Best move set for Politoed and Poliwrath and who to choose out of the two?
hi,I just got a shiny poliwag after 140 fishy chains, yay! I was so proud!Anyway, to the point now…I was wondering whether if I should evolve it into poliwrath or politoed.LV: 15Nature: CarefulAlso, what what be a good move set for either of them.Thanks for your help!!
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As we can see, Politoed and Poliwrath share the same base HP and are equal in Speed as well, but this is where the resemblances stop. Poliwrath is obviously bulkier in Defense, sitting at 95 base stat which is not bad at all, given its excellent Water / Fighting, and same can be said about his Attack stat which is also 95 base. In contrast, Politoed has 75 in each, making it physically weaker than its alternative Poliwrath. However, when Poliwrath shines physically defensively, Politoed shines specially defensively, boasting better Special Attack base of 90 and Special Defense base of 100, the two being superior than Poliwrath’s meagre 70 and decent 90.
We can deduct of this that Politoed is more adapted in the Special domain than its alternative Poliwrath is, while that latter is better in the Physical domain than the former.
Pure Water-type has proven to be excellent defensive, having resistance against common Fire-, Ice-, Water- and less common Steel-type and weakness to Electric- and Grass-type Attacks which are rarer than other types.Add in Fighting-type for a bunch of new resistances for new weaknesses. Bug-, Rock- and Dark-type attacks are resisted along with Fire-, Ice-, Steel- and Water-type attacks, by Poliwrath; 3 resistances in exchange of 2 new weaknesses to Flying- and Psychic-type attacks.Politoed takes the safe path of having 1 type, 4 resistances and 2 weaknesses; while Poliwrath takes the riskier path of having 2 types and 2 added weaknesses for a total of 4 weaknesses, it makes up for having 7 resistances. It’s a matter of opinions mainly, but Poliwrath has the better typing in my opinion.As of movesets… there are not so many differences. Both of them get Poliwhirl and Poliwag egg moves. However, at level 1, Politoed gets Perish Song while Poliwrath gets Circle Throw and Submission. Politoed can learn Bounce and Hyper Voice by leveling up and Poliwrath gets Dynamic Punch and Mind Reader. Poliwrath’s movepool is slightly larger than Politoed’s movepool too.
You said Water Absorb, right?Poliwrathis your man. Politoed’s popularity comes specially from Drizzle access and without Drizzle, Politoed isn’t worth much. Poliwrath’s superior typing, slightly larger movepool and better overall bulk of 90 / 95 / 90 wins over Politoed.
Politoedis better known for its Ability,Drizzle, which summonsRain. It will give a goodboost to Water-type Pokemon andtoPokemon that have rain-friendly Abilities.Politoed’sonly role is aSupport Pokemon.If you are using anything else, then you’re using Politoed wrong, maybe except for Perish Song Politoedwhich I dislike personally.
Movesets:
Politoed @ Damp RockAbility: DrizzleEVs: 248 HP / 164 SpD / 96 SpeCareful Nature-Scald-Toxic / Hypnosis-Rest-Encore / Rain Dance
Politoed @ LeftoversAbility: Water AbsorbEVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpDCareful Nature-Perish Song-Scald-Toxic-Protect / Encore
Poliwrath, on the other hand, can fulfill2 different rolesand is blessed with agood typingbutthe Hidden Ability he has,Water Absorb, is absolutely mandatoryexcept if you can backup your Poliwrath with Rain support, where Swift Swim will do fine.
Poliwrath @ Leftovers / Choice SpecsAbility: Water AbsorbEVs: 96 HP / 252 SpA / 160 SpeCareful Nature- Scald / Hydro Pump- Focus Blast- Ice Beam- Vacuum Wave
While Poliwrath isn’t exactly what you would expect to turn out as a Special Attacker, he can do surprisingly well in lower tier and will do surprisingly bad anywhere higher.
Poliwrath @ LeftoversAbility: Water AbsorbEVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpDCareful Nature- Circle Throw- Scald- Rest- Sleep Talk
The more defensive version. Your bread-and-butter ResTalk Circle Throw.
