user thanks to its amazing coverage. Ludicolo is also is 4x resistant to Water-type moves and neutral to Ice-, Electric-, and Grass-type moves. These traits are useful on non-rain teams too, as Ludicolo can provide Fake Out support and help the team against special attackers and rain teams when using Assault Vest; however, its Defense is low and it can't take strong physical attacks.