Is Blastoise Good in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Playthrough?
Blastoise handles Blaine, Giovanni, and most of Lance's team without breaking a sweat. Your partner often outpaces it in coverage, but Blastoise brings Water-type consistency that stays useful from the moment you get it through the Champion fight. After Badge 7, Blue gives you the Blastoisinite, and Mega Blastoise turns it into a cannon for Giovanni and the Elite Four.
Not available yet. You cannot get Squirtle before this fight.
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 trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with 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 has the type edge here and should clean up Trace's team.
This is the Let's Go Pikachu team. In Let's Go Eevee, Trace brings Raichu Lv 57 in place of Jolteon Lv 57.
Catch Squirtle
Catch Squirtle on Route 24 (walking, Lv 7-12, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TMWaterScaldPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Lt. Surge
- HMWaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 27WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Erika
- HMWaterSurfPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 41WaterHydro PumpPower 165Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Sabrina
- TMIceIce BeamPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 45NormalSkull BashPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Giovanni
- TMDragonOutragePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Squirtle to Wartortle
Squirtle evolves into Wartortle at Level 16. Your Squirtle should hit Level 16 before you reach Misty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TMWaterScaldPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Lt. Surge
- HMWaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 33WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Erika
- HMWaterSurfPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Koga
- TMPoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Giovanni
- TMDragonOutragePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 53WaterHydro PumpPower 165Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 59NormalSkull BashPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Wartortle to Blastoise
Wartortle evolves into Blastoise at Level 36. Your Wartortle should hit Level 36 before you reach Koga, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TMWaterScaldPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Lt. Surge
- HMWaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- TMNormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- After Erika
- HMWaterSurfPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Koga
- TMPoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Giovanni
- TMDragonOutragePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 65WaterHydro PumpPower 165Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 75NormalSkull BashPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Blastoise in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
No wild encounters for Blastoise. The 3-stage chain runs through Squirtle, which you can catch but it's a rare spawn from the locations below. Evolve at level 36 once you've got the levels.
Catch Squirtle at any of these 4 spots to eventually evolve into Blastoise.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6How to Obtain Blastoise in Let's Go
The path to Blastoise starts with Squirtle at Lv. 7+ via walking and gift encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Evolve into Wartortle
- Step 3Blastoise ✓
How to Get Shiny Blastoise in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
In Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee, the strongest route to a Shiny Blastoise is Catch Combo, which reaches about 1 in 274 at full boosts. Shininess carries through evolution, so hunting an earlier stage and evolving it counts too. Pick a method and tune your setup below to see live odds. Compare Shiny Blastoise odds across every game
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Shiny Blastoise Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Catch Combo at full boosts, about 1 in 274 on each try. Tune it below.
Catch Combo: Catch one species back-to-back. A Lure stacks on top of a 31-plus combo.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 29 |
| 25%one in four | 79 |
| 50%coin flip | 190 |
| 90%very likely | 630 |
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee with Blastoise preloaded.
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 (79/100/105) 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 |
Blastoise Evolutions
Blastoise is the final form in a three-stage chain from Squirtle through Wartortle. Evolving from Squirtle gave Blastoise the biggest boost in Sp.Def (+41), bringing the total to 530 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Let's Go Blastoise Best Moveset
Mega Blastoise reaches 135 Sp. Atk, putting real power behind MoveHydro Pump, MoveIce Beam and MoveDark Pulse. Let's Go has no abilities, so Mega Launcher never boosts pulse moves; the gain is pure stats. Without the Mega, 85 Sp. Atk at 100/105 defenses is too passive. The Mega transforms everything.
Best Build
Squirtle Candy
Courage Candy+SPDSassy raises Sp. Def and lowers Speed. Madam Celadon sets this nature when you pick Green, then Pink. It costs 10,000 Pokedollars and lasts for the rest of the day.
Candy for Blastoise
- Squirtle Candy
- Courage Candy
Courage Candy L
Courage Candy XL
Squirtle Candy raises every stat, but only Squirtle, Wartortle and Blastoise can eat it. The stat candy that goes with Blastoise is Courage Candy (Sp. Def), and any Pokemon can eat it; Courage Candy L needs level 30 and Courage Candy XL needs level 60 or higher.
Mega Evolution
- Mega Blastoise
Mega Blastoise (Water type) has 79 HP, 103 Attack, 120 Defense, 135 Sp. Atk, 115 Sp. Def and 78 Speed, 630 in total. Weak to Electric and Grass. Resists Fire, Water, Ice and Steel. Best nature for Mega Blastoise: Quiet (Madam Celadon: Blue, then Pink). Mega Stone: 
Blastoisinite, a gift from Blue in Professor Oak's Lab in Pallet Town after your seventh Badge. Pokedex: The cannon on its back is as powerful as a tank gun. Its tough legs and back enable it to withstand the recoil from firing the cannon.
Mega Evolution can be used once per battle, on one Pokemon.
Master Trainer
Tessa battles with one level 80 Blastoise that knows Fake Out, Rock Slide, Dark Pulse and Substitute. It takes extra damage from Electric and Grass moves. Win to earn the Blastoise Master title. Find Tessa on Route 20.
Moves List
Blastoise develops a solid moveset just through leveling. Hydro Pump and Skull Bash show up naturally, and the progression handles both STAB and utility without leaning on TMs for the core attacks.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- 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.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM 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 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
All 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Once it takes aim at its enemy, it blasts out water with even more force than a fire hose.
Game Availability
Blastoise first appeared in Red & Blue and spans 21 games across 9 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 7Let's Go
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
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