In Sour Crystal: Not in the wild: evolve Poliwhirl with a King's Rock. Its type (Water) and base stats (total 500) are the same as in the official games. 2 of its 6 level-up moves are new compared with Pokémon Crystal: Bubblebeam and Double-Edge.
Level-up moves 6
| Lv | Move | Type | Cat | Pow | Acc | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bubblebeam An attack that may lower SPEED (10% chance). | Water | Spec | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Doubleslap Repeatedly slaps 2-5 times. | Normal | Phys | 15 | 85 | 10 |
| 1 | Hypnosis May put the foe to sleep. | Psychic | Stat | — | 60 | 20 |
| 1 | Perish Song Both user and foe faint in 3 turns. | Normal | Stat | — | — | 5 |
| 42 | Swagger Causes confusion and raises ATTACK (100% chance). | Normal | Stat | — | 90 | 15 |
| 54 | Double-Edge A tackle that also hurts the user. | Normal | Phys | 120 | 100 | 15 |
* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this game
TMs & HMs 32
| # | Move · where to get it | Type | Pow |
|---|---|---|---|
| TM01 | Dynamicpunch Cianwood City - Prize for defeating Chuck | Fighting | 100 |
| TM02 | Headbutt Ilex Forest - Given by a man atop the ledge southeast of the pond | Normal | 70 |
| TM03 | Curse Celadon City - Celadon Mansion Roof, from the man inside after listening to his story at night | ??? | — |
| TM06 | Toxic Fuchsia City - Prize for defeating Janine | Poison | — |
| TM08 | Rock Smash Route 36 - From the man near the Sudowoodo as a reward for getting rid of it | Fighting | 40 |
| TM10 | Hidden Power Lake of Rage - From the man in the northwestern house | Normal | 60 |
| TM13 | Snore Moomoo Farm (Given by woman after feeding seven Oran Berries to Moomoo) | Normal | 50 |
| TM14 | Blizzard Goldenrod Game Corner - 6,500 coins | Ice | 120 |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam Goldenrod Game Corner - 7,500 coins | Normal | 150 |
| TM16 | Icy Wind Mahogany Town - Prize for defeating Pryce | Ice | 55 |
| TM17 | Protect Celadon Department Store | Normal | — |
| TM18 | Rain Dance Slowpoke Well B2F | Water | — |
| TM20 | Endure Burned Tower 1F | Normal | — |
| TM21 | Frustration Goldenrod Department Store 5F (from a woman behind the counter if the player's lead Pokémon has low enough friendship) Sundays | Normal | — |
| TM26 | Earthquake Victory Road 2F | Ground | 100 |
| TM27 | Return Goldenrod Department Store 5F (from a woman behind the counter if the player's lead Pokémon has high enough friendship) Sundays | Normal | — |
| TM28 | Dig National Park | Ground | 80 |
| TM29 | Psychic Saffron City (from Mr.Psychic) | Psychic | 90 |
| TM31 | Mud-Slap Violet City - Prize for defeating Falkner | Ground | 20 |
| TM32 | Double Team Celadon Game Corner - 1,500 coins | Normal | — |
| TM33 | Ice Punch Goldenrod Department Store 5F - $10,000 | Ice | 75 |
| TM34 | Swagger Olivine Lighthouse 5F | Normal | — |
| TM35 | Sleep Talk Goldenrod Department Store basement | Normal | — |
| TM40 | Defense Curl Mt. Mortar 2F | Normal | — |
| TM43 | Low Kick Lake of Rage | Fighting | — |
| TM44 | Rest Ice Path B2F | Psychic | — |
| TM45 | Attract Goldenrod City - Prize for defeating Whitney | Normal | — |
| TM46 | Thief Team Rocket HQ B2F | Dark | 60 |
| HM03 | Surf Ecruteak City - Gift from the gentleman after defeating all the Kimono Girls | Water | 95 |
| HM04 | Strength Olivine City - Gift from the Sailor in the Olivine Café | Normal | 80 |
| HM06 | Whirlpool Team Rocket Hideout - Gift from Lance after shutting down the Radio Transmitter | Water | 35 |
| HM07 | Waterfall Ice Path | Water | 80 |
Where to find Politoed
Not found in the wild — evolve or trade for it.
Other changes in this game
- The Frog Pokémon
- 1.1 m, 34.0 kg
- Catch rate 45
- Base experience 185
- Wild held items: King's Rock
- Growth rate: Medium Slow
- Egg groups: Water 1
- Hatches in 20 egg cycles