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Gengar’s Pokédex · Johto · Generation II

#202 Wobbuffet

Psychic

  • SpeciesPatient Pokémon
  • Japanese nameSoonasu
  • PronunciationWOB-BUFF-FET
  • Height4′ 3″ 1.30 m
  • Weight63.0 lb 28.35 kg
  • Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
Wobbuffet official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Comes from WOBBLE and BUFFET, to strike, as with repeated blows.

Evolution

  1. Wynaut??? (Ruby/Sapphire)Wobbuffet
Wobbuffet in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Wobbuffet as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

GoldStadium 2 It hates light and shock. If attacked, it inflates its body to pump up its counter-strike.
Silver To keep its pitch black tail hidden, it lives quietly in the darkness. It is never first to attack.
Crystal In order to conceal its black tail, it lives in a dark cave and only moves about at night.

Where to find Wobbuffet

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Gold Dark Cave (Blackthorn City Side) Any Many
Silver Any Many
Crystal Dark Cave (Blackthorn City Side), Goldenrod City (Game Corner) Any Many

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×1
  • Grass×1
  • Ice×1
  • Fighting×0.5
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×1
  • Flying×1
  • Psychic×0.5
  • Bug×2
  • Rock×1
  • Ghost×2
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×2
  • Steel×1
  • 3 weaknesses and 2 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 3 : 2 (150%).

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • NormalNormal
  • FireNormal
  • WaterNormal
  • ElectricNormal
  • GrassNormal
  • IceNormal
  • FightingNormal
  • PoisonNormal
  • GroundNormal
  • FlyingNormal
  • PsychicBad
  • BugNormal
  • RockNormal
  • GhostNormal
  • DragonNormal
  • DarkNo Effect
  • SteelBad
  • 2 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 2:3 (~66.67%).

Moves learned by levelling up

G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start Counter Fighting Physical
Start Mirror Coat Psychic Physical
Start Safeguard Normal Status
Start Destiny Bond Ghost 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

None.

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

None.

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Indeterminate Pokémon group 6

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

None.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank
HP 190 553-583 3/4599.93%
Attack 33 134-164 44/498.08%
Defense 58 184-214 32/5536.34%
Speed 33 134-164 42/4710.60%
Special Attack 33 134-164 40/4610.60%
Special Defense 58 184-214 28/4134.46%
Total 405 1323-1503 38/8748.01%

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