Poliwag

#149 in the Sun & Moon Pokédex • Tadpole Pokémon

Normal

Shiny

Pokédex entries

Sun

The swirl on its belly is its internal organs showing through. If the swirl is tinged white, that means it’s affected by some disease.

Moon

It’s still not very good at walking. Its Trainers should train this Pokémon to walk every day.

Details

Type

Weak to

2×

2×

Resists

0.5×

0.5×

0.5×

Growth

EV yield, catch rate, and experience details for this Pokémon.

Pokédexes	Alola #149Akala #76Ula'ula #68
EV yield	1 Spe
Catch rate	255
Base Exp.	60

Eggs

Egg groups, gender ratio, and hatching details for this Pokémon.

Egg groups	Water 1
Gender	50% male 50% female
Egg cycles	20

Evolution

Evolution requirements shown in a compact table or chain view.

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Poliwag #149	Level 25	Poliwhirl #150
Poliwhirl #150	Use Water Stone	Poliwrath #151
Poliwhirl #150	Trade holding King’s Rock	Politoed #152

Encounters

Known encounter locations for this Pokémon in this game.

Moon

Location	Method	Level	Chance	Conditions
Brooklet Hill Brooklet Hill — Main Area	Walking in tall grass or a cave	14-17	10%	Daytime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Brooklet Hill Brooklet Hill — Main Area	Surfing	14-17	40%	Daytime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Brooklet Hill Brooklet Hill — Main Area	Walking in tall grass or a cave	14-17	20%	Daytime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Brooklet Hill Brooklet Hill — Main Area	Walking in tall grass or a cave	14-17	10%	Nighttime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Malie Garden	Walking in tall grass or a cave	24-27	20%	Daytime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Brooklet Hill Brooklet Hill — Main Area	Walking in tall grass or a cave	14-17	20%	Nighttime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Brooklet Hill Brooklet Hill — Main Area	Surfing	14-17	40%	Nighttime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Malie Garden	Walking in tall grass or a cave	24-27	20%	Nighttime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Poké Pelago Poké Pelago — Isle Abeens	Poké Pelago visitor recruitment	21-27	-	Touch the visiting wild Pokémon; it may stay through reselection. Recruit it after its thought bubble changes to a heart., Published visitor-selection share: approximately 8.33%; this is not a guaranteed recruitment chance., After first reaching Ula’ula Island, before Poni Island
Poké Pelago Poké Pelago — Isle Abeens	Poké Pelago visitor recruitment	37-43	-	After first reaching Poni Island, before becoming Champion, Touch the visiting wild Pokémon; it may stay through reselection. Recruit it after its thought bubble changes to a heart., Published visitor-selection share: approximately 5.26%; this is not a guaranteed recruitment chance.
Poké Pelago Poké Pelago — Isle Abeens	Poké Pelago visitor recruitment	49-55	-	After becoming Champion, Touch the visiting wild Pokémon; it may stay through reselection. Recruit it after its thought bubble changes to a heart., Published visitor-selection share: approximately 4.44%; this is not a guaranteed recruitment chance.

Sun

Location	Method	Level	Chance	Conditions
Malie Garden	Walking in tall grass or a cave	24-27	20%	Nighttime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Brooklet Hill Brooklet Hill — Main Area	Surfing	14-17	40%	Nighttime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Brooklet Hill Brooklet Hill — Main Area	Walking in tall grass or a cave	14-17	10%	Daytime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Brooklet Hill Brooklet Hill — Main Area	Walking in tall grass or a cave	14-17	10%	Nighttime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Brooklet Hill Brooklet Hill — Main Area	Walking in tall grass or a cave	14-17	20%	Nighttime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Malie Garden	Walking in tall grass or a cave	24-27	20%	Daytime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Brooklet Hill Brooklet Hill — Main Area	Walking in tall grass or a cave	14-17	20%	Daytime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Brooklet Hill Brooklet Hill — Main Area	Surfing	14-17	40%	Daytime in the current game world. Moon’s normal-world clock is shifted by 12 hours relative to the system clock.
Poké Pelago Poké Pelago — Isle Abeens	Poké Pelago visitor recruitment	21-27	-	Touch the visiting wild Pokémon; it may stay through reselection. Recruit it after its thought bubble changes to a heart., Published visitor-selection share: approximately 8.33%; this is not a guaranteed recruitment chance., After first reaching Ula’ula Island, before Poni Island
Poké Pelago Poké Pelago — Isle Abeens	Poké Pelago visitor recruitment	37-43	-	After first reaching Poni Island, before becoming Champion, Touch the visiting wild Pokémon; it may stay through reselection. Recruit it after its thought bubble changes to a heart., Published visitor-selection share: approximately 5.26%; this is not a guaranteed recruitment chance.
Poké Pelago Poké Pelago — Isle Abeens	Poké Pelago visitor recruitment	49-55	-	After becoming Champion, Touch the visiting wild Pokémon; it may stay through reselection. Recruit it after its thought bubble changes to a heart., Published visitor-selection share: approximately 4.35%; this is not a guaranteed recruitment chance.

