#062 Poliwrath

water fighting

Height1.3 m(4'03")

Weight54 kg(119.0 lbs)

Gender♂ 50%♀ 50%

Gen 1

Poliwrath Evolution

PoliwagLevel 1

PoliwhirlLevel 25

PoliwrathWater Stone

PolitoedTrade, holding Kings Rock

Poliwrath's Detailed Stats

Stat	Base	EVs	Total
HP	90		321
Attack	95		226
Defense	95		226
Sp. Atk	70		176
Sp. Def	90		216
Speed	70		176
		0/508	1341

Type Effectiveness

2xdamage

electric grass flying psychic fairy

1xdamage

normal fighting poison ground ghost dragon

0.5xdamage

fire water ice bug rock dark steel

Poliwrath Abilities

Water Absorb

Absorbs Water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.

Damp

Prevents Self-Destruct, Explosion, and Aftermath from working while the Pokémon is in battle.

Swift SwimHidden

Doubles Speed during rain.

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Poliwrath Moves

Move▲	Type▲	Cat.▲	Pow▲	Acc▲	Method▲	Description
Body Slam	normal	physical	85	100	Level 1	The user attacks by dropping onto the target with its full body weight. This may also leave the target with paralysis.
Bubble Beam	water	special	65	100	Level 1	A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the target. This may also lower the target's Speed stat.
Hypnosis	psychic	status	–	60	Level 1	The user employs hypnotic suggestion to make the target fall asleep.
Dynamic Punch	fighting	physical	100	50	Level 1	The user attacks by punching the target with full concentrated power. This also confuses the target.
Amnesia	psychic	status	–	–	TM	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. This sharply boosts the user's Sp. Def stat.
Baton Pass	normal	status	–	–	TM	The user switches places with a party Pokémon in waiting and passes along any stat changes.
Blizzard	ice	special	110	70	TM	A howling blizzard is summoned to strike opposing Pokémon. This may also leave the opposing Pokémon frozen.
Brick Break	fighting	physical	75	100	TM	The user attacks with a swift chop. This move can also break barriers, such as Light Screen and Reflect.
Bulk Up	fighting	status	–	–	TM	The user tenses its muscles to bulk up its body, boosting its Attack and Defense stats.
Bulldoze	ground	physical	60	100	TM	The user strikes everything around it by stomping down on the ground. This lowers the Speed stats of those hit.
Chilling Water	water	special	50	100	TM	The user attacks the target by showering it with water that's so cold it saps the target's power. This also lowers the target's Attack stat.
Close Combat	fighting	physical	120	100	TM	The user fights the target up close, inflicting damage without guarding itself. This also lowers the user's Defense and Sp. Def stats.
Coaching	fighting	status	–	–	TM	The user properly coaches its ally Pokémon, boosting their Attack and Defense stats.
Dig	ground	physical	80	100	TM	The user burrows into the ground on the first turn, then attacks on the next turn.
Drain Punch	fighting	physical	75	100	TM	The user attacks with an energy-draining punch. The user's HP is restored by up to half the damage taken by the target.
Earthquake	ground	physical	100	100	TM	The user sets off an earthquake that strikes every Pokémon around it.
Encore	normal	status	–	100	TM	The user compels the target to keep using the move it encored for three turns.
Endure	normal	status	–	–	TM	The user endures any attack with at least 1 HP. This move's chance of failing rises if used in succession.
Facade	normal	physical	70	100	TM	This move's power is doubled if the user is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.
Fling	dark	physical	–	100	TM	The user flings its held item at the target to attack. This move's power and effects depend on the item.
Focus Blast	fighting	special	120	70	TM	The user heightens its mental focus and unleashes its power. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.
Focus Punch	fighting	physical	150	100	TM	The user focuses its mind before launching a punch. This move fails if the user is hit before using the move.
Giga Impact	normal	physical	150	90	TM	The user charges at the target using every bit of its power. The user can't move on the next turn.
Haze	ice	status	–	–	TM	The user creates a haze that eliminates every stat change among all the Pokémon engaged in battle.
Helping Hand	normal	status	–	–	TM	The user assists an ally by boosting the power of that ally's attack.
High Horsepower	ground	physical	95	95	TM	The user fiercely attacks the target using its entire body.
Hyper Beam	normal	special	150	90	TM	The target is attacked with a powerful beam. The user can't move on the next turn.
Ice Beam	ice	special	90	100	TM	The target is struck with an icy-cold beam of energy. This may also leave the target frozen.
Ice Punch	ice	physical	75	100	TM	The target is attacked with an icy punch. This may also leave the target frozen.
Icy Wind	ice	special	55	95	TM	The user attacks with a gust of chilled air. This also lowers opposing Pokémon's Speed stats.
Knock Off	dark	physical	65	100	TM	The user slaps down the target's held item, making it unusable for that battle. This move does more damage if the target has a held item.
Liquidation	water	physical	85	100	TM	The user slams into the target using a full-force blast of water. This may also lower the target's Defense stat.
Low Kick	fighting	physical	–	100	TM	A powerful low kick that makes the target fall over. The heavier the target, the greater the move's power.
Low Sweep	fighting	physical	65	100	TM	The user makes a swift attack on the target's legs, which lowers the target's Speed stat.
Metronome	normal	status	–	–	TM	The user waggles a finger and stimulates its brain into randomly using nearly any move.
Mud Slap	ground	special	20	100	TM	The user hurls mud in the target's face to inflict damage and lower its accuracy.
Poison Jab	poison	physical	80	100	TM	The target is stabbed with a tentacle, an arm, or the like steeped in poison. This may also poison the target.
