What does Piplup evolve into?

Prinplup at level 16 is the mid-stage. Push through to Empoleon at level 36 for the final form. 314 BST right now won't cut it long-term.

At what level does Piplup evolve?

Level 16 gets you Prinplup . Quick enough that Piplup barely slows you down.

In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Piplup does the job early-game if you need a Water type on your team. Evolve it into Prinplup before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.

Where can you catch Piplup?

You can find Piplup in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 11 other games across the series.

Piplup - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Utility

Balanced

DTier

40Speed · Very Slow

Stats & Training

Piplup's stats barely vary. None sit in respectable range with no real gaps. It's a blank slate for EV investment. Worth 1 Sp. Atk EV, 1.06M XP medium-slow curve to max.

Base Stats

Avg

HP53

Attack51

Defense53

Sp. Atk61

Sp. Def56

Speed40

Total314

Details

Catch Rate

Challenging45 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Slow1.06M XP

Height0.4 m

Weight5.2 kg

Base XP63

Abilities

Torrent

Strengthens water moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.

CompetitiveHA

Raises Special Attack by two stages upon having any stat lowered.

EV Yield

HPAtkDefSpA+1SpDSpe

Special Attack training source

Pokedex Entries

It doesn’t like to be taken care of. It’s difficult to bond with since it won’t listen to its Trainer.

Piplup Weakness

Electric and Grass moves hit Piplup for super-effective damage. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Only 2 weaknesses makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.

Piplup Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Electric, Grass
0.5x (Resist)	Fire, Water, Ice, Steel

Type ChartGood

2Weak

4Resist

0Immune

Score0

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Electric Grass

½xResist

Fire Water Ice Steel

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

STAB (3)

Fire Ground Rock

How to Beat Piplup in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire (Best Counters)

Chikorita Grass	D
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift Available Move Moves Razor LeafLv. 6 Damage vs Piplup Razor Leaf 2x 51-63% View Chikorita builds →
Turtwig Grass	D
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift Available Moves Moves Razor LeafLv. 13 AbsorbLv. 9 Damage vs Piplup Razor Leaf 2x 58-70% Absorb 2x 23-28% View Turtwig builds →
Treecko Grass	D
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift Available Moves Moves Mega DrainLv. 13 AbsorbLv. 5 Damage vs Piplup Mega Drain 2x 47-56% Absorb 2x 28-35% View Treecko builds →
Snivy Grass	D
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift Available Move Moves Vine WhipLv. 7 Damage vs Piplup Vine Whip 2x 40-49% View Snivy builds →
Shroomish Grass	D
Available Moves Moves Mega DrainLv. 12 AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Piplup Mega Drain 2x 35-42% Absorb 2x 23-28% View Shroomish builds →

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Evolution

Piplup is the start of a three-stage chain. It evolves into Prinplup first, then eventually reaches Empoleon. For breeding, average hatch time with a massive partner pool via two egg groups. The evolved forms gain up to 216 total stats over Piplup. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

3 Forms

#393Piplup

Level 16

#394Prinplup

Level 36

#395Empoleon

Stat Comparison 3 Stages

Piplup

Water

Prinplup

Water

Empoleon

WaterSteel

64+11

84+20

ATK

66+15

86+20

DEF

68+15

88+20

SP.ATK

81+20

111+30

SP.DEF

76+20

101+25

SPE

50+10

60+10

BST

314D-Tier

405D-Tier+91

530B-Tier+125

ROLE

Balanced

Attacker

TYPE

Utility

Special

Breeding

Easy

Breed Piplup easily with 200 breeding partners from the Ground and Water1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Agility, Aqua Ring, Bide and 10 more to offspring.

Egg Groups

GroundWater1

Gender

♂87.5%♀12.5%

Hatch Time

20 cycles·5,140 steps

Quick~5 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

13moves

Breed With (best first)

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Piplup Best Moveset

Best Build

No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 6.

Try selecting a different game/generation filter, or check back later.

Moves

Don't skip the egg moves. Piplup picks up Agility and Aqua Ring only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Hydro Pump and Surf while coverage across 9 types adds range.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Pound

