Politoed

Politoed is ranked #30 by usage in Reg M-C, on 5.16% of teams (1,037 rosters). Those rosters have won 50.49% of 9,814 games, above the 50% line.

Politoed is Water, a single type Pokémon.

By typing, Politoed is 2x weak to Electric and Grass. It resists Fire, Ice, Steel and Water (0.5x). Abilities such as Levitate or a held item can change this; the chart does not.

90 HP, 75 Attack, 75 Defense, 90 Sp. Atk, 100 Sp. Def and 70 Speed, 500 in total. At level 50 its Speed is 134 with a +Speed nature and 32 SP, 122 neutral with 32 SP, 90 uninvested, and 81 at minimum for Trick Room.

Speed tiers lists every Pokémon on the same benchmarks.

The most-played build is Sitrus Berry with Drizzle and a Calm nature, running Encore, Perish Song, Protect and Weather Ball. It is on 30.38% of Politoed rosters and has won 52.80% of 3,099 games.

The full build table, every slot and every spread, is above on this page.

Sitrus Berry is the most-held, on 54.58% of Politoed rosters.

Drizzle, on 97.59% of rosters. The slot is effectively fixed, so it is not a build decision.

The four most-run moves are Protect, Weather Ball, Perish Song and Ice Beam.

Calm on 46.38% of rosters and Modest on 31.92%.

Spreads are a separate board: open the EV Spreads tab above for the ones published with a list.

Archaludon is the most common, on 73.48% of Politoed rosters.

Name	Share of Politoed rosters	Win rate
Archaludon	73.48%	51.63%
Incineroar	55.74%	51.64%
Rillaboom	54.58%	51.90%
Gengar	51.11%	51.72%
Golisopod	43.39%	49.89%

Teams carrying Politoed have their worst records against these.

Name	Win rate	Games
Raichu	44.33%	2,351
Kommo-o	44.63%	344
Venusaur	45.83%	470

Teams carrying Politoed have their best records against these.

Name	Win rate	Games
Golisopod	54.35%	1,198
Excadrill	54.14%	627
Indeedee	53.61%	676

Tournament team lists and match records for Pokémon Champions. These answers read Reg M-C. Figures as of 2026-10-12.

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