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

Land

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
[[|]]	-					Rare
Pink-colored areas denote that this spawn is membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Surfing

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rod	Rarity Tier
[[|]]	-						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	Moves	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
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
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.

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.

TMs and HMs

TM		Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10
	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70	5
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
	TM57	Hail	Ice	Status	—	—	10
	TM59	Echoed Voice	Normal	Special	40	100	15
	TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM68	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
	TM81	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
	TM89	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
	TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM105	Scald	Water	Special	80	100	15
	TM130	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	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.

TM Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
Grass Knot	Grass	Special	—	100	20
Work Up	Normal	Status	—	—	30
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.

Move Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Covet	Normal	Physical	60	100	25
Defog	Flying	Status	—	—	15
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100	15
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Stealth Rock	Rock	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.

Type Effectiveness

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

Special Counterparts

• Shiny Piplup
  Shiny Piplup