Politoed

How to use Politoed in Champions

Politoed fills a special tank 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 Electric, Grass, while resisting Fire, Water, Ice, Steel. Check the Water page for the full matchup math behind those numbers.

Movepool highlights

Politoed can learn 53 moves in Champions. Coverage by type: dark fighting flying ground ice 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
Amnesia	psychic	Status	—	101
Attract	normal	Status	—	100
Belly Drum	normal	Status	—	101
Blizzard	ice	Special	110	70
Body Slam	normal	Physical	85	100
Bounce	flying	Physical	85	85
Brick Break	fighting	Physical	75	100
Bulldoze	ground	Physical	60	100
Chilling Water	water	Special	50	100
Dig	ground	Physical	80	100
Dive	water	Physical	80	100
Double-Edge	normal	Physical	120	100
Earth Power	ground	Special	90	100
Earthquake	ground	Physical	100	100
Encore	normal	Status	—	100
Endure	normal	Status	—	101
Facade	normal	Physical	70	100
Focus Blast	fighting	Special	120	70
Focus Punch	fighting	Physical	150	100
Giga Impact	normal	Physical	150	90
Haze	ice	Status	—	101
Helping Hand	normal	Status	—	101
Hydro Pump	water	Special	110	80
Hyper Beam	normal	Special	150	90
Hyper Voice	normal	Special	90	100
Hypnosis	psychic	Status	—	60
Ice Beam	ice	Special	90	100
Ice Punch	ice	Physical	75	100
Icy Wind	ice	Special	55	95
Liquidation	water	Physical	85	100
Low Sweep	fighting	Physical	65	100
Mud Shot	ground	Special	55	95
Mud-Slap	ground	Special	20	100
Muddy Water	water	Special	90	85
Perish Song	normal	Status	—	101
Protect	normal	Status	—	101
Psych Up	normal	Status	—	101
Psychic	psychic	Special	90	100
Rain Dance	water	Status	—	101
Rest	psychic	Status	—	101
Round	normal	Special	60	100
Screech	normal	Status	—	85
Sleep Talk	normal	Status	—	101
Snore	normal	Special	50	100
Substitute	normal	Status	—	101
Surf	water	Special	90	100
Swagger	normal	Status	—	85
Thief	dark	Physical	60	100
Uproar	normal	Special	90	100
Water Pulse	water	Special	60	100
Waterfall	water	Physical	80	100
Weather Ball	normal	Special	50	100
Whirlpool	water	Special	35	85

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