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Hippowdon
Heavyweight Pokémon
Short-tempered and easily moved to violence. It whips up whirlwinds of sand to crush its foes' spirits, then goes in for the attack.
Details
Height2.0 m
Weight300.0 kg
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate60
Base friendship70
Growth rateslow
Appears in these games
Base stats
HP
108
Attack
112
Defense
118
Sp. Atk
68
Sp. Def
72
Speed
47
Total
525
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Tank
- Item
- Leftovers / Smooth Rock
- Nature
- Impish
- EVs
- 248 HP / 112 Def / 148 SpD
- Tera
- WaterRock
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Hippowdon can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
17 sprites & renders for Hippowdon.
Across the games
Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Fire Fang | Fire | Physical | 65 | 95 | 15 |
| 1 | Ice Fang | Ice | Physical | 65 | 95 | 15 |
| 1 | Sand Attack | Ground | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Thunder Fang | Electric | Physical | 65 | 95 | 15 |
| 1 | Yawn | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 12 | Sand Tomb | Ground | Physical | 35 | 85 | 15 |
| 16 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| 18 | Mud Bomb | Ground | Special | 65 | 85 | 10 |
| 20 | Crunch | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 24 | Sandstorm | Rock | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 28 | Take Down | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 |
| 32 | Roar | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 34 | High Horsepower | Ground | Physical | 95 | 95 | 10 |
| 38 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 44 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 |
| 50 | Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
| 56 | Fissure | Ground | Physical | — | 30 | 5 |
| 62 | Slack Off | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |