Tentacruel

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#073  -  Tentacruel

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#073	Tentacruel
Types Water Poison	Generation   I
Abilities Ability 1 Clear Body Ability 2 Liquid Ooze Hidden Ability Rain Dish
Rarity Tier   Common	Catch rate   60/255 (7.84%)
Base stats HP 80 Atk 70 Def 65 Sp.Atk 80 Sp.Def 120 Spd 100 Base-stat total: 515
EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 2 Spd 0 EV-yield total: 2
Base Experience   205	Gender Ratio     50%     50%
Height   1.6m	Weight   55kg

Tentacruel is a Water- and Poison-type Pokémon.

It is the only evolutionary outlet of Tentacool, having evolved from it as early as level 30.

Obtainability

Surfing

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rod	Rarity Tier
Abandoned Ship B1F Room 3	30-35	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Bond Bridge	29-37	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Buring Strait Underwater	22-27	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Burring Strait Under water	22-27	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Cherrygrove City	10-14			Night			Common
Cianwood City	30-35	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Eindoak Waterway	25-31	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Ever Grande City	29-34	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Evergreen Waterway	25-31	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Fire Island	25-30	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Five Island	33-37	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Five Isle Meadow	33-37		Day				Common
Four Island	5-35	Morning	Day	Night			Uncommon
Frozen Cave B2F	22-25	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Fuego Ironworks	20-32	Morning	Day	Night			Uncommon
Galeras Island South	25-31	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Green Path	35-50	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Guild Island	25-30	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Haunted Cave	25-30	Morning	Day	Night			Common
High Tide Entrance Room	30-38	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Iron Island	32-36	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Kindle Road	30-34	Morning	Day	Night			Uncommon
Lilycove City	25-35	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Lost Cave	15-21	Morning	Day	Night			Uncommon
Memorial Pillar	31-35	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Mossdeep City	28-36	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Necropolis	24-30	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Olivine City	23-25	Morning	Day	Night			Common
One Island	34-38		Day				Uncommon
Outcast Island	35-40	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 12	32-34			Night			Common
Route 13	33-35			Night			Common
Route 14	34-36	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 19	40-42			Night			Common
Route 20	40-44	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 204	3-13	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 21	40-44	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 212 South	24-28			Night			Common
Route 213	24-28	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 218	28-31	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 219	22-34	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 220	20-32	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 221	28-32	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 222	35-40	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 223	40-44	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 224	52-56	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 230	40-45	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 24	10-14			Night			Common
Route 27	44-48	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 32	7-9			Night			Common
Route 40	15-21	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 41	30-35	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Sea Mauville	30-35	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Seaway Vein	25-29	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Seaway Vein Frozen	25-29	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Tanoby Ruins	10-40	Morning	Day	Night			Uncommon
Trainer Tower	12-42	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Treasure Beach	34-38	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Valley Windworks	20-35	Morning	Day	Night			Uncommon
Vermilion City	13-18	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Victory Road Hoenn B2F	42-48	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Water Labyrinth	29-39	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Water Path	40-44	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Whirl Islands 1F	22-24	Morning	Day	Night			Common
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

Moves

Level-up

Level	Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Acid	Poison	Special	40	100	30
1	Constrict	Normal	Physical	10	100	35
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
1	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
1	Reflect Type	Normal	Status	—	—	15
1	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100	25
1	Wrap	Normal	Physical	15	90	20
1	Wring Out	Normal	Special	—	100	5
7	Constrict	Normal	Physical	10	100	35
12	Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55	20
13	Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	—	20
16	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100	20
20	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85	40
22	Acid Spray	Poison	Special	40	100	20
24	Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	100	20
28	Barrier	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
28	Hex	Ghost	Special	65	100	10
34	Acid Armor	Poison	Status	—	—	20
36	Brine	Water	Special	65	100	10
40	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
46	Surf	Water	Special	90	100	15
52	Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	95	100	10
56	Wring Out	Normal	Special	—	100	5
58	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/HMs

TM		Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
	TM174	Acid Spray	Poison	Special	40	100	20
	TM93	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
	TM34	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70	5
	TM88	Brine	Water	Special	65	100	10
	TM84	Brutal Swing	Dark	Physical	60	100	20
	TM11	Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	100	20
	TM79	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20
	TM181	Chilling Water	Water	Special	50	100	20
	TM330	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM177	Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	—	100	10
	TM269	Cross Poison	Poison	Physical	70	100	20
	TM77	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
	HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95	30
	TM74	Dazzling Gleam	Fairy	Special	80	100	10
	HM06	Dive	Water	Physical	80	100	10
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
	TM10	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
	TM51	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM230	Flip Turn	Water	Physical	60	100	20
	TM131	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM101	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10
	TM146	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
	TM298	Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	120	80	5
	TM57	Hail	Ice	Status	—	—	10
	TM216	Haze	Ice	Status	—	—	30
	TM184	Hex	Ghost	Special	65	100	10
	TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM316	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110	80	5
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10
	TM106	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
	TM161	Infestation	Bug	Special	20	100	20
	TM220	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100	25
	TM303	Liquidation	Water	Physical	85	100	16
	TM21	Mega Drain	Grass	Special	40	100	15
	TM31	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM187	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15
	TM327	Muddy Water	Water	Special	90	85	10
	TM136	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
	TM140	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
	TM143	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
	TM180	Pounce	Bug	Physical	50	100	20
	TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM20	Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100	20
	TM68	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
	TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
	TM130	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM270	Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM118	Safeguard	Normal	Status	—	—	25
	TM105	Scald	Water	Special	80	100	15
	TM170	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	10
	TM258	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85	40
	TM133	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM248	Skitter Smack	Bug	Physical	70	90	10
	TM40	Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	100	100	15
	TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM86	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100	10
	TM155	Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	95	100	10
	TM121	Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
	TM50	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
	HM03	Surf	Water	Special	90	100	15
	TM124	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
	TM39	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
	TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM09	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
	TM214	Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100	10
	TM96	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
	TM329	Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
	TM294	Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	—	20
	TM282	Venom Drench	Poison	Status	—	100	20
	TM158	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100	10
	TM12	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100	25
	TM128	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100	20
	HM07	Waterfall	Water	Physical	80	100	15
	TM227	Weather Ball	Normal	Special	50	100	10
	TM240	Whirlpool	Water	Special	35	85	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
Bind	Normal	Physical	15	85	20
Corrosive Gas	Poison	Status	—	100	40
Dive	Water	Physical	80	100	10
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10
Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100	25
Magic Coat	Psychic	Status	—	—	15
Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
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. Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Acupressure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Aqua Ring	Water	Status	—	—	20
Aurora Beam	Ice	Special	65	100	20
Bubble	Water	Special	40	100	30
Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	—	100	10
Haze	Ice	Status	—	—	30
Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100	25
Mirror Coat	Psychic	Special	—	100	20
Muddy Water	Water	Special	90	85	10
Rapid Spin	Normal	Physical	50	100	40
Tickle	Normal	Status	—	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. For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

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

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

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  Shiny Tentacruel
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  Halloween Tentacruel
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  Christmas Tentacruel

External Links

• Tentacruel's Bulbapedia
• Tentacruel's Serebii