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Hippopotas, a Ground type Pokémon, official artwork

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Hippopotas: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Hippopotas is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Defense (78) and Attack (72), with a base stat total of 330. Competitively it is a Little Cup Pokémon.

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What is Hippopotas weak to?

How much damage Hippopotas takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toGrassIceWater
0.5×ResistsPoisonRock
0×Immune toElectric

Hippopotas takes super-effective damage from Grass, Ice, Water. It resists Poison, Rock and is immune to Electric.

Best moveset for Hippopotas

Hippopotas has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Double-EdgeNormal120
  • EarthquakeGround100
  • Stone EdgeRock100
  • Muddy WaterWater90

Best nature for Hippopotas

Adamant. Hippopotas is a physical attacker (72 Attack vs 38 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Sand StreamOn switch-in, this Pokemon summons Sandstorm.
  • Sand ForceThis Pokemon's Ground/Rock/Steel attacks do 1.3x in Sandstorm; immunity to it.

Evolution line

Hippopotas
Hippowdon
Full learnset (46 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
High HorsepowerGround9595%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Muddy WaterWater9085%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Scorching SandsGround70100%Special
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
Ice FangIce6595%Physical
Thunder FangElectric6595%Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Sand TombGround3585%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
FissureGround?30%Physical
Spit UpNormal?100%Special
AmnesiaPsychic--Status
CurseGhost--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
Sand AttackGround-100%Status
SandstormRock--Status
Slack OffNormal--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
StockpileNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwallowNormal--Status
WhirlwindNormal--Status
YawnNormal--Status