Grumpig
Manipulate Pokémon
Grumpig uses the black pearls on its body to wield its fantastic powers. When it is doing so, it dances bizarrely. This Pokémon’s black pearls are valuable as works of art.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows
Where to find Grumpig
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Grumpig can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Teeter Dance Confuses the target. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Belch Can only be used after the user has eaten a berry. | Poison | Special | 120 | 90 | 10 |
| 1 | Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Odor Sleuth Forces the target to have no Evade, and allows it to be hit by Normal and Fighting moves even if it’s a Ghost. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 1 | Psybeam Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Psywave Inflicts damage between 50% and 150% of the user’s level. | Psychic | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Splash Does nothing. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 10 | Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 18 | Psych Up Discards the user’s stat changes and copies the target’s. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 21 | Magic Coat Reflects back the first effect move used on the user this turn. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 22 | Confuse Ray Confuses the target. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 26 | Zen Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Psychic | Physical | 80 | 90 | 15 |
| 29 | Power Gem Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Rock | Special | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 35 | Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 35 | Snore Has a chance to make the target flinch. Only works if the user is sleeping. | Normal | Special | 50 | 100 | 15 |
| 42 | Psyshock Inflicts damage based on the target’s Defense, not Special Defense. | Psychic | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| 46 | Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn. | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 52 | Psychic Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 60 | Bounce User bounces high into the air, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. | Flying | Physical | 85 | 85 | 5 |
Sprites & renders
19 sprites & renders for Grumpig.






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Cite this page
“Grumpig”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/grumpig.
Species data from PokéAPI.