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Piplup ポッチャマ

Water Generation IV Penguin Pokémon
Height 0.4m Weight 5.2kg
Torrent Competitive （Hidden Ability）

Pokémon Profile

Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people. Its thick down guards it from cold.

Base Stats

Form Base Stats：Piplup · Total 314

HP 53
Attack 51
Defense 53
Sp. Atk 61
Sp. Def 56
Speed 40

Basic Info

Gender Ratio
♂ 87.5% / ♀ 12.5%
Catch Rate
45（5.9%）
Egg Groups
Water 1 / Field
Egg Cycles
20
Base Friendship
70
EV Yield
Sp. Atk+1
Base Experience
63
Shape
Humanoid
Color
Blue
Experience
1,059,860（较慢）

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Defensive (when attacked)

2× Weakness Electric ×2 Grass ×2
1/2 Resistance Fire ×0.5 Water ×0.5 Ice ×0.5 Steel ×0.5

Offensive (when attacking)

2× Weakness Fire ×2 Ground ×2 Rock ×2
1/2 Resistance Water ×0.5 Grass ×0.5 Dragon ×0.5

Evolution Chain

Piplup Piplup
Level 16 or higher
Prinplup Prinplup
Level 36 or higher
Empoleon Empoleon

Learnset

Level Moves Type Category Power Accuracy PP
— Pound Normal Physical 40 100 35
4 Growl Normal Status — 100 40
8 Water Gun Water Special 40 100 25
11 Charm Fairy Status — 100 20
15 Peck Flying Physical 35 100 35
18 Bubble Beam Water Special 65 100 20
22 Swagger Normal Status — 85 15
25 Fury Attack Normal Physical 15 85 20
29 Brine Water Special 65 100 10
32 Whirlpool Water Special 35 85 15
36 Mist Ice Status — — 30
39 Drill Peck Flying Physical 80 100 20
43 Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80 5

Piplup Competitive Movesets & Sets

Piplup movesets cover 4 generations and 4 formats with 5 sets in total, including moves, abilities, items, natures, EVs and Tera types with analysis.

4 Generation 4 Format 5 set
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Pokédex Entries

Generation IV
Diamond：
Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people. Its thick down guards it from cold.
Pearl：
It lives along shores in northern countries. A skilled swimmer, it dives for over 10 minutes to hunt.
Platinum：
A poor walker, it often falls down. However, its strong pride makes it puff up its chest without a care.
HeartGold：
It doesn’t like to be taken care of. It’s difficult to bond with since it won’t listen to its Trainer.
Generation V
Black：
A poor walker, it often falls down. However, its strong pride makes it puff up its chest without a care.
Generation VI
X：
It doesn’t like to be taken care of. It’s difficult to bond with since it won’t listen to its Trainer.
Y：
Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people. Its thick down guards it from cold.
Generation VIII
Legends: Arceus：
Prefers cold climes and appears along coasts. It's an adorable little thing—as cute as any child—but it's also prideful, unwilling to accept handouts from people.