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Squirtle's Type

WATER

Squirtle's Pokédex #s

National #: 7

Galar #: --

Armor #: 71

Crown #: --

Squirtle's Base Stats

HP:: 44

Attack:: 48

Defense:: 65

Sp. Atk:: 50

Sp. Def:: 64

Speed:: 43

Total:: 314

Misc. Info

Height:: 1'8" (0.5m)

Weight:: 19.8 lbs. (9 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Monster / Water 1

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

EV Yield:: 1 Defense

Base EXP:: 63

Catch Rate:: 45

Base Happiness:: 70

Squirtle's Abilities

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

Torrent: Increases the damage of Squirtle's Water-type moves by 50% when it is at 1/3 or less HP.

Rain Dish: Heals 1/16 of the user's HP after each turn while the weather is rainy.

Weaknesses & Resistances

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

2×: ELECTRIC

GRASS

½: FIRE

WATER

ICE

STEEL

Squirtle's Evolution Line

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

Squirtle: starting form

Wartortle: at level 16

Blastoise: at level 32

Squirtle's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Squirtle 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 Squirtle 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	Tackle Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Tail Whip Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
3	Water Gun Damages the target.	WATER	40	100%	25	One Target
6	Withdraw Raises Squirtle's Defense by one stage.	WATER	--	--	40	User
9	Rapid Spin Does damage and removes entry hazards such as Spikes, Stealth Rock, etc.	NORMAL	50	100%	40	One Target
12	Bite Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
15	Water Pulse Has a 20% chance of confusing the target.	WATER	60	100%	20	One Target
18	Protect Protects Squirtle from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
21	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
24	Aqua Tail Damages the target.	WATER	90	90%	10	One Target
27	Shell Smash Raises Squirtle's Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by two stages. Lowers Squirtle's Defense and Special Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
30	Iron Defense Raises Squirtle's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
33	Hydro Pump Damages the target.	WATER	110	80%	5	One Target
36	Skull Bash Raises Squirtle's Defense by one stage. Charges for a turn, attacks on second turn.	NORMAL	130	100%	10	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Squirtle 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 Squirtle restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Squirtle 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 Squirtle 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
TM46	Weather Ball Doubles its power and changes its type based on the weather condition.	NORMAL	50	100%	10	One Target
TM48	Rock Tomb 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	95%	15	One Target
TM55	Brine Does double damage if the target's HP is 50% or less.	WATER	65	100%	10	One Target
TM59	Fling Throws Squirtle'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
TM94	False Swipe Cannot knock out a Pokémon.	NORMAL	40	100%	40	One Target

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Squirtle 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
TR16	Waterfall Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	WATER	80	100%	15	One Target
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Squirtle'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 Squirtle's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR31	Iron Tail 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	100	75%	15	One Target
TR45	Muddy Water 30% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Accuracy by one stage.	WATER	90	85%	10	Nearby Enemies
TR46	Iron Defense Raises Squirtle's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
TR52	Gyro Ball Does more damage based on how much lower Squirtle's Speed is compared to the target's.	STEEL	varies	100%	5	One Target
TR56	Aura Sphere Doesn't miss the target.	FIGHTING	80	--	20	One Target
TR62	Dragon Pulse Damages the target.	DRAGON	85	100%	10	One Target
TR69	Zen Headbutt Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	PSYCHIC	80	90%	15	One Target
TR84	Scald Has a 30% chance to burn the target.	WATER	80	100%	15	One Target
TR85	Work Up Raises Squirtle's Attack and Special Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Squirtle 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 Squirtle.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Mirror Coat Counters Special-based damage received this turn.	PSYCHIC	varies	100%	20	Counter
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	Flail Does more damage when Squirtle's HP is low.	NORMAL	varies	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Yawn Makes the target fall asleep at the end of the next turn.	NORMAL	--	--	10	One Target
EGG	Fake Out +3 priority. 100% chance of making the target flinch. Fails unless used on the first turn Squirtle is sent out.	NORMAL	40	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Aqua Ring Restores 1/16 the user's max HP between turns.	WATER	--	--	20	User
EGG	Aqua Jet Has higher priority.	WATER	40	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Water Spout Does weaker damage based on how low Squirtle's HP is compared to its max.	WATER	150	100%	5	Nearby Enemies
EGG	Life Dew Heals Squirtle and all of its allies by 25% of their max HP.	WATER	--	--	10	All Allies

Move Tutor Moves

Here are all of the moves that Squirtle can learn from Move Tutors. Most of these require the Expansion Pass and can be found in the Isle of Armor's Dojo, costing some Armorite Ore to teach. However, there are a few moves that can be taught aside from this.

