Piplup

WaterCompetitive, Defiant (hidden)

In Exceeded: It is not in any of this guide's encounter tables. Its type (Water) and base stats (total 314) are the same as in the official games.

Level-up moves 13

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Pound Pounds the foe with forelegs or tail.	Normal	Phys	40	100	35
4	Growl Growls cutely to reduce the foe's Attack.	Normal	Stat	—	100	40
8	Bubble An attack using bubbles. May lower the foe's Speed.	Water	Spec	40	100	30
11	Water Sport The user becomes soaked to raise resistance to fire.	Water	Stat	—	100	15
15	Peck Attacks the foe with a jabbing beak, etc.	Flying	Phys	35	100	35
18	BubbleBeam Forcefully sprays bubbles that lowers Speed.	Water	Spec	75	100	10
21	Bide Endures attack for 2 turns to retaliate double.	Normal	Phys	1	100	10
25	Fury Attack Jabs the foe 2 to 5 times with sharp horns, etc.	Flying	Phys	25	90	10
29	Brine Does double damage to foes with half HP.	Water	Spec	65	100	10
32	Whirlpool Traps and hurts the foe in a whirlpool for 2 to 5 turns.	Water	Spec	80	85	10
36	Mist Stops reduction of stats. Reduces foes accuracy.	Ice	Stat	—	—	30
39	Drill Peck A corkscrewing attack with the beak acting as a drill.	Flying	Phys	80	100	15
43	Hydro Pump Blasts water at high power to strike the foe.	Water	Spec	110	80	5

* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this game

TMs & HMs 29

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM03	Water Pulse Sootopolis City Gym — Gym 1F	Water	60
TM06	Toxic Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Poison	—
TM07	Hail Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Ice	—
TM10	Hidden Power Slateport City	Normal	60
TM13	Ice Beam Mauville City — Game Corner	Ice	95
TM14	Blizzard Lilycove City — Department Store 4F	Ice	110
TM17	Protect Lilycove City — Department Store 4F	Normal	—
TM18	Rain Dance Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Water	—
TM21	Frustration Pacifidlog Town — House 2	Normal	1
TM27	Return Fallarbor Town — Cozmo's House	Normal	1
TM28	Dig Route 114 — Fossil Maniac's House	Ground	80
TM31	Brick Break Sootopolis City — House 1	Fighting	75
TM32	Double Team Mauville City — Game Corner	Normal	—
TM39	Rock Tomb Rustboro City Gym	Rock	60
TM40	Aerial Ace Fortree City Gym	Flying	60
TM42	Facade Petalburg City Gym	Normal	70
TM43	Secret Power Slateport City	Normal	70
TM44	Rest Lilycove City — House 2	Psychic	—
TM45	Attract Verdanturf Town — Battle Tent Lobby	Normal	—
TM51	Brine Dewford Town — House 2	Water	65
TM52	Work Up Littleroot Town — Professor Birch House 2F	Normal	—
TM59	Natural Gift Slateport City	Normal	1
TM62	Frozen Terrain Not handed out, sold or hidden anywhere in this game's own map data	Ice	—
TM65	Fog Fortree City — School	Flying	—
TM66	Headbutt Petalburg Woods	Normal	70
HM01	Cut Rustboro City — Cutter's House	Normal	50
HM03	Surf Petalburg City — Wally's House	Water	90
HM07	Waterfall Sootopolis City	Water	80
HM08	Dive Mossdeep City — Steven's House	Water	80

Where to find Piplup

Not found in the wild — evolve or trade for it.

Other changes in this game

Has 2 abilities at once: whichever of its 2 ordinary abilities it was born with, plus 1 innate always on
Innates (always active): Torrent
What the innates do: Torrent — Ups Water moves in a pinch.
Abilities you pick one of: Competitive — Lowered stats up Sp. Atk. · Defiant — Lowered stats up Attack.
Hidden ability: Defiant
How its abilities arrive: Torrent from the start; Competitive at Lv 9; Defiant at Lv 18
Abilities a tutor can teach it: Bug Catcher
Evolves into Prinplup at level 16
Tutor moves: Endure, Icy Wind, Mud-Slap, Signal Beam, Sleep Talk, Snore, Substitute, Swagger, Water Ball
Egg moves: Agility, Aqua Ring, Bide, Double Hit, FeatherDance, Flail, Hydro Pump, Icy Wind, Mud Sport, Mud-Slap, Power Trip, Snore, Supersonic, Yawn
Egg groups: Water 1 / Field
Catch rate 45