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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#073 Tentacruel

WaterPoison

SpeciesJellyfish Pokémon
Japanese nameDokukurage
PronunciationTENT-UH-CROOL
Height5′ 3″ 1.60 m
Weight121.0 lb 54.45 kg
Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%

Pokédex Where to find Type matchups Moves Breeding Stats

Name meaning

Combination of TENTACLE and CRUEL. Cruel refers to Tentacruel’s punishing attacking power.

Evolution

TentacoolLevel 30Tentacruel

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

Pokédex entries

RedBlue	The tentacles are normally kept short. On hunts, they are extended to ensnare and immobilize prey.
Yellow	Its 80 tentacles can stretch and contract freely. They wrap around prey and weaken it with poison.
Stadium	It has 80 tentacles. Once they wrap around an enemy, the tentacles will not release, not matter what.
GoldStadium 2	Its 80 tentacles absorb water and stretch almost endlessly to CONSTRICT its prey and enemies.
Silver	In battle, it extends all 80 of its tentacles to entrap its opponent inside a poisonous net.
Crystal	When its 80 feelers absorb water, it stretches to become like a net to entangle its prey.

Where to find Tentacruel

Game	Where to find it	Time	Rarity
Blue	Must Evolve from Tentacool at Level 30	NA	Evolve
Red	Must Evolve from Tentacool at Level 30	NA	Many
Yellow	Fishing / Surfing (Routes 19, 20, 21)	NA	Few/Evolve
Gold	Fishing / Surfing (Cherrygrove City, Cianwood City, Cinnabar Island, New Bark Town, Olivine City, Pallet Town, Union Cave, Vermilion City, Whirl Islands, Routes 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32, 34, 40, 41)	Any	Many/Evolve
Silver		Any	Many/Evolve
Crystal	Fishing / Surfing (Cherrygrove City, Cianwood City, Cinnabar Island, New Bark Town, Olivine City, Pallet Town, Union Cave, Vermilion City, Whirl Islands, Routes 12, 13, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32, 34, 40, 41)	Any	Many/Evolve

How to catch

	Surf	Fishing	Evolve
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×1
Ice×0.5
Fighting×0.5
Poison×0.5
Ground×2
Flying×1
Psychic×2
BugG/S/C ×0.5R/B/Y × 2
Rock×1
Ghost×1
Dragon×1
Dark×1
Steel×0.5

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 weaknesses and 7 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 3 : 7 (~43%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 4 weaknesses and 5 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 4 : 5 (80%).
This Pokémon has more advantages and less weaknesses in GSC than in RBY. Therefore, this Pokémon has a better defense ratio in GSC.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

Normal1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Fire1st: Good 2nd: Normal
Water1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
Electric1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Grass1st: Bad 2nd: Good
Ice1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Fighting1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Poison1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
Ground1st: Good 2nd: Bad
Flying1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Psychic1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Bug1st (GSC): Normal 2nd (GSC): Normal 1st (RBY): Normal 2nd (RBY): Good
Rock1st: Good 2nd: Bad
Ghost1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
Dragon1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
Dark1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Steel1st: Normal 2nd: No Effect

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 4 advantages and 8 disadvantages out of 34 types. Offensive ratio 1:2 (50%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 5 advantages and 7 disadvantages out of 30 types. Offensive ratio 5:7 (~71.43%).

Moves learned by levelling up

Yellow	R/B	G/S/C	Move	Type	Kind
Start	Start	Start	Acid	Poison	Physical
Start	Start	Start	Supersonic	Normal	Status
Start	Start	Start	Wrap	Normal	Physical
Start	Start	Start	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical
22	Start	—	Water Gun	Water	Special
27	Start	Start	Constrict	Normal	Physical
—	—	Start	Bubblebeam	Water	Special
35	35	38	Barrier	Psychic	Status
43	43	47	Screech	Normal	Status
50	50	55	Hydro Pump	Water	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

Ice Beam

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

TM03Curse
TM06Toxic
TM10Hidden Power
TM13Snore
TM14Blizzard
TM15Hyper Beam
TM16Icy Wind
TM17Protect
TM18Rain Dance
TM19Giga Drain
TM20Endure
TM21Frustration
TM27Return
TM32Double Team
TM34Swagger
TM35Sleep Talk
TM36Sludge Bomb
TM44Rest
TM45Attract
HM01Cut
HM03Surf
HM06Whirlpool

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

TM03Swords Dance
TM06Toxic
TM09Take Down
TM10Double-Edge
TM11Bubblebeam
TM12Water Gun
TM13Ice Beam
TM14Blizzard
TM15Hyper Beam
TM20Rage
TM31Mimic
TM32Double Team
TM33Reflect
TM34Bide
TM40Skull Bash
TM44Rest
TM50Substitute
HM01Cut
HM03Surf

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups	Water 3 Pokémon group 10

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move	How to pass it down
Aurora Beam	Mate with a male Shellder/Cloyster.
Haze	Breed a male Wooper/Quagsire to a female Omanyte/Omastar, then breed a male offspring with a female Tentacool/Tentacruel.
Mirror Coat	Mate with a male Corsola.
Rapid Spin	Breed a male from Squirtle Family with a female Kabuto/Kabutops, then breed the male offspring to a female Tentacool/Tentacruel.
Safeguard	Mate a male Corsola with a female from Dratini or Seel Family, then breed the male offspring with a female Tentacool/Tentacruel.

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	70	208-238	22/4948.01%	22/4546.02%
Defense	65	198-228	27/5544.05%	24/4444.05%
Speed	100	268-298	7/4789.41%	7/4287.46%
Special Attack G/S/C	80	228-258	16/4669.15%	—
Special Defense G/S/C	120	308-338	7/4196.77%	—
Special R/B/Y	120	308-338	—	5/2995.98%
Total	515 G/S/C 435 R/B/Y	1543-1723 1315-1465	11/8784.13%	10/6586.43%

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