	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target	Info
TUTOR	Flip Turn Forces Squirtle to switch out after dealing damage.	WATER		60	100%	20	One Target

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Squirtle 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	Tackle Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Tail Whip Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
3	Water Gun Damages the target.	WATER	40	100%	25	One Target
6	Withdraw Raises Squirtle's Defense by one stage.	WATER	--	--	40	User
9	Rapid Spin Does damage and removes entry hazards such as Spikes, Stealth Rock, etc.	NORMAL	50	100%	40	One Target
12	Bite Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
15	Water Pulse Has a 20% chance of confusing the target.	WATER	60	100%	20	One Target
18	Protect Protects Squirtle from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
21	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
24	Aqua Tail Damages the target.	WATER	90	90%	10	One Target
27	Shell Smash Raises Squirtle's Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by two stages. Lowers Squirtle's Defense and Special Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
30	Iron Defense Raises Squirtle's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
33	Hydro Pump Damages the target.	WATER	110	80%	5	One Target
36	Skull Bash Raises Squirtle's Defense by one stage. Charges for a turn, attacks on second turn.	NORMAL	130	100%	10	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Squirtle 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
TM10	Work Up Raises Squirtle's Attack and Special Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
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 Squirtle 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
TM23	Iron Tail 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	100	75%	15	One Target
TM28	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	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 Squirtle's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM39	Rock Tomb 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	95%	15	One Target
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Squirtle is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Squirtle 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
TM49	Scald Has a 30% chance to burn the target.	WATER	80	100%	15	One Target
TM54	False Swipe Cannot knock out a Pokémon.	NORMAL	40	100%	40	One Target
TM55	Brine Does double damage if the target's HP is 50% or less.	WATER	65	100%	10	One Target
TM56	Fling Throws Squirtle'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
TM59	Dragon Pulse Damages the target.	DRAGON	85	100%	10	One Target
TM74	Gyro Ball Does more damage based on how much lower Squirtle's Speed is compared to the target's.	STEEL	varies	100%	5	One Target
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Squirtle's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Squirtle'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 Squirtle 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 Squirtle.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Mirror Coat Counters Special-based damage received this turn.	PSYCHIC	varies	100%	20	Counter
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	Flail Does more damage when Squirtle's HP is low.	NORMAL	varies	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Yawn Makes the target fall asleep at the end of the next turn.	NORMAL	--	--	10	One Target
EGG	Fake Out +3 priority. 100% chance of making the target flinch. Fails unless used on the first turn Squirtle is sent out.	NORMAL	40	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Aqua Ring Restores 1/16 the user's max HP between turns.	WATER	--	--	20	User
EGG	Aqua Jet Has higher priority.	WATER	40	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Water Spout Does weaker damage based on how low Squirtle's HP is compared to its max.	WATER	150	100%	5	Nearby Enemies
EGG	Life Dew Heals Squirtle and all of its allies by 25% of their max HP.	WATER	--	--	10	All Allies
EGG	Muddy Water 30% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Accuracy by one stage.	WATER	90	85%	10	Nearby Enemies
EGG	Aura Sphere Doesn't miss the target.	FIGHTING	80	--	20	One Target

Squirtle's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Squirtle'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 Squirtle's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Squirtle 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	198	229	261	292	44
Attack	101	132	164	195	48
Defense	135	166	198	229	65
Sp. Atk	105	136	168	199	50
Sp. Def	133	164	196	227	64
Speed	91	122	154	185	43
Total					314

Where to Find Squirtle in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

If you're looking for where to find Squirtle, 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 Squirtle in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Special Ways to Get Squirtle

You can get a free Gigantamax-capable Squirtle from Mustard in the Isle of Armor (DLC) after clearing Mustard's first trial.

Notes About Squirtle

If you pick Squirtle, you can't get Mustard's Gigantamax-capable Bulbasaur.

Location information on where to find Squirtle 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 Squirtle

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

Sword

When it retracts its long neck into its shell, it squirts out water with vigorous force.

Shield

When it feels threatened, it draws its limbs inside its shell and sprays water from its mouth.

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X

It shelters itself in its shell, then strikes back with spouts of water at every opportunity.

Y

Shoots water at prey while in the water. Withdraws into its shell when in danger.

Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire

Squirtle's shell is not merely used for protection. The shell's rounded shape and the grooves on its surface help minimize resistance in water, enabling this Pokémon to swim at high speeds.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White

It shelters itself in its shell, then strikes back with spouts of water at every opportunity.

Black 2 White 2

It shelters itself in its shell then strikes back with spouts of water at every opportunity.

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond Pearl Platinum

It shelters itself in its shell, then strikes back with spouts of water at every opportunity.

HeartGold

The shell is soft when it is born. It soon becomes so resilient, prodding fingers will bounce off it.

SoulSilver

The shell, which hardens soon after it is born, is resilient. If you poke it, it will bounce back out.

Generation 3 Pokédex Entries

Ruby Sapphire

SQUIRTLE's shell is not merely used for protection. The shell's rounded shape and the grooves on its surface help minimize resistance in water, enabling this POKéMON to swim at high speeds.

Emerald

Its shell is not just for protection. Its rounded shape and the grooves on its surface minimize resistance in water, enabling SQUIRTLE to swim at high speeds.

FireRed

When it retracts its long neck into its shell, it squirts out water with vigorous force.

LeafGreen

After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. It powerfully sprays foam from its mouth.

Generation 2 Pokédex Entries

Gold

The shell is soft when it is born. It soon becomes so resilient, prod ding fingers will bounce off it.

Silver

The shell, which hardens soon after it is born, is resilient. If you poke it, it will bounce back out.

Crystal

When it feels threatened, it draws its legs inside its shell and sprays water from its mouth.

Generation 1 Pokédex Entries

Red Blue

After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. Powerfully sprays foam from its mouth.

Yellow

Shoots water at prey while in the water. Withdraws into its shell when in danger.