Squirtle

No. 0007 · Gen 1

Squirtle weakness and type

Hit SQUIRTLE with Electric and Grass for 2× damage.

Moves against Squirtle

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

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

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Abilities

  • TorrentNo change to type matchups
  • Rain DishNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP44
  • Attack48
  • Defense65
  • Sp. Atk50
  • Sp. Def64
  • Speed43
  • Total314

Best nature

ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.

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

Defeating Squirtle gives 1 Defense EV.

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How Squirtle evolves

SquirtleWater
All evolutions

What Squirtle 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
WaterWater Spoutsame typeSpecial150
FightingFocus PunchPhysical150
NormalSkull BashPhysical130
DragonOutragePhysical120
IceBlizzardSpecial110
SteelIron TailPhysical100
GroundDigPhysical80
PsychicZen HeadbuttPhysical80
RockRock SlidePhysical75
DarkBitePhysical60

Type counters to Squirtle

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.