Pokedex · Champions · #450
Hippowdon
Ground type · strong stats (BST 525, top 48% of the Champions roster) · builds into a physical tank.
Hippowdon
ground · BST 525 · physical tank
Base stats
| HP | 108 | |
| Attack | 112 | |
| Defense | 118 | |
| Sp. Atk | 68 | |
| Sp. Def | 72 | |
| Speed | 47 |
Defensive profile
How incoming damage multiplies for this form.
Abilities
Selectable in Champions (400 VP to change).
- Sand Stream
- Sand Force
How to use Hippowdon in Champions
Hippowdon fills a physical tank niche on Champions ranked teams. With a 66-stat-point budget (max 32 per stat), most builds pour 32 into Attack and HP, then fine-tune Speed in steps of 2 to sit just above or below the metagame's common numbers.
Defensively it is hurt hardest by Water, Grass, Ice, while resisting Poison, Rock. Check the Ground page for the full matchup math behind those numbers.
Movepool highlights
Hippowdon can learn 47 moves in Champions. Coverage by type: dark electric fighting fire ghost ground ice normal psychic rock steel water. Pick four that patch your team's coverage gaps — the team builder flags what's missing automatically.
Full move list
| Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amnesia | psychic | Status | — | 101 |
| Bite | dark | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Body Press | fighting | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Body Slam | normal | Physical | 85 | 100 |
| Bulldoze | ground | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Crunch | dark | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Curse | ghost | Status | — | 101 |
| Dig | ground | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Double-Edge | normal | Physical | 120 | 100 |
| Earth Power | ground | Special | 90 | 100 |
| Earthquake | ground | Physical | 100 | 100 |
| Endure | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Facade | normal | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| Fire Fang | fire | Physical | 65 | 95 |
| Giga Impact | normal | Physical | 150 | 90 |
| Helping Hand | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| High Horsepower | ground | Physical | 95 | 95 |
| Hyper Beam | normal | Special | 150 | 90 |
| Hyper Voice | normal | Special | 90 | 100 |
| Ice Fang | ice | Physical | 65 | 95 |
| Iron Head | steel | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Mud Shot | ground | Special | 55 | 95 |
| Mud-Slap | ground | Special | 20 | 100 |
| Muddy Water | water | Special | 90 | 85 |
| Protect | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Rest | psychic | Status | — | 101 |
| Roar | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Rock Slide | rock | Physical | 75 | 90 |
| Rock Tomb | rock | Physical | 60 | 95 |
| Round | normal | Special | 60 | 100 |
| Sand Tomb | ground | Physical | 35 | 85 |
| Sandstorm | rock | Status | — | 101 |
| Scorching Sands | ground | Special | 70 | 100 |
| Slack Off | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Sleep Talk | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Snore | normal | Special | 50 | 100 |
| Stealth Rock | rock | Status | — | 101 |
| Stockpile | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Stomping Tantrum | ground | Physical | 75 | 100 |
| Stone Edge | rock | Physical | 100 | 80 |
| Substitute | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Sunny Day | fire | Status | — | 101 |
| Superpower | fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 |
| Swallow | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Thunder Fang | electric | Physical | 65 | 95 |
| Whirlwind | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Yawn | normal | Status | — | 101 |