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Pokémon · #186

Politoed

Water Legal in M-C

Politoed is #22 on the ladder, on 7.7% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 90
Atk 75
Def 75
SpA 90
SpD 100
Spe 70

Base stat total 500

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 31 HP / 23 Def / 12 SpD · Calm Nature

Types and weaknesses

Water
Weak ×2
ElectricGrass
Resists ×½
FireWaterIceSteel

With Water Absorb: Water ×0

Abilities

Water Absorb
This Pokemon heals 1/4 of its max HP when hit by Water moves; Water immunity. · used by 0%
Damp
Prevents Explosion/Mind Blown/Misty Explosion/Self-Destruct/Aftermath while active. · used by 0%
Drizzle
On switch-in, this Pokemon summons Rain. · used by 100%

Speed tier

Most common
90 (Calm, 0 Spe SP, 44% of spreads)
With Choice Scarf
135 (held by 6%)
Fastest
134 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
90 (0 SP)
Slowest
81 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 90, it outspeeds 9 of the other 49 Pokémon in the top 50, ties 1, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Milotic 101
  2. Sylveon 95
  3. Indeedee-F 94
  4. Politoed (this) 90
  5. Sinistcha 90
  6. Armarouge 85
  7. Farigiraf 80
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #22 · on 7.7% of teams · 211,141 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 92.0%
  2. Weather Ball 90.4%
  3. Perish Song 51.3%
  4. Ice Beam 46.9%
  5. Muddy Water 42.7%
  6. Encore 37.5%
  7. Icy Wind 9.4%
  8. Helping Hand 9.2%
  9. Psych Up 5.8%
  10. Rain Dance 4.7%

Items

  1. Sitrus Berry 52.2%
  2. Life Orb 16.4%
  3. Mystic Water 14.8%
  4. Choice Scarf 5.8%
  5. Leftovers 3.0%
  6. Rindo Berry 2.6%

Abilities

  1. Drizzle 99.7%
  2. Water Absorb 0.3%
  3. Damp 0.0%

Spreads

  1. Calm 31/0/23/0/12/0 · Spe 90 8.5%
  2. Calm 32/0/24/0/10/0 · Spe 90 7.2%
  3. Quiet 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 81 6.9%
  4. Modest 7/0/0/32/0/27 · Spe 117 5.7%
  5. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 134 5.1%
  6. Calm 32/0/24/0/7/3 · Spe 93 2.9%
  7. Modest 32/0/0/30/0/4 · Spe 94 2.9%
  8. Modest 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 90 2.4%

Teammates

  1. Archaludon 59.8%
  2. Incineroar 50.1%
  3. Rillaboom 48.1%
  4. Mega Gengar 44.4%
  5. Mega Golisopod 33.0%
  6. Farigiraf 24.6%
  7. Mega Charizard Y 17.8%
  8. Kommo-o 10.7%
  9. Grimmsnarl 9.8%
  10. Vivillon 9.7%
  11. Kingambit 9.3%
  12. Mega Swampert 9.0%

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

Rank #28 · on 6.5% of teams · 211,141 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 92.2%
  2. Weather Ball 88.4%
  3. Ice Beam 55.5%
  4. Muddy Water 50.1%
  5. Perish Song 42.1%
  6. Encore 28.8%
  7. Icy Wind 11.1%
  8. Helping Hand 8.1%
  9. Psych Up 4.4%
  10. Earth Power 4.1%

Items

  1. Sitrus Berry 41.1%
  2. Mystic Water 21.5%
  3. Life Orb 15.9%
  4. Leftovers 5.2%
  5. Choice Scarf 5.1%
  6. Eject Button 2.2%

Abilities

  1. Drizzle 99.4%
  2. Water Absorb 0.6%
  3. Damp 0.0%

Spreads

  1. Quiet 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 81 9.2%
  2. Modest 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 90 8.6%
  3. Calm 31/0/23/0/12/0 · Spe 90 6.5%
  4. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 134 4.9%
  5. Modest 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 90 3.4%
  6. Calm 32/0/0/2/32/0 · Spe 90 3.4%
  7. Calm 32/0/24/0/10/0 · Spe 90 3.2%
  8. Modest 32/0/0/30/0/4 · Spe 94 3.1%

