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This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Ludicolo in competitive play for the games Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV). Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, Tera Type, and Held Items to use with Ludicolo, as well as its strengths and weakness.
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Kitakami #106 | Type | |
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Ludicolo | ||
Abilities | ||
Swift Swim Rain Dish Own Tempo (Hidden) |
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
(0.25x) |
Ability Name | Description | |
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Swift Swim | Doubles the Speed of the user in rain. | |
Rain Dish | The user recovers 6.25% HP during Heavy Rain at the end of each turn. | |
Own Tempo (Hidden) |
The user cannot be confused. |
Stat | Value | Rank |
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HP | 80 | 247 |
Atk | 70 | 471 |
Def | 70 | 384 |
SpAtk | 90 | 232 |
SpDef | 100 | 111 |
Speed | 70 | 382 |
Total | 480 | 364 |
Stat | Max | 0Nat | 0EV | -Nat | Min |
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HP | 187 | 187 | 155 | 155 | 140 |
Atk | 134 | 122 | 90 | 81 | 67 |
Def | 134 | 122 | 90 | 81 | 67 |
SpAtk | 156 | 142 | 110 | 99 | 85 |
SpDef | 167 | 152 | 120 | 108 | 94 |
Spd | 134 | 122 | 90 | 81 | 67 |
Best Natures | ||
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Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk) |
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Rain Special Attacker | ★★★★ |
Nature | Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | 252 Sp. Atk / 4 Sp. Def / 252 Spe |
Final Stat Values | 155 HP / 90 Def / 156 Sp. Atk / 121 Sp. Def / 122 Spe |
Ability | Swift Swim |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Focus Sash |
Moveset | ・
Energy Ball
・ Hydro Pump ・ Ice Beam ・ Knock Off |
Consistent Swift Swim Attacker. Has good coverage in its available Special Moves. Attacks cover for all of Ogerpon's Terastallized Forms.
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Ability | Held Item | |
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Swift Swim | Focus Sash |
Ludicolo is a strong and reliable Swift Swim Attacker, having it's speed doubled while it's raining.
Focus Sash is chosen for this build so that Ludicolo can survive one attack, and be able to threaten a knock out in return.
Energy Ball | Hydro Pump |
Ice Beam | Knock Off |
Energy Ball is Ludicolo's most consistent Grass-type STAB attack.
Hydro Pump is a strong, secondary STAB option, which is good for burst damage especially in Rain.
Ice Beam is useful for damaging Grass-weak Pokemon such as Teal Mask Ogerpon, Rillaboom, Landorus-T, Dragonite or Tera Grass Heatran.
Knock Off removes an opponents item, which can reduce their damage output or their healing potential
Water Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Water is the best Tera Type for this build because Ludicolo can shed its weaknesses from its Grass typing, while boosting the power of its Water-type Moves.
Best Water Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle
Full 252 EVs are put into Ludicolo's Speed and Special Attack, while the remaining 4 EVs are put into Special Defense. This allows Ludicolo to better take the occasional Thunderbolt.
A Modest Nature is preferred over a Timid Nature to ensure that Ludicolo is an offensive threat.
Weather Ball | A more accurate Water-type STAB move while it is raining. If there is no weather condition, then the damage will decrease by half and it will become a normal type move. |
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Leaf Storm | A strong Grass-type STAB Move that will reduce the user's Special Attack by two stages after use. |
Fake Out | A priority move that can remove opposing Focus Sashes and help get knock outs on low health Pokemon. |
Damage Dealt by Ludicolo |
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Item: Focus Sash | Ice Beam 92-110 (59.3 - 70.9%) Guaranteed 2HKO |
Item: Punching Glove | Energy Ball 200-236 (114.2 - 134.8%) Guaranteed OHKO |
Item: Leftovers | Hydro Pump 152-182 (91.5 - 109.6%) 62.5% Chance to OHKO |
Game8's Competitive Damage Calculator
Build Name | Recommendation |
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Rain Special Attacker | ★★★★ |
Nature | Modest (+Sp. Atk, -Atk) |
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EV Spread | 252 Sp. Atk / 4 Sp. Def / 252 Spe |
Final Stat Values | 155 HP / 90 Def / 156 Sp. Atk / 121 Sp. Def / 122 Spe |
Ability | Swift Swim |
Tera Type | |
Held Item | Life Orb |
Moveset | ・
Giga Drain
・ Hydro Pump ・ Ice Beam ・ Fake Out |
Consistent Swift Swim Attacker. Has good coverage in its available Special Moves. Has access to Fake Out.
