POKÉMON Gold & Silver
Gold Politoed sprite in Pokémon Gold
Silver Politoed sprite in Pokémon Silver

NATIONAL POKÉDEX #186 · Frog Pokemon

Politoed

Water Both

Politoed is a Water-type Frog Pokemon in Pokemon Gold and Silver. Gold: Evolution. Silver: Evolution.

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GENERATION II

Base stats

500
HP90
Attack75
Defense75
Sp. Atk90
Sp. Def100
Speed70

PROFILE

Pokédex data

Height
3'07" (1.1 m)
Weight
75.0 lbs (34.0 kg)
Catch rate
45
Base EXP
185
Growth
Medium Slow
BST
500

GENERATION II FORMULA

Stats by level

Lv. 50
Training profile

All DVs 15 · zero Stat Experience

Advanced DV & Stat Exp
Determinant values (0–15)

Derived HP DV: 15

Stat Experience (0–65,535)
StatCalculatedLegal range
HPBase 90
— —
AttackBase 75
— —
DefenseBase 75
— —
Sp. AtkBase 90
— —
Sp. DefBase 100
— —
SpeedBase 70
— —

Generation II uses four DVs: Attack, Defense, Speed, and Special. HP DV is derived from their low bits; Sp. Atk and Sp. Def share the Special DV and Special Stat Experience. Badge boosts and in-battle stat stages are not included.

ORIGINAL GAME TEXT

Gold and Silver Pokédex entries

Pokémon Gold

If POLIWAG and POLIWHIRL hear its echoing cry, they respond by gathering from far and wide.

Pokémon Silver

Whenever three or more of these get together, they sing in a loud voice that sounds like bellowing.

FAMILY

Evolution chain

#060 Poliwag #061 Poliwhirl #062 Poliwrath #186 Politoed
Poliwag→Level 25→Poliwhirl
Poliwhirl→Water Stone→Poliwrath
Poliwhirl→Trade holding King's Rock→Politoed

ACQUISITION

Gold / Silver locations, times, and methods

Gold

Evolution

Areas
0
Tables
0
Special
0
Evolution

Obtain this form by evolving an earlier member of its family. See the evolution method above.

Silver

Evolution

Areas
0
Tables
0
Special
0
Evolution

Obtain this form by evolving an earlier member of its family. See the evolution method above.

Every linked location opens the matching version and exact map view.

MOVESET

Level-up moves

6

Water · Normal Hit

Power
40
Acc.
100%
PP
25

Psychic · Sleep

Power
—
Acc.
60%
PP
20

Normal · Multi Hit

Power
15
Acc.
85%
PP
10

Normal · Perish Song

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
5

Normal · Perish Song

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
5
TM34
Lv. 51

Swagger

Normal · Swagger

Power
—
Acc.
90%
PP
15
TM / HM compatibility 31 moves
TM01 TM01 · DynamicPunchFighting100 power · 50% · 5 PP TM02 TM02 · HeadbuttNormal70 power · 100% · 15 PP TM03 TM03 · CurseCurse— power · 100% · 10 PP TM06 TM06 · ToxicPoison— power · 85% · 10 PP TM08 TM08 · Rock SmashFighting20 power · 100% · 15 PP TM10 TM10 · Hidden PowerNormalVaries power · 100% · 15 PP TM13 TM13 · SnoreNormal40 power · 100% · 15 PP TM14 TM14 · BlizzardIce120 power · 70% · 5 PP TM15 TM15 · Hyper BeamNormal150 power · 90% · 5 PP TM16 TM16 · Icy WindIce55 power · 95% · 15 PP TM17 TM17 · ProtectNormal— power · 100% · 10 PP TM18 TM18 · Rain DanceWater— power · 90% · 5 PP TM20 TM20 · EndureNormal— power · 100% · 10 PP TM21 TM21 · FrustrationNormalVaries power · 100% · 20 PP TM26 TM26 · EarthquakeGround100 power · 100% · 10 PP TM27 TM27 · ReturnNormalVaries power · 100% · 20 PP TM29 TM29 · PsychicPsychic90 power · 100% · 10 PP TM31 TM31 · Mud-SlapGround20 power · 100% · 10 PP TM32 TM32 · Double TeamNormal— power · 100% · 15 PP TM33 TM33 · Ice PunchIce75 power · 100% · 15 PP TM34 TM34 · SwaggerNormal— power · 90% · 15 PP TM35 TM35 · Sleep TalkNormal— power · 100% · 10 PP TM40 TM40 · Defense CurlNormal— power · 100% · 40 PP TM43 TM43 · DetectFighting— power · 100% · 5 PP TM44 TM44 · RestPsychic— power · 100% · 10 PP TM45 TM45 · AttractNormal— power · 100% · 15 PP TM46 TM46 · ThiefDark40 power · 100% · 10 PP HM03 HM03 · SurfWater95 power · 100% · 15 PP HM04 HM04 · StrengthNormal80 power · 100% · 15 PP HM06 HM06 · WhirlpoolWater15 power · 70% · 15 PP HM07 HM07 · WaterfallWater80 power · 100% · 15 PP
Egg moves 0 moves

No egg moves are assigned to this species in the Gold/Silver breeding table.