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Poliwhirl's Type

WATER

Poliwhirl's Pokédex #s

National #: 61

Galar #: --

Armor #: 143

Crown #: --

Poliwhirl's Base Stats

HP:: 65

Attack:: 65

Defense:: 65

Sp. Atk:: 50

Sp. Def:: 50

Speed:: 90

Total:: 385

Misc. Info

Height:: 3'3" (1m)

Weight:: 44.1 lbs. (20 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Water 1

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,059,680

EV Yield:: 2 Speed

Base EXP:: 135

Catch Rate:: 120

Base Happiness:: 70

Poliwhirl's Abilities

Here are what abilities Poliwhirl can possibly have, along with their effects.

Water Absorb: Water-type moves targeting Poliwhirl do no damage, lose their effect, and heal Poliwhirl by 25% of its max HP instead.

Damp: Prevents all effects of Self-Destruct, Explosion, and Aftermath while Poliwhirl is on the field.

Swift Swim: Doubles Poliwhirl's Speed while the weather is rainy.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Poliwhirl's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: ELECTRIC

GRASS

½: FIRE

WATER

ICE

STEEL

Poliwhirl's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Poliwhirl evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Poliwag: starting form

Poliwhirl: at level 25

Poliwrath: use Water Stone

Politoed: trade while holding

Poliwhirl's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Poliwhirl can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Poliwhirl learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Water Gun Damages the target.	WATER	40	100%	25	One Target
1	Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep.	PSYCHIC	--	60%	20	One Target
1	Pound Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Mud Shot 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	55	95%	15	One Target
18	Bubble Beam 10% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	WATER	65	100%	20	One Target
24	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
32	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
40	Earth Power 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GROUND	90	100%	10	One Target
48	Hydro Pump Damages the target.	WATER	110	80%	5	One Target
56	Belly Drum Uses 50% of Poliwhirl's max HP to raise its Attack modifier to +6.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
66	Double-Edge Poliwhirl takes 33% of Double-Edge's damage as recoil damage.	NORMAL	120	100%	15	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Poliwhirl can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM00	Mega Punch Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	85%	20	One Target
TM01	Mega Kick Damages the target.	NORMAL	120	75%	5	One Target
TM04	Ice Punch Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	75	100%	15	One Target
TM15	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM21	Rest Poliwhirl restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM23	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Poliwhirl from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM27	Icy Wind 100% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Speed by one stage.	ICE	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM35	Hail Changes the weather to hail for 5 turns.	ICE	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM36	Whirlpool Traps the target for 2–5 turns; does 1/16 max HP per turn. Deals extra damage to targets using Dive.	WATER	35	85%	15	One Target
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Poliwhirl is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM41	Helping Hand Increases the power of ally Pokémon's moves for the rest of the turn.	NORMAL	--	--	20	Ally
TM43	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM45	Dive Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	WATER	80	100%	10	One Target
TM53	Mud Shot 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	55	95%	15	One Target
TM59	Fling Throws Poliwhirl's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM81	Bulldoze 100% chance of lowering all nearby Pokémon's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	60	100%	20	All But Self

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Poliwhirl can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area and other locations.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR01	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
TR03	Hydro Pump Damages the target.	WATER	110	80%	5	One Target
TR04	Surf Deals extra damage to targets using Dive.	WATER	90	100%	15	All But Self
TR05	Ice Beam Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	90	100%	10	One Target
TR06	Blizzard Has a 10% chance to freeze all nearby enemies. 100% accuracy while it is hailing.	ICE	110	70%	5	Nearby Enemies
TR10	Earthquake Does double damage against targets using Dig.	GROUND	100	100%	10	All But Self
TR11	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TR14	Metronome Uses a random move.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR16	Waterfall Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	WATER	80	100%	15	One Target
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Poliwhirl's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Poliwhirl's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR30	Encore Forces the target to use its recent move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	5	One Target
TR45	Muddy Water 30% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Accuracy by one stage.	WATER	90	85%	10	Nearby Enemies
TR67	Earth Power 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GROUND	90	100%	10	One Target
TR84	Scald Has a 30% chance to burn the target.	WATER	80	100%	15	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Poliwhirl can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Poliwhirl.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Endeavor Does damage to set the target's HP equal to Poliwhirl's. Fails if Poliwhirl has more HP.	NORMAL	varies	100%	5	One Target
EGG	Haze Resets all stat, accuracy, and evasion modifiers.	ICE	--	--	30	Entire Field
EGG	Mist Prevents stats from being lowered for 5 turns.	ICE	--	--	30	User's Field
EGG	Mind Reader The next move used by Poliwhirl will always hit the target.	NORMAL	--	--	5	One Target
EGG	Splash Does nothing.	NORMAL	--	--	40	User
EGG	Water Pulse Has a 20% chance of confusing the target.	WATER	60	100%	20	One Target