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Ability | Held Item | |
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Swift Swim | Life Orb |
Ludicolo is a strong and reliable Swift Swim Attacker, making it a great addition to any Rain Team
Life Orb is chosen for this build, as it can vastly improve Ludicolo's damage potential.
Giga Drain | Hydro Pump |
Ice Beam | Fake Out |
Giga Drain is a solid STAB choice that can also heal Ludicolo's HP
Hydro Pump is a strong, secondary STAB option, which is good for burst damage especially in Rain.
Ice Beam is useful for damaging Grass-weak Pokemon such as Amoonguss, Rillaboom, Landorus-T, Tornadus-I, or Tera Grass Heatran.
Fake Out can flinch an opponent and allow a teammate to use a move safely.
Water Tera Type Matchup | ||
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Weak to: | ||
(2x) | ||
Damaged Normally By: |
(1x) | |
Resists: | (0.5x) | |
Water is the best Tera Type for this build because Ludicolo can shed its weaknesses from its Grass typing, while boosting the power of its Water-type Moves.
Best Water Type Pokemon for Ranked Battle
Full 252 EVs are put into Ludicolo's Speed and Special Attack, while the remaining 4 EVs are put into Special Defense. This allows Ludicolo to better take the occasional Thunderbolt.
A Modest Nature is preferred over a Timid Nature to ensure that Ludicolo is an offensive threat.
Icy Wind | Icy Wind is a reliable means of Speed Control, which Ludicolo can offer its team if necessary. This can be slotted into the Ice Beam slot. |
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Weather Ball | Weather Ball can change types depending on the weather. This is a cheeky option that may require careful planning and prediction. |
Leaf Storm | A strong Grass-type STAB Move that will reduce the user's Special Attack by two stages after use. |
Damage Dealt by Ludicolo |
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Item: Rocky Helmet | Ice Beam 120 ~ 143 (54.7 ~ 65.2%) Guaranteed 2-Hit KO |
Game8's Competitive Damage Calculator
Ludicolo can be outfitted to run a number of strong coverage moves that range from Water, Grass, and Ice. It can also run Fake Out, a VGC staple, which flinches an opponent, allowing Ludicolo's partner to safely use a move.
Having a rain setter like Politoed or Tornadus is required for teams with Ludicolo, otherwise it will not be able to make use of the speed boost from Swift Swim.
Rain Lead | Special Attacker | Physical Attacker |
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Politoed | Ludicolo | Landorus (Therian Forme) |
Having a rain setter like Politoed is essential for Ludicolo's Swift Swim. Without it, Ludicolo's Speed is essentially half of what it could be. Landorus Therian is also great to have since it checks all of the weakness of both Politoed and Ludicolo.
Support / Special Attacker | Special Attacker |
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Tornadus (Incarnate Forme) | Ludicolo |
Special Attacker | Support / Special Attacker |
Gholdengo | Politoed |
Tornadus can provide Icy Wind support for Ludicolo outside of Rain or manually set up Rain when necessary. Ludicolo can also help Tornadus set up Tailwind safely with Fake Out support, ensuring that your team will always have speed superiority. This strategy is strong against Rain mirror matches and can allow Ludicolo to outspeed opposing Ludicolo.
This is also a great strategy to prevent opposing Trick Room. You can use Ludicolo's Fake Out to flinch Cresselia, and then use Tornadus to Taunt it. Cresselia's common Trick Room partner Ursaluna will likely use Protect, allowing you to successfully stop the opponent's Trick Room strategy.
To improve the matchup against Armarouge/Indeedee, Ludicolo can be run with Tera Dark to give it an immunity to Expanding Force.
Gholdengo in Rain can offer offensive pressure, while Politoed can set up Rain with Drizzle and work as a late-game win condition with Perish Song.
Ludicolo can easily get KOd by Attacks like Dragonite's Flying Tera Blast or Scizor's Bug Bite because of its mediocre HP and physical defense.
Pokemon | Description |
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Scizor | Ranking: ★★★★★
・Can make quick work of Ludicolo with Bug Bite. ・Takes neutral damage from Ludicolo's offensive options. ▶️Scizor Best Movesets |
Dragonite | Ranking: ★★★★
・Can tank an Ice Beam with Multiscale, and can reduce its x4 Ice weakness to x2 with Terastallization. ・Can KO Ludicolo with Flying Tera Blast. ▶️Dragonite Best Movesets |
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