#0393

Piplup

Penguin Pokémon

Water

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Height: 0.4 m
Weight: 5.2 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender87.5% ♂ · 12.5% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium slow

Base EXP63

Prefers cold climes and appears along coasts. It's an adorable little thing—as cute as any child—but it's also prideful, unwilling to accept handouts from people.

In Pokémon GO · 1075 max CP 5 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

314

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Torrent

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

CompetitiveHidden

Raises Special Attack by two stages upon having any stat lowered.

Egg groups: Water 1, Field

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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

Utility

Moves

Item

Eviolite

NatureBold+Def/−Atk

EV spread

HP92

Def▲252

SpD148

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Piplup

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

Diamond

Pearl

Platinum

Omega Ruby

Alpha Sapphire

Evolution

#0393Piplup

Lv. 16

#0394Prinplup

Lv. 36

#0395Empoleon

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

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

Moves

Find a move22 of 22

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Pound Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
4	Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	40
6	Bubble Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Water	Special	40	100	30
8	Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	40	100	25
11	Aerial Ace Never misses.	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
11	Charm Lowers the target’s Attack by two stages.	Fairy	Status	—	100	20
11	Water Sport Halves all Fire-type damage.	Water	Status	—	—	15
15	Peck Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Flying	Physical	35	100	35
18	Bubble Beam Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Water	Special	65	100	20
18	Water Pulse Has a chance to confuse the target.	Water	Special	60	100	20
22	Bide User waits for two turns, then hits back for twice the damage it took.	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
22	Swagger Raises the target’s Attack by two stages and confuses the target.	Normal	Status	—	85	15
25	Fury Attack Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Normal	Physical	15	85	20
25	Roost Heals the user by half its max HP.	Flying	Status	—	—	5
29	Brine Has double power against Pokémon that have less than half their max HP remaining.	Water	Special	65	100	10
32	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
34	Liquidation Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Water	Physical	85	100	10
36	Mist Protects the user’s stats from being changed by enemy moves.	Ice	Status	—	—	30
39	Drill Peck Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Flying	Physical	80	100	20
43	Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil.	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
43	Hydro Pump Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	110	80	5