Unleashing the Power: How to Get Huge Power Azumarill in Pokémon Scarlet
The adorable but surprisingly powerful Azumarill is a force to be reckoned with in Pokémon Scarlet, primarily due to its potent ability, Huge Power. This ability effectively doubles its Attack stat, making it a formidable offensive threat. But how exactly do you obtain an Azumarill with this game-changing ability? It’s simpler than you might think, and this guide will walk you through every step of the process. You can either catch Azurill or Azumarill with the ability or change the ability with an Ability Capsule.
Catching a Huge Power Azurill or Azumarill
The most straightforward method is to catch an Azurill or Azumarill that already has the Huge Power ability. Both Pokémon can be found in the wild.
Locating Azurill and Azumarill
- Azurill: This pre-evolution can be found in various watery habitats throughout Paldea. You’ll commonly encounter them near ponds, rivers, and lakes. Specifically, areas surrounding Casseroya Lake are a good place to start your search.
- Azumarill: Already evolved, Azumarill can also be found near water bodies, often alongside Marill. The Casseroya Lake region is a prime hunting ground for Azumarill, with some even sporting a Fairy-type Tera in the north-central part of the lake, potentially making them easier to spot.
Identifying Huge Power
Once you’ve engaged in battle with an Azurill or Azumarill, you will need to check its ability in the battle summary. It is important to note that Huge Power is not a Hidden Ability. Sap Sipper is its hidden ability. Azurill or Azumarill will only have one of its two standard abilities. Huge Power or Thick Fat. If your chosen pokemon has the Huge Power ability, then congratulations you can begin to utilize its strength. If not you can either continue to look for wild pokemon or change its ability with the ability capsule.
Changing Abilities with an Ability Capsule
If you’ve already caught an Azurill or Azumarill without Huge Power, don’t fret! You can use an Ability Capsule to switch between its two standard abilities.
Obtaining an Ability Capsule
Ability Capsules are available to purchase at certain stores in Paldea. The main store where you can obtain them is in Mesagoza.
Using the Ability Capsule
Once you obtain an ability capsule you can switch between an Azurill or Azumarills standard abilities.
- Go into your bag and find the Ability Capsule in your bag.
- Select it and choose Use this item
- You can then select an Azurill or Azumarill to switch its ability to Huge Power, or Thick Fat.
Strengthening Your Huge Power Azumarill
Having an Azumarill with Huge Power is only the first step. To make it truly formidable, you’ll want to focus on maximizing its stats and moveset.
EV Training and Hyper Training
- Effort Values (EVs): The most common EV spread is 252 HP and 252 Attack. You can achieve this by battling Pokémon that give the respective EV yields or by using items from the Chansey Supply store in Mesagoza. Protein increases Attack, and HP Up increases HP. Each stat requires 25 of the items to fully max out, costing $500,000 total.
- Individual Values (IVs): For maxing IVs, get your Azumarill to level 100. Then, speak to the NPC near the Pokémon Center in Montenevera to hyper train its stats. This boosts its IVs to their maximum value of 31, but it will require bottle caps that can be found around the world.
Nature
While not directly related to obtaining Huge Power, your Azumarill’s Nature is important. An Adamant Nature (+Attack, – Special Attack) is preferable to maximize its Physical Attack.
The Best Moveset
A great moveset will greatly increase the power of your Azumarill. Here is a moveset that is recommended:
- Belly Drum: Learned via Mirror Herb, this drastically boosts your Attack stat but sacrifices HP.
- Play Rough: A strong Fairy-type STAB move learned via leveling.
- Liquidation: A strong Water-type STAB move learned via TM.
- Helping Hand: A support move that can boost your ally’s attack in a double battle.
Why is Huge Power So Strong?
The Huge Power ability is exceptionally powerful because it doubles your Attack stat instead of just increasing it. For example, an Azumarill with a maximum base attack of 218 will then double to 436! This makes the attack stat extremely powerful for a pokemon with access to moves such as belly drum and liquidation.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. Is Huge Power a Hidden Ability for Azumarill?
No, Huge Power is not a Hidden Ability for Azumarill. It is one of Azumarill’s two standard abilities. Its hidden ability is Sap Sipper.
2. Can Azurill have Huge Power?
Yes, Azurill can have Huge Power, you can catch an Azurill with it in the wild. However, both Azurill and Azumarill have a chance to spawn with the Thick Fat ability, so be sure to double-check the ability of each pokemon you catch.
3. Does Skill Swap work properly with Huge Power?
No, using Skill Swap on a Pokémon with Huge Power only increases the Attack stat by 50% (1.5x) instead of the normal 100% (2x). Therefore, it is not recommended to use the ability skill swap if you are trying to utilize huge power.
4. How do I get an Ability Patch?
An Ability Patch is the item that changes a standard ability to a hidden ability. You can obtain one via the auction house at Porto Marinada or via 6-star raids.
5. Can I Hyper Train a stat multiple times?
Yes, you can Hyper Train a stat as many times as you need provided you have the bottle caps required.
6. Does Hyper Training give max IVs?
Yes, Hyper Training does raise your Pokémon’s IVs to the maximum of 31 in the selected stat.
7. Is Pure Power the same as Huge Power?
Yes, Pure Power and Huge Power both double the Pokémon’s Attack stat. However, Pure Power does not have the same limitations as Huge Power regarding Skill Swap.
8. Does Huge Power work with Belly Drum?
Yes, Huge Power works in conjunction with Belly Drum, and this is a significant aspect of why Azumarill is so powerful. The attack boost from Belly Drum and the doubling of the attack stat via Huge Power turns Azumarill into a dangerous pokemon.
9. Is Thick Fat or Huge Power better for Azumarill?
Huge Power is generally far superior to Thick Fat for Azumarill. The huge attack boost from Huge Power gives a significant power buff. Azumarill also already resists ice and fire, therefore making Thick Fat less effective.
10. How does Mirror Herb Work?
The Mirror Herb allows a Pokémon to learn a move from the enemy Pokémon. You can equip the Mirror Herb to your pokemon and if the opposing pokemon uses a move that you have an empty moveslot for, you will learn the move! This is how you get Belly Drum for Azumarill.
11. Where do you find the fairy Azumarill?
You can find fairy Azumarill in the north central part of Casseroya Lake. They will be the Fairy Tera-type of the Azumarill, making them easier to spot if you are actively looking for them.
12. Why is Azumarill so popular?
Azumarill’s popularity stems from its incredible offensive potential with Huge Power. This ability, combined with its decent bulk and strong moves, makes it a powerful choice.
13. What are the best Azumarill counters?
The best counters to Azumarill tend to be Grass and Electric types such as Kartana, Mega Sceptile, Mega Gengar, Mega Beedrill, Shadow Raikou & Xurkitree.
14. Is Azumarill worth keeping?
Yes, Azumarill is absolutely worth keeping and training due to its incredible offensive capability thanks to Huge Power. It’s easily one of the best Water-types in the game.
15. What stats should I hyper train on Azumarill?
It’s best to prioritize Hyper Training HP, Attack, and Defense on Azumarill to fully maximize its potential.