Poliwrath

No. 0062 · Gen 1

Poliwrath weakness and type

WaterFighting

Hit POLIWRATH with Electric, Grass, Flying, Psychic and Fairy for 2× damage.

Moves against Poliwrath

2×Super effective
ElectricGrassFlyingPsychicFairy
½×Not very effective
FireWaterIceBugRockDarkSteel

In Pokémon GO: Electric deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • Water AbsorbImmune to Water
  • DampNo change to type matchups
  • Swift SwimNo change to type matchups

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Base stats

  • HP90
  • Attack95
  • Defense95
  • Sp. Atk70
  • Sp. Def90
  • Speed70
  • Total510

Best nature

AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.
JollyOutspeeds more opponents and drops Sp. Atk.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Poliwrath gives 3 Defense EVs.

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How Poliwrath evolves

PoliwagWater
All evolutions

What Poliwrath 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.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalHyper BeamSpecial150
FightingFocus Punchsame typePhysical150
IceBlizzardSpecial110
WaterHydro Pumpsame typeSpecial110
GroundEarthquakePhysical100
PsychicPsychicSpecial90
DarkDarkest LariatPhysical85
PoisonPoison JabPhysical80
RockRock SlidePhysical75
DragonDual ChopPhysical40

Type counters to Poliwrath

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.