Lotad

No. 0270 · Gen 3

Lotad weakness and type

WaterGrass

Hit LOTAD with Poison, Flying and Bug for 2× damage.

Moves against Lotad

2×Super effective
PoisonFlyingBug
½×Not very effective
GroundSteel
¼×Barely scratches it
Water

In Pokémon GO: Poison deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

Test a matchup against Lotad

Abilities

  • Swift SwimNo change to type matchups
  • Rain DishNo change to type matchups
  • Own TempoNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP40
  • Attack30
  • Defense30
  • Sp. Atk40
  • Sp. Def50
  • Speed30
  • Total220

Best nature

ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Lotad gives 1 Sp. Def EV.

Calculate Lotad's stats

How Lotad evolves

LotadWaterGrass
All evolutions

What Lotad can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalDouble-EdgePhysical120
GrassSolar Beamsame typeSpecial120
IceBlizzardSpecial110
WaterSurfsame typeSpecial90
PsychicZen HeadbuttPhysical80
DarkThiefPhysical60
FairyDisarming VoiceSpecial40
GhostAstonishPhysical30

Type counters to Lotad

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.