Empoleon

Type HP Attack Defense Speed Special Attack Special Defense Total
84 86 88 60 111 101 530
#101 0' 6.8"
186.39 lbs.
Emperor Pokémon The three horns that extend from its beak attest to its power. It avoids unnecessary disputes, but it will decimate anything that threatens its pride.
Ability capacity:
80
Egg group(s):
Water 1
Field
EV Yield:
Special Attack: 3
Growth:
Medium Slow
Catch Rate:
45

Evolution

Piplup
Level 16Prinplup
Level 36Empoleon

Wild Encounters

Type Map Chance Level
Overworld Centauri City (after obtaining 3 badge(s)) 5.0% 21

Trainers

Lavish Lad Gerald
Blaziken Lv. 43
Abilities Moves
Blaze
Flame Body
Early Bird
Tangled Feet
Flame Charge
Quick Attack
Bulk Up
Focus Energy
Empoleon Lv. 44
Abilities Moves
Torrent
Snow Cloak
Early Bird
Swift Swim
Swagger
Fury Attack
Brine
Polar Plunge
Torterra Lv. 45
Abilities Moves
Overgrow
Stamina
Mega Drain
Leech Seed
Synthesis
Crunch
Wayfarer Easton
Frostidon Lv. 51
Abilities Moves
Ice Body
Frozen Body
Wonder Skin
Thick Fat
Uproar
Freeze-Dry
Dragon Dance
Dragon Pulse
Ameoberg Lv. 54
Abilities Moves
Liquid Ooze
Poison Touch
Frozen Body
Lifelink
Poison Jab
Noxious Terrain
Glacial Rift
Magic Coat
Selatinous Lv. 53
Abilities Moves
Thick Fat
Gooey
Anticipation
Chilling Water
Frost Burn
Blubber Bump
Magic Coat
Empoleon Lv. 52
Abilities Moves
Torrent
Snow Cloak
Early Bird
Swift Swim
Brine
Polar Plunge
Mist
Drill Peck
Wayfarer Wilbur
Cloyster Lv. 60
Abilities Moves
Shell Armor
Rock Head
Overcoat
Aurora Beam
Spike Cannon
Spikes
Icicle Crash
Dewgong Lv. 60
Abilities Moves
Thick Fat
Wonder Skin
Ice Body
Hydration
Blubber Bump
Dive
Aqua Tail
Ice Beam
Empoleon Lv. 61
Abilities Moves
Torrent
Water Veil
Snow Cloak
Early Bird
Polar Plunge
Mist
Drill Peck
Hydro Pump
Lapras Lv. 62
Abilities Moves
Water Absorb
Friend Guard
Hydration
Brine
Safeguard
Hydro Pump
Sheer Cold
Swimmer Morgan
Omastar Lv. 46
Abilities Moves
Swift Swim
Rough Skin
Rock Head
Weak Armor
Brine
Tickle
Spiky Shield
Ancient Power
Kingdra Lv. 47
Abilities Moves
Swift Swim
Damp
Bubble Beam
Agility
Brine
Dragon Pulse
Empoleon Lv. 47
Abilities Moves
Torrent
Snow Cloak
Early Bird
Swift Swim
Fury Attack
Brine
Polar Plunge
Mist
Swimmer Dan
Swampert Lv. 57
Abilities Moves
Torrent
Swift Swim
Anticipation
Damp
Muddy Water
Take Down
Earthquake
Endeavor
Empoleon Lv. 58
Abilities Moves
Torrent
Water Veil
Snow Cloak
Early Bird
Brine
Polar Plunge
Mist
Drill Peck
Fallsheer Lv. 60
Abilities Moves
Torrent
Soundproof
Unnerve
Cute Charm
Taunt
Torment
Banshee Wail
Hydro Pump
Diver Cliff
Starmie Lv. 51
Abilities Moves
Illuminate
Color Change
Analytic
Natural Cure
Confuse Ray
Psychic
Light Screen
Cosmic Power
Empoleon Lv. 50
Abilities Moves
Torrent
Snow Cloak
Early Bird
Swift Swim
Fury Attack
Brine
Polar Plunge
Mist
Swimmer Tia & Lao
Empoleon Lv. 48
Abilities Moves
Torrent
Snow Cloak
Early Bird
Swift Swim
Fury Attack
Brine
Polar Plunge
Mist
Dewgong Lv. 48
Abilities Moves
Thick Fat
Wonder Skin
Ice Body
Hydration
Brine
Flip Turn
Blubber Bump
Dive
Walrein Lv. 50
Abilities Moves
Thick Fat
Cute Charm
Ball Fetch
Ice Body
Snore
Blubber Bump
Hail
Blizzard
Iguastol Lv. 51
Abilities Moves
Hydration
Mimicry
Color Change
Mud Shot
Shear Force
Stealth Rock
Simoom
Swimmer Celeste
Octillery Lv. 49
Abilities Moves
Suction Cups
Sprinkle Spit
Color Change
Wring Out
Signal Beam
Ice Beam
Bullet Seed
Empoleon Lv. 51
Abilities Moves
Torrent
Snow Cloak
Early Bird
Swift Swim
Fury Attack
Brine
Polar Plunge
Mist
Swimmer Koichi
Fallsheer Lv. 60
Abilities Moves
Torrent
Soundproof
Unnerve
Cute Charm
Taunt
Torment
Banshee Wail
Hydro Pump
Swampert Lv. 61
Abilities Moves
Torrent
Swift Swim
Anticipation
Damp
Muddy Water
Take Down
Earthquake
Endeavor
Empoleon Lv. 62
Abilities Moves
Torrent
Water Veil
Snow Cloak
Early Bird
Polar Plunge
Mist
Drill Peck
Hydro Pump
Lavish Lad Harvey
Empoleon Lv. 55
Abilities Moves
Torrent
Water Veil
Snow Cloak
Early Bird
Water Pledge
Whirlpool
Roost
Joust
Kingdra Lv. 55
Abilities Moves
Swift Swim
Marvel Scale
Damp
Water Pledge
Rain Dance
Aqua Ring
Outrage

