Water

Poliwag is a Water-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 937 in Pokémon GO. Poliwag's best moveset is Bubble and Bubble Beam. It is weather boosted by Rain weather, and it was originally found in the Kanto region. Shiny Poliwag is available in Pokémon GO.

Poliwag is weak to Electric and Grass-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Fire, Ice, Steel, and Water-type moves.

Stats

Max CP	937 CP
Attack	101 ATK
Defense	82 DEF
Stamina	120 STA
Weather Boost	Rain
Released	Yes
Shiny released	Yes
Buddy distance	3 km

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#60
Height	0.6 m
Weight	12.4 kg
Region	Kanto Generation 1
Can be traded	Allowed
Pokémon Home transfer	Allowed
Base Catch Rate	20%
Base Flee Rate	0%
Catch rewards	3 100
Additional Move Cost	50 50000

Poliwag type chart

Takes increased damage

Electric	160.0%
Grass	160.0%

Takes decreased damage

Fire	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Steel	62.5%
Water	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Poliwag's best moves and movesets

Poliwag's best moveset is Bubble and Bubble Beam, with 6.43 DPS (damage per second) and 58.4 TDO (total damage output). These moves are boosted by Rain weather.

Best Poliwag moves

Bubble

Bubble Beam

DPS6.43

TDO58.44

Score7.0

Weather Boost

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If you are unable to get Poliwag with its best moveset, we recommend to use Mud Shot/Bubble Beam. You will lose around 0.7% DPS and TDO, which makes these moves a viable alternative to Poliwag's strongest moveset (Bubble/Bubble Beam).

Poliwag moves comparison

The following chart shows Poliwag's DPS and TDO for every fast and charge attack combination. This chart is useful for comparing the relative strength of Poliwag's movesets. You can change the weather and the opposing Pokémon to see how it affects the rankings.

Weather

Extreme↓

Opponent

#	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score 🔽
1.	Bubble	Bubble Beam	6.43	58.4	7.0
2.	Mud Shot	Bubble Beam	6.39	58.0	7.0
3.	Bubble	Body Slam	6.13	55.7	6.7
4.	Mud Shot	Body Slam	6.08	55.2	6.6
5.	Bubble	Mud Bomb	5.91	53.7	6.5
6.	Mud Shot	Mud Bomb	5.87	53.3	6.4

Fast Attacks

• Mud Shot570.6s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Poison
    • Rock
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Electric

  • 62.5%
  • • Bug
    • Grass

  • 39.1%
  • • Flying

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	7
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	0.6s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.6s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	3
  Energy	9

  
  

  Effects

  Mud Shot has no special effects.

  See Mud Shot details page ↗
• Bubble12141.2s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ground
    • Rock
    • Fire

  • 62.5%
  • • Water
    • Grass
    • Dragon

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	12
  Energy	14
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	1.2s
  Damage window	0.8s - 1.0s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	8
  Energy	11

  
  

  Effects

  Bubble has no special effects.

  See Bubble details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Bubble Beam45331.9s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ground
    • Rock
    • Fire

  • 62.5%
  • • Water
    • Grass
    • Dragon

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	45
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	1.9s
  Damage window	1.4s - 1.7s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	25
  Energy	40

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Bubble Beam has a 100.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Attack by 20.0%

  See Bubble Beam details page ↗
• Mud Bomb55332.3s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Poison
    • Rock
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Electric

  • 62.5%
  • • Bug
    • Grass

  • 39.1%
  • • Flying

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	55
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	2.3s
  Damage window	1.7s - 2.1s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	60
  Energy	40

  
  

  Effects

  Mud Bomb has no special effects.

  See Mud Bomb details page ↗
• Body Slam50331.9s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel

  • 39.1%
  • • Ghost

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	50
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Partly Cloudy
  Duration	1.9s
  Damage window	1.2s - 1.7s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	60
  Energy	35

  
  

  Effects

  Body Slam has no special effects.

  See Body Slam details page ↗

Poliwag Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

Poliwag's has 937 max CP (at Level 50). A Poliwag obtained from Raids can be encountered from 433 CP to 473 CP, or if weather boosted, in the 541 CP to 592 CP range. In Field and Special Research, Poliwag can be found in the 324 CP to 355 CP range.

Max CP	937 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	324 CP - 355 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	433 CP - 473 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	433 CP - 473 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather Boost Rain	541 CP - 592 CP
	Weather boosted, Level 25, 10/10/10 minimum IVs

More information

• Field and Special Research encounters are always Level 15. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Field Research encounters have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Pokémon hatched from Eggs are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Egg Hatches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Raid Bosses caught without weather boost are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Raid Bosses caught with weather boost are always Level 25. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Weather boosted Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Wild encounters range from Level 1 to Level 30 Pokémon. Their IVs range from 0 (min) to 15 (max) for each stat.
• Weather Boosted wild Pokémon encounters get a 5 Level boost, bringing their Level range to Level 6 to Level 35. In addition, they have a guaraneed minimum IV value of 4 for each stat, resulting in a 4/4/4 IV floor.

