Is Wartortle Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
Wartortle does the same job in FRLG it always did: handle Fire and Rock trainers, stay alive, wait for Blastoise. AbilityTorrent makes Water attacks hit harder when things get tight. Evolves at 36. Never the most exciting Pokemon on the team, but never the one that costs you a fight.
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.
- 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 Wartortle in FireRed & LeafGreen
Squirtle evolves at level 16. No wild Wartortle in FRLG. If you didn't pick the Water starter, you'll need a trade with another player.
Catch Squirtle at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Wartortle.
How to Obtain Wartortle in FRLG
Step 2Wartortle ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave 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
Wartortle Weakness
Wartortle is weak to Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Wartortle's Water typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.
| 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 Wartortle Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Wartortle
In FireRed & LeafGreen, Jolteon's Thunderbolt hits Wartortle for 68-80%. Venusaur deals 51-61% with Giga Drain.
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityVoltabsorb ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Wartortle View Jolteon builds →Thunderbolt 2x68-80% | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityMinus ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Wartortle View Minun builds →Thunderbolt 2x27-32% | ||
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Recommended Build AbilityOvergrow ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Wartortle View Venusaur builds →Giga Drain 2x51-61% Sludge Bomb28-33% | ||
Wartortle Evolutions
Wartortle sits between Squirtle and Blastoise in this three-stage line. Not the final form yet. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. Sp.Def has grown the most so far (+16), but there's still another 125 stats to gain in the final evolution. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Wartortle to get Squirtle eggs easily using 49 partners from the Monster and Water1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Flail, Foresight, Haze and 5 more.
FRLG Wartortle Best Moveset
Middle-stage Water with improving bulk heading toward Blastoise. AbilityTorrent active but the stats still trail competitive demands. One evolution from Blastoise's defensive moveset and utility.
Best Build
Wartortle best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Surf
- Rapid Spin
- Toxic
- Protect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Wartortle. Flail and Foresight come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Hydro Pump and Surf and coverage across 7 types.
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
This POKéMON is very popular as a pet. Its fur-covered tail is a symbol of its longevity.
It often hides in water to stalk unwary prey. For fast swimming, it moves its ears to maintain balance.
Wartortle 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
Present since Red & Blue, Wartortle appears in 21 games spanning 10 generations. Gen 1 originals like Wartortle have the longest track record of availability in the series.
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