Empoleon
National: #395· Sinnoh: #9· Blueberry: #199· Hisui: #163· Extended Sinnoh: #9· Conquest Gallery: #135
Evolution chain
Evolution method (Scarlet & Violet). Methods may differ in earlier games.
Base stats
| HP | Attack | Defense | Sp. Atk | Sp. Def | Speed | BST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | 86 | 88 | 111 | 101 | 60 | 530 |
Abilities
Moves
Raises the user’s Attack by two stages.
User takes 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil.
User takes 1/3 the damage it inflicts in recoil.
Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.
Lowers the target’s Attack by two stages.
Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.
User falls to sleep and immediately regains all its HP. If the user has another major status effect, sleep will replace it. The user will always wake up after two turns, or one turn with early bird. This move fails if the Pokémon cannot fall asleep due to uproar, insomnia, or vital spirit. It also fails if the Pokémon is at full health or is already asleep.
Transfers 1/4 the user’s max HP into a doll that absorbs damage and causes most negative move effects to fail. If the user leaves the field, the doll will vanish. If the user cannot pay the HP cost, this move will fail. The doll takes damage as normal, using the user’s stats and types, and will break when its HP reaches zero. Self-inflicted damage from confusion or recoil is not absorbed. Healing effects from opponents ignore the doll and heal the user as normal. Moves that work based on the user’s HP still do so; the doll’s HP does not influence any move. The doll will block major status effects, confusion, and flinching. The effects of smelling salts and wake up slap do not trigger against a doll, even if the Pokémon behind the doll has the appropriate major status effect. Multi-turn trapping moves like wrap will hit the doll for their regular damage, but the multi-turn trapping and damage effects will not activate. Moves blocked or damage absorbed by the doll do not count as hitting the user or inflicting damage for any effects that respond to such, e.g., avalanche, counter, or a rowap berry. magic coat still works as normal, even against moves the doll would block. Opposing Pokémon that damage the doll with a leech move like absorb are healed as normal. It will also block acupressure, block, the curse effect of curse, dream eater, embargo, flatter, gastro acid, grudge, heal block, leech seed, lock on, mean look, mimic, mind reader, nightmare, pain split, psycho shift, spider web, sketch, swagger, switcheroo, trick, worry seed, and yawn. A Pokémon affected by yawn before summoning the doll will still fall to sleep. The doll blocks intimidate, but all other abilities act as though the doll did not exist. If the user has an ability that absorbs moves of a certain type for HP (such as volt absorb absorbing thunder wave), such moves will not be blocked. life orb and berries that cause confusion still work as normal, but their respective HP loss and confusion are absorbed/blocked by the doll. The user is still vulnerable to damage inflicted when entering or leaving the field, such as by pursuit or spikes; however, the doll will block the poison effect of toxic spikes. The doll is passed on by baton pass. It keeps its existing HP, but uses the replacement Pokémon’s stats and types for damage calculation. All other effects work as normal.
No moves will hit the user for the remainder of this turn. If the user is last to act this turn, this move will fail. If the user successfully used detect, endure, protect, quick guard, or wide guard on the last turn, this move has a 50% chance to fail. lock on, mind reader, and no guard provide a (100 – accuracy)% chance for moves to break through this move. This does not apply to one-hit KO moves (fissure, guillotine, horn drill, and sheer cold); those are always blocked by this move. thunder during rain dance and blizzard during hail have a 30% chance to break through this move. The following effects are not prevented by this move: * acupressure from an ally * curse’s curse effect * Delayed damage from doom desire and future sight; however, these moves will be prevented if they are used this turn * feint, which will also end this move’s protection after it hits * imprison * perish song * shadow force * Moves that merely copy the user, such as transform or psych up This move cannot be selected by assist or metronome.
The user’s HP cannot be lowered below 1 by any means for the remainder of this turn. If the user successfully used detect, endure, protect, quick guard, or wide guard on the last turn, this move has a 50% chance to fail. This move cannot be selected by assist or metronome.
Only usable if the user is sleeping. Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
Has a 100% chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage.
Will not reduce the target’s HP below 1.
Raises the target’s Attack by two stages, then confuses it. If the target’s Attack cannot be raised by two stages, the confusion is not applied.
Only usable if the user is sleeping. Randomly selects and uses one of the user’s other three moves. Use of the selected move requires and costs 0 PP. This move will not select assist, bide, bounce, chatter, copycat, dig, dive, fly, focus punch, me first, metronome, mirror move, shadow force, skull bash, sky attack, sky drop, sleep talk, solar beam, razor wind, or uproar. If the selected move requires a recharge turn—i.e., one of blast burn, frenzy plant, giga impact, hydro cannon, hyper beam, roar of time, or rock wrecker—and the user is still sleeping next turn, then it’s forced to use this move again and pay another PP for the recharge turn. This move cannot be copied by mirror move, nor selected by assist, metronome, or sleep talk.
If the user is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned, this move has double power.
Boosts the power of the target’s moves by 50% until the end of this turn. This move cannot be copied by mirror move, nor selected by assist or metronome.
Target loses its held item. Neither the user nor the target can recover its item with recycle. If the target has multitype or sticky hold, it will take damage but not lose its item.
If a weather move is active, this move has double power, and its type becomes the type of the weather move. shadow sky is typeless for the purposes of this move.
Power increases with the target’s weight in kilograms, to a maximum of 120. Target’s weight | Power --------------- | ----: Up to 10kg | 20 Up to 25kg | 40 Up to 50kg | 60 Up to 100kg | 80 Up to 200kg | 100 Above 200kg | 120
If the user has Terastallized, it unleashes energy of its Tera Type. This move inflicts damage using the Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever is higher for the user.