Moves

Moves this Pokémon learns naturally by reaching specific levels.

		Class				Description
Start	Water Sport	Status	-	-	15	The user soaks the battlefield with water. This weakens Fire-type moves for five turns.
5	Water Gun	Special	40	100	25	The target is blasted with a forceful shot of water.
8	Hypnosis	Status	-	60	20	The user employs hypnotic suggestion to make the target fall into a deep sleep.
11	Bubble	Special	40	100	30	A spray of countless bubbles is jetted at the opposing Pokémon. This may also lower their Speed stat.
15	Double Slap	Physical	15	85	10	The target is slapped repeatedly, back and forth, two to five times in a row.
18	Rain Dance	Status	-	-	5	The user summons a heavy rain that falls for five turns, powering up Water-type moves. It lowers the power of Fire-type moves.
21	Body Slam	Physical	85	100	15	The user drops onto the target with its full body weight. This may also leave the target with paralysis.
25	Bubble Beam	Special	65	100	20	A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the target. This may also lower its Speed stat.
28	Mud Shot	Special	55	95	15	The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the target. This also lowers the target’s Speed stat.
31	Belly Drum	Status	-	-	10	The user maximizes its Attack stat in exchange for HP equal to half its max HP.
35	Wake-Up Slap	Physical	70	100	10	This attack inflicts big damage on a sleeping target. This also wakes the target up, however.
38	Hydro Pump	Special	110	80	5	The target is blasted by a huge volume of water launched under great pressure.
41	Mud Bomb	Special	65	85	10	The user launches a hard-packed mud ball to attack. This may also lower the target’s accuracy.

Machines

Moves this Pokémon can learn from Technical Machines in Pokémon Sun and Moon.

		Class				Description
TM06	Toxic	Status	-	90	10	A move that leaves the target badly poisoned. Its poison damage worsens every turn.
TM07	Hail	Status	-	-	10	The user summons a hailstorm lasting five turns. It damages all Pokémon except the Ice type.
TM10	Hidden Power	Special	60	100	15	A unique attack that varies in type depending on the Pokémon using it.
TM13	Ice Beam	Special	90	100	10	The target is struck with an icy-cold beam of energy. This may also leave the target frozen.
TM14	Blizzard	Special	110	70	5	A howling blizzard is summoned to strike opposing Pokémon. This may also leave the opposing Pokémon frozen.
TM17	Protect	Status	-	-	10	Enables the user to evade all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.
TM18	Rain Dance	Status	-	-	5	The user summons a heavy rain that falls for five turns, powering up Water-type moves. It lowers the power of Fire-type moves.
TM21	Frustration	Physical	-	100	20	This full-power attack grows more powerful the less the user likes its Trainer.
TM27	Return	Physical	-	100	20	This full-power attack grows more powerful the more the user likes its Trainer.
TM29	Psychic	Special	90	100	10	The target is hit by a strong telekinetic force. This may also lower the target’s Sp. Def stat.
TM32	Double Team	Status	-	-	15	By moving rapidly, the user makes illusory copies of itself to raise its evasiveness.
TM42	Facade	Physical	70	100	20	This attack move doubles its power if the user is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.
TM44	Rest	Status	-	-	10	The user goes to sleep for two turns. This fully restores the user’s HP and heals any status conditions.
TM45	Attract	Status	-	100	15	If it is the opposite gender of the user, the target becomes infatuated and less likely to attack.
TM46	Thief	Physical	60	100	25	The user attacks and steals the target’s held item simultaneously. The user can’t steal anything if it already holds an item.
TM48	Round	Special	60	100	15	The user attacks the target with a song. Others can join in the Round to increase the power of the attack.
TM55	Scald	Special	80	100	15	The user shoots boiling hot water at its target. This may also leave the target with a burn.
TM87	Swagger	Status	-	85	15	The user enrages and confuses the target. However, this also sharply raises the target’s Attack stat.
TM88	Sleep Talk	Status	-	-	10	While it is asleep, the user randomly uses one of the moves it knows.
TM90	Substitute	Status	-	-	10	The user makes a copy of itself using some of its HP. The copy serves as the user’s decoy.
TM94	Surf	Special	90	100	15	The user attacks everything around it by swamping its surroundings with a giant wave.
TM98	Waterfall	Physical	80	100	15	The user charges at the target and may make it flinch.
TM100	Confide	Status	-	-	20	The user tells the target a secret, and the target loses its ability to concentrate. This lowers the target’s Sp. Atk stat.

