Piplup
#0393

Piplup

Piplup
📏 0.4 m ⚖️ 5.2 kg 🎯 45 · Hard to catch

Prefers cold climes and appears along coasts. It's an adorable little thing—as cute as any child—but it's also prideful, unwilling to accept handouts from people.

Piplup is a Water-type Pokémon. It takes double damage from Electric and Grass, and resists Fire, Water, Ice and Steel. Its base stats add up to 314: the highest is Special Attack (61) and the lowest is Speed (40).

It is the first stage of its evolution line, along with Prinplup and Empoleon. Its ability is Torrent, and its Hidden Ability is Competitive. It is in the Water 1 and Field egg groups and can breed with 364 species. In Scarlet and Violet it learns 13 moves by level-up and 37 by TM.

BASE STATS

AT LV 100
HP 53
216-310
Attack 51
96-221
Defense 53
99-225
Sp. Atk 61
114-243
Sp. Def 56
105-232
Speed 40
76-196
TOTAL 314
EVs on defeat: Sp. Atk +1

ABILITIES

Powers up Water-type moves when the Pokémon's HP is low.

Competitive (hidden)

Boosts the Pokémon's Sp. Atk stat sharply when its stats are lowered by an opposing Pokémon.

BREEDING

Gender87% ♂ / 13% ♀
Breeds with364

MOVES

Data from Scarlet/Violet 13 moves
Lv. 1 Pound Normal Physical 40 100% 35
Lv. 4 Growl Normal Status — 100% 40
Lv. 8 Water Gun Water Special 40 100% 25
Lv. 11 Charm Fairy Status — 100% 20
Lv. 15 Peck Flying Physical 35 100% 35
Lv. 18 Bubble Beam Water Special 65 100% 20
Lv. 22 Swagger Normal Status — 85% 15
Lv. 25 Fury Attack Normal Physical 15 85% 20
Lv. 29 Brine Water Special 65 100% 10
Lv. 32 Whirlpool Water Special 35 85% 15
Lv. 36 Mist Ice Status — — 30
Lv. 39 Drill Peck Flying Physical 80 100% 20
Lv. 43 Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80% 5

WEAKNESSES & RESISTANCES

💥 WEAK x2 / x4

🛡️ RESISTS x0.5 / x0.25

EVOLUTION LINE

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