Question

Is Lotad better than Wingull in Pokemon sapphire?

Comments

If you hate stone evos than no. If you dont care and if you have a flyer then yes

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Depends on the rest of your team

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You just want to use one of them to defeat in-game opponents, right?

Answer 1

Lotad -> Lombre -> Ludicolo

Pros

• Pretty Good Sp. Atk
• OK in Speed
• Can be a HM slave
• Bulky
• Nice move pool
• (Not really important)RSE Smogon Tier: UUBL

Cons

• Needs Water Stone to evolve (So it evolves kind of late I think)
• Not a really good ability

Wingull -> Pelipper

Pros

• Can learn Fly and Surf
• Average Sp. Atk
• Bulky
• Nice move pool

Cons

• 4x weakness to electric type moves
• Pretty slow
• Not a really good ability
• (Not really important)RSE Smogon Tier: NU

I am not done — I will have to finish this later, sorry(probably by Sunday, as I will unable to reach this site for some time)

Comments

I don't think Smogon Tiers matter for in-game teams, especially when higher tier Pokemon tend to be harder to use in game. :P

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@Staka~, fair point— I added it was not very important, but it could be useful to the perosn, iDK

Answer 2

I'd say Wingull is better. It can learn water gun, which is stronger than any of Lombre's STAB attacks until you get surf. Wingull also learns wing attack, which is useful in the fighting gym. Pelipper has better stats than Lombre for a large chunk of the game because the water stone is obtainable only after the psychic gym. Also, Pelipper is isn't weak to flying, so it's better in the flying gym.