Poliwag
water
Front
Normal
Shiny
Animated
Shiny Animated
Back
Normal
Shiny
Type
Water
Dex
#072
Growth Rate
Medium Slow
Gender Ratio
50% Male, 50% Female
Egg Groups
water1
Hatch Rate
Medium Fast (20 cycles)
Catch Rate
255
Base Exp
77
EV Yield
None
Wild Held Items
None
Weak To
electric ×2grass ×2
Resists
fire ×0.5water ×0.5ice ×0.5steel ×0.5
Evolution Chain
How to Obtain
Poliwag appears very common in Ecruteak City while surfing, very common in Route 22 while walking or surfing, and very common in Route 28 while surfing, among seven other areas. Wild ones range from level three to 40.
Wild Encounters (14)
Level Up Moves (11)
| Level | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BubbleLevel: 1 | ||||||
| water |  | 20 | 100 | 30 | ||
| An attack that may reduce SPEED. | ||||||
| HypnosisLevel: 6 | ||||||
| psychic | | 0 | 60 | 20 | ||
| May put the foe to sleep. | ||||||
| Water GunLevel: 11 | ||||||
| water | | 40 | 100 | 25 | ||
| Squirts water to attack. | ||||||
| DoubleslapLevel: 14 | ||||||
| normal | | 15 | 85 | 10 | ||
| Repeatedly slaps 2-5 times. | ||||||
| Rain DanceLevel: 19 | ||||||
| water | | 0 | 100 | 5 | ||
| Boosts water-type moves for 5 turns. | ||||||
| BubblebeamLevel: 24 | ||||||
| water | | 65 | 100 | 20 | ||
| An attack that may lower SPEED. | ||||||
| Body SlamLevel: 28 | ||||||
| normal | | 85 | 100 | 15 | ||
| An attack that may cause paralysis. | ||||||
| Belly DrumLevel: 33 | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 10 | ||
| Reduces own HP to maximize ATTACK. | ||||||
| Low KickLevel: 38 | ||||||
| fighting | | 0 | 100 | 20 | ||
| More powerful on heavier foes. | ||||||
| Hydro PumpLevel: 42 | ||||||
| water | | 120 | 80 | 5 | ||
| A powerful watertype attack. | ||||||
| Double EdgeLevel: 47 | ||||||
| normal | | 120 | 100 | 15 | ||
| A tackle that also hurts the user. | ||||||