Palpitoad#536

Strong point: HP — higher than 61% of species. Its weakest point is Sp. Def — lower than 71% of species. This is not the final form yet — it evolves once more, so the numbers above describe this stage, not what it will end up as. On defense it has 1 weakness, 4 resistances and 1 full immunity. Watch out for the Grass type — damage from it is quadrupled.

✦ Shiny version

Water Ground

Height: 0.8 m (2′07″) Weight: 17.0 kg (37.5 lbs)

Base stats

HP

75

61%

Atk

65

35%

Def

55

28%

SpA

65

49%

SpD

55

29%

Spe

69

54%

TOTAL

384

35%

Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value.

A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Speed, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.

Which nature to choose

Attack (65) and Sp. Atk (65) 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. Evolution does not change it, so pick it for the final form, not for these numbers.

• Lonely +Atk · −Def The boost goes into the stronger offensive stat and the drop into a defense that does not decide anything anyway.

A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.

Regional numbers 3

The header shows the national number. Inside the game the Pokédex counts from the beginning — below is the number you will see in your version.

Unova	#042	Black / White
Unova	#229	Black 2 / White 2
Galar	#133	Sword / Shield

Abilities

• Swift Swim Doubles Speed during rain.
• Hydration Cures any major status ailment after each turn during rain.
• Water Absorb Absorbs water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.

Pokédex entry

When they vibrate the bumps on their heads, they can make waves in water or earthquake-like vibrations on land.

Egg Group: Water 1 Gender: 50% ♂ / 50% ♀ Catch difficulty: easy (120/255) Base friendship: 70/255 Base EXP: 134

Evolution line Full line →

#535 Tympole #536 Palpitoad Level 25 #537 Seismitoad Level 36

How much damage Palpitoad takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.

The sprites come straight from the games in which Palpitoad appeared — one from each release.

Gen 5 2010

Gen 6 2013

Gen 7 2016

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.

Palpitoad has 8 cards in 8 sets. The oldest of them are shown below.

Noble Victories Dark Explorers Dragons Exalted Plasma Freeze Legendary Treasures BREAKpoint

Offspring can come from 111 species from the same Egg Groups (with opposite genders) or from Ditto. Below are the first 12 by Pokédex number.

The Egg hatches after 20 cycles, which is roughly 5,400 steps. The exact cycle length depends on the game — newer titles shortened it noticeably — so treat this number as an order of magnitude, not a countdown. Having the Flame Body Ability in your party halves the wait.

#007

Squirtle

#008

Wartortle

#009

Blastoise

#054

Psyduck

#055

Golduck

#060

Poliwag

#061

Poliwhirl

#062

Poliwrath

#079

Slowpoke

#080

Slowbro

#086

Seel

#087

Dewgong

The levels shown are the widest range across all game versions — in a specific release it may be narrower. The exact area, catch method and chance are on the page of each location.

Galar

Kalos

Unova