Competitive Information for Lotad [Sword/Shield]
Water / Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Lotad? 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.
Lotad is an extraordinary Water and Grass-typed Pokemon. Lotad is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Lotad can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Lotad is weak to Bug, Flying, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 128 Hp / 128 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Round / Snore
Special Sweeper Lotad (Swift Swim)
Lotad is a fabulous Special Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and raises Lotad's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Lotad's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, Lotad's speed is doubled during rainy weather.
◆ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Lotad recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Lotad must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Lotad? 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: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 128 Hp / 128 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Surf / Scald
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Round / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Lotad (Swift Swim)
Lotad is a phenomenal Special Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and boosts Lotad's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Lotad's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Swift Swim, Lotad's speed is doubled during rainy weather.
◆ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Lotad recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Lotad must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Lotad 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 Lotad 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 Lotad
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Scald
Moves that boost Lotad's stats
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Lotad
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Lotad in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Lotad's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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