Pokedex · Champions · #503
Samurott
Water / dark type · strong stats (BST 528, top 42% of the Champions roster) · builds into a physical attacker.
Samurott
water dark · BST 528 · physical attacker
Base stats
| HP | 90 | |
| Attack | 108 | |
| Defense | 80 | |
| Sp. Atk | 100 | |
| Sp. Def | 65 | |
| Speed | 85 |
Defensive profile
How incoming damage multiplies for this form.
Abilities
Selectable in Champions (400 VP to change).
- Torrent
- Shell Armor
- Torrent
- Sharpness
How to use Samurott in Champions
Samurott fills a physical attacker 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 Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug, Fairy, while resisting Fire, Water, Ice, Ghost. Check the Water page for the full matchup math behind those numbers.
Movepool highlights
Samurott can learn 66 moves in Champions. Coverage by type: bug dark fighting ground ice normal psychic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerial Ace | Physical | 60 | 101 | |
| Air Slash | Special | 75 | 95 | |
| Aqua Cutter | water | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| Aqua Jet | water | Physical | 40 | 100 |
| Aqua Tail | water | Physical | 90 | 90 |
| Assurance | dark | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Avalanche | ice | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Blizzard | ice | Special | 110 | 70 |
| Body Slam | normal | Physical | 85 | 100 |
| Brick Break | fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 |
| Bulldoze | ground | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Ceaseless Edge | dark | Physical | 65 | 90 |
| Chilling Water | water | Special | 50 | 100 |
| Copycat | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Dark Pulse | dark | Special | 80 | 100 |
| Detect | fighting | Status | — | 101 |
| Dig | ground | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Dive | water | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Drill Run | ground | Physical | 80 | 95 |
| Encore | normal | Status | — | 100 |
| Endure | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Facade | normal | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| Flip Turn | water | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Focus Energy | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Giga Impact | normal | Physical | 150 | 90 |
| Helping Hand | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Hydro Cannon | water | Special | 150 | 90 |
| Hydro Pump | water | Special | 110 | 80 |
| Hyper Beam | normal | Special | 150 | 90 |
| Ice Beam | ice | Special | 90 | 100 |
| Icy Wind | ice | Special | 55 | 95 |
| Iron Tail | steel | Physical | 100 | 75 |
| Knock Off | dark | Physical | 65 | 100 |
| Lash Out | dark | Physical | 75 | 100 |
| Liquidation | water | Physical | 85 | 100 |
| Megahorn | bug | Physical | 120 | 85 |
| Night Slash | dark | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| Protect | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Rain Dance | water | Status | — | 101 |
| Razor Shell | water | Physical | 75 | 95 |
| Rest | psychic | Status | — | 101 |
| Round | normal | Special | 60 | 100 |
| Sacred Sword | fighting | Physical | 90 | 100 |
| Scary Face | normal | Status | — | 100 |
| Screech | normal | Status | — | 85 |
| Slash | normal | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Sleep Talk | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Smart Strike | steel | Physical | 70 | 101 |
| Snarl | dark | Special | 55 | 95 |
| Snore | normal | Special | 50 | 100 |
| Snowscape | ice | Status | — | 101 |
| Soak | water | Status | — | 100 |
| Substitute | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Sucker Punch | dark | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| Superpower | fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 |
| Surf | water | Special | 90 | 100 |
| Swords Dance | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Taunt | dark | Status | — | 100 |
| Thief | dark | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Throat Chop | dark | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Upper Hand | fighting | Physical | 65 | 100 |
| Vacuum Wave | fighting | Special | 40 | 100 |
| Water Pulse | water | Special | 60 | 100 |
| Waterfall | water | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Whirlpool | water | Special | 35 | 85 |
| X-Scissor | bug | Physical | 80 | 100 |