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Pokémon · #450

Hippowdon

Ground Legal in M-C

Hippowdon is #132 on the ladder, on 0.2% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 108
Atk 112
Def 118
SpA 68
SpD 72
Spe 47

Base stat total 525

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 32 HP / 2 Def / 32 SpD · Careful Nature

Types and weaknesses

Ground
Weak ×2
WaterGrassIce
Resists ×½
PoisonRock
Immune
Electric

Abilities

Sand Stream
On switch-in, this Pokemon summons Sandstorm. · used by 100%
Sand Force
This Pokemon's Ground/Rock/Steel attacks do 1.3× in Sandstorm; immunity to it. · used by 0%

Speed tier

Most common
67
Fastest
108 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
67 (0 SP)
Slowest
60 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 67, it outspeeds 3 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Incineroar 80
  2. Primarina 80
  3. Kingambit 70
  4. Hippowdon (this) 67
  5. Mega Golisopod 60
  6. Hatterene 44
  7. Torkoal 36
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #132 · on 0.2% of teams · 11,010 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. High Horsepower 82.8%
  2. Protect 75.3%
  3. Yawn 66.3%
  4. Slack Off 35.2%
  5. Stealth Rock 31.0%
  6. Ice Fang 26.2%
  7. Rock Slide 20.7%
  8. Stone Edge 15.3%
  9. Helping Hand 8.9%
  10. Earthquake 8.7%

Items

  1. Leftovers 59.9%
  2. Sitrus Berry 30.1%
  3. Rocky Helmet 4.1%
  4. Passho Berry 2.8%
  5. Life Orb 1.0%
  6. Iron Ball 0.6%

Abilities

  1. Sand Stream 99.8%
  2. Sand Force 0.2%

Spreads

  1. Careful 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 67 28.9%
  2. Brave 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 60 8.8%
  3. Careful 32/0/16/0/18/0 · Spe 67 8.7%
  4. Relaxed 32/4/2/0/28/0 · Spe 60 7.2%
  5. Brave 25/8/1/0/32/0 · Spe 60 5.2%
  6. Brave 32/8/2/0/24/0 · Spe 60 5.1%
  7. Careful 32/0/6/0/28/0 · Spe 67 4.4%
  8. Impish 29/10/27/0/0/0 · Spe 67 2.8%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 49.1%
  2. Incineroar 40.4%
  3. Mega Salamence 28.1%
  4. Glimmora 24.7%
  5. Kingambit 22.1%
  6. Mega Gengar 21.7%
  7. Gholdengo 16.4%
  8. Mega Glimmora 16.4%
  9. Mega Staraptor 16.1%
  10. Volcarona 14.6%
  11. Mega Meganium 13.6%
  12. Mega Raichu Y 12.8%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #159 · on 0.2% of teams · 11,010 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. High Horsepower 72.3%
  2. Protect 71.9%
  3. Yawn 50.3%
  4. Slack Off 41.2%
  5. Rock Slide 23.4%
  6. Ice Fang 22.1%
  7. Earthquake 17.2%
  8. Roar 13.0%
  9. Stealth Rock 12.7%
  10. Stone Edge 12.0%

Items

  1. Leftovers 47.8%
  2. Sitrus Berry 25.2%
  3. Rocky Helmet 7.0%
  4. Smooth Rock 5.0%
  5. Iron Ball 4.8%
  6. Soft Sand 2.7%

Abilities

  1. Sand Stream 98.9%
  2. Sand Force 1.1%

Spreads

  1. Brave 32/8/2/0/24/0 · Spe 60 14.1%
  2. Impish 32/2/32/0/0/0 · Spe 67 6.3%
  3. Careful 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 67 6.2%
  4. Careful 32/0/6/0/28/0 · Spe 67 6.0%
  5. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 67 3.9%
  6. Sassy 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 60 3.4%
  7. Brave 9/32/2/0/23/0 · Spe 60 3.2%
  8. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 60 2.7%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 31.9%
  2. Glimmora 22.8%
  3. Mega Golisopod 22.0%
  4. Incineroar 21.9%
  5. Kingambit 19.1%
  6. Gholdengo 18.3%
  7. Mega Staraptor 16.4%
  8. Mega Salamence 15.2%
  9. Volcarona 11.7%
  10. Mega Glimmora 11.6%
  11. Mega Gengar 11.3%
  12. Sneasler 11.0%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #175 · on 0.3% of teams · 11,010 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 65.6%
  2. High Horsepower 62.2%
  3. Yawn 43.2%
  4. Slack Off 43.2%
  5. Rock Slide 28.3%
  6. Earthquake 25.3%
  7. Ice Fang 18.3%
  8. Stealth Rock 14.3%
  9. Body Press 11.5%
  10. Helping Hand 8.6%

Items

  1. Leftovers 39.6%
  2. Sitrus Berry 23.1%
  3. Rocky Helmet 10.0%
  4. Smooth Rock 7.6%
  5. Iron Ball 4.0%
  6. Passho Berry 3.1%

Abilities

  1. Sand Stream 96.6%
  2. Sand Force 3.4%

Spreads

  1. Impish 32/2/32/0/0/0 · Spe 67 8.8%
  2. Brave 32/8/2/0/24/0 · Spe 60 8.0%
  3. Careful 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 67 6.5%
  4. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 60 3.6%
  5. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 67 3.6%
  6. Careful 32/0/6/0/28/0 · Spe 67 3.0%
  7. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 67 2.7%
  8. Relaxed 32/2/32/0/0/0 · Spe 60 2.5%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 22.2%
  2. Mega Golisopod 16.1%
  3. Glimmora 15.9%
  4. Incineroar 15.7%
  5. Gholdengo 13.3%
  6. Kingambit 12.8%
  7. Sinistcha 11.6%
  8. Mega Staraptor 11.2%
  9. Mega Salamence 10.7%
  10. Excadrill 8.6%
  11. Mega Glimmora 7.9%
  12. Volcarona 7.9%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 11 of 4,299 teams (0.3%) · win rate 58.9% (95% interval 45.9%–70.8%, n = 56 games) · 1 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Glimmora +23.0 pp n = 2,721 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Hippowdon teams; Glimmora is on 2% of all teams (14.53× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Meganium +13.0 pp n = 1,500 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Hippowdon teams; Mega Meganium is on 1% of all teams (21.96× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Glimmora +14.2 pp n = 1,802 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Hippowdon teams; Mega Glimmora is on 2% of all teams (7.61× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Gengar +15.3 pp n = 2,385 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Hippowdon teams; Mega Gengar is on 6% of all teams (3.42× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Staraptor +9.9 pp n = 1,776 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Hippowdon teams; Mega Staraptor is on 6% of all teams (2.58× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Volcarona +7.6 pp n = 1,610 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Hippowdon teams; Volcarona is on 7% of all teams (2.09× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Incineroar +8.7 pp n = 4,447 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 40% of Hippowdon teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (1.28× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Rillaboom +2.5 pp n = 5,409 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 49% of Hippowdon teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (1.05× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Mega Raichu Y +0.3 pp n = 1,414 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Hippowdon teams; Mega Raichu Y is on 13% of all teams (1.02× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Salamence 0.0 pp n = 3,093 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 28% of Hippowdon teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (1.00× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Gholdengo -2.7 pp n = 1,806 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Hippowdon teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (0.86× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Kingambit -3.1 pp n = 2,438 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Hippowdon teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.88× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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