Protect	normal	status	–	–	TM	This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.
Psych Up	normal	status	–	–	TM	The user hypnotizes itself into copying any stat change made by the target.
Psychic	psychic	special	90	100	TM	The target is hit with a strong telekinetic force to inflict damage. This may also lower the target’s Sp. Def stat.
Rest	psychic	status	–	–	TM	The user goes to sleep for two turns. This fully restores the user's HP and cures any status conditions.
Reversal	fighting	physical	–	100	TM	An all-out attack that becomes more powerful the less HP the user has.
Rock Slide	rock	physical	75	90	TM	Large boulders are hurled at opposing Pokémon to inflict damage. This may also make the opposing Pokémon flinch.
Rock Tomb	rock	physical	60	95	TM	The user hurls boulders at the target to inflict damage. This also lowers the target's Speed stat by cutting off its movement.
Scary Face	normal	status	–	100	TM	The user frightens the target with a scary face to harshly lower its Speed stat.
Sleep Talk	normal	status	–	–	TM	The user randomly uses one of the moves it knows. This move can only be used while the user is asleep.
Substitute	normal	status	–	–	TM	The user creates a substitute for itself using some of its own HP. The substitute serves as the user's decoy.
Surf	water	special	90	100	TM	The user attacks everything around it by swamping its surroundings with a giant wave.
Swift	normal	special	60	–	TM	Star-shaped rays are shot at opposing Pokémon. This attack never misses.
Take Down	normal	physical	90	85	TM	A reckless full-body charge attack for slamming into the target. This also damages the user a little.
Taunt	dark	status	–	100	TM	The target is taunted into a rage that allows it to use only attack moves for three turns.
Tera Blast	normal	special	80	100	TM	If the user has Terastallized, it unleashes energy of its Tera Type. This move inflicts damage using the Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever is higher for the user.
Thief	dark	physical	60	100	TM	The user attacks and steals the target's held item simultaneously. The user can't steal anything if it already holds an item.
Throat Chop	dark	physical	80	100	TM	The user attacks the target's throat, and the resultant suffering prevents the target from using sound-based moves for two turns.
Upper Hand	fighting	physical	65	100	TM	The user reacts to the target's movement and strikes with the heel of its palm, making the target flinch. This move fails if the target is not readying a priority move.
Vacuum Wave	fighting	special	40	100	TM	The user whirls its fists to send a wave of pure vacuum at the target. This move always goes first.
Waterfall	water	physical	80	100	TM	The user charges at the target and may make it flinch.
Weather Ball	normal	special	50	100	TM	This move's type and power change depending on the weather at the time the move is used.
Whirlpool	water	special	35	85	TM	The user traps the target inside a violent, swirling whirlpool that inflicts damage for four to five turns.
Belly Drum	normal	status	–	–	Egg	The user maximizes its Attack stat but loses HP equal to half its max HP.
Circle Throw	fighting	physical	60	90	Egg	The target is thrown, and a different Pokémon is dragged out. In the wild, this ends a battle against a single Pokémon.
Double Edge	normal	physical	120	100	Egg	A reckless life-risking tackle in which the user rushes the target. This also damages the user quite a lot.
Earth Power	ground	special	90	100	Egg	The user makes the ground under the target erupt with power. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.
Endeavor	normal	physical	–	100	Egg	The user inflicts damage by cutting down the target's HP to roughly equal the user's HP.
Hydro Pump	water	special	110	80	Egg	The target is blasted by a huge volume of water launched under great pressure.
Mist	ice	status	–	–	Egg	The user cloaks itself and its allies in a white mist that prevents any of their stats from being lowered for five turns.
Mud Shot	ground	special	55	95	Egg	The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the target. This also lowers the target's Speed stat.
Muddy Water	water	special	90	85	Egg	The user attacks by shooting muddy water at opposing Pokémon. This may also lower their accuracy.
Pound	normal	physical	40	100	Egg	The target is physically pounded with a long tail, a foreleg, or the like.
Rain Dance	water	status	–	–	Egg	The user summons a heavy rain that falls for five turns, powering up Water-type attacks. The rain also lowers the power of Fire-type attacks.
Splash	normal	status	–	–	Egg	The user just flops and splashes around to no effect at all...
Water Gun	water	special	40	100	Egg	The target is blasted with a forceful shot of water.
Water Pulse	water	special	60	100	Egg	The user attacks the target with a pulsing blast of water. This may also confuse the target.

Poliwrath Sprites

Normal

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Pokedex Entries

Red

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 ener getic, skilled swimmer that uses all of its mus cles, 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.

In Other Languages

Poliwrath's Japanese name is Nyorobon (ニョロボン). Here are all the official names for Poliwrath across different languages:

JapaneseニョロボンNyorobon

Korean강챙이

Chinese (Traditional)蚊香泳士

FrenchTartard

GermanQuappo

SpanishPoliwrath

ItalianPoliwrath

Chinese (Simplified)蚊香泳士

Poliwrath Breeding

Species

Tadpole Pokémon

Egg Groups

Water1

Hatch Time5,120 steps(20 cycles)

Gender DifferencesNone

Misc Data

Catch Rate45

Base Friendship70

Growth RateMedium Slow

Base Experience230

How to Get Poliwrath

Poliwrath is not catchable in the wild – it is typically obtained through gifts, events, or in-game trades. Here is how to obtain Poliwrath in every game where it is available:

Regional Pokedex Numbers