Poliwrath
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Names
- English: Poliwrath
- Japanese: ニョロボン (Nyorobon)
- German: Quappo
- French: Tartard
Number(s)
- National: 62
- Hoenn: 249
- Johto: 74
Gender
♂ 50% - ♀ 50%
Egg Group(s)
Water 1
Evolution
| Basic | Stage One | Stage Two |
|---|---|---|
Size
- Height: 1.3 m / 4’03”
- Weight: 54.0 kg / 119.0 lbs.
Damage Taken
- ×½: Rock, Bug, Steel, Fire, Water, Ice, Dark
- ×2: Flying, Grass, Electric, Psychic
Ability effects are not included.
Base Stats
| Stat | Rank | E.P. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sum | 500 | ||
| HP | 20 | 0 | |
| Attack | 17 | 0 | |
| Defense | 16 | 3 | |
| Sp.Atk | 28 | 0 | |
| Sp.Def | 17 | 0 | |
| Speed | 26 | 0 | |
Ability
- Water Absorb
- Game's description
- Changes water into HP.
- Battle effect
- The POKéMON heals up to 1/4 of it's maximum Hit Points when hit with Water-type moves.
- Damp
- Game's description
- Prevents self-destruction.
- Battle effect
- Explosion and Selfdestruct will not work while the POKéMON is on the field.
Wild Item
- Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald
- King's Rock 5%
Habitat
Water's-edge
Miscellaneous
- Species: Tadpole Pokémon
- Steps to hatch: 5,120
- Color: Blue
- Catch Rate: 45
- Base Tameness: 70
- Growth Group: Medium Slow
1,059,860 exp. points to Lv100
Pokédex Flavour (description)
- Red/Blue
- An adept swimmer at both the front crawl and breast stroke. Easily overtakes the best human swimmers.
- Yellow
- Swims powerfully using all the muscles in its body. It can even overtake champion swimmers.
- Gold
- This strong and skilled swimmer is even capable of crossing the Pacific Ocean just by kicking.
- Silver
- Although an energetic, skilled swimmer that uses all of its muscles, it lives on dry land.
- Crystal
- It can use its well-developed arms and legs to run on the surface of the water for a split second.
- Ruby
- 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.
- Sapphire
- 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.
- Emerald
- Its highly developed muscles never grow fatigued, however much it exercises. This POKéMON can swim back and forth across the Pacific Ocean without effort.
- Fire Red
- An adept swimmer, it knows the front crawl, butterfly, and more. It is faster than the best human swimmers.
- Leaf Green
- A swimmer adept at both the front crawl and breaststroke. Easily overtakes the best human swimmers.
