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Tentacool

Tentacool

National: #72 Kanto: #72 Johto: #164 Hoenn: #68 Sinnoh: #136 Kalos (Coastal): #25 Alola: #129 Melemele: #129 Blueberry: #50 Poni: #67 Akala: #38 Hisui: #170 Ulaula: #56 Letsgo Kanto: #72 Isle Of Armor: #40 Extended Sinnoh: #136

WaterPoison

Evolution chain

Evolution method (Scarlet & Violet). Methods may differ in earlier games.

Base stats

HPAttackDefenseSp. AtkSp. DefSpeedBST
4040355010070335

Abilities

Moves

Target
Base Power
Accuracy
Power Points 20

Raises the user’s Attack by two stages.

Base Power
Accuracy 90%
Power Points 10

Badly poisons the target. Never misses when used by a poison-type Pokémon.

Base Power
Accuracy
Power Points 5

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.

Base Power
Accuracy
Power Points 10

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.

Base Power
Accuracy
Power Points 10

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.

+4
Base Power 75
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 10

Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.

Base Power
Accuracy
Power Points 10

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.

+4
Base Power 90
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 10

Has a 30% chance to poison the target.

Base Power
Accuracy
Power Points 10

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.

Base Power 70
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 20

If the user is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned, this move has double power.

Base Power 65
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 20

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.

Base Power 65
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 10

If the target is poisoned, this move has double power.

Base Power 40
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 20

Lowers the target’s Special Defense by two stages.

Base Power 80
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 10

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.

Base Power 60
Accuracy
Power Points 20

Ignores accuracy and evasion modifiers.

Base Power 40
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 25
Base Power 110
Accuracy 80%
Power Points 5
Base Power 90
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 15

If the target is in the first turn of dive, this move will hit with double power.

Base Power
Accuracy
Power Points 30

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.

Base Power 50
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 40

Removes leech seed from the user, frees the user from bind, clamp, fire spin, magma storm, sand tomb, whirlpool, and wrap, and clears spikes, stealth rock, and toxic spikes from the user’s side of the field. If this move misses or has no effect, its effect doesn’t activate.

Base Power
Accuracy
Power Points 5

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.

Base Power
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 20

Targets the last opposing Pokémon to hit the user with a special move this turn. Inflicts twice the damage that move did to the user. If there is no eligible target, this move will fail. Type immunity applies, but other type effects are ignored. This move cannot be copied by mirror move, nor selected by assist or metronome.

-5
Base Power 90
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 10

Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.

Base Power 110
Accuracy 70%
Power Points 5

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.

Base Power 65
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 20

Has a 10% chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.

Base Power 55
Accuracy 95%
Power Points 15

Has a 100% chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.

Base Power 85
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 10

Has a 20% chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.

Base Power 35
Accuracy 85%
Power Points 15

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.

Base Power
Accuracy
Power Points 20

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.

Base Power 55
Accuracy 95%
Power Points 15

Has a 100% chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.

Base Power 60
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 20

Has a 20% chance to confuse the target.

Base Power 60
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 20
Base Power 50
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 20

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.

Base Power
Accuracy 55%
Power Points 20

Confuses the target.

Base Power 60
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 25

If the target is holding an item and the user is not, the user will permanently take the item. Damage is still inflicted if an item cannot be taken. Pokémon with sticky hold or multitype are immune to the item theft effect. The target cannot recover its item with recycle. This move cannot be selected by assist or metronome.

Base Power 15
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 35

Has a 30% chance to poison the target.

Base Power
Accuracy
Power Points 20

Scatters poisoned spikes around the opposing field, which poison opposing Pokémon that enter the field. A second layer of these spikes may be laid down, in which case Pokémon will be badly poisoned instead. Pokémon immune to either ground moves or being poisoned are immune to this effect. Pokémon otherwise immune to ground moves are affected during gravity. If a poison Pokémon not immune to ground moves enters a field covered with poisoned spikes, the spikes are removed. rapid spin will remove this effect from its user’s side of the field. defog will remove this effect from its target’s side of the field. This move does not trigger synchronize, unless the Pokémon with synchronize was forced to enter the field by another effect such as roar. Pokémon entering the field due to baton pass are not affected by this effect.

Base Power 80
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 15

Silences the target for two turns, preventing it from using any sound-based moves.

Base Power
Accuracy 85%
Power Points 40

Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages.

Base Power 15
Accuracy 90%
Power Points 20

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. rapid spin cancels this effect.

Base Power 40
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 30

Has a 10% chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.

Base Power 120
Accuracy 80%
Power Points 5

Has a 30% chance to poison the target.

Base Power 65
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 10

If the target has a major status ailment, this move has double power.

Base Power
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 20

Lowers the target’s Attack and Defense by one stage.

Base Power 80
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 10
Base Power
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 10

Confuses the target.

Base Power 65
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 20

Has a 10% chance to lower the target’s Attack by one stage.

Base Power 50
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 20

The user attacks by pouncing on the target. This also lowers the target's Speed stat.

Base Power
Accuracy
Power Points 20

Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.

Base Power
Accuracy
Power Points 30

Raises one of the target’s stats by two stages. The raised stat is chosen at random from any stats that can be raised by two stages. If no stat is eligible, this move will fail. If the target has a substitute, this move will have no effect, even if the user is the target. This move cannot be copied by mirror move.

Base Power 80
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 20

Has a 30% chance to poison the target.

Base Power 90
Accuracy 85%
Power Points 10

Has a 30% chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage.

Base Power 95
Accuracy 100%
Power Points 10

Has a 10% chance to poison the target.