Adamant Water Absorb Politoed or Damp Adamant Politoed?

So I’m having trouble of Which to choose because they are both good. Can someone please compare them or something so it’s easier?

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Well, since both of your Politoeds have the Adamant nature, you basically want an ability that is either a best match with the nature, or just overall.

With the Damp nature, it prevent the use of any self-destructive move (this also includes the ability Aftermath). If you look overall, only90Pokemon can learnExplosion/Self-Destruct, (+4 if you include Drifloon/Stunky + evos). So overall, you have merely a12%of battling a Pokemon(s) who will benefit your Damp ability - with Golem or Electrode being the most common. But these will most likely be the case of in-game battles; it’s highly unlikely you will end up battling Pokemon with Explosion, Self-Destruct, or Aftermath in a PvP battle.

With the Water Absorb ability, it takes Politoed’s 0.5x resistance, and makes it immune to Water; and granting 1/4 max. HP in return. With this, there are over 30 water moves, and over 100 water Pokemon - not to mention you don’t have to be a water-type to learn water moves (excluding some Pokemon). This ability can be very beneficial in doubles/triples with a ally learning moves such as surf. With this, you can attack, and heal the ability bearer at the same time. Otherwise, you can use another water move or hope the opponent will use one.

So overall in my opinion, I would definitely chose a Politoed withWater Absorb > Damp. Unless you have the hidden ability Drizzle, I would recommend that one instead - but that’s a different story.

Your Choice! Hope I helped! :)

TheAdamant natureincreases the Attack stat while also decreasing the Special Attack stat.

As for which ability is better onPolitoed, theWater Absorbability restores HP if hit by a Water-type attack and theDampability prevents the use of destructive moves. Don’t forget, Politoed’s HA (Hidden Ability) isDrizzlewhich just summons the rain into battle.

So, if you prefer HP-restoration over Self-Destruct prevention, go ahead and pick Water Absorb. If you prefer the latter, pick Damp. I’d recommend Damp over Water Absorb if it were me.