#0186 · Generation 2

Politoed

Water

Politoed has 500 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the special side (90) and a Speed of 70. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 265, which makes it a special tank.

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What Politoed is weak to

Weak to: Electric, Grass. Resists: Fire, Water, Ice, Steel. Immune to: none.

Attacking typeDamage taken
Electric×2
Grass×2
Fire×0.5
Water×0.5
Ice×0.5
Steel×0.5

Base stats

HP90
Atk75
Def75
SpA90
SpD100
Spe70
Total500

Best teammates for Politoed

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Politoed: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

  1. Tinkaton FairySteel

    Resists grass, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  2. Klefki SteelFairy

    Resists grass, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  3. Mawile SteelFairy

    Resists grass, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  4. Celesteela SteelFlying

    Resists grass, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to electric.

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  5. Corviknight FlyingSteel

    Resists grass, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to electric.

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  6. Skarmory SteelFlying

    Resists grass, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to electric.

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Counters to Politoed

  1. Kartana

    Grass STAB hits Politoed super effectively and it resists everything Politoed can hit it with by type.

  2. Iron Leaves

    Grass STAB hits Politoed super effectively and it resists everything Politoed can hit it with by type.

  3. Raging Bolt

    Electric STAB hits Politoed super effectively and it resists everything Politoed can hit it with by type.

  4. Meowscarada

    Grass STAB hits Politoed super effectively and it resists everything Politoed can hit it with by type.

  5. Roserade

    Grass STAB hits Politoed super effectively and it resists everything Politoed can hit it with by type.

  6. Rillaboom

    Grass STAB hits Politoed super effectively and it resists everything Politoed can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Politoed

Politoed is in the regional Pokédex of 2 games we cover:

HeartGold and SoulSilverX and Y