Battle Frontier

Empoleon @ Lum Berry
Abilities Moves
Surf
Ice Beam
Signal Beam
Icy Wind
Empoleon @ Petaya Berry
Abilities Moves
Defiant
Battle Armor
Scald
Substitute
Blizzard
Whirlpool

Move learnset

By leveling up

Level Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP
Evolve Aqua Jet 40 100 20
1 Metal Claw 50 95 35
1 Whirlpool 35 85 15
1 Chilling Water 50 100 20
4 Growl 100 40
8 Bubble 40 100 30
11 Swords Dance 20
15 Peck 35 100 35
19 Bubble Beam 65 100 20
24 Swagger 85 15
28 Fury Attack 15 85 20
33 Brine 65 100 10
39 Polar Plunge 80 95 15
46 Mist 30
52 Drill Peck 80 100 20
59 Hydro Pump 110 80 5
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Empoleon
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Empoleon

By TM

TM Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP
TM 002 Aqua Jet 40 100 20
TM 005 Toxic 90 10
TM 007 Hail 10
TM 010 Hidden Power 60 100 15
TM 013 Blizzard 110 70 5
TM 017 Protect 10
TM 018 Rain Dance 5
TM 023 Return 100 20
TM 026 Steel Wing 70 90 25
TM 027 Double Team 15
TM 031 Brick Break 75 100 15
TM 036 Attract 100 15
TM 046 Scald 80 100 15
TM 053 Avalanche 60 100 10
TM 076 Surf 90 100 15
TM 078 Strength 95 100 15
TM 088 Polar Plunge 80 95 15
TM 098 Knock Off 65 100 20
TM 099 Liquidation 85 100 10
TM 100 Ice Beam 90 100 10
TM 101 Hyper Beam 150 90 5
TM 105 Water Pulse 60 100 20
TM 110 Giga Impact 150 90 5
TM 115 Earthquake 100 100 10
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Empoleon
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Empoleon

