Is Piplup Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
Postgame gift. Water starter with the Steel secondary typing as Empoleon. Water/Steel is a strong defensive combination, but the postgame timing limits when you can actually use it.
Piplup resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Piplup has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Prinplup has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Prinplup resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Prinplup trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Prinplup trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Empoleon resists most of Tate & Liza's coverage and hits back hard.
Empoleon trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Empoleon has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Empoleon trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Empoleon has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Empoleon has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Empoleon has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Piplup is given to you as a gift on Route 101 at Lv 5. LIMITED; After beating Elite Four second time. Receive from Professor Birch on Route 101 after defeating the Elite Four a second time
Your Piplup should hit Level 16 before you reach Wattson, at typical leveling pace.
Your Prinplup should hit Level 36 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Piplup in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
No searching required for Piplup. You receive it at Route 101 from an NPC. No wild encounters exist in this game, so just head to the right spot when you're ready and it's yours.
Piplup Weakness
Electric and Grass moves hit Piplup for super-effective damage. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Only 2 weaknesses makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
What is Piplup Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Piplup
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Raikou can KO Piplup with Thunderbolt (175-206%). Breloom's Bullet Seed hits Piplup for 57-67%.
 Raikou Electric | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Piplup View Raikou builds →Volt Switch 2x136-160%KO Thunderbolt 2x175-206%KO Shadow Ball52-61% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityTechnician ItemFocus Sash NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Piplup View Breloom builds →Mach Punch44-52% Bullet Seed 2x57-67% | ||
Piplup Evolutions
Piplup is the start of a three-stage chain. It evolves into Prinplup first, then eventually reaches Empoleon. For breeding, average hatch time with a massive partner pool via two egg groups. The evolved forms gain up to 216 total stats over Piplup. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Piplup easily with 200 breeding partners from the Ground and Water1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Agility, Aqua Ring, Bide and 10 more to offspring.
ORAS Piplup Best Moveset
Water at 61 Sp. Atk. AbilityCompetitive as a hidden ability raises Sp. Atk when stats drop. The moveset fires at pre-evolution power. Empoleon two evolutions away adds Steel typing and 111 Sp. Atk for A-tier.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- Scald
- Blizzard
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Piplup picks up Agility and Aqua Ring only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Hydro Pump and Surf while coverage across 9 types adds range.
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
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It doesn’t like to be taken care of. It’s difficult to bond with since it won’t listen to its Trainer.
Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people. Its thick down guards it from cold.
Piplup Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Piplup does the job early-game if you need a Water type on your team. Evolve it into Prinplup before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Piplup first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 12 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
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 4DPDebut
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