Competitive Information for Lotad [X/Y]
Water / Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Lotad? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Lotad is a spectacular 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: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 128 Hp / 128 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Surf / Scald
- Ice Beam / Icy Wind
- Round / Snore
Special Sweeper Lotad (Swift Swim)
Lotad is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Lotad's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. 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.
♦ Giga Drain is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Grass-type move (Lotad recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Surf is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ 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 X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 128 Hp / 128 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Surf / Bubble
- Energy Ball / Giga Drain
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Round / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Lotad (Swift Swim)
Lotad is a marvelous Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Lotad's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. 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.
♦ Bubble is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Water-type move (10% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ 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 X/Y. 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 XY 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: Scald, Toxic
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 X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Lotad's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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