Talk:Water Starter Battle Royale/@comment-28005323-20160902032246/@comment-26418719-20161001211047

That's debatable. Earthquake is Swampert's best asset here but the key issue is that Swampert can't deal with other 'mons peppering it with STABS at once, and it doesn't have the same focused stat spread used to bring victory that the likes of Blastoise and Feraligatr does, and it has the most useless of the hidden abilities with Damp. BSTs are not the only thing that matter in a matchup like this- typing and movepool also play a factor as do abilities. Swampert existing stops Empoleon from existing but the other starters outpace it in damage with their strongest STAB moves except Feraligatr (Which is Hydro Pump, since EVERY Water Starter gets it except Feraligatr, who gets Aqua Tail).