Tentacool

No. 0072 · Gen 1

Tentacool weakness and type

Hit TENTACOOL with Electric, Ground and Psychic for 2× damage.

Moves against Tentacool

2×Super effective

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

Test a matchup against Tentacool

Abilities

  • Clear BodyNo change to type matchups
  • Liquid OozeNo change to type matchups
  • Rain DishNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP40
  • Attack40
  • Defense35
  • Sp. Atk50
  • Sp. Def100
  • Speed70
  • Total335

Best nature

CalmRaises its best defense and drops Attack, which it won't use.

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

Defeating Tentacool gives 1 Sp. Def EV.

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How Tentacool evolves

TentacoolWaterPoison
All evolutions

What Tentacool 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
NormalSkull BashPhysical130
PoisonGunk Shotsame typePhysical120
WaterHydro Pumpsame typeSpecial110
IceBlizzardSpecial110
DarkThroat ChopPhysical80
FairyDazzling GleamSpecial80
GrassGiga DrainSpecial75
GhostHexSpecial65
GroundMud ShotSpecial55
BugPouncePhysical50

Type counters to Tentacool

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.