By breeding

Parents Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP
Agility 30
Aqua Ring 20
Arctic Ambush 70 100 20
Bide 10
Double Hit 35 90 10
Feather Dance 100 15
Flail 100 15
Hydro Pump 110 80 5
Icy Wind 55 95 15
Mud-Slap 20 100 10
Mud Sport 100 15
Polar Plunge 80 95 15
Power Trip 20 100 10
Roost 10
Snore 50 100 15
Supersonic 55 20
Yawn 10
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Empoleon
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Empoleon

By tutoring

Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP
Aerial Ace 60 20
Agility 30
Aqua Ring 20
Arctic Ambush 70 100 20
Baby-Doll Eyes 100 30
Bide 10
Blubber Bump 80 100 10
Brine 65 100 10
Bubble 40 100 30
Bubble Beam 65 100 20
Captivate 100 20
Charm 100 20
Chilling Water 50 100 20
Confide 20
Covet 60 100 25
Cut 50 95 30
Defog 15
Dig 80 100 10
Dive 80 100 10
Double-Edge 120 100 15
Double Hit 35 90 10
Drill Peck 80 100 20
Echoed Voice 40 100 15
Endure 10
Facade 70 100 20
Feather Dance 100 15
Flail 100 15
Fling 100 10
Frustration 100 20
Fury Attack 15 85 20
Grass Knot 100 20
Growl 100 40
Headbutt 70 100 15
Hydro Pump 110 80 5
Hydrofoil 50 100 20
Ice Spinner 80 100 15
Icy Wind 55 95 15
Life Dew 10
Mist 30
Mud-Slap 20 100 10
Mud Sport 100 15
Natural Gift 100 15
Odor Sleuth 40
Peck 35 100 35
Pluck 60 100 20
Pound 40 100 35
Power Trip 20 100 10
Quash 100 15
Rest 10
Rock Smash 40 100 15
Rock Tomb 60 95 15
Roost 10
Round 60 100 15
Secret Power 70 100 20
Signal Beam 75 100 15
Sleep Talk 10
Snore 50 100 15
Stealth Rock 20
Substitute 10
Supersonic 55 20
Swagger 85 15
Tackle 40 100 35
Water Gun 40 100 25
Water Pledge 80 100 10
Water Sport 100 15
Waterfall 90 100 15
Whirlpool 35 85 15
Work Up 30
Yawn 10
Hone Claws 15
Metal Claw 50 95 35
Shadow Claw 70 100 15
Triple Axel 20 90 10
Aqua Cutter 70 100 20
Bulldoze 60 100 20
Dual Wingbeat 40 90 10
Flash Cannon 80 100 10
Fury Cutter 40 95 20
Glacial Rift 100 100 10
Glacial Torque 100 100 10
Hydro Cannon 150 90 5
Iron Defense 15
Joust 100 10
Laser Focus 30
Mountain Gale 100 85 5
Roar 20
Rock Climb 90 85 20
Rock Slide 75 90 10
Shrapnel Smash 70 100 20
Steel Beam 140 95 5
Swords Dance 20
Throat Chop 80 100 15
Wave Crash 120 100 10
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Empoleon
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Empoleon

Ability Learnset

By leveling up

Level Ability Cost Description
1 Torrent 14 Powers up Water-type moves when the Pokémon's HP is low.
10 Swift Swim 60 Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in rain.
25 Early Bird 1 The Pokémon awakens from sleep twice as fast as other Pokémon.
40 Snow Cloak 2 Boosts evasiveness in a hailstorm.
55 Water Veil 17 The Pokémon is covered with a water veil, which prevents the Pokémon from getting a burn.
70 Refrigerate 77 Normal-type moves become Ice-type moves. Their power is boosted a little.
85 Defiant 32 Boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat sharply when its stats are lowered.
100 Competitive 32 Boosts the Sp. Atk stat sharply when a stat is lowered.
  • Bold indicates a default ability if multiple abilities are disabled
  • Italic indicates hidden ability if multiple abilities are disabled

