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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I
#087 Dewgong
WaterIce
- SpeciesSea Lion Pokémon
- Japanese nameJugon
- PronunciationDOO-GONG
- Height5′ 7″ 1.70 m
- Weight265.0 lb 119.25 kg
- Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Pokédex entries
| RedBlue | Stores thermal energy in its body. Swims at a steady 8 knots even in intensely cold waters. |
|---|---|
| Yellow | Its entire body is a snowy-white. Unharmed by even intense cold, it swims powerfully in icy waters. |
| Stadium | It stores thermal energy inside its pure white, fur-covered body. It swims in frigid water at eight knots. |
| GoldStadium 2 | Its streamlined body has little drag in water. The colder the temperature, the friskier it gets. |
| Silver | It loves frigid seas with ice flows. It uses its long tail to change swimming direction quickly. |
| Crystal | It sleeps under shallow ocean waters during the day, then looks for food at night when it’s cold. |
Where to find Dewgong
| Game | Where to find it | Time | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Seafoam Island | NA | Few/Evolve |
| Red | NA | Few/Evolve | |
| Yellow | Seafoam Island, Cinnabar Island (In-Game Trade) | NA | Few/Evolve |
| Gold | Must Evolve from Seel at level 34 | Any | Evolve |
| Silver | Any | Evolve | |
| Crystal | Any | Evolve |
How to catch
| Ground | Surf | Fishing | Forest Tree | Mountain Tree | Rock Smash | Breed | Evolve | Event | BugCatch | Game Corner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R/B | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Yellow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| G/S | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Crystal | ✓ |
✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.
Type matchups
Defence: damage taken from each attack type
- Normal×1
- Fire×1
- Water×0.5
- Electric×2
- Grass×2
- Ice×0.25
- Fighting×2
- Poison×1
- Ground×1
- ×1
- Psychic×1
- Bug×1
- Rock×2
- Ghost×1
- Dragon×1
- Dark×1
- Steel×1
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 4 weaknesses and 2 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 2 : 1 (200%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 4 weaknesses and 2 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 2 : 1 (200%).
- This Pokémon has the same number of weaknesses and advantages in GSC as RBY. Therefore their defense ratios are the same.
Offence: same-type attacks against each type
- Normal1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Fire1st (GSC): Good 2nd (GSC): Bad 1st (RBY): Good 2nd (RBY): Normal
- Water1st: Bad 2nd: Bad
- Electric1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Grass1st: Bad 2nd: Good
- Ice1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
- Fighting1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Poison1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Ground1st: Good 2nd: Good
- 1st: Normal 2nd: Good
- Psychic1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Bug1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Rock1st: Good 2nd: Normal
- Ghost1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Dragon1st: Bad 2nd: Good
- Dark1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Steel1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 7 advantages and 7 disadvantages out of 34 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 7 advantages and 5 disadvantages out of 30 types. Offensive ratio 7:5 (140%).
Moves learned by levelling up
| Yellow | R/B | G/S/C | Move | Type | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Start | Start | Headbutt | Normal | Physical |
| 30 | Start | Start | Growl | Normal | Status |
| 35 | 35 | Start | Aurora Beam | Ice | Special |
| 44 | 44 | Start | Rest | Psychic | Status |
| 50 | 50 | Start | Take Down | Normal | Physical |
| 56 | 56 | 43 | Ice Beam | Ice | Special |
| — | — | 60 | Safeguard | Normal | Status |
“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.
Move Tutor Crystal
- Ice Beam
TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal
- TM02Headbutt
- TM03Curse
- TM06Toxic
- TM10Hidden Power
- TM13Snore
- TM14Blizzard
- TM15Hyper Beam
- TM16Icy Wind
- TM17Protect
- TM18Rain Dance
- TM20Endure
- TM21Frustration
- TM27Return
- TM32Double Team
- TM34Swagger
- TM35Sleep Talk
- TM44Rest
- TM45Attract
- HM03Surf
- HM06Whirlpool
- HM07Waterfall
TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow
- TM06Toxic
- TM07Horn Drill
- TM08Body Slam
- TM09Take Down
- TM10Double-Edge
- TM11Bubblebeam
- TM12Water Gun
- TM13Ice Beam
- TM14Blizzard
- TM15Hyper Beam
- TM16Pay Day
- TM20Rage
- TM31Mimic
- TM32Double Team
- TM34Bide
- TM40Skull Bash
- TM44Rest
- TM50Substitute
- HM03Surf
- HM04Strength
Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal
| Egg groups | Ground Pokémon group 7 Water 1 Pokémon group 8 |
|---|
Compatible Pokémon
- Aipom
- Cyndaquil Family
- Delibird
- Diglett Family
- Dunsparce
- Eevee Family
- Ekans Family
- Farfetch’d
- Girafarig
- Growlithe Family
- Houndour Family
- Mankey Family
- Mareep Family
- Meowth Family
- Miltank
- Nidoran♂ Family
- Nidoran♀
- Phanpy Family
- Pikachu Family
- Ponyta Family
- Psyduck Family
- Rattata Family
- Rhyhorn Family
- Sandshrew Family
- Seel Family
- Sentret Family
- Smeargle
- Sneasel
- Snubbull Family
- Stantler
- Swinub Family
- Tauros
- Teddiursa Family
- Vulpix Family
- Wooper Family
- Corsola
- Dratini Family
- Horsea Family
- Kabuto Family
- Lapras
- Mantine
- Marill Family
- Omanyte Family
- Poliwag Family
- Remoraid Family
- Slowpoke Family
- Squirtle Family
- Totodile Family
Egg moves
| Move | How to pass it down |
|---|---|
| Disable | Mate with a male from Psyduck or Slowpoke Family. |
| Encore | Mate a male Clefairy or Togetic with a female Pikachu/Raichu, then breed the male offspring (after evolving Pichu into Pikachu) with a female Seel/Dewgong. |
| Lick | Mate with a Snubbull/Granbull or Teddiursa/Ursaring. |
| Peck | Mate with a male Farfetch’d. |
| Perish Song | Mate with a male Lapras. |
| Slam | Mate with a male from Dratini, Pikachu, or Wooper Family. |
Stats
| Stat | Base | Range at Lv. 100 | G/S/C rank | R/B/Y rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 90 | 353-383 | 14/4577.31% | 11/4281.59% |
| Attack | 70 | 208-238 | 22/4948.01% | 22/4546.02% |
| Defense | 80 | 228-258 | 18/5563.67% | 15/4465.54% |
| Speed | 70 | 208-238 | 23/4755.96% | 22/4250.00% |
| Special Attack G/S/C | 70 | 208-238 | 22/4655.96% | — |
| Special Defense G/S/C | 95 | 258-288 | 13/4181.59% | — |
| Special R/B/Y | 95 | 258-288 | — | 10/2981.59% |
| Total | 475 G/S/C 405 R/B/Y |
1463-1643 1255-1405 |
20/8774.19% | 17/6577.31% |
Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.
Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library