Tentacruel
waterpoison
Front
Normal
Shiny
Animated
Shiny Animated
Back
Normal
Shiny
Type
WaterPoison
Dex
#163
Growth Rate
Slow
Gender Ratio
50% Male, 50% Female
Egg Groups
water3
Hatch Rate
Medium Fast (20 cycles)
Catch Rate
60
Base Exp
205
EV Yield
None
Wild Held Items
Weak To
electric ×2ground ×2psychic ×2
Resists
fire ×0.5water ×0.5ice ×0.5fighting ×0.5poison ×0.5bug ×0.5steel ×0.5fairy ×0.5
Evolution Chain
Base form
Level up Tentacool to Lv. 30
How to Obtain
Look for Tentacruel common in Route 41 while surfing, common in Whirl Island Lugia Chamber while surfing, and in Cherrygrove City while surfing (rare), among 19 other areas. Wild ones range from level 20 to 35.
Wild Encounters (22)
Level Up Moves (11)
| Level | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison StingLevel: 1 | ||||||
| poison |  | 15 | 100 | 35 | ||
| An attack that may poison the target. | ||||||
| ConstrictLevel: 1 | ||||||
| normal | | 10 | 100 | 35 | ||
| An attack that may lower SPEED. | ||||||
| Water GunLevel: 1 | ||||||
| water | | 40 | 100 | 25 | ||
| Squirts water to attack. | ||||||
| SupersonicLevel: 1 | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 55 | 20 | ||
| Sound waves that cause confusion. | ||||||
| AcidLevel: 16 | ||||||
| poison | | 40 | 100 | 30 | ||
| An attack that may lower DEFENSE. | ||||||
| WrapLevel: 21 | ||||||
| normal | | 15 | 90 | 20 | ||
| Squeezes the foe for 2-5 turns. | ||||||
| BubblebeamLevel: 25 | ||||||
| water | | 65 | 100 | 20 | ||
| An attack that may lower SPEED. | ||||||
| BarrierLevel: 33 | ||||||
| psychic | | 0 | 100 | 20 | ||
| Sharply increases user's DEFENSE. | ||||||
| Sludge BombLevel: 40 | ||||||
| poison | | 90 | 100 | 10 | ||
| An attack that may poison the foe. | ||||||
| ScreechLevel: 46 | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 85 | 40 | ||
| Sharply reduces the foe's DEFENSE. | ||||||
| Hydro PumpLevel: 54 | ||||||
| water | | 120 | 80 | 5 | ||
| A powerful watertype attack. | ||||||