Poliwag

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#060  -  Poliwag

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#060	Poliwag
Types Water	Generation   I
Abilities Ability 1 Water Absorb Ability 2 Damp Hidden Ability Swift Swim
Rarity Tier   Common	Catch rate   255/255 (33.33%)
Base stats HP 40 Atk 50 Def 40 Sp.Atk 40 Sp.Def 40 Spd 90 Base-stat total: 300
EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Spd 1 EV-yield total: 1
Base Experience   77	Gender Ratio     50%     50%
Height   0.6m	Weight   12.4kg

Poliwag is a Water-type Pokémon.

It evolves into Poliwhirl as early as level 25; thereafter, it will either evolve into Poliwrath via contactual exposure to a Water Stone, or it will evolve into Politoed when traded while holding a King's Rock.

Obtainability

Land

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
Corsica Island	15-19	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Medusas Cloud	24-28	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Route 22	3-5		Day			Common
Shamouti Island	38-40	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Shamouti Island frozen	38-40	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Sinnoh Safari Area Zone 5	24-28			Night		Common
Tower of Energy 4F	24-28	Morning	Day	Night		Common
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
Amazon Forest	35-40	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Amity Square	17-20	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Berry Forest	45-50			Night			Common
Blackthorn City	42-46	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Breezy Garden	17-21	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Cliff Edge Gate	28-32	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Dragonspiral Tower Exterior	21-25	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Ecruteak City	15-25	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Fire Island Seaway	25-29	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Four Island	5-35			Night			Common
Frozen Cave	20-25			Night			Common
Fuchsia City	10-15	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Hoenn Safari Zone Area 3	28-32	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Icefall Cave Entrance	5-20	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Ilex Forest	10-14	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Mt. Mortar B1F	33-37	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Mt. Pyre Exterior	21-26	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Mt. Pyre Summit	21-26	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Mt. Silver 1F	47-50	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Nap Cave	45-50	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Nap Cave B1F	45-50	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Pinkan Island Cliff	40-45	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 10	22-25	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 11	25-26	Morning					Common
Route 119A	32-38	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 28	33-37	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 30	4-6	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 32	7-9	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 35	14-18	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 4	8-12	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 42	34-38	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 43	36-40	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 44	36-40	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 45	44-47	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 47	30-34	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 49	35-39	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 6	22-24			Night			Common
Ruin Valley	35-48	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Ruins Of Alph	18-25	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Safari Area 2	34-38	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Safari Johto Grass and Swamp Zone	22-26	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Secret Nap Area	45-50	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Sleeping Path	42-45	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Spawn Testing	60-65	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Violet City	10-14	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Viridian City	10-15	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
—	Water Sport	Water	Status	—	—	15
5	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100	25
8	Hypnosis	Psychic	Status	—	60	20
11	Bubble	Water	Special	40	100	30
15	Double Slap	Normal	Physical	15	85	10
18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
21	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
25	Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	100	20
28	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15
31	Belly Drum	Normal	Status	—	—	10
35	Wake-Up Slap	Fighting	Physical	70	100	10
38	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110	80	5
41	Mud Bomb	Ground	Special	65	85	10
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
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
	TM08	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
	TM09	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
	TM11	Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	100	20
	TM12	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100	25
	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10
	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70	5
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
	TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100	10
	TM34	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
	TM40	Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	100	100	15
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
	TM46	Psywave	Psychic	Special	—	80	15
	TM57	Hail	Ice	Status	—	—	10
	TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM68	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
	TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM96	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
	TM105	Scald	Water	Special	80	100	15
	TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	HM03	Surf	Water	Special	90	100	15
	HM06	Dive	Water	Physical	80	100	10
	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
Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	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.

Move tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100	5
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
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
Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	100	20
Encore	Normal	Status	—	100	5
Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100	5
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Haze	Ice	Status	—	—	30
Ice Ball	Ice	Physical	30	90	20
Mind Reader	Normal	Status	—	—	5
Mist	Ice	Status	—	—	30
Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15
Refresh	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Splash	Normal	Status	—	—	40
Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100	20
Water Sport	Water	Status	—	—	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. For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
2×  Weak to	1×  Neutral to	½×  Resistant to	0×  Immune to
Electric Grass	Bug Dark Dragon Fairy Fighting Flying Ghost Ground Normal Poison Psychic Rock	Fire Ice Steel Water	None

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

• 
  Shiny Poliwag
• 
  Pink Poliwag
• 
  Valentine Poliwag

External Links

• Poliwag's Bulbapedia
• Poliwag's Serebii