Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 2.0 m
- Weight
- 300.0 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate60(14.8%)Tricky
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time30 cycles · ~7,905 steps
Growth rateslow
Base EXP184
Base stats
HP
108
Attack
112
Defense
118
Sp. Atk
68
Sp. Def
72
Speed
47
Total
525
Base Stat Total
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026
Where to find Hippowdon
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Diamond
Pearl
Platinum
Ultra Sun
Ultra Moon
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Hippowdon can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
20 of 20
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| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Fire Fang Has a chance to burn the target and a chance to make the target flinch. | Fire | Physical | 65 | 95 | 15 |
| 1 | Ice Fang Has a chance to freeze the target and a chance to make the target flinch. | Ice | Physical | 65 | 95 | 15 |
| 1 | Sand Attack Lowers the target’s accuracy by one stage. | Ground | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Thunder Fang Has a chance to paralyze the target and a chance to make the target flinch. | Electric | Physical | 65 | 95 | 15 |
| 1 | Yawn Target sleeps at the end of the next turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 12 | Sand Tomb Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Ground | Physical | 35 | 85 | 15 |
| 16 | Dig User digs underground, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. | Ground | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| 18 | Mud Bomb Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage. | Ground | Special | 65 | 85 | 10 |
| 20 | Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage. | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 24 | Sandstorm Changes the weather to a sandstorm for five turns. | Rock | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 28 | Take Down User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 |
| 32 | Roar Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 34 | High Horsepower Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Ground | Physical | 95 | 95 | 10 |
| 38 | Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 44 | Earthquake Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dig users. | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 |
| 50 | Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
| 56 | Fissure Causes a one-hit KO. | Ground | Physical | — | 30 | 5 |
| 62 | Slack Off Heals the user by half its max HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
Sprites & renders
20 sprites & renders for Hippowdon.
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Cite this page
“Hippowdon”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/hippowdon.
Species data from PokéAPI.