Is Lapras Good in Yellow Playthrough?
A gift in Silph Co. with no catch rate hassle. Lapras has excellent bulk, strong special output, and Ice coverage that handles Lance. Slow but durable enough that speed rarely matters. One of the best gifts in any Pokemon game.
Lapras resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Misty's typing presses Lapras's defenses.
Lapras trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Lapras has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Lapras has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Lapras trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Lapras resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Lapras resists most of Giovanni's coverage and hits back hard.
Lapras trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Lapras resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Lapras has the type edge here and should clean up Agatha's team.
Lapras has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Lapras has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Gift
Lapras is given to you as a gift in Silph Co. at Lv 15. Your rival Blue battles you at the entrance of the worker's room on 7F before you reach him. A Silph Co. worker in the west room of 7F gives you a Lapras when you talk to him, during or after the Team Rocket takeover.
Recommended Moves
- LV 16NormalSingPower —Accuracy 55%PP 15
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Rocket Game Corner
- LV 31GhostConfuse RayPower —Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Erika
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Safari Zone
- LV 38IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 46WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Sabrina
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 90%PP 5Pokémon Mansion
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Pokémon Mansion
How to Get Lapras in Yellow
Beat your rival on the 7th floor of Silph Co. and a grateful employee hands you Lapras at level 15. It's a one-time gift with no wild backup, so don't let it faint into oblivion.
1 location to catch Lapras
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Lapras Weakness
Lapras's Water/Ice typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Grass, Fighting, and Rock. Lapras's overall bulk (130/80/95) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass, Fighting, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Ice |
- Only 15 types exist — Dark, Steel, and Fairy are absent
- Ghost has no effect on Psychic (a known bug, fixed in Gen II)
- Special stat governs both offense and defense — no Sp.Atk / Sp.Def split
What is Lapras Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Lapras
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Jolteon builds →Thunderbolt 2x60-71% Double Kick 2x11-14% | ||
 Magneton Electric | C | |
 Raichu Electric | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Pichu (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Raichu builds →Thunderbolt 2x52-62% Submission 2x34-40% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Primeape builds →Submission 2x56-66% Rock Slide 2x34-41% Thunderbolt 2x26-31% | ||
 Hitmonlee Fighting | B | |
Obtain MethodSaffron City Gift | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Machoke builds →Submission 2x54-64% Rock Slide 2x34-40% | ||
 Ivysaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Cerulean City Gift) | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lapras View Graveler builds →Rock Slide 2x48-57% Submission 2x34-41% | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Onix RockGround | C | |
Lapras Evolutions
You won't breed Lapras or evolve it further. This Water/Ice type brings 545 total stats right out of the encounter. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Y Lapras Best Moveset
130 HP tanks hits that drop everything except Chansey and Snorlax. MoveBlizzard at 90%% accuracy from 95 Special carries the permanent freeze chance that wins games outright, and MoveBody Slam adds physical paralysis. MoveSing provides unreliable but occasionally devastating sleep. Bulk, Ice, and disruption from one of the hardest Pokemon to remove.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Thunderbolt
- Blizzard
- Confuse Ray
- Sing
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Lapras's Normal and Dragon coverage and more all comes from technical machines, built on top of Hydro Pump and Blizzard for same-type damage. Ice Beam and Hydro Pump are the payoff moves.
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 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
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Lapras Yellow Guide
In Yellow, use Lapras as a balanced. Special attacks are the main output. Not the fastest, Blizzard is the primary attack.
Gigantamax Lapras is exclusive to Sword & Shield, so it's not usable in Yellow. The form has a unique appearance and a signature G-Max move.
Game Availability
Available since Red & Blue, Lapras appears in 20 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Gigantamax form in Generation 8.
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 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
Winds & Waves
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