By Disc

Disc Ability Cost Description
Disc 01 Battle Armor 60 Hard armor protects the Pokémon from critical hits.
Disc 11 Ball Fetch 0 If the Pokémon is not holding an item, it will fetch the first failed thrown Poké Ball.
Disc 13 Cloud Nine 32 Eliminates the effects of weather.
Disc 19 Liquid Voice 32 All sound-based moves become Water-type moves.
Disc 34 Water Absorb 15 Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move instead of taking damage.
Disc 41 Swift Swim 60 Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in rain.
Disc 46 Fog Veil 11 Boosts the Pokémon's evasiveness in eerie fog.
Disc 52 Damp 2 Prevents the use of explosive moves, such as Self-Destruct, by dampening its surroundings.
Disc 54 Storm Drain 18 The Pokémon draws in and neutralises Water-type moves, boosting its Sp. Atk.
Disc 58 Prism Armor 37 Reduces the power of supereffective attacks taken.
Disc 60 Overcoat 2 Protects the Pokémon from things like sand, hail, and powder.
  • Bold indicates a default ability if multiple abilities are disabled
  • Italic indicates hidden ability if multiple abilities are disabled

By tutoring

Ability Cost Description
Big Pecks 6 Protects the Pokémon from Defense-lowering effects.
Competitive 32 Boosts the Sp. Atk stat sharply when a stat is lowered.
Defeatist -17 Halves the Pokémon's Attack and Sp. Atk stats when its HP becomes half or less.
Defiant 32 Boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat sharply when its stats are lowered.
Distillize 77 Normal-type moves become Water-type moves. Their power is boosted a little.
Early Bird 1 The Pokémon awakens from sleep twice as fast as other Pokémon.
Emergency Exit -22 The Pokémon, sensing danger, switches out when its HP becomes half or less.
Hydration 23 Heals status conditions if it's raining.
Ice Body 11 The Pokémon gradually regains HP in a hailstorm.
Inner Focus 11 The Pokémon's intensely focused, and that protects the Pokémon from flinching.
Klutz -25 The Pokémon can't use any held items.
Mimicry 22 Changes the Pokémon's type depending on the terrain.
Pickup 1 The Pokémon may pick up the items, both during and outside of battle.
Predictable -13 This Pokémon's predictable maneuvers make moves hit against it without fail.
Rattled 2 Dark-, Ghost-, and Bug-type moves scare the Pokémon and boost its Speed stat.
Refrigerate 77 Normal-type moves become Ice-type moves. Their power is boosted a little.
Run Away 0 Enables a sure getaway from wild Pokémon.
Slow Start -94 For five turns, the Pokémon's Attack and Speed stats are halved.
Slush Rush 51 Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in a hailstorm.
Snow Cloak 2 Boosts evasiveness in a hailstorm.
Sprinkle Spit 43 The Pokémon makes it rain when it's hit by an attack.
Torrent 14 Powers up Water-type moves when the Pokémon's HP is low.
Truant -67 The Pokémon can't use a move if it had used a move on the previous turn.
Water Veil 17 The Pokémon is covered with a water veil, which prevents the Pokémon from getting a burn.
Weak Bones -19 Halves the Pokémon's Defense stat.
Butterfingers -3 The Pokémon may drop its held item when hit by a damaging move.
Heavy Water 7 Boosts the Pokémon's Defensive stats in Rain.
Bulletproof 15 Protects the Pokémon from some ball and bomb moves.
Carbonize 77 Normal-type moves become Steel-type moves. Their power is boosted a little.
Clear Body 60 Prevents other Pokémon's moves or Abilities from lowering the Pokémon's stats.
Heavy Metal 1 Doubles the Pokémon's weight.
Light Metal 1 Halves the Pokémon's weight.
Mirror Armor 56 Bounces back only the stat-lowering effects that the Pokémon receives.
Shrapnel Surge 85 Turns the ground into Shrapnel Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.
Steel Skin 10 Boosts the Pokémon's Defensive stats on Shrapnel Terrain.
Steelworker 16 Powers up Steel-type moves.
Sturdy 16 It cannot be knocked out with one hit. One-hit KO moves cannot knock it out, either.
Weak Armor 27 Physical attacks to the Pokémon lower its Defense stat but sharply raise its Speed stat.
  • Bold indicates a default ability if multiple abilities are disabled
  • Italic indicates hidden ability if multiple abilities are disabled