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
Whoville Woods	22-25	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	Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Hypnosis	Psychic	Status	—	60	20
1	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100	25
1	Water Sport	Water	Status	—	—	15
6	Pound	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
11	Bubble	Water	Special	40	100	30
12	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15
15	Double Slap	Normal	Physical	15	85	10
18	Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	100	20
24	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
30	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
35	Wake-Up Slap	Fighting	Physical	70	100	10
36	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10
41	Mud Bomb	Ground	Special	65	85	10
42	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110	80	5
48	Belly Drum	Normal	Status	—	—	10
54	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15

* 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
TM210		Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
TM93		Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
TM34		Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
TM14		Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70	5
TM08		Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
TM11		Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	100	20
TM83		Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
TM79		Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20
TM181		Chilling Water	Water	Special	50	100	20
TM330		Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM77		Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
TM73		Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
TM28		Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
TM32		Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM10		Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
TM313		Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10
TM308		Encore	Normal	Status	—	100	5
TM237		Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100	5
TM51		Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM92		Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM98		Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
TM131		Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
TM57		Hail	Ice	Status	—	—	10
TM216		Haze	Ice	Status	—	—	30
TM102		Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
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
TM106		Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
TM303		Liquidation	Water	Physical	85	100	16
TM285		Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
TM31		Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM187		Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15
TM109		Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
TM327		Muddy Water	Water	Special	90	85	10
TM136		Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
TM67		Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM29		Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100	10
TM46		Psywave	Psychic	Special	—	80	15
TM20		Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100	20
TM68		Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
TM44		Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
TM130		Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
TM270		Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM105		Scald	Water	Special	80	100	15
TM133		Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM40		Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	100	100	15
TM138		Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM121		Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
TM50		Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
TM124		Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
TM39		Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
TM09		Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
TM214		Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100	10
TM96		Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
TM06		Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
TM12		Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100	25
TM128		Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100	20
TM227		Weather Ball	Normal	Special	50	100	10
TM240		Whirlpool	Water	Special	35	85	15
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
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
Dive	Water	Physical	80	100	10
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100	5
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	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
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
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	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 Poliwag
• 
  Pink Poliwag
• 
  Valentine Poliwag

External Links

• Poliwag's Bulbapedia
• Poliwag's Serebii