#0367

Huntail

Deep Sea Pokémon

Water

Deep seas are their habitat. According to tradition, when Huntail wash up onshore, something unfortunate will happen.

In Pokémon GO · 2340 max CP 1 TCG Pocket card

Details

Height1.7 m

Weight27.0 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate60(14.8%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth rateslow then very fast

Base EXP170

Abilities

Swift Swim

Doubles Speed during rain.

Water VeilHidden

Prevents burns.

Egg groups: Water 1

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

104

Defense

105

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

485

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Grass2×

Electric2×

Resistant to

Steel½×

Fire½×

Water½×

Ice½×

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

Shell Smash

Moves

Item

White Herb

AbilityWater Veil

NatureNaughty+Atk/−SpD

EV spread

Atk▲252

SpA4

Spe252

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

Where to find Huntail

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Black

Route 4

Black 2

Route 4

Route 12

Ultra Sun

Hau'oli City Melemele Sea Route 15

Ultra Moon

Hau'oli City Melemele Sea Route 15

Evolution

#0366Clamperl

Trade

#0367Huntail

Trade

#0368Gorebyss

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

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

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
1	Iron Defense Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.	Steel	Status	—	—	15
1	Shell Smash Raises user’s Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by two stages. Lower user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	15
1	Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	40	100	25
1	Whirlpool Prevents the target from leaving battle and inflicts 1/16 its max HP in damage for 2-5 turns.	Water	Special	35	85	15
5	Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	85	40
9	Scary Face Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	100	10
11	Feint Attack Never misses.	Dark	Physical	60	—	20
11	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rain for five turns.	Water	Status	—	—	5
14	Water Pulse Has a chance to confuse the target.	Water	Special	60	100	20
16	Ice Fang Has a chance to freeze the target and a chance to make the target flinch.	Ice	Physical	65	95	15
19	Brine Has double power against Pokémon that have less than half their max HP remaining.	Water	Special	65	100	10
23	Sucker Punch Only works if the target is about to use a damaging move.	Dark	Physical	70	100	5
26	Dive User dives underwater, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn.	Water	Physical	80	100	10
29	Baton Pass Allows the trainer to switch out the user and pass effects along to its replacement.	Normal	Status	—	—	40
34	Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
39	Aqua Tail Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Physical	90	90	10
45	Coil Raises the user’s Attack, Defense, and accuracy by one stage each.	Poison	Status	—	—	20
50	Hydro Pump Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	110	80	5