Poliwag

WaterWater Absorb, Damp

Route 22 · Lv 3-5 Route 22 Route 22 Open in the guide Compare

In FireRed Deluxe: First found in Route 22 (Grass, Lv 3-5), and in 12 more areas. Its type (Water) is the same as in the official games. Base stats total 320, up from 300; 3 of the six changed, most of all Defense (40 → 50). Abilities: it loses Swift Swim. It learns no level-up move that Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen doesn't, but 2 come at a different level.

Level-up moves 8

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Bubble Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Water	Spec	30	100	30
5	Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep.	Psychic	Stat	—	60	20
9	Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Spec	40	100	25
19	DoubleSlap Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Normal	Phys	15	85	10
25	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rain for five turns.	Water	Stat	—	—	5
31	Body Slam Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Normal	Phys	85	100	15
37	Belly Drum User pays half its max HP to max out its Attack.	Normal	Stat	—	—	10
43	Hydro Pump Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Spec	120	80	5

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

TMs & HMs

This game's documentation doesn't publish TM compatibility, so none is listed here.

Where to find Poliwag

Area	Method	Level
Route 22	Grass	3-5
Route 22	Good Rod
Route 22	Super Rod
Viridian City	Old Rod
Viridian City	Good Rod
Viridian City	Super Rod
Viridian City	Surf
Egress Cave	Good Rod
Evergreen Garden	Super Rod
Evergreen Garden	Surf
Pewter City	Surf
Route 5	Good Rod
Route 5	Surf
Route 6	Grass	17-21
Route 6	Good Rod
Route 6	Super Rod
Route 6	Surf
Route 14	Good Rod
Safari Zone 3	Good Rod
Safari Zone 4	Good Rod
One Island	Old Rod
Cape Brink	Old Rod
Route 23	Good Rod
Route 23	Super Rod

Other changes in this game

Base stats against the original game: +5 HP, +10 Def, +5 SpAtk
Evolves into Poliwhirl at Level 25