Mantyke
Kite Pokémon
Though ball-like in shape, this Pokémon is a proficient swimmer. I have discovered that if a Mantyke spends much time with schools of Remoraid, it will eventually achieve evolution.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Mantyke
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 Mantyke can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Water | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 |
| 4 | Supersonic Confuses the target. | Normal | Status | — | 55 | 20 |
| 5 | Bubble Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage. | Water | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 8 | Wing Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Flying | Physical | 60 | 100 | 35 |
| 9 | Aerial Ace Never misses. | Flying | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 11 | Confuse Ray Confuses the target. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 15 | Water Pulse Has a chance to confuse the target. | Water | Special | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Wide Guard Prevents any multi-target moves from hitting friendly Pokémon this turn. | Rock | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 20 | Agility Raises the user’s Speed by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 21 | Air Slash Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Flying | Special | 75 | 95 | 15 |
| 24 | Bubble Beam Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage. | Water | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 28 | Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 29 | Roost Heals the user by half its max HP. | Flying | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 36 | Aqua Ring Restores 1/16 of the user’s max HP each turn. | Water | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 37 | Hydro Pump Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Water | Special | 110 | 80 | 5 |
| 40 | Bounce User bounces high into the air, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. | Flying | Physical | 85 | 85 | 5 |
| 44 | Take Down User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 |
| 47 | Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
Sprites & renders
16 sprites & renders for Mantyke.






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More Water-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Mantyke”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/mantyke.
Species data from PokéAPI.