Competitive Information for Hippopotas [Sword/Shield]
Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Hippopotas? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Hippopotas is an extraordinary Ground-typed Pokemon. Hippopotas is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Hippopotas can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Hippopotas is weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Shell Bell / Eject Pack
Ability: Sand Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Double-Edge / Body Slam
- Superpower / Revenge
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
Physical Sweeper Hippopotas (Sand Force)
Hippopotas is popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Shell Bell item option is to help Hippopotas recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Sand Force, Hippopotas's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Hippopotas's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ High Horsepower is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Hippopotas's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Revenge is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Hippopotas is damaged by the target).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Smooth Rock / Eject Pack
Ability: Sand Stream
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Superpower / Revenge
- Rock Slide / Double-Edge
- Crunch / Bite
Physical Sweeper Hippopotas (Sand Stream)
Hippopotas is a sensational Physical Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Sand Stream changes the weather to a Sandstorm when Hippopotas is sent out onto the field. This damages all Pokemon every turn while the Sandstorm remains active unless they are Rock-, Steel- or Ground-typed. Sandstorm also raises the Special Defense of all Rock-type Pokémon by 50%. Equipping Smooth Rock helps extend sandstorm weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead. Rock Slide was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Hippopotas's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ High Horsepower is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Hippopotas's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Revenge is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Hippopotas is damaged by the target).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
◆ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Hippopotas? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Shell Bell / Eject Pack
Ability: Sand Force
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Double-Edge / Body Slam
- Superpower / Revenge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Hippopotas (Sand Force)
Hippopotas is a fabulous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Shell Bell item option is to help Hippopotas recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. With Sand Force, Hippopotas's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Hippopotas's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ High Horsepower is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Hippopotas's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Revenge is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Hippopotas is damaged by the target).
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Item: Smooth Rock / Shell Bell
Ability: Sand Stream
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 Atk / 164 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Superpower / Revenge
- Double-Edge / Body Slam
Doubles Physical Sweeper Hippopotas (Sand Stream)
Hippopotas is a stupendous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. The Shell Bell item option is to help Hippopotas recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge. Sand Stream changes the weather to a Sandstorm when Hippopotas is sent out onto the field. This damages all Pokemon every turn while the Sandstorm remains active unless they are Rock-, Steel- or Ground-typed. Sandstorm also raises the Special Defense of all Rock-type Pokémon by 50%. Equipping Smooth Rock helps extend sandstorm weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead.
◆ High Horsepower is a physical STAB-boosted 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Rock Tomb is a physical 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Hippopotas's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Revenge is a physical 60-base power Fighting-type move (power doubles if Hippopotas is damaged by the target).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Hippopotas learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Hippopotas can perform in Sword/Shield. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SS Move and Ability Combos for Hippopotas
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Scorching Sands, Toxic
Moves that boost Hippopotas's stats
- Amnesia
- Curse
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Hippopotas
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Hippopotas in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Hippopotas's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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