#0346

Cradily

Barnacle Pokémon

Rock Grass

Once Cradily catches prey in its tentacles, it digests them whole and absorbs their nutrients.

In Pokémon GO · 2211 max CP 1 TCG Pocket card

Details

Height1.5 m

Weight60.4 kg

Gender87.5% ♂ · 12.5% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time30 cycles · ~7,905 steps

Growth rateslow then very fast

Base EXP173

Abilities

Suction Cups

Prevents being forced out of battle by other Pokémon's moves.

Storm DrainHidden

Redirects single-target Water moves to this Pokémon where possible. Absorbs Water moves, raising Special Attack one stage.

Egg groups: Water 3

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

107

Speed

Total

495

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Fighting2×

Bug2×

Steel2×

Ice2×

Resistant to

Normal½×

Electric½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Specially Defensive (Grass)

Monotype

Moves

Item

Leftovers

AbilityStorm Drain

NatureCareful+SpD/−SpA

EV spread

HP252

Atk4

SpD▲252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Evolution

#0345Lileep

Lv. 40

#0346Cradily

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Cradily can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Acid Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Poison	Special	40	100	30
1	Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Ghost	Physical	30	100	15
1	Confuse Ray Confuses the target.	Ghost	Status	—	100	10
1	Constrict Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Normal	Physical	10	100	35
1	Leech Seed Seeds the target, stealing HP from it every turn.	Grass	Status	—	90	10
1	Wrap Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns.	Normal	Physical	15	90	20
1	Wring Out Power increases against targets with more HP remaining, up to a maximum of 121 power.	Normal	Special	—	100	5
12	Ingrain Prevents the user from leaving battle. User regains 1/16 of its max HP every turn.	Grass	Status	—	—	20
16	Ancient Power Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage.	Rock	Special	60	100	5
20	Mega Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	40	100	15
24	Brine Has double power against Pokémon that have less than half their max HP remaining.	Water	Special	65	100	10
28	Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages.	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
32	Gastro Acid Nullifies target’s ability until it leaves battle.	Poison	Status	—	100	10
36	Giga Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	75	100	10
43	Spit Up Power is 100 times the amount of energy Stockpiled.	Normal	Special	—	100	10
43	Stockpile Stores energy up to three times for use with Spit Up and Swallow.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
43	Swallow Recovers 1/4 HP after one Stockpile, 1/2 HP after two Stockpiles, or full HP after three Stockpiles.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
48	Energy Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Grass	Special	90	100	10