No. 0395 · Gen 4
Empoleon weakness and type
Hit EMPOLEON with Electric, Fighting and Ground for 2× damage.
Moves against Empoleon
2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it
0×No effect
In Pokémon GO: Electric deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart
Test a matchup against EmpoleonAbilities
- TorrentNo change to type matchups
- CompetitiveNo change to type matchups
Base stats
- HP84
- Attack86
- Defense88
- Sp. Atk111
- Sp. Def101
- Speed60
- Total530
Best nature
ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.
Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.
Defeating Empoleon gives 3 Sp. Atk EVs.
Calculate Empoleon's statsHow Empoleon evolves
- Level 16
PrinplupWater- Level 36
EmpoleonWaterSteel
No evolution for this line in the game you picked.
What Empoleon can hit with
The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.
| Type | Move | Kind | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hyper Beam | Special | 150 |
| Water | Hydro Cannonsame type | Special | 150 |
| Steel | Steel Beamsame type | Special | 140 |
| Ice | Blizzard | Special | 110 |
| Ground | Earthquake | Physical | 100 |
| Flying | Drill Peck | Physical | 80 |
| Dark | Throat Chop | Physical | 80 |
| Rock | Rock Slide | Physical | 75 |
| Bug | Signal Beam | Special | 75 |
| Fighting | Brick Break | Physical | 75 |
| Ghost | Shadow Claw | Physical | 70 |
| Fairy | Disarming Voice | Special | 40 |
Type counters to Empoleon
Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.