Piplup

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#393    Piplup

Type(s)

Water

Generation

  IV  

Abilities
Ability 1
Torrent		 Hidden Ability
Defiant

Rarity Tier

  Rare  

Catch rate

  45/255 (5.88%)  

Base stats

HP
53

Atk
51

Def
53

Sp.Atk
61

Sp.Def
56

Spd
40

Base-stat total: 314
EV Yield

HP
0

Atk
0

Def
0

Sp.Atk
1

Sp.Def
0

Spd
0

EV-yield total: 1

Base Experience

  66  

Gender Ratio

    87.5%  
  12.5%    

Height

  0.41m  

Weight

  5.2kg  

Piplup is a Water type Pokémon.

It evolves into Prinplup upon reaching level 16, which then evolves into Empoleon at level 36. It is the Water type starter of Sinnoh.

Obtainability

Land

Location Levels Times Held Item Rarity Tier
Mt. Summer Exterior 36-40 Morning Day Night Rare
Sinnoh Safari Area Zone 5 24-28 Morning Day Night Rare
  • Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly members-accessible
  • Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Surfing
Location Levels Times Held Item Rod Rarity Tier
High Tide Entrance Room 30-38 Morning Day Rare
  • All table 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 members-accessible
  • Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Headbutt Trees
Location Levels Rarity Tier
Twinleaf Town 2-6 Rare

Pink denotes a Membership requirement for the area or spawn.

Excavation

Site Levels Time period Required experience points Rarity
Glacial Site 13-14 N/A 4,000 Very Rare

Bosses

  • Possible reward from Professor Rowan

Moves

Level Up

Level Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
1 Pound Normal Physical 40 100 35
4 Growl Normal Status — 100 40
8 Bubble Water Special 40 100 30
11 Water Sport Water Status — — 15
15 Peck Flying Physical 35 100 35
18 Bubble Beam Water Special 65 100 20
22 Bide Normal Physical — — 10
25 Fury Attack Normal Physical 15 85 20
29 Brine Water Special 65 100 10
32 Whirlpool Water Special 35 85 15
36 Mist Ice Status — — 30
39 Drill Peck Flying Physical 80 100 20
43 Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80 5
  • 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.

Egg Moves

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Agility Psychic Status — 100 30
Aqua Ring Water Status — — 20
Bide Normal Physical — — 10
Double Hit Normal Physical 35 90 10
Feather Dance Flying Status — 100 15
Flail Normal Physical — 100 15
Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80 5
Icy Wind Ice Special 55 95 15
Mud Sport Ground Status — — 15
Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100 10
Power Trip Dark Physical 20 100 10
Snore Normal Special 50 100 15
Supersonic Normal Status — 55 20
Yawn Normal Status — — 10
  • 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.

TMs and HMs

TM Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
TM6 Toxic Poison Status — 90 10
TM13 Ice Beam Ice Special 95 100 10
TM14 Blizzard Ice Special 110 70 5
TM32 Double Team Normal Status — — 15
TM44 Rest Psychic Status — — 10
TM57 Hail Ice Status — — 10
TM59 Echoed Voice Normal Special 40 100 15
TM60 Hidden Power Normal Special 60 100 15
TM67 Protect Normal Status — — 10
TM68 Rain Dance Water Status — — 5
TM81 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 15
TM89 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 60 95 15
TM92 Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
TM105 Scald Water Special 80 100 15
TM130 Return Normal Physical — 100 20
TM138 Sleep Talk Normal Status — — 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.

TM Tutors

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 — 20
Frustration Normal Physical — 100 20
Grass Knot Grass Special — 100 20
Work Up Normal Status — — 30
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Move Tutors

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Covet Normal Physical 60 100 25
Defog Flying Status — — 15
Icy Wind Ice Special 55 95 15
Signal Beam Bug Special 75 100 15
Snore Normal Special 50 100 15
Stealth Rock Rock Status — — 20
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.
  • Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
 2×  Weak to  1×  Neutral to  ½×  Resistant to  0×  Immune to
Electric
Grass
Bug
Dark
Dragon
Fairy
Fighting
Flying
Ghost
Ground
Ice
Normal
Poison
Psychic
Rock
Fire
Ice
Steel
Water
None

Special Counterparts

  • Shiny Piplup.png

    Shiny Piplup