#0062Gen I

Poliwrath

Tadpole Pokémon

waterfighting

Type matchups

Damage taken when attacked

Weak to

flying2×grass2×electric2×psychic2×fairy2×

Resists

rock½×bug½×steel½×fire½×water½×ice½×dark½×

Water Absorb: immune to Water.

Its STAB attacks

Super effective against

normalgroundrocksteelfireicedark

Walled by

None

Full type chart

Base stats

HP	90
Attack	95
Defense	95
Sp. Atk	70
Sp. Def	90
Speed	70
Total	510

EV yield: 3 Defense
Base experience: 230

Evolution

Lv. 25

Water Stone

Hold King’s Rock

Abilities

Water Absorb

Whenever a Water-type move hits this Pokémon, it heals for 1/4 of its maximum HP, negating any other effect on it. Water moves will ignore this Pokémon's Substitute.

Damp

While this Pokémon is in battle, Self-Destruct and Explosion will fail and Aftermath will not take effect.

Swift SwimHidden

This Pokémon's Speed is doubled during rain. This bonus does not count as a stat modifier.

Profile

Height: 1.3 m 4′03″
Weight: 54.0 kg 119.0 lbs
Gender: ♂ 50%♀ 50%
Egg groups: Water 1
Hatch time: 20 cycles ~5,100 steps
Habitat: Water's edge

Catch rate: 45 Hard≈ 11.9% with a Poké Ball at full HP
Base friendship: 70
Growth rate: Medium Slow

Moves

Scarlet & Violet

Lv.	Move	Type	Pwr	Acc	PP
Evo	Dynamic Punch	fighting	100	50	5
1	Body Slam	normal	85	100	15
1	Bubble Beam	water	65	100	20
1	Hypnosis	psychic	—	60	20

TM	Move	Type	Pwr	Acc	PP
TM01	Take Down	normal	90	85	20
TM05	Mud-Slap	ground	20	100	10
TM06	Scary Face	normal	—	100	10
TM07	Protect	normal	—	—	10
TM11	Water Pulse	water	60	100	20
TM12	Low Kick	fighting	—	100	20
TM18	Thief	dark	60	100	25
TM22	Chilling Water	water	50	100	20
TM25	Facade	normal	70	100	20
TM28	Bulldoze	ground	60	100	20
TM32	Swift	normal	60	—	20
TM34	Icy Wind	ice	55	95	15
TM35	Mud Shot	ground	55	95	15
TM36	Rock Tomb	rock	60	95	15
TM39	Low Sweep	fighting	65	100	20
TM43	Fling	dark	—	100	10
TM47	Endure	normal	—	—	10
TM50	Rain Dance	water	—	—	5
TM55	Dig	ground	80	100	10
TM58	Brick Break	fighting	75	100	15
TM64	Bulk Up	fighting	—	—	20
TM66	Body Slam	normal	85	100	15
TM69	Ice Punch	ice	75	100	15
TM70	Sleep Talk	normal	—	—	10
TM73	Drain Punch	fighting	75	100	10
TM77	Waterfall	water	80	100	15
TM80	Metronome	normal	—	—	10
TM83	Poison Jab	poison	80	100	20
TM85	Rest	psychic	—	—	5
TM86	Rock Slide	rock	75	90	10
TM87	Taunt	dark	—	100	20
TM103	Substitute	normal	—	—	10
TM110	Liquidation	water	85	100	10
TM120	Psychic	psychic	90	100	10
TM122	Encore	normal	—	100	5
TM123	Surf	water	90	100	15
TM128	Amnesia	psychic	—	—	20
TM130	Helping Hand	normal	—	—	20
TM132	Baton Pass	normal	—	—	40
TM133	Earth Power	ground	90	100	10
TM134	Reversal	fighting	—	100	15
TM135	Ice Beam	ice	90	100	10
TM142	Hydro Pump	water	110	80	5
TM143	Blizzard	ice	110	70	5
TM149	Earthquake	ground	100	100	10
TM152	Giga Impact	normal	150	90	5
TM158	Focus Blast	fighting	120	70	5
TM163	Hyper Beam	normal	150	90	5
TM167	Close Combat	fighting	120	100	5
TM171	Tera Blast	normal	80	100	10
TM174	Haze	ice	—	—	30
TM181	Knock Off	dark	65	100	20
TM184	Vacuum Wave	fighting	40	100	30
TM186	High Horsepower	ground	95	95	10
TM192	Focus Punch	fighting	150	100	20
TM193	Weather Ball	normal	50	100	10
TM203	Psych Up	normal	—	—	10
TM204	Double-Edge	normal	120	100	15
TM205	Endeavor	normal	—	100	5
TM208	Whirlpool	water	35	85	15
TM209	Muddy Water	water	90	85	10
TM213	Coaching	fighting	—	—	10
TM221	Throat Chop	dark	80	100	15
TM229	Upper Hand	fighting	65	100	15

