Is Squirtle Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
The safest starter in FRLG for the same reasons it was in the originals, now with AbilityTorrent boosting Water damage when health drops. Handles Brock, Blaine, and Giovanni. The E4 matchups stay neutral across the board. Blue finishes with Venusaur if you chose this line. No dramatic highs or lows from Pallet Town to the Hall of Fame.
Squirtle resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Misty's typing presses Wartortle's defenses.
Wartortle trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's team hits Wartortle's weaknesses hard.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Blastoise resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Blastoise resists most of Giovanni's coverage and hits back hard.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Agatha's team.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Terry's team.
Squirtle is available as a starter at Lv 5.
- After Brock
- TUTORNormalMega Kick12075%5
- After Erika
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- LV 40NormalSkull Bash130100%10
- After Koga
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- TM01FightingFocus Punch150100%20
- LV 47WaterHydro Pump16580%5
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- TUTORNormalBody Slam85100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
Your Squirtle should hit Level 16 before you reach Misty, at typical leveling pace.
- After Erika
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- TM06PoisonToxic—90%10
- After Koga
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- TM01FightingFocus Punch150100%20
- LV 45NormalSkull Bash130100%10
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- LV 53WaterHydro Pump16580%5
- Post-Game
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- TUTORNormalBody Slam85100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
Your Wartortle should hit Level 36 before you reach Koga, at typical leveling pace.
- After Erika
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- After Koga
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- TM01FightingFocus Punch150100%20
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- LV 55NormalSkull Bash130100%10
- LV 68WaterHydro Pump16580%5
- Post-Game
- TUTORWaterHydro Cannon22590%5
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- TUTORNormalBody Slam85100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
How to Get Squirtle in FireRed & LeafGreen
Level 5 starter from Professor Oak in Pallet Town. Squirtle is the Water option among three starters. Pick one, the other two are permanently gone.
1 location to catch Squirtle
How to Obtain Squirtle in FRLG
Step 1Squirtle ✓
Step 2Evolve into WartortleBREEDINGAvailableLeave Blastoise with a compatible partner at the Four Island Pokemon Day Care to receive a Wartortle egg. Requires the Rainbow Pass to access Four Island.HOME TRANSFERNot TradeablePokemon HOME on Switch FireRed & LeafGreen is permanently deposit-only — once it launches, Wartortle can be sent from this game into HOME, but never transferred in.
Step 3Evolve into Blastoise
Squirtle Weakness
Squirtle's Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric and Grass. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Just 2 weak spots to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Squirtle Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Squirtle
Squirtle Evolutions
Three stages ahead. Squirtle grows into Wartortle, then pushes on to Blastoise. Check the evolution methods below. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. The evolved forms gain up to 216 total stats over Squirtle. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Squirtle easily with 49 breeding partners from the Monster and Water1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Flail, Foresight, Haze and 5 more to offspring.
FRLG Squirtle Best Moveset
Starter Water type with AbilityTorrent boosting Water moves at low HP. Heading toward Blastoise's defensive moveset. Stats too low for any competitive role.
Best Build
Squirtle best EVs are Sp. Def and Defense
Bulky Support Moveset
- Counter
- Hydro Pump
- Surf
- Flail
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Flail and Foresight from the egg pool give Squirtle something extra. Pair those with Hydro Pump and Surf for STAB and coverage across 7 types for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When it retracts its long neck into its shell, it squirts out water with vigorous force.
After birth, its back swells and hardens into a shell. It powerfully sprays foam from its mouth.
Squirtle FireRed & LeafGreen Guide
Squirtle is the middle starter for FireRed & LeafGreen if you want a Water Pokemon on your team. Squirtle handles Brock with Bubble; the Misty mirror is rough but Bite chips through her Starmie. Wartortle is a natural tank. Pick up Surf and Ice Beam (Game Corner prize) to cover most threats. Blastoise counters Blaine hard and walks through Giovanni's Ground types with Surf. Surf and Ice Beam shred Lance's dragons; Hydro Pump for pinch damage vs Lorelei's Cloyster.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Squirtle has appeared in 21 games — nearly every mainline game. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves