No. 0394 · Gen 4
Prinplup weakness and type
Hit PRINPLUP with Electric and Grass for 2× damage.
Moves against Prinplup
2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
In Pokémon GO: Electric deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart
Test a matchup against PrinplupAbilities
- TorrentNo change to type matchups
- CompetitiveNo change to type matchups
Base stats
- HP64
- Attack66
- Defense68
- Sp. Atk81
- Sp. Def76
- Speed50
- Total405
Best nature
ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.
Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.
Defeating Prinplup gives 2 Sp. Atk EVs.
Calculate Prinplup's statsHow Prinplup evolves
PiplupWater- Level 16PrinplupWater
- Level 36
EmpoleonNo evolution for this line in the game you picked.
What Prinplup 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 | Double-Edge | Physical | 120 |
| Water | Hydro Pumpsame type | Special | 110 |
| Ice | Blizzard | Special | 110 |
| Flying | Drill Peck | Physical | 80 |
| Ground | Dig | Physical | 80 |
| Fighting | Brick Break | Physical | 75 |
| Bug | Signal Beam | Special | 75 |
| Ghost | Shadow Claw | Physical | 70 |
| Rock | Rock Tomb | Physical | 60 |
| Steel | Metal Claw | Physical | 50 |
| Fairy | Disarming Voice | Special | 40 |
| Dark | Power Trip | Physical | 20 |
Type counters to Prinplup
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.
