No. 186
Pokédex
Politoed
WaterSwift Swim
- Catch
- 59 (was 45)
- EXP
- 185
- Growth
- Medium Slow
- Egg groups
- Water 1 / Water 1
- Gender
- 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
- Held items
- None
Base stats
HP90
Atk85
+10
Def75
SpA90
SpD100
Spe90
+20
BST530+30
Type matchups
Weak to
Electric2×
Grass2×Resists
Fire0.5×Water0.5×
Ice0.5×
Steel0.5×Evolutions
Where to find
| Location | Method | Level | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Route 227 | Surf | 35-94 | 60% |
| Route 203 | Surf | 20-40 | 1% |
| Great Marsh Area 6 | Old Rod | 30-50 | 60% |
| Route 224 | Old Rod | 20-100 | 4% |
| Great Marsh Area 6 | Good Rod | 40-55 | 40% |
| Route 227 | Super Rod | 30-99 | 40% |
| Route 203 | Super Rod | 30-77 | 40% |
| Celestic Town | Super Rod | 70-80 | 15% |
Level-up moves
| Lv | Move | Type | Cat | Pow | Acc | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bounce Chance to Paralyze |  Flying | Physical | 85 | 100 | 5 |
| 1 | Hypnosis Causes Sleep |  Psychic | Status | — | 70 | 20 |
| 1 | Bubblebeam Lowers Spd (Attack) | Water | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Hyper Voice |  Normal | Special | 110 | 100 | 10 |
| 27 | Ice Beam Chance to Freeze | Ice | Special | 95 | 100 | 10 |
| 37 | Earth Power Lowers SpDef (Attack) |  Ground | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 65 | Hydro Pump | Water | Special | 120 | 85 | 8 |
TMs
| Move | Type | Cat | Pow | Acc | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Focus Punch Focus Punch effect |  Fighting | Physical | 150 | 100 | 20 |
| Water Pulse Chance to Confuse | Water | Special | 60 | — | 20 |
| Toxic Badly Poisons |  Poison | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| Aurora Beam Always hits | Ice | Special | 60 | — | 20 |
| Hidden Power Hidden Power effect | Normal | Special | 1 | 100 | 15 |
| Ice Beam Chance to Freeze | Ice | Special | 95 | 100 | 10 |
| Blizzard Always hits in Hail | Ice | Special | 120 | 70 | 5 |
| Hyper Beam 1/2 damage dealt recoil, fixed AI | Normal | Special | 180 | 100 | 8 |
| Protect Protect/ Detect effect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| Rain Dance Causes Rain | Water | Status | — | — | 1 |
| Frustration | Normal | Physical | 121 | 100 | 20 |
| Earthquake 2x Damage on Pokemon using Dig | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 |
| Return | Normal | Physical | 121 | 100 | 20 |
| Dig | Ground | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| Psychic Lowers SpDef (Attack) | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| Brick Break Removes Light Screen/ Reflect from target's side of the field | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| Double Team Raises Evasion | Normal | Status | — | — | 6 |
| Facade 2x power if user is Poisoned; Paralyzed; or Burned. | Normal | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| Secret Power Secret Power effect | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 20 |
| Rest Causes Sleep and restores all HP | Psychic | Status | — | — | 3 |
| Attract Infatuates target of opposite gender | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| Thief Splash effect |  Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 10 |
| Focus Blast Lowers SpDef (Attack) | Fighting | Special | 120 | 85 | 5 |
| Fling Power and effect determined by held item | Dark | Physical | 1 | 100 | 10 |
| Endure Allows user to endure a fatal hit and survive at 1 HP | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| Payback 2x Power if user moves after target | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| Giga Impact 1/2 damage dealt recoil, fixed AI | Normal | Physical | 180 | 100 | 5 |
| Captivate Sharply lowers SpAtk (Status) | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 3 |
| Sleep Talk Sleep Talk effect | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| Natural Gift Natural Gift effect | Normal | Physical | 1 | 100 | 1 |
| Swagger Sharply raises target's Atk and causes Confusion | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| Substitute Substitute effect | Normal | Status | — | — | 2 |
| Surf 2x Damage on Pokemon using Dive | Water | Special | 95 | 100 | 15 |
| Strength | Normal | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| Rock Smash Lowers Def (Attack) | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| Waterfall Chance to Flinch | Water | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |