Poliwag

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#060    Poliwag

Type(s)

Water

Generation

  I  

Abilities
Ability 1
Water Absorb		 Ability 2
Damp		 Hidden Ability
Swift Swim

Rarity Tier

  Common  

Catch rate

  255/255 (33.33%)  

Base stats

HP
40

Atk
50

Def
40

Sp.Atk
40

Sp.Def
40

Spd
90

Base-stat total: 300
EV Yield

HP
0

Atk
0

Def
0

Sp.Atk
0

Sp.Def
0

Spd
1

EV-yield total: 1

Base Experience

  77  

Gender Ratio

    50%  
  50%    

Height

  0.6m  

Weight

  12.4kg  

Poliwag is a Water-type Pokémon.

It evolves into Poliwhirl as early as level 25; thereafter, it will either evolve into Poliwrath via contactual exposure to a Water Stone, or it will evolve into Politoed when traded while holding a King’s Rock.

Obtainability

Wild

Land

Location Levels Times Held Item Rarity Tier
Cliff Edge Gate 28-32 Morning Day Night Common
Ice Island Seaway 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Ice Island Seaway Frozen 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Medusas Cloud 30-35 Morning Day Night Common
Mt. Summer Exterior 36-40 Morning Day Night Common
Nido Isle 30-35 Morning Day Night Common
Route 22 3-7 Night Common
Route 44 17-19 Morning Night Common
Safari Exclusive 21-25 Morning Day Night Common
Seaway Vein 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Seaway Vein Frozen 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Shamouti Island 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Shamouti Island Frozen 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Whitmore Residence Backyard 35-40 Morning Day Night Common
  • Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly members-accessible
  • Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Water

Surfing
Location Levels Times Held Item Rod Rarity Tier
Amazon Forest 10-14 Night Kings Rock Common
Amity Square 17-20 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Berry Forest 45-50 Night Kings Rock Common
Blackthorn City 10-15 Night Kings Rock Common
Desert Lagoon 12-14 Night Kings Rock Common
Ecruteak City 15-25 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Four Island 5-35 Night Kings Rock Common
Frozen Cave 20-25 Night Kings Rock Common
Icefall Cave Entrance 5-20 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Ilex Forest 7-11 Night Kings Rock Common
Kalijodo Cave B2F 35-39 Morning Day Night Common
Love Island 13-17 Night Common
Mt. Mortar B1F 13-17 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Mt. Pyre Exterior 21-26 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Mt. Pyre Summit 21-26 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Mt. Silver 1F 47-50 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Mt. Silver Exterior 32-40 Morning Night Kings Rock Common
Nap Cave 45-50 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Nap Cave B1F 45-50 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Pinkan Island Meadow 60-65 Morning Day Night Common
Route 119A 22-28 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Uncommon
Route 12 24-30 Night Kings Rock Common
Route 22 3-7 Night Kings Rock Common
Route 227 53-57 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Route 228 40-44 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Route 28 33-37 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Route 30 3-5 Morning Night Kings Rock Common
Route 35 10-15 Night Kings Rock Common
Route 4 8-12 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Route 42 14-16 Night Kings Rock Common
Route 44 12-17 Morning Night Kings Rock Common
Route 45 20-34 Morning Night Kings Rock Common
Route 47 30-34 Night Kings Rock Common
Route 6 13-17 Night Kings Rock Common
Ruin Valley 35-48 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Safari Area 1 23-28 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Safari Area 2 12-14 Morning Night Common
Safari Area 3 20-22 Morning Night Common
Safari Exclusive 21-25 Morning Day Night Common
Safari Johto Grass and Swamp Zone 17-21 Morning Night Kings Rock Common
Safari Johto Wet Zone 17-22 Night Common
Shamouti Island 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Shamouti Island Frozen 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Sleeping path 42-45 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Sleeping path 42-45 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Spawn Testing 60-65 Morning Day Night Common
Vermilion City 13-18 Night Kings Rock Common
Viridian City 10-15 Night Kings Rock Common
Vulcan Cave B2F 36-40 Morning Day Night Common
  • 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
Fishing
Location Levels Times Held Item Rod Rarity Tier
Celadon City 10-15 Night Kings Rock Common
Cerulean Cave 1F 60-64 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Cerulean Cave B1F 55-57 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Cliff Edge Gate 28-32 Morning Night Kings Rock Common
Fire Island 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Fire Island Seaway 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Fuchsia City 10-15 Morning Night Kings Rock Common
Ice Island 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Ice Island Frozen 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Ice Island Seaway 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Ice Island Seaway Frozen 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Lightning Island 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Lightning Island Frozen 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Lightning Island Seaway 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Pallet Town 10-14 Morning Night Kings Rock Common
Route 10 20-23 Morning Night Kings Rock Common
Route 11 10-20 Night Kings Rock Uncommon
Ruins Of Alph 18-25 Morning Day Night Common
Safari Entrance 21-26 Morning Night Kings Rock Common
Seaway Vein 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Seaway Vein Extension 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Seaway Vein Frozen 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Shamouti Seaway 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Shamouti Seaway Frozen 15-19 Morning Day Night Kings Rock Common
Violet City 10-14 Morning Night Kings Rock Common
  • Pokémon that are tabulated on this list can only be encountered via fishing.
  • Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly members-accessible.

Discontinued methods

Poliwag previously spawned in these areas.

Wild

Land
Region Location Levels Times Held Item Rarity Tier
Vulcan Island Kalijodo Cave B2F 20-26 Morning Day Night 1
Vulcan Island Mt. Summer Exterior 20-26 Morning Day Night 1

Poliwag is no longer accessible in this area—be it due to the area’s present inaccessibility or the Pokémon’s removal. This data exists strictly for archival purposes.
Water

Old
Region Location Levels Times Held Item Rod Rarity Tier

Poliwag is no longer accessible in this area—be it due to the area’s present inaccessibility or the Pokémon’s removal. This data exists strictly for archival purposes.

Moves

Level-up

Level Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
— Water Sport Water Status — — 15
5 Water Gun Water Special 40 100 25
8 Hypnosis Psychic Status — 60 20
11 Bubble Water Special 40 100 30
15 Double Slap Normal Physical 15 85 10
18 Rain Dance Water Status — — 5
21 Body Slam Normal Physical 80 100 15
25 Bubble Beam Water Special 65 100 20
28 Mud Shot Ground Special 55 95 15
31 Belly Drum Normal Status — — 10
35 Wake-Up Slap Fighting Physical 70 100 10
38 Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80 5
41 Mud Bomb Ground Special 65 85 10
  • 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.

TMs/HMs

TM Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
TM6 Toxic Poison Status — 90 10
TM8 Body Slam Normal Physical 80 100 15
TM9 Take Down Normal Physical 90 85 20
TM11 Bubble Beam Water Special 65 100 20
TM12 Water Gun Water Special 40 100 25
TM13 Ice Beam Ice Special 95 100 10
TM14 Blizzard Ice Special 110 70 5
TM28 Dig Ground Physical 80 100 10
TM29 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 10
TM34 Bide Normal Physical — — 10
TM40 Skull Bash Normal Physical 100 100 15
TM44 Rest Psychic Status — — 10
TM46 Psywave Psychic Special — 80 15
TM57 Hail Ice Status — — 10
TM60 Hidden Power Normal Special 60 100 15
TM67 Protect Normal Status — — 10
TM68 Rain Dance Water Status — — 5
TM92 Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
TM96 Thief Dark Physical 60 100 25
TM105 Scald Water Special 80 100 15
TM138 Sleep Talk Normal Status — — 10
HM03 Surf Water Special 90 100 15
HM06 Dive Water Physical 80 100 10
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
Frustration Normal Physical — 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.

Move tutors

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100 15
Endeavor Normal Physical — 100 5
Headbutt Normal Physical 70 100 15
Icy Wind Ice Special 55 95 15
Swagger Normal Status — 90 15
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.

Egg Moves

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Bubble Beam Water Special 65 100 20
Encore Normal Status — 100 5
Endeavor Normal Physical — 100 5
Endure Normal Status — — 10
Haze Ice Status — — 30
Ice Ball Ice Physical 30 90 20
Mind Reader Normal Status — — 5
Mist Ice Status — — 30
Mud Shot Ground Special 55 95 15
Refresh Normal Status — — 20
Splash Normal Status — — 40
Water Pulse Water Special 60 100 20
Water Sport Water Status — — 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.
  • For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

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
Normal
Poison
Psychic
Rock
Fire
Ice
Steel
Water
None

Leveling Chart

This is a tabulated leveling chart of the amount of experience Poliwag requires to advance per level, as well as a comparative overview of how much less experience is needed to level up at the same levels than its evolution would require; this is informative for ascertaining how much experience can be saved if you were to delay its evolution to a later level.

Level XP Level-Up Differential Poliwag-Poliwhirl Differential Poliwag-Poliwrath Differential Poliwag-Politoed Differential
1 61 6 49 93 93
2 67 6 54 102 102
3 97 30 98 166 166
4 173 76 197 318 318
5 318 145 368 591 591
6 556 238 628 1018 1018
7 909 353 991 1629 1629
8 1401 492 1475 2458 2458
9 2055 654 2096 3538 3538
10 2894 839 2869 4900 4900
11 3941 1047 3812 6576 6576
12 5220 1279 4940 8601 8601
13 6752 1532 6268 11004 11004
14 8562 1810 7816 13821 13821
15 10673 2111 9596 17082 17082
16 13107 2434 11627 20819 20819
17 15888 2781 13924 25067 25067
18 19039 3151 16504 29857 29857
19 22583 3544 19382 35221 35221
20 26544 3961 22576 41191 41191
21 30943 4399 26100 47800 47800
22 35805 4862 29972 55082 55082
23 41152 5347 34207 63068 63068
24 47008 5856 38823 71790 71790
25 53396 6388 43835 81281 81281
26 60339 6943 49258 91574 91574
27 67859 7520 55110 102700 102700
28 75981 8122 61408 114694 114694
29 84728 8747 68166 127586 127586
30 94122 9394 75401 141409 141409
31 104186 10064 83130 156196 156196
32 114945 10759 91369 171980 171980
33 126420 11475 100133 188792 188792
34 138636 12216 109441 206666 206666
35 151615 12979 119306 225633 225633
36 165380 13765 129746 245728 245728
37 179955 14575 140778 266981 266981
38 195364 15409 152417 289426 289426
39 211628 16264 164679 313094 313094
40 228772 17144 177582 338020 338020
41 246819 18047 191141 364235 364235
42 265792 18973 205372 391772 391772
43 285714 19922 220293 420663 420663
44 306608 20894 235918 450943 450943
45 328499 21891 252267 482643 482643
46 351408 22909 269352 515795 515795
47 375361 23953 287194 550434 550434
48 400380 25019 305805 586591 586591
49 426488 26108 325204 624300 624300
50 453710 27222 345408 663594 663594
51 482068 28358 366432 704505 704505
52 511586 29518 388294 747069 747069
53 542289 30703 411010 791317 791317
54 574200 31911 434597 837283 837283
55 607343 33143 459072 885001 885001
56 641741 34398 484451 934504 934504
57 677420 35679 510753 985827 985827
58 714403 36983 537993 1039004 1039004
59 752715 38312 566191 1094069 1094069
60 792381 39666 595362 1151058 1151058
61 833425 41044 625525 1210006 1210006
62 875874 42449 656699 1270948 1270948
63 919752 43878 688900 1333921 1333921
64 965087 45335 722149 1398964 1398964
65 1011904 46817 756464 1466111 1466111
66 1060231 48327 791865 1535404 1535404
67 1110096 49865 828374 1606883 1606883
68 1161528 51432 866010 1680589 1680589
69 1214558 53030 904798 1756566 1756566
70 1269217 54659 944760 1834860 1834860
71 1325539 56322 985921 1915521 1915521
72 1383560 58021 1028310 1998599 1998599
73 1443318 59758 1071955 2084153 2084153
74 1504856 61538 1116891 2172245 2172245
75 1568219 63363 1163154 2262945 2262945
76 1633462 65243 1210788 2356334 2356334
77 1700643 67181 1259841 2452500 2452500
78 1769833 69190 1310372 2551554 2551554
79 1841114 71281 1362452 2653623 2653623
80 1914585 73471 1416167 2758863 2758863
81 1990368 75783 1471625 2867468 2867468
82 2068615 78247 1528965 2979683 2979683
83 2149523 80908 1588365 3095823 3095823
84 2233342 83819 1650060 3216300 3216300
85 2320410 87068 1714369 3341670 3341670
86 2411178 90768 1781724 3472680 3472680
87 2506270 95092 1852735 3610379 3610379
88 2606562 100292 1928271 3756250 3756250
89 2713315 106753 2009598 3912442 3912442
90 2828381 115066 2098606 4082146 4082146
91 2954551 126170 2198193 4270217 4270217
92 3096154 141603 2312932 4484262 4484262
93 3260107 163953 2450262 4736572 4736572
94 3457862 197755 2622749 5047744 5047744
95 3709155 251293 2852520 5453746 5453746
96 4049645 340490 3180501 6020513 6020513
97 4547449 497804 3686925 6876045 6876045
98 5341798 794349 4540545 8286742 8286742
99 6742089 1400291 6128509 10856728 10856728
100 9513057 2770968 9442463 16113958 16113958

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

  • Original counterpart

  • Shiny Poliwag

  • Pink Poliwag

External Links

  • Poliwag’s Bulbapedia
  • Poliwag’s Serebii