Poliwhirl

WaterWater Absorb, Damp

Route 30 · Lv 10-32 Route 31 · Lv 10-32 Violet City · Lv 10-25 Open in the guide Compare

Level-up moves 15

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Water Sport 1/3 damage dealt recoil	Water	Stat	0	0	15
1	Bubble Lowers Spd (10% chance)	Water	Spec	40	100	30
1	Hypnosis Causes Sleep	Psychic	Stat	0	60	20
5	Bubble Lowers Spd (10% chance)	Water	Spec	40	100	30
8	Hypnosis Causes Sleep	Psychic	Stat	0	60	20
11	Water Gun	Water	Spec	40	100	25
15	DoubleSlap Hits twice	Normal	Phys	15	85	10
18	Rain Dance Causes Rain	Water	Stat	0	0	5
21	Body Slam Chance to Paralyze (30% chance)	Normal	Phys	85	100	15
27	Bubble Beam Lowers Spd (10% chance)	Water	Spec	65	100	20
32	Mud Shot Lowers Spd (100% chance)	Ground	Spec	55	95	15
37	Belly Drum Belly Drum effect	Normal	Stat	0	0	10
43	Wake Up Slap Causes all moves to ignore changes to the target's Evasiveness	Fighting	Phys	70	100	10
48	Hydro Pump	Water	Spec	110	80	5
53	Mud Bomb Lowers Accuracy (30% chance)	Ground	Spec	65	85	10

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

TMs & HMs 34

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM01	Focus Punch Not placed by the documentation	Fighting	150
TM03	Water Pulse Not placed by the documentation	Water	60
TM06	Toxic Not placed by the documentation	Poison	—
TM07	Hail Not placed by the documentation	Ice	—
TM10	Hidden Power Not placed by the documentation	Normal	1
TM13	Ice Beam Not placed by the documentation	Ice	90
TM14	Blizzard Not placed by the documentation	Ice	110
TM17	Protect Not placed by the documentation	Normal	—
TM18	Rain Dance Not placed by the documentation	Water	—
TM21	Frustration Not placed by the documentation	Normal	1
TM26	Earthquake Not placed by the documentation	Ground	100
TM27	Return Not placed by the documentation	Normal	1
TM28	Dig Not placed by the documentation	Ground	80
TM29	Psychic Not placed by the documentation	Psychic	90
TM31	Brick Break Professor Oak's aide quests, wave 2	Fighting	75
TM32	Double Team Not placed by the documentation	Normal	—
TM42	Facade Not placed by the documentation	Normal	70
TM43	Secret Power Not placed by the documentation	Normal	70
TM44	Rest Not placed by the documentation	Psychic	—
TM45	Attract Not placed by the documentation	Normal	—
TM46	Thief Not placed by the documentation	Dark	60
TM56	Fling Not placed by the documentation	Dark	1
TM58	Endure Not placed by the documentation	Normal	—
TM60	Drain Punch Not placed by the documentation	Fighting	75
TM62	Scald Not placed by the documentation	Water	80
TM78	Captivate Not placed by the documentation	Normal	—
TM82	Sleep Talk Not placed by the documentation	Normal	—
TM87	Swagger Not placed by the documentation	Normal	—
TM90	Substitute Not placed by the documentation	Normal	—
HM03	Surf Not placed by the documentation	Water	90
HM04	Strength Not placed by the documentation	Normal	90
HM05	Whirlpool Not placed by the documentation	Water	45
HM06	Rock Smash Not placed by the documentation	Fighting	40
HM07	Waterfall Not placed by the documentation	Water	80

Where to find Poliwhirl

Area	Method	Level
Route 30	Surf	10-32	5% rare
Route 31	Surf	10-32	5% rare
Violet City	Surf	10-25	5% rare
Ecruteak City	Surf	10-25
Whirl Islands (area 1 of 4)	Grass	22-24
Whirl Islands (area 2 of 4)	Grass	22-24
Whirl Islands (area 3 of 4)	Grass	23-26
Whirl Islands (area 4 of 4)	Grass	25-27
Route 44	Surf	15-30
Mt. Silver (outside)	Surf	30-48
Mt. Silver (outside)	Swarm
Viridian City	Surf	5-20	5% rare
Route 28	Surf	35-40	5% rare
Route 22	Surf	5-10	5% rare
Route 24	Surf	10-20
Cerulean Cave (area 1 of 3)	Super Rod	40
Cerulean Cave (area 2 of 3)	Super Rod	40
Cerulean Cave (area 3 of 3)	Super Rod	40

Other changes in this game

Evolves into Poliwrath — use a Water Stone
Evolves into Politoed — use a King's Rock (day)
Evolves into Politoed — use a King's Rock (night)
Evolves into Politoed — use a King's Rock
Uncommon held item: Blue Shard
Rare held item: King's Rock
Documentation: Evolves into Politoed by levelling up while holding a kings rock