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piplup
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Piplup

Penguin Pokémon

Water

A poor walker, it often falls down. However, its strong pride makes it puff up its chest without a care.

Base Stats

HP 53
Attack 51
Defense 53
Sp. Atk 61
Sp. Def 56
Speed 40
Total 314

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

prinplup Prinplup Lv. 16
empoleon Empoleon Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Penguin Pokémon
Height 0.4 m
Weight 5.2 kg
Base Exp 63
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Water1 ,Ground

Sprites

piplup Front Front
piplup Back Back
piplup Front Shiny Front Shiny
piplup Back Shiny Back Shiny
piplup Official Art Official Art
piplup Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc
Support
Moves
Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Item
Eviolite
Nature
Calm
EVs
Def 192
SpA 88
SpD 228

Strategy Overview

Since the beginning of DPP, Piplup has maintained a niche all its own in Little Cup: being the only pure Water-type with access to Stealth Rock. That's a pretty big boon for Piplup as it means it, a Pokemon with workable defenses and only two weaknesses, can set up the most dangerous entry hazard in the entire metagame. However, that's really the only thing Piplup has going for it. Piplup has a low Speed stat, which means getting up Stealth Rock will be a challenge for it no matter what. Don't expect a lot out of Piplup, because you probably won't be getting what you want out of it if you do.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc