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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I
#088 Grimer
Poison
- SpeciesSludge Pokémon
- Japanese nameBetbeter
- PronunciationGRIME-ER
- Height2′ 11″ 0.89 m
- Weight66.0 lb 29.70 kg
- Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats
Name meaning
Comes from GRIME (soot, smut or dirt). “creature who lives in a grimy sewer”
Evolution
GrimerLevel 38Muk
Pokédex entries
| RedBlue | Appears in filthy areas. Thrives by sucking up polluted sludge that is pumped out of factories. |
|---|---|
| Yellow | Made of hardened sludge. It smells to putrid to touch. Even weeds don’t grow in its path. |
| Stadium | Sludge that was transformed when exposed to X-rays from the moon. Loves sludge, industrial waste and other refuse. |
| GoldStadium 2 | As it moves, it loses bits of its body from which new GRIMER emerge. This worsens the stench around it. |
| Silver | Wherever Grimer has passed, so many germs are left behind that no plants will ever grow again. |
| Crystal | When two of these POKEMON’s bodies are combined together, new poisons are created. |
Where to find Grimer
| Game | Where to find it | Time | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Cinnabar Island (Pokémon Mansion) | NA | Many |
| Red | NA | Few | |
| Yellow | Power Planet, Cinnabar Island (Pokémon Mansion) | NA | Many |
| Gold | Celadon City, Routes 16, 17, 18 | Any | Many |
| Silver | Any | Many | |
| Crystal | Any | Many |
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×1
- Electric×1
- Grass×0.5
- Ice×1
- Fighting×0.5
- Poison×0.5
- Ground×2
- ×1
- Psychic×2
- BugG/S/C ×0.5R/B/Y × 2
- Rock×1
- Ghost×1
- Dragon×1
- Dark×1
- Steel×1
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 2 weaknesses and 4 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 2 (50%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
- This Pokémon has one less weakness and one more resistance in GSC than in RBY. So this Pokémon has a better defense ratio in GSC.
Offence: same-type attacks against each type
- NormalNormal
- FireNormal
- WaterNormal
- ElectricNormal
- GrassGood
- IceNormal
- FightingNormal
- PoisonBad
- GroundBad
- Normal
- PsychicNormal
- BugG/S/C NormalR/B/Y Good
- RockBad
- GhostBad
- DragonNormal
- DarkNormal
- SteelNo Effect
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 1 advantage and 5 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:5 (20%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 2 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 1:2 (50%).
Moves learned by levelling up
| R/B/Y | G/S/C | Move | Type | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Start | Poison Gas | Poison | Status |
| Start | Start | Pound | Normal | Physical |
| 42 | 5 | Harden | Normal | Status |
| Start | 10 | Disable | Normal | Status |
| 37 | 16 | Sludge | Poison | Physical |
| 33 | 23 | Minimize | Normal | Status |
| 48 | 31 | Screech | Normal | Status |
| 55 | 40 | Acid Armor | Poison | Status |
| — | 50 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Physical |
“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
- Flamethrower, Thunderbolt
TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal
- TM01Dynamicpunch
- TM03Curse
- TM06Toxic
- TM07Zap Cannon
- TM10Hidden Power
- TM11Sunny Day
- TM13Snore
- TM17Protect
- TM19Giga Drain
- TM20Endure
- TM21Frustration
- TM25Thunder
- TM27Return
- TM32Double Team
- TM33Ice Punch
- TM34Swagger
- TM35Sleep Talk
- TM36Sludge Bomb
- TM38Fire Blast
- TM41Thunderpunch
- TM44Rest
- TM45Attract
- TM46Thief
- TM48Fire Punch
TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow
- TM06Toxic
- TM08Body Slam
- TM20Rage
- TM21Mega Drain
- TM24Thunderbolt
- TM25Thunder
- TM31Mimic
- TM32Double Team
- TM34Bide
- TM36Self Destruct
- TM38Fire Blast
- TM44Rest
- TM47Explosion
- TM50Substitute
Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal
| Egg groups | Indeterminate Pokémon group 6 |
|---|
Compatible Pokémon
Egg moves
| Move | How to pass it down |
|---|---|
| Haze | Mate with a male Koffing/Weezing. |
| Lick | Mate with a male from Gastly Family. |
| Mean Look | Mate with a male from Gastly Family, or Misdreavus. |
Stats
| Stat | Base | Range at Lv. 100 | G/S/C rank | R/B/Y rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 80 | 333-363 | 18/4565.54% | 15/4270.86% |
| Attack | 80 | 228-258 | 17/4961.79% | 17/4559.86% |
| Defense | 50 | 168-198 | 37/5525.82% | 32/4424.20% |
| Speed | 25 | 118-148 | 44/476.08% | 40/424.46% |
| Special Attack G/S/C | 40 | 148-178 | 37/4615.87% | — |
| Special Defense G/S/C | 50 | 168-198 | 32/4124.20% | — |
| Special R/B/Y | 40 | 148-178 | — | 24/2914.72% |
| Total | 325 G/S/C 275 R/B/Y |
1163-1343 995-1145 |
56/8721.19% | 45/6519.80% |
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