Piplup

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#393  -  Piplup

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#393	Piplup
Types Water	Generation   IV
Abilities Ability 1 Torrent Hidden Ability Competitive
Rarity Tier   Rare	Catch rate   45/255 (5.88%)
Base stats HP 53 Atk 51 Def 53 Sp.Atk 61 Sp.Def 56 Spd 40 Base-stat total: 314
EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Spd 0 EV-yield total: 1
Base Experience   66	Gender Ratio     87.5%     12.5%
Height   0.41m	Weight   5.2kg

Piplup is a Water type Pokémon.

It evolves into Prinplup upon reaching level 16, which then evolves into Empoleon at level 36. It is the Water type starter of Sinnoh.

Obtainability

Surfing

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rod	Rarity Tier
Angel Hill	15-19	Morning	Day	Night			Rare
Breezy Garden	17-21	Morning	Day	Night			Rare
Haunted Cave	15-19	Morning	Day	Night			Rare
High Tide Entrance Room	30-38	Morning	Day				Rare
Kalijodo Lake	30-34	Morning	Day	Night			Rare
Necropolis	24-30	Morning	Day	Night			Rare
Nido Isle	24-28	Morning	Day	Night			Rare
Road Of Night	15-19	Morning	Day	Night			Rare
Sanctuary of Energy	24-28	Morning	Day	Night			Rare
Sinnoh Safari Area Zone 4	24-28	Morning	Day	Night			Rare
Suzuka Cave B1F	17-21	Morning	Day	Night			Rare
All rows with a fishing rod indicate that its corresponding Pokémon can also be fished with the rod tier shown Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Headbutt Trees

Location	Levels	Rarity Tier
Twinleaf Town	2-6	Rare
Pink denotes a Membership requirement for the area or spawn.

Excavation

Site	Levels	Time period	Required discovery points	Rarity
Glacial Site	13-14	N/A	4,000	Very Rare

Bosses

• Possible reward from Professor Rowan

Moves

Level-up

Level	Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Pound	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
4	Growl	Normal	Status	—	100	40
8	Bubble	Water	Special	40	100	30
8	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100	25
11	Charm	Fairy	Status	—	100	20
11	Water Sport	Water	Status	—	—	15
15	Peck	Flying	Physical	35	100	35
18	Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	100	20
22	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
22	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
25	Fury Attack	Normal	Physical	15	85	20
29	Brine	Water	Special	65	100	10
32	Whirlpool	Water	Special	35	85	15
36	Mist	Ice	Status	—	—	30
39	Drill Peck	Flying	Physical	80	100	20
43	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110	80	5

* Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

TMs and HMs

TM		Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
TM94		Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
TM284		Agility	Psychic	Status	—	100	30
TM93		Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
TM14		Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70	5
TM81		Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
TM88		Brine	Water	Special	65	100	10
TM79		Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20
TM168		Charm	Fairy	Status	—	100	20
TM181		Chilling Water	Water	Special	50	100	20
TM330		Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
—		Defog	Flying	Status	—	—	15
TM28		Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
TM178		Disarming Voice	Fairy	Special	40	—	15
TM32		Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM59		Echoed Voice	Normal	Special	40	100	15
TM51		Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM92		Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM246		Feather Dance	Flying	Status	—	100	15
TM141		Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100	10
TM230		Flip Turn	Water	Physical	60	100	20
TM131		Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
TM151		Grass Knot	Grass	Special	—	100	20
TM57		Hail	Ice	Status	—	—	10
TM216		Haze	Ice	Status	—	—	30
TM200		Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM60		Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM316		Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110	80	5
TM13		Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10
TM199		Ice Spinner	Ice	Physical	80	100	15
TM106		Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
TM303		Liquidation	Water	Physical	85	100	16
TM136		Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
TM137		Pluck	Flying	Physical	60	100	20
TM67		Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM113		Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM162		Quash	Dark	Status	—	100	15
TM68		Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
TM44		Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
TM130		Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
TM89		Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
TM270		Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM105		Scald	Water	Special	80	100	15
TM133		Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM138		Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM192		Snowscape	Ice	Status	—	—	10
TM150		Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
TM50		Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
TM124		Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
TM39		Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
TM214		Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100	10
TM06		Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
TM243		Triple Axel	Ice	Physical	20	90	10
—		Water Pledge	Water	Special	80	100	10
TM128		Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100	20
TM227		Weather Ball	Normal	Special	50	100	10
TM240		Whirlpool	Water	Special	35	85	15
TM153		Work Up	Normal	Status	—	—	30
HM01		Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95	30
HM06		Dive	Water	Physical	80	100	10
HM03		Surf	Water	Special	90	100	15
HM07		Waterfall	Water	Physical	80	100	15

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move's obtainability.

Move Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Covet	Normal	Physical	60	100	25
Defog	Flying	Status	—	—	15
Dive	Water	Physical	80	100	10
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100	15
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
Water Pledge	Water	Special	80	100	10
Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100	20

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• Refer to the Move Tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Agility	Psychic	Status	—	100	30
Aqua Ring	Water	Status	—	—	20
Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
Double Hit	Normal	Physical	35	90	10
Feather Dance	Flying	Status	—	100	15
Flail	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110	80	5
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
Mud Sport	Ground	Status	—	—	15
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
Power Trip	Dark	Physical	20	100	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55	20
Yawn	Normal	Status	—	—	10

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
2× Weak to	Electric Grass
1× Neutral to	Normal Fighting Poison Ground Flying Psychic Bug Rock Ghost Dragon Dark Fairy
½× Resistant to	Fire Water Ice Steel

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

• Shiny Piplup
  Shiny Piplup
• 
  Easter Piplup
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  Halloween Piplup
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  Halloween Piplup