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Squirtle ゼニガメ

Water Generation I Tiny Turtle Pokémon
Height 0.5m Weight 9.0kg
Torrent Rain Dish （Hidden Ability）

Pokémon Profile

After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. Powerfully sprays foam from its mouth.

Base Stats

Form Base Stats：Squirtle · Total 314

HP 44
Attack 48
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 50
Sp. Def 64
Speed 43

Basic Info

Gender Ratio
♂ 87.5% / ♀ 12.5%
Catch Rate
45（5.9%）
Egg Groups
Monster / Water 1
Egg Cycles
20
Base Friendship
50
EV Yield
Defense+1
Base Experience
63
Shape
Bipedal
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

Squirtle Squirtle
Level 16 or higher
Wartortle Wartortle
Level 36 or higher
Blastoise Blastoise

Learnset

Level Moves Type Category Power Accuracy PP
— Tackle Normal Physical 40 100 35
— Tail Whip Normal Status — 100 30
3 Water Gun Water Special 40 100 25
6 Withdraw Water Status — — 40
9 Rapid Spin Normal Physical 50 100 40
12 Bite Dark Physical 60 100 25
15 Water Pulse Water Special 60 100 20
18 Protect Normal Status — — 10
21 Rain Dance Water Status — — 5
24 Aqua Tail Water Physical 90 90 10
27 Shell Smash Normal Status — — 15
30 Iron Defense Steel Status — — 15
33 Hydro Pump Water Special 110 80 5
36 Wave Crash Water Physical 120 100 10

Squirtle Competitive Movesets & Sets

Squirtle movesets cover 5 generations and 7 formats with 9 sets in total, including moves, abilities, items, natures, EVs and Tera types with analysis.

5 Generation 7 Format 9 set
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Pokédex Entries

Generation I
Red：
After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. Powerfully sprays foam from its mouth.
Yellow：
Shoots water at prey while in the water. Withdraws into its shell when in danger.
Generation II
Gold：
The shell is soft when it is born. It soon becomes so resilient, prod­ ding fingers will bounce off it.
Silver：
The shell, which hardens soon after it is born, is resilient. If you poke it, it will bounce back out.
Crystal：
When it feels threatened, it draws its legs inside its shell and sprays water from its mouth.
Generation III
Ruby：
SQUIRTLE’s shell is not merely used for protection. The shell’s rounded shape and the grooves on its surface help minimize resistance in water, enabling this Pokémon to swim at high speeds.
Emerald：
Its shell is not just for protection. Its rounded shape and the grooves on its surface minimize resistance in water, enabling SQUIRTLE to swim at high speeds.
FireRed：
When it retracts its long neck into its shell, it squirts out water with vigorous force.
LeafGreen：
After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. It powerfully sprays foam from its mouth.
Generation IV
Diamond：
It shelters itself in its shell, then strikes back with spouts of water at every opportunity.
HeartGold：
The shell is soft when it is born. It soon becomes so resilient, prodding fingers will bounce off it.
SoulSilver：
The shell, which hardens soon after it is born, is resilient. If you poke it, it will bounce back out.
Generation V
Black：
It shelters itself in its shell, then strikes back with spouts of water at every opportunity.
Black 2：
It shelters itself in its shell then strikes back with spouts of water at every opportunity.
Generation VI
X：
It shelters itself in its shell, then strikes back with spouts of water at every opportunity.
Y：
Shoots water at prey while in the water. Withdraws into its shell when in danger.
Omega Ruby：
Squirtle’s shell is not merely used for protection. The shell’s rounded shape and the grooves on its surface help minimize resistance in water, enabling this Pokémon to swim at high speeds.
Generation VII
Let's Go Pikachu：
Shoots water at prey while in the water. Withdraws into its shell when in danger.
Generation VIII
Sword：
When it retracts its long neck into its shell, it squirts out water with vigorous force.
Shield：
When it feels threatened, it draws its limbs inside its shell and sprays water from its mouth.