Breeding

Moves this Pokémon can inherit through breeding or similar methods.

	Class				Description
Bubble Beam	Special	65	100	20	A spray of bubbles is forcefully ejected at the target. This may also lower its Speed stat.
Encore	Status	-	100	5	The user compels the target to keep using the move it encored for three turns.
Endeavor	Physical	-	100	5	This attack move cuts down the target’s HP to equal the user’s HP.
Endure	Status	-	-	10	The user endures any attack with at least 1 HP. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.
Haze	Status	-	-	30	The user creates a haze that eliminates every stat change among all the Pokémon engaged in battle.
Ice Ball	Physical	30	90	20	The user attacks the target for five turns. The move’s power increases each time it hits.
Mind Reader	Status	-	-	5	The user senses the target’s movements with its mind to ensure its next attack does not miss the target.
Mist	Status	-	-	30	The user cloaks itself and its allies in a white mist that prevents any of their stats from being lowered for five turns.
Mud Shot	Special	55	95	15	The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the target. This also lowers the target’s Speed stat.
Refresh	Status	-	-	20	The user rests to cure itself of poisoning, a burn, or paralysis.
Splash	Status	-	-	40	The user just flops and splashes around to no effect at all...
Water Pulse	Special	60	100	20	The user attacks the target with a pulsing blast of water. This may also confuse the target.
Water Sport	Status	-	-	15	The user soaks the battlefield with water. This weakens Fire-type moves for five turns.

Imports and compatible Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon trades have separate requirements. Individual options do not guarantee every four-move combination.

