Best Team for Politoed

Politoed Overview

#186 Politoed

Water

Strengths

Hits Fire SEHits Ground SEHits Rock SE

Resists: Fire, Water, Ice, Steel

Weaknesses to Cover

ElectricGrass

Step-by-Step Teammate Guide

Fill each slot with a teammate that patches Politoed's weaknesses and adds offensive coverage.

1. Slot 2 — Pick one of these teammates:

   

   ExcadrillGroundSteelRecommended

   Resists electric; hits electric, ice super-effectively

   +14% coverage gain

   

   Aegislash ShieldSteelGhost

   Resists grass; hits ice, psychic super-effectively

   +14% coverage gain

   

   CorviknightFlyingSteel

   Resists grass; hits grass, ice super-effectively

   +14% coverage gain

2. Slot 3 — Pick one of these teammates:

   

   TogekissFairyFlyingRecommended

   Resists grass, fighting, ground; hits grass, fighting super-effectively

   +9% coverage gain

   

   BombirdierFlyingDark

   Resists grass, ground; hits grass, fighting super-effectively

   +9% coverage gain

   

   HeracrossBugFighting

   Resists grass, fighting, ground; hits normal, grass super-effectively

   +8% coverage gain

3. Slot 4 — Pick one of these teammates:

   

   RotomElectricGhostRecommended

   hits water, flying super-effectively

   +4% coverage gain

   

   Urshifu Single StrikeFightingDark

   hits normal, psychic super-effectively

   +4% coverage gain

   

   UmbreonDark

   hits psychic, ghost super-effectively

   +3% coverage gain

4. Slot 5 — Pick one of these teammates:

   

   Urshifu Single StrikeFightingDarkRecommended

   Resists ghost; hits normal super-effectively

   +2% coverage gain

   

   MachampFighting

   hits normal super-effectively

   +1% coverage gain

   

   HariyamaFighting

   hits normal super-effectively

   +1% coverage gain

5. Slot 6 — Pick one of these teammates:

   

   Indeedee MalePsychicNormalRecommended

   Adds psychic coverage

   

   ForretressBugSteel

   Adds bug coverage

   

   ScizorBugSteel

   Adds bug coverage

Suggested Complete Team

99/100Excellent balance

Politoed

Excadrill

Togekiss

Rotom

Urshifu Single Strike

Indeedee Male

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Alternative Builds

Other strong team compositions built around Politoed:

Build 2

98/100

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Water/steel/ghost focused variant

PolitoedAegislash ShieldGliscorPawmotGrimmsnarlSnorlax

Build 3

98/100

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Water/flying/steel focused variant

PolitoedCorviknightKrookodileVikavoltGardevoirMachamp

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