Switches the target out for another of its trainer’s Pokémon selected at random. Wild battles end immediately. Doesn’t affect Pokémon with suction cups or under the effect of ingrain.
User loses its next turn to "recharge", and cannot attack or switch out during that turn.
If the target is in the first turn of dig, this move will hit with double power.
Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages.
User loses its next turn to "recharge", and cannot attack or switch out during that turn.
Has a 100% chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.
Ignores accuracy and evasion modifiers.
Destroys any light screen or reflect on the target’s side of the field, then inflicts regular damage.
User’s critical hit rate is one level higher when using this move.
Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
Has a 10% chance to raise the user’s Attack one stage.
Ignores accuracy and evasion modifiers.
Power and type are determined by the user’s held item. The item is consumed. If the user is not holding an item, or its item has no set type and power, this move will fail. This move ignores sticky hold. If the user is under the effect of embargo, this move will fail.
User’s critical hit rate is one level higher when using this move.
Heals the user for half its max HP. If the user is flying, its flying type is ignored until the end of this turn.
Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
Pokémon on the user’s side of the field are immune to stat-lowering effects for five turns. guard swap, heart swap, and power swap may still be used. defog used by an opponent will end this effect.
If the target is in the first turn of dive, this move will hit with double power.
Removes stat, accuracy, and evasion modifiers from every Pokémon on the field. This does not count as a stat reduction for the purposes of clear body or white smoke.
Changes the weather to rain for five turns, during which water moves inflict 50% extra damage, and fire moves inflict half damage. If the user is holding damp rock, this effect lasts for eight turns. thunder has 100% accuracy. If the target has used detect or protect, thunder has a (100 - accuracy)% chance to break through the protection. solar beam has half power. moonlight, morning sun, and synthesis heal only 1/4 of the user’s max HP. Pokémon with swift swim have doubled original Speed. Pokémon with forecast become water. Pokémon with dry skin heal 1/8 max HP, Pokémon with hydration are cured of major status effects, and Pokémon with rain dish heal 1/16 max HP at the end of each turn.
Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.
Has a 10% chance to freeze the target. During hail, this move has 100% accuracy. It also has a (100 - accuracy)% chance to break through the protection of protect and detect.
Has a 10% chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.
Has a 20% chance to make the target flinch.
Has a 100% chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.
Has a 20% chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.
For the next 2–5 turns, the target cannot leave the field and is damaged for 1/16 its max HP at the end of each turn. The user continues to use other moves during this time. If the user leaves the field, this effect ends. Has a 3/8 chance each to hit 2 or 3 times, and a 1/8 chance each to hit 4 or 5 times. Averages to 3 hits per use. If the target is in the first turn of dive, this move will hit with double power.
Puts the target to sleep at the end of the next turn. Ignores accuracy and evasion modifiers. If the target leaves the field, this effect is canceled. If the target has a status effect when this move is used, this move will fail. If the target is protected by safeguard when this move is used, this move will fail. insomnia and vital spirit prevent the sleep if the target has either at the end of the next turn, but will not cause this move to fail on use.
Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.
If the target has less than half its max HP remaining, this move has double power.
Restores 1/16 of the user’s max HP at the end of each turn. If the user leaves the field, this effect ends. This effect is passed on by baton pass.
If a friendly Pokémon used grass pledge earlier this turn, all opposing Pokémon have halved Speed for four turns (including this one).
Has a 20% chance to confuse the target.
The user shrouds itself in water and slams into the target with its whole body to inflict damage. This also damages the user and raises the user’s action speed.
The user covers its feet in thin ice and twirls around, slamming into the target. This move's spinning motion also destroys the terrain.
The user attacks the target by showering it with water that's so cold it saps the target's power. This also lowers the target's Attack stat.
User loses its next turn to "recharge", and cannot attack or switch out during that turn.
If the target damaged the user this turn and was the last to do so, this move has double power. pain split does not count as damaging the user.
Confuses the target.
Discards the user’s stat changes and copies the target’s. This move cannot be copied by mirror move.
Hits 2–5 times in one turn. Has a 3/8 chance each to hit 2 or 3 times, and a 1/8 chance each to hit 4 or 5 times. Averages to 3 hits per use.
Raises the user’s Speed by two stages.
Silences the target for two turns, preventing it from using any sound-based moves.
User is forced to use this move for 2–5 turns, selected at random. All Pokémon on the field wake up, and none can fall to sleep until the lock-in ends. Pokémon cannot use rest during this effect. This move cannot be selected by sleep talk.
Lowers the target’s Attack by two stages.
Ignores accuracy and evasion.
Spreads sharp rocks around the opposing field, damaging any Pokémon that enters the field for 1/8 its max HP. This damage is affected by the entering Pokémon’s susceptibility to rock moves. rapid spin removes this effect from its user’s side of the field.
Inflicts damage, and the user takes damage equal to half of its max HP, rounded up. The user still takes damage if the move is blocked by Protect or Substitute, misses, or if the target has Flash Fire.
The user summons a snowstorm lasting five turns. This boosts the Defense stats of Ice types.
Lowers the target’s Special Defense by two stages.
Power is increased by 100% its original value for every stage any of the user’s stats have been raised. Accuracy, evasion, and lowered stats do not affect this move’s power. For a Pokémon with all five stats modified to +6, this move’s power is 31×.
Has a 100% chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.
Has a 10% chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.