Poliwag Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

Poliwag Max CP per level chart. This table shows maximum Combat Power values from Level 1 to Level 50.

Poliwag evolution chart

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Poliwag	25 Candy	Poliwhirl
Poliwhirl	100 Candy	Poliwrath
Poliwhirl	100 Candy Special Item: King's Rock	Politoed

• Poliwag evolves into Poliwhirl which costs 25 Candy.
• Poliwhirl evolves into Poliwrath which costs 100 Candy.
• Poliwhirl evolves into Politoed which costs 100 Candy. You need to use a King's Rock to evolve.

Regular and Shiny Poliwag

• #60Poliwag
• #60Shiny Poliwag

Mega Pokémon that boost Poliwag

A list of Mega Pokémon that boost Poliwag's Water-type moves, Candy, and Candy XL from catching Poliwag.

Mega Blastoise

Mega Slowbro

Mega Gyarados

Mega Swampert

Primal Kyogre

More information

Mega and Primal Raid Bonus –Mega Pokémon boost the attack power of all other Pokémon when battling in Raid Battles by 10%. Attacks that share their type with the Mega Pokémon's type(s) receive a 30% boost. However, these bonuses do not stack if there are multiple Mega-Evolved Pokémon battling simultaneously; only the higher boost will be applied.

Mega and Primal Catch Bonus –While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.

Note on Primal Kyogre and Groudon

• Primal Kyogre boosts Water-, Electric- and Bug-type attacks and Pokémon.
• Primal Groudon boosts Fire-, Grass- and Ground-type attacks and Pokémon.

Poliwag Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Poliwag in Pokémon GO is 24.03%, calculated for catching a Level 20 with no berries. Curved Great throw has a 50.38% chance to catch, and adding a Razz Berry raises that to 65.04%.

Configure

Pokémon level

Level 20↓

Ball Type

PokéBall↓

Water medal

None↓

Number of throws

1↓

		Normal	Nice	Great	Excellent
No Berry	-	24.03%	27.09%	33.78%	39.85%
	Curve	37.32%	41.56%	50.38%	57.86%
Razz Berry	-	33.78%	37.75%	46.11%	53.35%
	Curve	50.38%	55.33%	65.04%	72.65%
Silver Pinap Berry	-	39.02%	43.38%	52.38%	59.95%
	Curve	56.87%	61.98%	71.67%	78.89%
Golden Razz Berry	-	49.69%	54.62%	64.32%	71.94%
	Curve	68.90%	73.89%	82.65%	88.47%

More information

Catch probability with multiple throws

In order to help Trainers understand their overall odds when catching Poliwag, we enable the functionality to showing the total chance to catch it depending on the number of available throws. We calculate this chance as if you repeated the same throw N-number of times.

To activate this functionality, change the number of Number of throws to a value greater than 1. The Number of throws option is available in the configuration options above the chart

Catch rate formula

Pokémon GO catch rate formula can be expressed as follows:

• CATCH_MULTIPLIERS = ball * curve * berry * throwType * (type1Medal + type2Medal / 2)
• CATCH_RATE = 1 - Math.pow(1 - baseCatchRate / (2 * cpm), CATCH_MULTIPLIERS)

There are different multipliers that come into play when calculating catch rate.

Curved throws are more effective than regular throws, stronger types of Poké Ball have a higher catch rate, and using a Razz Berry or a Golden Razz Berry also improves your chances.

Catch rate multipliers

The following table shows all the different catch rate multipliers in Pokémon GO:

Multiplier	Amount
Razz Berry	1.5
Silver Pinap Berry	1.8
Golden Razz Berry	2.5
Curveball	1.7
Nice Throw	1.15
Great Throw	1.5
Excellent Throw	1.85
PokéBall	1.0
Premier Ball	1.0
Great Ball	1.5
Ultra Ball	2.0
Bronze medal	1.1
Silver medal	1.2
Gold medal	1.3

Poliwag family

A list of Pokémon that are somehow related to Poliwag in Pokémon GO. Includes evolutions, regional, and form variations.

Poliwag

Poliwhirl

Poliwrath

Politoed

Shadow Poliwag

Shadow Poliwhirl

Shadow Poliwrath

Shadow Politoed

List of Poliwag costumes

A list of Poliwag costumes available in Pokémon GO.

Poliwag high resolution sprites

A list of high resolution Pokémon HOME sprites related to Poliwag. Sprite description is a best guess on what the sprite is related to, use your own judgment. Click to download full 512x512 resolution.

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