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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#062 Poliwrath

WaterFighting

SpeciesTadpole Pokémon
Japanese nameNyorobon
PronunciationPOL-EE-RATH
Height4′ 3″ 1.30 m
Weight119.0 lb 53.55 kg
Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%

Pokédex Where to find Type matchups Moves Breeding Stats

Name meaning

Combination of POLIWHIRL (from which Poliwrath evolves) and WRATH meaning “anger.” “angry version of Poliwhirl”.

Evolution

PoliwagLevel 25PoliwhirlWater StonePoliwrath

Poliwrath in the original Gengar’s Pokédex — Poliwrath as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue	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.
Stadium	A strong swimmer, it is faster than a human champ in an individual medley. It can go far and fast with minimal breathing.
GoldStadium 2	This strong and skilled swimmer is even capable of crossing the Pacific Ocean just by kicking.
Silver	Although an energetic, skilled swimmer that uses all of its muscles, 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.

Where to find Poliwrath

Game	Where to find it	Time	Rarity
Blue	Must Evolve from Poliwhirl by using a Water Stone	NA	Evolve
Red		NA	Evolve
Yellow		NA	Evolve
Gold		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×0.5
Water×0.5
Electric×2
Grass×2
Ice×0.5
Fighting×1
Poison×1
Ground×1
Flying×2
Psychic×2
Bug×0.5
Rock×0.5
Ghost×1
Dragon×1
Dark×0.5
Steel×0.5

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 4 weaknesses and 7 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 4 : 7 (~57%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 4 weaknesses and 5 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 4 : 5 (80%).
This Pokémon has more resistances in GSC than in RBY, so this Pokémon has a better defense ratio in GSC.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

Normal1st: Normal 2nd: Good
Fire1st: Good 2nd: Normal
Water1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
Electric1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Grass1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
Ice1st: Normal 2nd: Good
Fighting1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Poison1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
Ground1st: Good 2nd: Normal
Flying1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
Psychic1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
Bug1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
Rock1st: Good 2nd: Good
Ghost1st: Normal 2nd: No Effect
Dragon1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
Dark1st: Normal 2nd: Good
Steel1st: Normal 2nd: Good

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 8 advantages and 8 disadvantages out of 34 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 6 advantages and 8 disadvantages out of 30 types. Offensive ratio 3:4 (75%).

Moves learned by levelling up

R/B/Y	G/S/C	Move	Type	Kind
Start	Start	Bubble	Water	Special
Start	Start	Hypnosis	Psychic	Status
Start	Start	Water Gun	Water	Special
—	Start	Doubleslap	Normal	Physical
—	—	Rain Dance	Water	Status
—	—	Body Slam	Normal	Physical
—	—	Belly Drum	Normal	Status
—	—	Amnesia	Normal	Status
—	—	Hydro Pump	Water	Special
—	35	Submission	Fighting	Physical
—	51	Mind Reader	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

TM01Dynamicpunch
TM02Headbutt
TM03Curse
TM06Toxic
TM08Rock Smash
TM10Hidden Power
TM13Snore
TM14Blizzard
TM15Hyper Beam
TM16Icy Wind
TM17Protect
TM18Rain Dance
TM20Endure
TM21Frustration
TM26Earthquake
TM27Return
TM29Psychic
TM31Mud-Slap
TM32Double Team
TM33Ice Punch
TM34Swagger
TM35Sleep Talk
TM40Defense Curl
TM43Detect
TM44Rest
TM45Attract
TM46Thief
HM03Surf
HM04Strength
HM06Whirlpool
HM07Waterfall

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

TM01Mega Punch
TM05Mega Kick
TM06Toxic
TM08Body Slam
TM09Take Down
TM10Double-Edge
TM11Bubblebeam
TM12Water Gun
TM13Ice Beam
TM14Blizzard
TM15Hyper Beam
TM17Submission
TM18Counter
TM19Seismic Toss
TM20Rage
TM26Earthquake
TM27Fissure
TM29Psychic
TM31Mimic
TM32Double Team
TM34Bide
TM35Metronome
TM40Skull Bash
TM44Rest
TM46Psywave
TM50Substitute
HM03Surf
HM04Strength

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups	Water 1 Pokémon group 8

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move	How to pass it down
Bubblebeam	Mate with a male from Corsola, Mantine, Marill, or Remoraid Family.
Haze	Mate with a male Wooper/Quagsire.
Mind Reader	Mate with a male Poliwrath.
Mist	Mate with a male Lapras or Wooper/Quagsire.
Splash	(What a great move to have! j/k ~_^) Breed a male Magikarp with a female from Horsea Family and then mate the male offspring to a female from Poliwag 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	85	238-268	12/4969.15%	12/4567.35%
Defense	95	258-288	13/5580.20%	10/4481.59%
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	90	248-278	14/4177.31%	—
Special R/B/Y	70	208-238	—	15/2950.00%
Total	500 G/S/C 410 R/B/Y	1513-1693 1265-1415	14/8781.59%	16/6578.81%

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