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Gengar’s Pokédex · Johto · Generation II
#179 Mareep
Electric
- SpeciesWool Pokémon
- Japanese nameMeripu
- PronunciationMAIR-EEP
- Height2′ 0″ 0.61 m
- Weight17.0 lb 7.65 kg
- Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats
Name meaning
Comes from SHEEP and MARY who “had a little lamb”.
Evolution
Pokédex entries
| GoldStadium 2 | If static electricity builds in its body, its fleece doubles in volume. Touching it will shock you. |
|---|---|
| Silver | Its fleece grows continually. In the summer, the fleece is fully shed, but it grows back in a week. |
| Crystal | It stores lots of air in its soft fur, allowing it to stay cool in summer and warm in winter. |
Where to find Mareep
| Game | Where to find it | Time | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Routes 32, 42, 43 | Mostly Morn. and Day | Many |
| Silver | Mostly Morn. and Day | Many | |
| Crystal | Must Trade from Gold or Silver | Never | None |
How to catch
| Ground | Surf | Fishing | Forest Tree | Mountain Tree | Rock Smash | Breed | Evolve | Event | BugCatch | Game Corner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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×0.5
- Grass×1
- Ice×1
- Fighting×1
- Poison×1
- Ground×2
- ×0.5
- Psychic×1
- Bug×1
- Rock×1
- Ghost×1
- Dragon×1
- Dark×1
- Steel×0.5
- 1 weakness and 3 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 3 (33%).
Offence: same-type attacks against each type
- NormalNormal
- FireNormal
- WaterGood
- ElectricBad
- GrassBad
- IceNormal
- FightingNormal
- PoisonNormal
- GroundNo Effect
- Good
- PsychicNormal
- BugNormal
- RockNormal
- GhostNormal
- DragonBad
- DarkNormal
- SteelNormal
- 2 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:2 (50%).
Moves learned by levelling up
| G/S/C | Move | Type | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Tackle | Normal | Physical |
| Start | Growl | Normal | Status |
| 9 | Thundershock | Electric | Special |
| 16 | Thunderwave | Electric | Status |
| 23 | Cotton Spore | Grass | Status |
| 30 | Light Screen | Psychic | Status |
| 37 | Thunder | Electric | Special |
“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
- Thunderbolt
TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal
- TM02Headbutt
- TM03Curse
- TM06Toxic
- TM07Zap Cannon
- TM10Hidden Power
- TM13Snore
- TM17Protect
- TM18Rain Dance
- TM20Endure
- TM21Frustration
- TM23Iron Tail
- TM25Thunder
- TM27Return
- TM32Double Team
- TM34Swagger
- TM35Sleep Talk
- TM39Swift
- TM40Defense Curl
- TM44Rest
- TM45Attract
- HM05Flash
Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal
| Egg groups | Ground Pokémon group 7 Monster Pokémon group 11 |
|---|
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
- Bulbasaur Family
- Charmander Family
- Chikorita Family
- Cubone Family
- Kangaskhan
- Lapras
- Larvitar Family
- Lickitung
- Slowpoke Family
- Snorlax
- Squirtle Family
- Totodile Family
Egg moves
| Move | How to pass it down |
|---|---|
| Thunderbolt | Mate with a male Pikachu/Raichu. |
| Take Down | Mate with a male from Growlithe, Phanpy, Ponyta, Rhyhorn, Seel, Snubbull, or Swinub Family. Also a male Dunsparce, Eevee, Stantler, or Tauros. |
| Body Slam | Mate with a male from Chikorita Family, Lapras, or Snorlax. |
| Safeguard | Mate with a male from Chikorita, Seel, or Vulpix Family; or Lapras. |
| Screech | Mate with a male from Aipom, Dunsparce, Ekans, Larvitar, Lickitung, Mankey, Meowth, Psyduck, Sneasel, Totodile, or Umbreon Family. |
| Reflect | Mate with a male from Chikorita Family. |
Stats
| Stat | Base | Range at Lv. 100 | G/S/C rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 55 | 283-313 | 30/4534.46% |
| Attack | 40 | 148-178 | 41/4912.54% |
| Defense | 40 | 148-178 | 44/5515.87% |
| Speed | 35 | 138-168 | 41/4712.54% |
| Special Attack | 65 | 198-228 | 23/4648.01% |
| Special Defense | 45 | 158-188 | 34/4118.41% |
| Total | 280 | 1073-1253 | 71/8710.60% |
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