Squirtle
Water
In HPL - Battle Connoisseur
Base stats
HP44
Atk48
Def65
SpA50
SpD64
Spe43
BST314
Abilities
- Primary
- Torrent
- Secondary
- —
- Hidden
- Rain Dish
Singles analysis
What this movepool and ability set qualify for under the Singles on Gen 9 role checks used by league synergy and the roster builder.
Base 43 Speed: slow pivot range (60 or under).
Hazard removal
- Rapid Spin (premium: +1 Spe)
- Rapid Spin
- Hazard removal
- Rapid Spin
Pivoting
- Pivot (U-turn / Volt Switch / Flip Turn / Parting Shot / Chilly Reception)
- Flip Turn
Recovery
- Rest (near-universal; pairs with Sleep Talk)
- Rest
Setup
- Offensive setup
- Shell Smash
- Defensive setup (Iron Defense / Curse)
- Iron Defense
Priority
- Priority
- Aqua Jet
- Fake Out (low value in singles)
- Fake Out
Status
- Yawn
Anti-setup
- Haze / Clear Smog
- Haze
Stallbreak / utility
- Substitute (near-universal)
- Substitute
Moves — Gen 9
54 of 54 moves
| Details | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua Jet | Water | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 | Usually goes first. | |
| Aqua Ring | Water | Status | — | — | 20 | User recovers 1/16 max HP per turn. | |
| Aqua Tail | Water | Physical | 90 | 90 | 10 | No additional effect. | |
| Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 | 30% chance to make the target flinch. | |
| Blizzard | Ice | Special | 110 | 70 | 5 | 10% chance to freeze foe(s). Can't miss in Snow. | |
| Body Slam | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 | 30% chance to paralyze the target. | |
| Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Destroys screens, unless the target is immune. | |
| Chilling Water | Water | Special | 50 | 100 | 20 | 100% chance to lower the target's Attack by 1. | |
| Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 | Digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2. | |
| Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 | Has 33% recoil. | |
| Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | User survives attacks this turn with at least 1 HP. | |
| Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | Power doubles if user is burn/poison/paralyzed. | |
| Fake Out | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 10 | Hits first. First turn out only. 100% flinch chance. | |
| Flail | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 15 | More power the less HP the user has left. | |
| Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100 | 10 | Flings the user's item at the target. Power varies. | |
| Flip Turn | Water | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | User switches out after damaging the target. | |
| Focus Punch | Fighting | Physical | 150 | 100 | 20 | Fails if the user takes damage before it hits. | |
| Gyro Ball | Steel | Physical | — | 100 | 5 | More power the slower the user than the target. | |
| Haze | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 | Eliminates all stat changes. | |
| Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | One adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn. | |
| Hydro Pump | Water | Special | 110 | 80 | 5 | No additional effect. | |
| Ice Beam | Ice | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | 10% chance to freeze the target. | |
| Ice Punch | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | 10% chance to freeze the target. | |
| Ice Spinner | Ice | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | Ends the effects of terrain. | |
| Icy Wind | Ice | Special | 55 | 95 | 15 | 100% chance to lower the foe(s) Speed by 1. |