Teammates

  1. Archaludon 55.7%
  2. Mega Golisopod 44.9%
  3. Rillaboom 40.2%
  4. Incineroar 38.2%
  5. Mega Gengar 32.9%
  6. Farigiraf 30.8%
  7. Mega Charizard Y 16.7%
  8. Grimmsnarl 15.2%
  9. Kingambit 11.5%
  10. Pawmot 9.6%
  11. Staraptor 8.0%
  12. Sneasler 7.9%

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

Rank #30 · on 5.7% of teams · 211,141 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 91.7%
  2. Weather Ball 87.0%
  3. Ice Beam 53.9%
  4. Muddy Water 45.9%
  5. Perish Song 40.9%
  6. Encore 28.8%
  7. Icy Wind 12.4%
  8. Helping Hand 9.9%
  9. Earth Power 5.9%
  10. Hypnosis 4.2%

Items

  1. Sitrus Berry 38.9%
  2. Mystic Water 19.2%
  3. Life Orb 15.7%
  4. Leftovers 6.7%
  5. Damp Rock 4.3%
  6. Choice Scarf 4.1%

Abilities

  1. Drizzle 99.0%
  2. Water Absorb 0.9%
  3. Damp 0.0%

Spreads

  1. Quiet 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 81 8.8%
  2. Modest 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 90 6.7%
  3. Calm 31/0/23/0/12/0 · Spe 90 5.8%
  4. Calm 32/0/0/2/32/0 · Spe 90 5.8%
  5. Modest 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 90 4.2%
  6. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 134 4.1%
  7. Calm 32/0/24/0/10/0 · Spe 90 2.6%
  8. Calm 32/0/24/0/7/3 · Spe 93 2.6%

Teammates

  1. Archaludon 48.7%
  2. Mega Golisopod 43.4%
  3. Rillaboom 36.5%
  4. Incineroar 35.3%
  5. Mega Gengar 30.0%
  6. Farigiraf 28.8%
  7. Mega Charizard Y 13.9%
  8. Grimmsnarl 13.0%
  9. Kingambit 11.4%
  10. Pawmot 9.5%
  11. Indeedee-F 9.0%
  12. Sneasler 9.0%

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 252 of 4,299 teams (5.9%) · win rate 47.4% (95% interval 44.7%–50.1%, n = 1,332 games) · 24 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.

  1. Sneasler +3.5 pp n = 76 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Sneasler beat teams bringing Politoed more often than expected+3.5 pp · n = 76 · Showdown replays

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. Vivillon +8.5 pp n = 20,375 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Politoed teams; Vivillon is on 1% of all teams (8.17× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Gengar +38.1 pp n = 93,810 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 44% of Politoed teams; Mega Gengar is on 6% of all teams (7.01× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Archaludon +42.6 pp n = 126,199 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 60% of Politoed teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (3.48× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Kommo-o +6.4 pp n = 22,487 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Politoed teams; Kommo-o is on 4% of all teams (2.53× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Golisopod +17.3 pp n = 69,761 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 33% of Politoed teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (2.10× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Grimmsnarl +4.5 pp n = 20,586 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Politoed teams; Grimmsnarl is on 5% of all teams (1.87× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Mega Swampert +3.7 pp n = 18,918 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Politoed teams; Mega Swampert is on 5% of all teams (1.69× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Farigiraf +8.9 pp n = 51,898 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Politoed teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (1.57× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Incineroar +18.4 pp n = 105,739 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 50% of Politoed teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (1.58× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Charizard Y +5.6 pp n = 37,604 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Politoed teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (1.46× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Rillaboom +1.5 pp n = 101,559 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 48% of Politoed teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (1.03× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Kingambit -16.0 pp n = 19,657 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Politoed teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.37× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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