Is Froakie Good in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Playthrough?
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Froakie has the type edge here and should clean up Ilima's team.
Froakie trades roughly evenly with Hala's team.
Lana's team hits Froakie's weaknesses hard.
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Froakie has the type edge here and should clean up Kiawe's team.
Mallow's team hits Froakie's weaknesses hard.
Froakie trades roughly evenly with Olivia's team.
Froakie trades roughly evenly with Sophocles's team.
Froakie trades roughly evenly with Acerola's team.
Froakie trades roughly evenly with Nanu's team.
Mina's team hits Froakie's weaknesses hard.
Froakie trades roughly evenly with Hapu's team.
Froakie trades roughly evenly with Molayne's team.
Froakie trades roughly evenly with Olivia's team.
Froakie trades roughly evenly with Acerola's team.
Froakie trades roughly evenly with Kahili's team.
Kukui's team hits Froakie's weaknesses hard.
Froakie cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
How to Get Froakie in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
You're catching Froakie first, not Froakie. Froakie appears in the wild in the encounters below. The step cards map the full 3-stage chain with evolution methods between each stage.
Froakie Weakness
Froakie is weak to Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Froakie's Water typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
What is Froakie Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Froakie
In Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, Mudbray's Earthquake hits Froakie for 65-77%.
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Recommended Build AbilityStamina ItemEviolite NatureImpish Moves
Damage vs Froakie View Mudbray builds →Earthquake65-77% | ||
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Recommended Build AbilitySturdy ItemBerryjuice NatureHardy Moves View Onix builds →
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Recommended Build AbilityOvercoat ItemEviolite NatureBold Moves View Vullaby builds →
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Recommended Build AbilityIron Barbs ItemEviolite NatureCareful Moves View Ferroseed builds →
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Recommended Build AbilitySpeed Boost ItemFocus Sash NatureModest Moves View Torchic builds →
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Froakie Evolutions
Froakie kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Frogadier all the way to Greninja. For breeding, average hatch time with plenty of partners via one egg group. Evolving adds up to 216 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
USUM Froakie Best Moveset
Water at 62 Sp. Atk with AbilityProtean changing type to match every move before attacking as a hidden ability. The moveset at pre-evolution stats cannot use Protean effectively. Greninja two evolutions away earns S-tier through AbilityProtean at 122 Speed.
Best Build
Froakie best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Stallbreaker Moveset
- Toxic Spikes
- Hidden Power Fire
- Taunt
- Ice Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Froakie. Bestow and Camouflage 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 9 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
Froakie Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Guide
In Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, For a casual playthrough, Froakie works as a placeholder. Water coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Frogadier. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Since X & Y, Froakie has been obtainable in 6 games. A Generation 6 debut means a shorter history, but Froakie has appeared steadily across every generation since.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
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 6XYDebut
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