Is Blastoise Good in X & Y Playthrough?
Water at level 36 with AbilityTorrent. Mega Blastoise and AbilityMega Launcher boost Water Pulse and Dark Pulse for extra damage. Handles Grant and Malva. The deep Kalos Water roster competes for the slot, but having a Mega Stone from the start gives it an edge.
Squirtle trades roughly evenly with Viola's team.
Wartortle resists most of Grant's coverage and hits back hard.
Wartortle has the type edge here and should clean up Korrina's team.
Ramos's team hits Wartortle's weaknesses hard.
Wartortle trades roughly evenly with Clemont's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Valerie's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Olympia's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Wulfric's team.
Blastoise resists most of Malva's coverage and hits back hard.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Wikstrom's team.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Drasna's team.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Siebold's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Diantha's team.
Squirtle is given to you as a gift on Lumiose City at Lv 10. From Professor Sycamore. Received from Professor Sycamore at his lab in Lumiose City
Your Squirtle should hit Level 16 before you reach Grant, at typical leveling pace.
Your Wartortle should hit Level 36 before you reach Valerie, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Blastoise in X & Y
You're catching Squirtle first, not Blastoise. Squirtle appears but it's a rare spawn in the encounters below. The step cards map the full 3-stage chain with evolution methods between each stage.
Blastoise Weakness
Electric and Grass moves hit Blastoise for super-effective damage. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Blastoise's overall bulk (79/120/115) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
What is Blastoise Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Blastoise
 Plusle Electric | C | |
 Helioptile ElectricNormal | D | |
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
 Heliolisk ElectricNormal | B | |
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Lumiose City Gift) | ||
Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Chesnaught GrassFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chespin (Aquacorde Town Gift) | ||
In X & Y, Raikou's Thunderbolt hits Blastoise for 67-79%.
 Raikou Electric | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Blastoise View Raikou builds →Volt Switch 2x52-61% Thunderbolt 2x67-79% Shadow Ball20-23% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityTechnician ItemFocus Sash NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Blastoise View Breloom builds →Mach Punch12-14% Bullet Seed 2x15-18% | ||
Blastoise Evolutions
Blastoise is the final form in a three-stage chain from Squirtle through Wartortle. Breeding this form produces Squirtle eggs (average hatch time). Evolving from Squirtle gave Blastoise the biggest boost in Sp.Atk (+85), bringing the total to 630 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
XY Blastoise Best Moveset
The Mega form gains AbilityMega Launcher boosting MoveWater Pulse, MoveDark Pulse, and MoveAura Sphere by 50%%. 135 Sp. Atk fires the boosted coverage at power the base form can't match. The base moveset still runs MoveRapid Spin for hazard removal, but the Mega opened a dedicated special attacker path.
Best Build
Blastoise best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Rapid Spin
- Scald
- Toxic
- Ice Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without TMs, Blastoise's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get coverage across 8 types on top of Hydro Cannon and Hydro Pump for STAB. The natural kit handles basics, but TMs are doing the real work.
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
It crushes its foe under its heavy body to cause fainting. In a pinch, it will withdraw inside its shell.
The pressurized water jets on this brutal Pokémon’s shell are used for high-speed tackles.
Blastoise X & Y Guide
In X & Y, Blastoise has a 630 base stat total and ranks as B-Tier: a solid option in X & Y for the right team. It works best as a wallbreaker. Rapid Spin with Leftovers is the standard set.
In X & Y, yes. Mega Blastoise hits 730 BST, a solid jump from the base 630. Hold the Mega Stone, trigger it in battle, and it lasts the whole fight. One Mega per team.
Mega Launcher strengthens aura and pulse moves to 1.5× their power. That's the one you want on Blastoise. It's the only ability Blastoise has.
In X & Y, Blastoise fills the wallbreaker role. It's a mixed attacker with base 103 Attack and 135 Sp. Atk. Base 78 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. And it's tanky enough to absorb a few hits.
Game Availability
Blastoise first appeared in Red & Blue and spans 21 games across 10 generations. It later gained a Mega form in Generation 6 and a Gigantamax form in Generation 8, adding new dimensions to its competitive identity.
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 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwShGigantamax
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