Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 1.7 m
- Weight
- 27.0 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate60(14.8%)Tricky
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth rateslow then very fast
Base EXP170
Base stats
HP
55
Attack
104
Defense
105
Sp. Atk
94
Sp. Def
75
Speed
52
Total
485
Base Stat Total
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026
Where to find Huntail
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Black
Black 2
Ultra Sun
Ultra Moon
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Huntail can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
19 of 19
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| 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 |
Sprites & renders
22 sprites & renders for Huntail.
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“Huntail”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/huntail.
Species data from PokéAPI.