Move	Type	Pwr	Acc	PP
Belly Drum	normal	—	—	10
Circle Throw	fighting	60	90	10
Double-Edge	normal	120	100	15
Earth Power	ground	90	100	10
Endeavor	normal	—	100	5
Hydro Pump	water	110	80	5
Mist	ice	—	—	30
Mud Shot	ground	55	95	15
Muddy Water	water	90	85	10
Pound	normal	40	100	35
Rain Dance	water	—	—	5
Splash	normal	—	—	40
Water Gun	water	40	100	25
Water Pulse	water	60	100	20

Where to find it

Scarlet & Violet

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Pokédex entries

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Its body is solid muscle. When swimming through cold seas, Poliwrath uses its impressive arms to smash through drift ice and plow forward.
Sword

All 19 Pokédex entries

Its body is solid muscle. When swimming through cold seas, Poliwrath uses its impressive arms to smash through drift ice and plow forward.
Sword

Poliwrath is skilled at both swimming and martial arts. It uses its well-trained arms to dish out powerful punches.
Shield

Swims powerfully using all the muscles in its body. It can even overtake world-class swimmers.
Let’s Go, Pikachu! · Let’s Go, Eevee!

It’s quite a gifted swimmer, even among Water-type Pokémon, but it normally spends its time on land.
Ultra Sun

The muscles it has developed through swimming are thick and powerful. When it lands a square punch, it can turn huge boulders to dust.
Ultra Moon

Poliwrath in the Alola region are strong swimmers that use the breaststroke. Many children learn to swim by imitating Poliwrath.
Sun

Its percentage of body fat is nearly zero. Its body is entirely muscle, which makes it heavy and forces its swimming prowess to develop.
Moon

Poliwrath’s highly developed, brawny muscles never grow fatigued, however much it exercises. It is so tirelessly strong, this Pokémon can swim back and forth across the ocean without effort.
Omega Ruby · Alpha Sapphire

A swimmer adept at both the front crawl and breaststroke. Easily overtakes the best human swimmers.
Y · LeafGreen

With its extremely tough muscles, it can keep swimming in the Pacific Ocean without resting.
X · Black 2 · White 2 · Black · White · Platinum · Diamond · Pearl

This strong and skilled swimmer is even capable of crossing the Pacific Ocean just by kicking.
HeartGold · Gold

Although an energetic, skilled swimmer that uses all of its muscles, it lives on dry land.
SoulSilver

An adept swimmer, it knows the front crawl, butterfly, and more. It is faster than the best human swimmers.
FireRed

Its highly developed muscles never grow fatigued, however much it exercises. This POKéMON can swim back and forth across the Pacific Ocean without effort.
Emerald

POLIWRATH’s highly developed, brawny muscles never grow fatigued, however much it exercises. It is so tirelessly strong, this POKéMON can swim back and forth across the Pacific Ocean without effort.
Ruby · Sapphire

It can use its well-developed arms and legs to run on the surface of the water for a split second.
Crystal

Although an ener getic, skilled swimmer that uses all of its mus cles, it lives on dry land.
Silver

Swims powerfully using all the muscles in its body. It can even overtake champion swimmers.
Yellow

An adept swimmer at both the front crawl and breast stroke. Easily overtakes the best human swimmers.
Red · Blue