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>Perfect blend of bulk and power
>Can tank hits both physical and special with relative ease.
>Has high enough attack to still be able to put a dent in less bulky mons.
>Has a slew of utility moves to help support both the team and itself (Slack Off, Stealth Rocks, Whirlwind, Yawn, etc, etc)
>Sandstream is a great ability.
>First time I actually used it was in Showdown funnily enough. I knew it existed but never used it up until one day when I was trying Showdown for the first time and decided to try Randoms to get my feet wet.
>Got matched with some guy, I had stuff like Magcargo and he had stuff like Zapdos.
>At one point, dude said "gg" and I considered forfeiting, but decided to try and finish since I still had a few mons like Hippowdon.
>Managed to just barely take down the rest of his team through use of the Hippo's support moves and it came down to his Hawlucha vs my Hippowdon.
>Hawlucha kills itself trying to get past Rocky Helmet Hippo.
>Dude goes ballistic, starts calling me a no life even though this was my first time in Showdown and my first time with the Hippo.
>After that, I started Hippowdon on my main in-game team. First time I ever beat Battle Maison Super Singles without a cheese strat was with Hippowdon and a sand team.
Favorite Ground Type and my favorite Pokemon by far.
