Gen 9 NU usage profile · rank #151
august 2026 · 7.8K battles
august 2026 · 7.8K battles
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Usage · August 2026
0.0%
Hippopotas is ranked #151 in Gen 9 NU, carried by 21 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#151 of 158
Raw count21
Viability ceiling65
Month on month+0.01pp
13 month peak0.1%
FormatGen 9 NU
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 330
HP
68
Atk
72
Def
78
SpA
38
SpD
42
Spe
32
Usage over time0.0%▲ 0.01pppeak 0.1% · Nov '25
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history
Most used set
100.0% of Hippopotas teamsHP
252
Atk
4
Def
252
SpA
0
SpD
0
Spe
0
NatureImpish
AbilitySand Stream · 100.0%
ItemSmooth Rock · 100.0%
Tera typeGrass · 100.0%
Moves
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Moves
4 tracked100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
Best Hippopotas build for Gen 9 NU
The set above is the one Gen 9 NU players run most often, taken from 7,821 battles in August 2026. Hippopotas sits at rank #151 with 0.0% usage, which puts it in D tier, up 0.01 points on the month before.
These are usage numbers, not a recommendation from a council. A move at 90% is close to mandatory; anything under 30% is a tech pick that answers a specific matchup. Read the spreads the same way: the top spread is the safe default, and the alternatives usually trade bulk for speed or the other way round.
The checks and counters table is generated from real games rather than a type chart, so it accounts for items, Tera choices, and how often the matchup ends in a switch instead of a knockout.