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Mudkip

Mud Fish Pokémon

In water, Mudkip breathes using the gills on its cheeks. If it is faced with a tight situation in battle, this Pokémon will unleash its amazing power—it can crush rocks bigger than itself.

In Pokémon GO · 1128 max CP 3 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height0.4 m

Weight7.6 kg

Gender87.5% ♂ · 12.5% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium slow

Base EXP62

Abilities

Torrent

Strengthens Water moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.

DampHidden

Prevents Self-Destruct, Explosion, and Aftermath from working while the Pokémon is in battle.

Egg groups: Monster, Water 1

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Breeding
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

310

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

Bulky Attacker

Moves

Item

Eviolite

NatureImpish+Def/−SpA

EV spread

Atk196

Def▲116

SpD196

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

Where to find Mudkip

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

Ruby

Sapphire

Emerald

HeartGold

SoulSilver

Omega Ruby

Alpha Sapphire

Evolution

#0258Mudkip

Lv. 16

#0259Marshtomp

Lv. 36

#0260Swampert

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

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

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	40
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
3	Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	40	100	25
6	Rock Smash Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Fighting	Physical	40	100	15
9	Mud-Slap Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Ground	Special	20	100	10
9	Rock Throw Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Rock	Physical	50	90	15
12	Foresight 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
12	Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
15	Supersonic Confuses the target.	Normal	Status	—	55	20
17	Bide User waits for two turns, then hits back for twice the damage it took.	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
18	Water Pulse Has a chance to confuse the target.	Water	Special	60	100	20
20	Mud Sport Halves all Electric-type damage.	Ground	Status	—	—	15
21	Rock Slide Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
24	Take Down User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil.	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
27	Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages.	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
30	Surf Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dive users.	Water	Special	90	100	15
33	Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	85	40
33	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
36	Endeavor Lowers the target’s HP to equal the user’s.	Normal	Physical	—	100	5
39	Hydro Pump Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	110	80	5