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Prinplup
Prinplup in Pokemon Origin HeartGold: Water typing, base stats, Abilities, evolution requirements, learnsets and where to find it.
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Water
Evolve Piplup
Base stats Total 405
HP64
Attack66
Defense68
Sp. Atk81
Sp. Def76
Speed50
Abilities
Normal Ability slots
- Slot 1: Torrent
- Slot 2: Competitive
Where to find Prinplup
Evolve Piplup
No ordinary wild encounter is documented here.
Evolve Piplup
Evolution & forms
Evolves from
Piplup · Lv 16at Lv 16
Evolves into
Empoleon · Lv 36at Lv 36
Moves Prinplup can learn
Level-up (16)
| Method | Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On evolution | Metal Claw | Steel | Physical | 60 | 100 | 35 |
| Lv. 1 | Metal Claw | Steel | Physical | 60 | 100 | 35 |
| Lv. 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| Lv. 1 | Growl | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| Lv. 4 | Growl | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| Lv. 8 | Water Gun | Water | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 |
| Lv. 11 | Charm | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| Lv. 15 | Peck | Flying | Physical | 35 | 100 | 35 |
| Lv. 19 | Bubble Beam | Water | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| Lv. 24 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| Lv. 28 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| Lv. 33 | Brine | Water | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| Lv. 37 | Whirlpool | Water | Special | 40 | 90 | 10 |
| Lv. 42 | Mist | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| Lv. 46 | Drill Peck | Flying | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| Lv. 50 | Hydro Pump | Water | Special | 110 | 90 | 10 |
TMs & HMs (34)
| Method | Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM03 | Water Pulse | Water | Special | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| TM07 | Hail | Ice | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| TM13 | Ice Beam | Ice | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| TM14 | Blizzard | Ice | Special | 110 | 70 | 5 |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM18 | Rain Dance | Water | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical | var. | 100 | 20 |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical | var. | 100 | 20 |
| TM28 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| TM31 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| TM32 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| TM39 | Rock Tomb | Rock | Physical | 60 | 95 | 15 |
| TM40 | Aerial Ace | Flying | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| TM55 | Brine | Water | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| TM56 | Fling | Dark | Physical | var. | 100 | 10 |
| TM58 | Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM65 | Shadow Claw | Ghost | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| TM76 | Stealth Rock | Rock | Status | — | — | 20 |
| TM82 | Sleep Talk | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM86 | Grass Knot | Grass | Special | var. | 100 | 20 |
| TM87 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| TM88 | Pluck | Flying | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| TM90 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| TM101 | Scald | Water | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| HM01 | Cut | Normal | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 |
| HM03 | Surf | Water | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| HM04 | Strength | Normal | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| HM05 | Whirlpool | Water | Special | 40 | 90 | 10 |
| HM06 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| HM07 | Waterfall | Water | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
Move tutors (4)
| Method | Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tutor | Icy Wind | Ice | Special | 55 | 95 | 15 |
| Tutor | Metal Claw | Steel | Physical | 60 | 100 | 35 |
| Tutor | Weather Ball | Normal | Special | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| Tutor | Yawn | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
Egg moves (0)
No moves recorded for this method.
Training & breeding
- Catch rate value
- 45 (not a catch percentage)
- Gender ratio
- 12.5% female
- Egg groups
- Water 1 / Field
- Growth rate
- Medium Slow
- EV yield
- 2 Sp. Atk
- Possible held items
- None recorded
Notes and limitations
Documentation differs or is incomplete about evolution requirements. Use this page’s values and requirements for this version; the discrepancy has not been resolved by a gameplay test.