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Poliwhirl learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Water Gun Damages the target.	WATER	40	100%	25	One Target
1	Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep.	PSYCHIC	--	60%	20	One Target
1	Pound Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Mud Shot 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	55	95%	15	One Target
18	Bubble Beam 10% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	WATER	65	100%	20	One Target
24	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
32	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
40	Earth Power 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GROUND	90	100%	10	One Target
48	Hydro Pump Damages the target.	WATER	110	80%	5	One Target
56	Belly Drum Uses 50% of Poliwhirl's max HP to raise its Attack modifier to +6.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
66	Double-Edge Poliwhirl takes 33% of Double-Edge's damage as recoil damage.	NORMAL	120	100%	15	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Poliwhirl can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught once per use of the TM.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM01	Focus Punch Low priority. Charges for the turn. If hit, lose focus and do nothing for the turn.	FIGHTING	150	100%	20	One Target
TM03	Water Pulse Has a 20% chance of confusing the target.	WATER	60	100%	20	One Target
TM07	Hail Changes the weather to hail for 5 turns.	ICE	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM13	Ice Beam Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	90	100%	10	One Target
TM14	Blizzard Has a 10% chance to freeze all nearby enemies. 100% accuracy while it is hailing.	ICE	110	70%	5	Nearby Enemies
TM17	Protect Protects Poliwhirl from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM18	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM26	Earthquake Does double damage against targets using Dig.	GROUND	100	100%	10	All But Self
TM28	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM29	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TM31	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM32	Double Team Raises Poliwhirl's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Poliwhirl is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Poliwhirl restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM45	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM46	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM49	Scald Has a 30% chance to burn the target.	WATER	80	100%	15	One Target
TM56	Fling Throws Poliwhirl's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM58	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Poliwhirl's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM83	Bulldoze 100% chance of lowering all nearby Pokémon's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	60	100%	20	All But Self
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Poliwhirl's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM95	Surf Deals extra damage to targets using Dive.	WATER	90	100%	15	All But Self
TM96	Strength Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	100%	15	One Target
TM98	Rock Smash 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	40	100%	15	One Target
TM99	Waterfall Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	WATER	80	100%	15	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Poliwhirl can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Poliwhirl.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Endeavor Does damage to set the target's HP equal to Poliwhirl's. Fails if Poliwhirl has more HP.	NORMAL	varies	100%	5	One Target
EGG	Haze Resets all stat, accuracy, and evasion modifiers.	ICE	--	--	30	Entire Field
EGG	Mist Prevents stats from being lowered for 5 turns.	ICE	--	--	30	User's Field
EGG	Mind Reader The next move used by Poliwhirl will always hit the target.	NORMAL	--	--	5	One Target
EGG	Splash Does nothing.	NORMAL	--	--	40	User
EGG	Bubble Beam 10% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	WATER	65	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Mud Shot 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	55	95%	15	One Target
EGG	Encore Forces the target to use its recent move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	5	One Target

Poliwhirl's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Poliwhirl's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Poliwhirl's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Poliwhirl is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	240	271	303	334	65
Attack	135	166	198	229	65
Defense	135	166	198	229	65
Sp. Atk	105	136	168	199	50
Sp. Def	105	136	168	199	50
Speed	185	216	248	279	90
Total					385

Where to Find Poliwhirl in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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If you're looking for where to find Poliwhirl, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Poliwhirl in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Getting Poliwhirl By Evolution

Evolves from Poliwag at level 25.

Location information on where to find Poliwhirl in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will be coming to the Marriland Pokédex in a future update! Thank you for your patience!

Pokédex Entries for Poliwhirl

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

Sword

Staring at the swirl on its belly causes drowsiness. This trait of Poliwhirl's has been used in place of lullabies to get children to go to sleep.

Shield

This Pokémon's sweat is a slimy mucus. When captured, Poliwhirl can slither from its enemies' grasp and escape.

Generation 7 Pokédex Entries

Sun

Although it can live on land, it prefers to stay in the water, where it has fewer natural enemies.

Moon

It marches over the land in search of bug Pokémon to eat. Then it takes them underwater so it can dine on them where it's safe.

Ultra Sun

Although it has become capable of living on land, it spends its time in the water, where its prey, fish Pokémon, are plentiful.

Ultra Moon

Its health suffers when its skin dries out, so be sure to moisturize it diligently.

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X

It can live in or out of water. When out of water, it constantly sweats to keep its body slimy.

Y

Its two legs are well developed. Even though it can live on the ground, it prefers living in water.

Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire

The surface of Poliwhirl's body is always wet and slick with a slimy fluid. Because of this slippery covering, it can easily slip and slide out of the clutches of any enemy in battle.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White Black 2 White 2

The spiral pattern on its belly subtly undulates. Staring at it gradually causes drowsiness.

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond Pearl Platinum

The spiral pattern on its belly subtly undulates. Staring at it gradually causes drowsiness.

HeartGold

The swirl on its belly subtly undulates. Staring at it may gradually cause drowsiness.

SoulSilver

The skin on most of its body is moist. However, the skin on its belly spiral feels smooth.

Generation 3 Pokédex Entries

Ruby Sapphire

The surface of POLIWHIRL's body is always wet and slick with an oily fluid. Because of this greasy covering, it can easily slip and slide out of the clutches of any enemy in battle.

Emerald

Its body surface is always wet and slick with an oily fluid. Because of this greasy covering, it can easily slip and slide out of the clutches of any enemy in battle.

FireRed

Its two legs are well developed. Even though it can live on the ground, it prefers living in water.

LeafGreen

It can live in or out of water. When out of water, it constantly sweats to keep its body slimy.

Generation 2 Pokédex Entries

Gold

The swirl on its belly subtly undulates. Staring at it may gradually cause drowsiness.

Silver

The skin on most of its body is moist. However, the skin on its belly spiral feels smooth.

Crystal

Though it is skilled at walking, it prefers to live underwater where there is less danger.

Generation 1 Pokédex Entries

Red Blue

Capable of living in or out of water. When out of water, it sweats to keep its body slimy.

Yellow

Under attack, it uses its belly spiral to put the foe to sleep. It then makes its escape.