Its strongest point is Sp. Atk — among the highest in the entire Pokédex. In base stat total it is among the strongest — higher than 98% of species. In defense it has 5 weaknesses, 6 resistances and 1 full immunity at its disposal. Psychic-type moves do nothing to it at all.
Base stats
Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Sp. Atk.
A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Sp. Atk, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.
Which nature to choose
Attack (145) and Sp. Atk (153) are nearly equal, so neither of these two stats can be lowered for free. The price has to be paid in defense — in the weaker one, because Defense does not stop anything here anyway.
- Hasty +Spe · −Def A mixed set that does not intend to take any hits: all that matters is striking first.
- Mild +SpA · −Def The same price, but the boost goes into the stronger of the two offensive stats.
A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.
Abilities
- Battle Bond Transforms this Pokémon into Ash-Greninja after fainting an opponent. Water Shuriken's power is 20 and always hits three times.
Pokédex entry
It creates throwing stars out of compressed water. When it spins them and throws them at high speed, these stars can split metal in two.
Resistances and weaknesses
Type chart →How much damage Greninja (Ash) takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.
Variant gallery
The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.
Breeding
All Egg Groups →Offspring can come from 112 species from the same Egg Groups (with opposite genders) or from Ditto. Below are the first 12 by Pokédex number.
Moves (81)
Full move list →Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (62 via TM/TR, 12 via tutor) are on the full list.
| Lv. | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bubble | Water | Special | 40 | 100% | 30 |
| 1 | Growl | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 40 |
| 1 | Haze | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Mat Block | Fighting | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Night Slash | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100% | 15 |
| 1 | Pound | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100% | 35 |
| 1 | Quick Attack | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100% | 30 |
| 1 | Role Play | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Water Gun | Water | Special | 40 | 100% | 25 |
| 10 | Lick | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100% | 30 |
| 14 | Water Pulse | Water | Special | 60 | 100% | 20 |
| 19 | Smokescreen | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 20 |
| 23 | Shadow Sneak | Ghost | Physical | 40 | 100% | 30 |
| 28 | Spikes | Ground | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 33 | Aerial Ace | Physical | 60 | — | 20 | |
| 33 | Feint Attack | Dark | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 42 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 49 | Extrasensory | Psychic | Special | 80 | 100% | 20 |
| 56 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 68 | Hydro Pump | Water | Special | 110 | 80% | 5 |
| — | Water Shuriken | Water | Special | 15 | 100% | 20 |