	Class				Acquisition source	Description
Amnesia	Status	-	-	20	3DS Virtual Console import via Poké Transporter and Pokémon Bank; Hidden Ability where available	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. This sharply raises the user’s Sp. Def stat.
Bide	Physical	-	-	10	3DS Virtual Console import via Poké Transporter and Pokémon Bank; Hidden Ability where available	The user endures attacks for two turns, then strikes back to cause double the damage taken.
Captivate	Status	-	100	20	Import from compatible Generation III–VI games via Pokémon Bank; retain through evolution where applicable	If any opposing Pokémon is the opposite gender of the user, it is charmed, which harshly lowers its Sp. Atk stat.
Curse	Status	-	-	10	3DS Virtual Console import via Poké Transporter and Pokémon Bank; Hidden Ability where available	A move that works differently for the Ghost type than for all other types.
Defense Curl	Status	-	-	40	Import from compatible Generation III–VI games via Pokémon Bank; retain through evolution where applicable	The user curls up to conceal weak spots and raise its Defense stat.
Defense Curl	Status	-	-	40	3DS Virtual Console import via Poké Transporter and Pokémon Bank; Hidden Ability where available	The user curls up to conceal weak spots and raise its Defense stat.
Dig	Physical	80	100	10	Import from compatible Generation III–VI games via Pokémon Bank; retain through evolution where applicable	The user burrows, then attacks on the next turn.
Dive	Physical	80	100	10	Import from compatible Generation III–VI games via Pokémon Bank; retain through evolution where applicable	Diving on the first turn, the user floats up and attacks on the next turn.
Double-Edge	Physical	120	100	15	Import from compatible Generation III–VI games via Pokémon Bank; retain through evolution where applicable	A reckless, life-risking tackle. This also damages the user quite a lot.
Double-Edge	Physical	120	100	15	3DS Virtual Console import via Poké Transporter and Pokémon Bank; Hidden Ability where available	A reckless, life-risking tackle. This also damages the user quite a lot.
Headbutt	Physical	70	100	15	Import from compatible Generation III–VI games via Pokémon Bank; retain through evolution where applicable	The user sticks out its head and attacks by charging straight into the target. This may also make the target flinch.
Headbutt	Physical	70	100	15	3DS Virtual Console import via Poké Transporter and Pokémon Bank; Hidden Ability where available	The user sticks out its head and attacks by charging straight into the target. This may also make the target flinch.
Helping Hand	Status	-	-	20	Import from compatible Generation III–VI games via Pokémon Bank; retain through evolution where applicable	The user assists an ally by boosting the power of that ally’s attack.
Helping Hand	Status	-	-	20	Trade from Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon; only original Sun/Moon-compatible forms and moves	The user assists an ally by boosting the power of that ally’s attack.
Icy Wind	Special	55	95	15	Import from compatible Generation III–VI games via Pokémon Bank; retain through evolution where applicable	The user attacks with a gust of chilled air. This also lowers the opposing Pokémon’s Speed stats.
Icy Wind	Special	55	95	15	Trade from Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon; only original Sun/Moon-compatible forms and moves	The user attacks with a gust of chilled air. This also lowers the opposing Pokémon’s Speed stats.
Icy Wind	Special	55	95	15	3DS Virtual Console import via Poké Transporter and Pokémon Bank; Hidden Ability where available	The user attacks with a gust of chilled air. This also lowers the opposing Pokémon’s Speed stats.
Mimic	Status	-	-	10	Import from compatible Generation III–VI games via Pokémon Bank; retain through evolution where applicable	The user copies the target’s last move. The move can be used during battle until the Pokémon is switched out.
Mimic	Status	-	-	10	3DS Virtual Console import via Poké Transporter and Pokémon Bank; Hidden Ability where available	The user copies the target’s last move. The move can be used during battle until the Pokémon is switched out.
Natural Gift	Physical	-	100	15	Import from compatible Generation III–VI games via Pokémon Bank; retain through evolution where applicable	The user draws power to attack by using its held Berry. The Berry determines the move’s type and power.
Psywave	Special	-	100	15	3DS Virtual Console import via Poké Transporter and Pokémon Bank; Hidden Ability where available	The target is attacked with an odd psychic wave. The attack varies in intensity.
Rage	Physical	20	100	20	3DS Virtual Console import via Poké Transporter and Pokémon Bank; Hidden Ability where available	As long as this move is in use, the power of rage raises the Attack stat each time the user is hit in battle.
Secret Power	Physical	70	100	20	Import from compatible Generation III–VI games via Pokémon Bank; retain through evolution where applicable	The additional effects of this attack depend upon where it was used.
Skull Bash	Physical	130	100	10	3DS Virtual Console import via Poké Transporter and Pokémon Bank; Hidden Ability where available	The user tucks in its head to raise its Defense stat on the first turn, then rams the target on the next turn.
Snore	Special	50	100	15	Import from compatible Generation III–VI games via Pokémon Bank; retain through evolution where applicable	This attack can be used only if the user is asleep. The harsh noise may also make the target flinch.
Snore	Special	50	100	15	Trade from Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon; only original Sun/Moon-compatible forms and moves	This attack can be used only if the user is asleep. The harsh noise may also make the target flinch.
Snore	Special	50	100	15	3DS Virtual Console import via Poké Transporter and Pokémon Bank; Hidden Ability where available	This attack can be used only if the user is asleep. The harsh noise may also make the target flinch.
Take Down	Physical	90	85	20	3DS Virtual Console import via Poké Transporter and Pokémon Bank; Hidden Ability where available	A reckless, full-body charge attack for slamming into the target. This also damages the user a little.
Whirlpool	Special	35	85	15	Import from compatible Generation III–VI games via Pokémon Bank; retain through evolution where applicable	The user traps the target in a violent swirling whirlpool for four to five turns.
Whirlpool	Special	35	85	15	3DS Virtual Console import via Poké Transporter and Pokémon Bank; Hidden Ability where available	The user traps the target in a violent swirling whirlpool for four to five turns.

Traits

Ability options available to this Pokémon in this game.

Water Absorb

Ability Slot 1

Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move, instead of taking damage.

Absorbs Water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.

Damp

Ability Slot 2

Prevents the use of explosive moves such as Self-Destruct by dampening its surroundings.

Prevents Self-Destruct, Explosion, and Aftermath from working while the Pokémon is in battle.

Swift Swim(Hidden Ability)

Boosts the Pokémon’s Speed stat in rain.

Doubles Speed during rain.

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