—4010035Normal

Lv 4

Growl

——10040Normal

Lv 8

Bubble

—4010030Water

Lv 11

Water Sport

———15Water

Lv 15

Peck

—3510035Flying

Lv 18

Bubble Beam

—6510020Water

Lv 22

Bide+1

———10Normal

Lv 25

Fury Attack

—158520Normal

Lv 29

Brine

D6510010Water

Lv 32

Whirlpool

—358515Water

Lv 36

Mist

———30Ice

Lv 39

Drill Peck

D8010020Flying

Lv 43

Hydro Pump

C110805Water

TM Moves

TM40

Aerial Ace

D60—20Flying

TM45

Attract

D—10015Normal

TM14

Blizzard

D110705Ice

TM31

Brick Break

D7510015Fighting

TM100

Confide

———20Normal

HM01

Cut

D509530Normal

TM28

Dig

D8010010Ground

HM07

Dive

C8010010Water

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM49

Echoed Voice

D4010015Normal

TM42

Facade

D7010020Normal

TM56

Fling

D—10010Dark

TM21

Frustration

D—10020Normal

TM86

Grass Knot

D—10020Grass

TM07

Hail

D——10Ice

TM10

Hidden Power

—6010015Normal

TM13

Ice Beam

D9010010Ice

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM60

Quash

——10015Dark

TM18

Rain Dance

C——5Water

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM27

Return

D—10020Normal

TM39

Rock Tomb

D609515Rock

TM48

Round

D6010015Normal

TM55

Scald

C8010015Water

TM94

Secret Power

—7010020Normal

TM88

Sleep Talk

C——10Normal

TM90

Substitute

C——10Normal

HM03

Surf

C9010015Water

TM87

Swagger

——9015Normal

TM06

Toxic

C—9010Poison

HM05

Waterfall

C8010015Water

Egg Moves

Egg

Agility

C——30Psychic

Egg

Aqua Ring

D——20Water

Egg

Bide+1

———10Normal

Egg

Double Hit

D359010Normal

Egg

Feather Dance

——10015Flying

Egg

Flail

——10015Normal

Egg

Hydro Pump

C110805Water

Egg

Icy Wind

D559515Ice

Egg

Mud Sport

D——15Ground

Egg

Mud-Slap

D2010010Ground

Egg

Snore

—5010015Normal

Egg

Supersonic

——5520Normal

Egg

Yawn

C——10Normal

Tutor Moves

Tut

Tutor

Covet

—6010025Normal

Tutor

Icy Wind

D559515Ice

Tutor

Signal Beam

D7510015Bug

Tutor

Snore

—5010015Normal

Tutor

Stealth Rock

C——20Rock

Tutor

Water Pledge

C8010010Water

Tutor

Water Pulse

D6010020Water

Transfer Moves

Gen

Gen 4

Captivate

——10020Normal

Gen 4

Defog

C——15Flying

Gen 4

Endure+4

D——10Normal

Gen 4

Headbutt

D7010015Normal

Gen 4

Natural Gift

D—10015Normal

Gen 5

Pluck

—6010020Flying

How to Get Piplup in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

No searching required for Piplup. You receive it at Route 101 from an NPC. No wild encounters exist in this game, so just head to the right spot when you're ready and it's yours.

Best Locations to Catch Piplup in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

Route 101

Omega RubyGift from NPC Lv.5 Route

Early

One-timePost-Elite Four second time

Route 101

Alpha SapphireGift from NPC Lv.5 Route

Early

One-timePost-Elite Four second time

Piplup Guide

Prinplup at level 16 is the mid-stage. Push through to Empoleon at level 36 for the final form. 314 BST right now won't cut it long-term.
Level 16 gets you Prinplup. Quick enough that Piplup barely slows you down.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Piplup does the job early-game if you need a Water type on your team. Evolve it into Prinplup before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
You can find Piplup in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 11 other games across the series.

Game Availability

Piplup first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 12 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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Chikorita Grass	D
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift Available Move Moves Razor LeafLv. 6 Damage vs Piplup Razor Leaf 2x 53-64% View Chikorita builds →
Turtwig Grass	D
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift Available Moves Moves Razor LeafLv. 13 AbsorbLv. 9 Damage vs Piplup Razor Leaf 2x 64-77% Absorb 2x 21-26% View Turtwig builds →
Treecko Grass	D
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift Available Moves Moves Mega DrainLv. 13 AbsorbLv. 5 Damage vs Piplup Mega Drain 2x 47-57% Absorb 2x 26-32% View Treecko builds →
Sewaddle BugGrass	D
Available Move Moves Razor LeafLv. 15 Damage vs Piplup Razor Leaf 2x 53-64% View Sewaddle builds →
Snivy Grass	D
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift Available Moves Moves Leaf TornadoLv. 16 Vine WhipLv. 7 Damage vs Piplup Leaf Tornado 2x 60-70% Vine Whip 2x 43-51% View Snivy builds →

Lanturn WaterElectric	C
Available Move Moves SparkLv. 23 Damage vs Piplup Spark 2x 65-77% View Lanturn builds →
Oddish GrassPoison	D
Available Moves Moves Mega DrainLv. 19 AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Piplup Mega Drain 2x 45-55% Absorb 2x 26-32% View Oddish builds →
Chikorita Grass	D
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift Available Moves Moves Magical LeafLv. 20 Razor LeafLv. 6 Damage vs Piplup Magical Leaf 2x 50-59% Razor Leaf 2x 50-59% View Chikorita builds →
Turtwig Grass	D
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift Available Moves Moves Razor LeafLv. 13 AbsorbLv. 9 Damage vs Piplup Razor Leaf 2x 61-73% Absorb 2x 18-23% View Turtwig builds →
Treecko Grass	D
Obtain MethodRoute 101 Gift Available Moves Moves Giga DrainLv. 21 Mega DrainLv. 13 AbsorbLv. 5 Damage vs Piplup Giga Drain 2x 77-91% Mega Drain 2x 42-50% Absorb 2x 23-27% View Treecko builds →

