Hydrapple

How to use Hydrapple in Champions

Hydrapple fills a special attacker niche on Champions ranked teams. With a 66-stat-point budget (max 32 per stat), most builds pour 32 into Sp. 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 Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon, Fairy, while resisting Water, Electric, Grass, Ground. Check the Grass page for the full matchup math behind those numbers.

Movepool highlights

Hydrapple can learn 48 moves in Champions. Coverage by type: bug dark dragon fighting fire ghost grass ground normal psychic 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
Body Press	fighting	Physical	80	100
Body Slam	normal	Physical	85	100
Breaking Swipe	dragon	Physical	60	100
Bug Bite	bug	Physical	60	100
Bullet Seed	grass	Physical	25	100
Curse	ghost	Status	—	101
Double Hit	normal	Physical	35	90
Double-Edge	normal	Physical	120	100
Draco Meteor	dragon	Special	130	90
Dragon Cheer	dragon	Status	—	101
Dragon Pulse	dragon	Special	85	100
Dragon Tail	dragon	Physical	60	90
Earth Power	ground	Special	90	100
Earthquake	ground	Physical	100	100
Endure	normal	Status	—	101
Energy Ball	grass	Special	90	100
Facade	normal	Physical	70	100
Fickle Beam	dragon	Special	80	100
Giga Drain	grass	Special	75	100
Giga Impact	normal	Physical	150	90
Grassy Glide	grass	Physical	55	100
Grassy Terrain	grass	Status	—	101
Growth	grass	Status	—	101
Hydro Pump	water	Special	110	80
Hyper Beam	normal	Special	150	90
Infestation	bug	Special	20	100
Leaf Storm	grass	Special	130	90
Nasty Plot	dark	Status	—	101
Outrage	dragon	Physical	120	100
Pollen Puff	bug	Special	90	100
Pounce	bug	Physical	50	100
Power Whip	grass	Physical	120	85
Protect	normal	Status	—	101
Rain Dance	water	Status	—	101
Recover	normal	Status	—	101
Recycle	normal	Status	—	101
Reflect	psychic	Status	—	101
Rest	psychic	Status	—	101
Seed Bomb	grass	Physical	80	100
Sleep Talk	normal	Status	—	101
Solar Beam	grass	Special	120	100
Substitute	normal	Status	—	101
Sucker Punch	dark	Physical	70	100
Sunny Day	fire	Status	—	101
Sweet Scent	normal	Status	—	100
Syrup Bomb	grass	Special	60	90
Uproar	normal	Special	90	100
Yawn	normal	Status	—	101

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