Hippo build help

Doesn't match hippos element so smack will be stronger I might change however that's a interesting thought....

STAB is 50%, Smack has 30 power and Water Jets has 45 power, so depending on how that 50% bonus is applied the damage output will either be the exact same or very close.

That said, Water Jets has 95% accuracy vs Smack's 90% and has a chance to heal you and Earth being as popular as they are, you have a good chance of doing double damage as well as being able to hit Ghost monsters. The flip side is Electric monsters are pretty popular, so you might end up doing half damage, Fire monsters aren't *that* popular anymore and Plant are almost non-existant at high level PvP/Ladder play so those elemental advantages/disadvantages won't make much of a difference.

Frankly Ill take the higher accuracy and chance to heal any day if I am considering one of those moves.