Tentacruel

PoisonWaterLiquid Ooze, Poison Point

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In Platinum Redux: First found in Hidden House (Palmer), and in 1 more area. It is Poison / Water type here; the official games have it as Water / Poison. Base stats total 551, up from 515; all six changed, most of all HP (80 → 100). Abilities: it gains Poison Point and loses Clear Body and Rain Dish. 15 of its 19 level-up moves are new compared with Pokémon Platinum, including Whirlpool and Current Pursuit.

Level-up moves 19

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Toxic Spikes Toxic Spikes effect	Poison	Stat	0	0	2
2	Whirlpool Lowers Accuracy (100%)	Water	Spec	65	90	10
3	Supersonic Guaranteed Confusion	Normal	Stat	0	80	20
4	Current Pursuit Chance to increase Spe (50%) Makes contact.	Water	Phys	70	100	20
5	Aqua Ring Recovers 6.25% each turn; Raises user's Def and SpDef	Water	Stat	0	0	1
29	Baneful Sting Usually goes last; Chance to badly poison (30%) Goes last (priority -1). Does not make contact.	Poison	Phys	85	85	15
31	H2O Absorption Damages target; heals user up to 50% of damage dealt	Water	Spec	65	90	20
34	Aqua Tail Lowers Def (10%)	Water	Phys	85	100	10
37	Acid Darts Hits twice; chance to poison (25%) Does not make contact.	Poison	Spec	45	90	20
39	Acidic Payback Metal Burst effect Goes last (priority -5). Does not make contact.	Poison	Phys	0	100	1
41	Octazooka Lowers Accuracy (50%)	Water	Spec	70	100	20
43	Venom Bash Raises SpDef; attacks next turn (100%) Makes contact.	Poison	Phys	150	100	10
46	Acid Armor Sharply raises SpDef (Status)	Poison	Stat	0	0	1
49	Wave Crash 1/4 Recoil Makes contact.	Water	Phys	105	100	10
53	Twineedle Hits twice; chance to poison (20%)	Bug	Phys	40	100	20
56	Poison Jab Chance to Poison (30%)	Poison	Phys	80	100	20
61	Hydro Pump Lowers Spe (50%)	Water	Spec	100	85	10
65	Sinister Strike Priority +1 Goes first (priority +1). Makes contact.	Ghost	Phys	80	90	10
70	Recover Restores up to 50% max HP	Psychic	Stat	0	0	2

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

TMs & HMs 22

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM03	Foul Water Small Marsh. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Water	75
TM04	Scam Route 219. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Floaroma Town	Dark	50
TM08	Rapid Spin Route 202. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Floaroma Town	Flying	60
TM09	Nasty Plot Route 216. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Dark	—
TM11	H2O Absorption Eterna Forest, once you have beaten Gardenia. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Jungle Path	Water	65
TM14	Cross Poison Valor Lakefront. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Poison	70
TM17	Toxic Route 217. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Poison	—
TM23	Dark Pulse Route 212, and you need Surf to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Dark	85
TM26	Braindrain Eterna City, once you have beaten Gardenia. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Jungle Path	Psychic	65
TM29	Barrier Route 209. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 213	Psychic	—
TM35	Amnesia Route 209. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 213	Psychic	—
TM39	Sludge Ravaged Path. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Eterna City	Poison	60
TM49	Power Whip Route 211. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 217	Grass	110
TM51	Knock Off Great Marsh. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Dark	70
TM55	Scald Pastoria Gym, once you have beaten Wake. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 217	Water	70
TM63	Shadow Ball Ravaged Path, and you need Surf to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Ghost	85
TM67	Rain Dance Oreburgh Tunnel. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Hearthome City	Water	—
TM71	Astonish Route 219. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Oreburgh City	Ghost	55
TM81	Giga Drain Route 221. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Grass	65
TM83	Sludge Bomb Trophy Garden. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Poison	80
HM03	Surf Celestic Town	Water	80
HM07	Waterfall Route 223	Water	80

Where to find Tentacruel

Area	Method	Level
Hidden House	Palmer
Route 223	Grass