Who is better poliwrath or politoed?

Question

Who is a better water type for x and y politoed or poliwrath

Vaporeon or lapras

Comments

Im  using my phone now, so i cant really answer the question, but drizzle politoed> water absorb poliwrath and water avsorb poliwrath>water absorb politoed

Answer 1

In double battles, Kingdra and a Politoad with Drizzle would be killer.
In single battles, Poliwrath is better.

I know youre not gonna select this answer as "best" but I'm just saying

Answer 2

Politoed with Drizzle is your best option.

However, since Drizzle is Politoed's Hidden Ability, it is incredibly hard to get. So, if you don't have access to it then Poliwrath is the best option. :)

Hope I helped. :)
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Answer 3

In-game, between all of these, I would pick Poliwrath.

First, Politoed is useless without Drizzle, as it has not got any very high stat. It has its use in OU because of Drizzle, and competitively, Rain Teams has 99.999999999999999999 % of the time got this guy for setting Rain automatically. It has a fairly good movepool, but is not recommended in-game. Over Wi-Fi and Simulators, it should be fine.

Then, Vaporeon, like Politoed, is not useful in-game. It has excellent support move, stuff and stuff, but all of this, like for Politoed, see a use over Wi-Fi and Simulators. In-Game is very offensive, so you will often put 4 attacks on your Pokémons. Over Wi-Fi and Simulators, however, you feel the real game of Pokémon:Strategies, Predict, Risk and Reward and more. You are battling a human with a mind, who thinks before acting. Robots in the game are easy to battle. A super effective move, and then look at them fainting.

Lapras has a good support movepool again, in Perish Song, Ice Shard and Roar for phazing. So like the two formers, it has not got a good use in-game. You can make it a slave, too, but if you can, Dragonite and Samurott are the best slaves. Bibarel is also a funny slave to use, but the two formers learn every HM moves (okay, Samurott definitively has wings XD). Well, Lapras is better use at NU.

Poliwrath can run a full attacking moveset, and in-game, it is perfect:

• Brick Break
• Waterfall
• Earthquake
• Rock Tomb

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However, competitively, it is ALL different.

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Lapras

Lapras is okay over Wi-Fi. It gets setup moves like Curse and Dragon Dance, has STAB Ice Beam, but a crippling weakness to Rocks. Definitively not your choice. Lapras

Poliwrath

If Poliwrath is good in-game, competitively, it is a bit different. Poliwrath functions as a wall, but Tangrowth is easily a counter to every of its sets. Poliwrath won't be your competitive choice. Poliwrath

Politoed

Toad's got well rounded stats and Drizzle. It is to include in a Rain Team. Otherwise, forget it.
Politoed

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Vaporeon

Your choice. Vaporeon's bulky, and supports very well your competitive team with access to Baton Pass, Substitute, Acid Armor, Wish, Heal Bell and Scald. Vaporeon fulfill the role of a bulky Water Pokémon, and has monstrous HP. Vaporeon

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I hope this helps.

~ Sincerely yours, Blitz of Justice.