Lanturn WaterElectric	C
Available Moves Moves ThunderboltTM24 Volt SwitchTM72 SparkLv. 23 Charge BeamTM57 Damage vs Piplup Thunderbolt 2x 101-119%KO Volt Switch 2x 78-92% Spark 2x 65-77% Charge Beam 2x 58-69% View Lanturn builds →
Roselia GrassPoison	D
Available Moves Moves Giga DrainLv. 25 Magical LeafLv. 19 Mega DrainLv. 13 AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Piplup Giga Drain 2x 104-123%KO Magical Leaf 2x 85-100%KO Mega Drain 2x 58-69% Absorb 2x 32-38% View Roselia builds →
Lileep RockGrass	D
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Move Moves Giga DrainLv. 26 Damage vs Piplup Giga Drain 2x 72-85% View Lileep builds →
Lombre WaterGrass	D
Available Move Moves AbsorbLv. 6 Damage vs Piplup Absorb 2x 22-27% View Lombre builds →
Nuzleaf GrassDark	D
Available Moves Moves Leaf BladeLv. 28 Razor LeafLv. 14 Damage vs Piplup Leaf Blade 2x 97-115%KO Razor Leaf 2x 62-73% View Nuzleaf builds →

Lanturn WaterElectric	C
Available Moves Moves ThunderboltTM24 Volt SwitchTM72 SparkLv. 23 Charge BeamTM57 Damage vs Piplup Thunderbolt 2x 101-119%KO Volt Switch 2x 80-94% Spark 2x 64-76% Charge Beam 2x 58-69% View Lanturn builds →
Roselia GrassPoison	D
Available Moves Moves Giga DrainLv. 25 Magical LeafLv. 19 Mega DrainLv. 13 AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Piplup Giga Drain 2x 104-123%KO Magical Leaf 2x 86-101%KO Mega Drain 2x 58-69% Absorb 2x 30-36% View Roselia builds →
Lileep RockGrass	D
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Move Moves Giga DrainLv. 26 Damage vs Piplup Giga Drain 2x 73-87% View Lileep builds →
Lombre WaterGrass	D
Available Move Moves AbsorbLv. 6 Damage vs Piplup Absorb 2x 20-25% View Lombre builds →
Nuzleaf GrassDark	D
Available Moves Moves Leaf BladeLv. 28 Razor LeafLv. 14 Damage vs Piplup Leaf Blade 2x 101-119%KO Razor Leaf 2x 64-76% View Nuzleaf builds →

Lanturn WaterElectric	C
Available Moves Moves ThunderboltTM24 Volt SwitchTM72 SparkLv. 23 Charge BeamTM57 Damage vs Piplup Thunderbolt 2x 101-119%KO Volt Switch 2x 81-95% Spark 2x 64-75% Charge Beam 2x 58-68% View Lanturn builds →
Tropius GrassFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Leaf TornadoLv. 26 Magical LeafLv. 16 Razor LeafLv. 1 Damage vs Piplup Leaf Tornado 2x 72-85% Magical Leaf 2x 66-78% Razor Leaf 2x 60-72% View Tropius builds →
Roselia GrassPoison	D
Available Moves Moves Giga DrainLv. 25 Magical LeafLv. 19 Mega DrainLv. 13 AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Piplup Giga Drain 2x 107-126%KO Magical Leaf 2x 86-102%KO Mega Drain 2x 58-68% Absorb 2x 32-38% View Roselia builds →
Gloom GrassPoison	D
Available Moves Moves Mega DrainLv. 19 AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Piplup Mega Drain 2x 51-61% Absorb 2x 28-34% View Gloom builds →
Lileep RockGrass	D
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift Available Move Moves Giga DrainLv. 26 Damage vs Piplup Giga Drain 2x 72-85% View Lileep builds →

Whimsicott GrassFairy	B
Recommended Build AbilityPrankster ItemLeftovers NatureBold Moves TailwindUtility EncoreUtility TauntUtility SafeguardUtility View Whimsicott builds →
Magnezone ElectricSteel	B
Recommended Build AbilityMagnetpull ItemChoice Scarf NatureTimid Moves Flash Cannon Volt Switch ThunderboltSTAB Hidden Power Fire Damage vs Piplup Flash Cannon 43-50% Volt Switch 2x 149-175%KO Thunderbolt 2x 191-225%KO View Magnezone builds →
Raikou Electric	B
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves Hidden Power Ice Volt Switch ThunderboltSTAB Shadow Ball Damage vs Piplup Volt Switch 2x 136-160%KO Thunderbolt 2x 175-206%KO Shadow Ball 52-61% View Raikou builds →
Breloom GrassFighting	B
Recommended Build AbilityTechnician ItemMiracleseed NatureJolly Moves SporeUtility Bullet Seed Mach Punch Swords Dance Damage vs Piplup Bullet Seed 2x 57-67% Mach Punch 44-52% View Breloom builds →