
Is Porygon Good in Yellow Playthrough?
Costs a fortune at the Celadon Game Corner. Porygon has decent special stats but the price tag and effort make it hard to recommend when free alternatives exist. More of a collection piece than a competitive team member.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Porygon has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Giovanni's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Porygon has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Porygon trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Purchase
Porygon can be purchased in Celadon City at Lv 26. Purchase from the Celadon Game Corner prize counter for 9,999 Coins. Coins can be bought at the counter or won at the slot machines.
Recommended Moves
- After Brock
- TM45ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 24
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Rocket Game Corner
- TM10NormalDouble-EdgePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Rocket Hideout
- TM09NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20Silph Co.
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Celadon Department Store roof
- After Erika
- TM40NormalSkull BashPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Safari Zone
- LV 42NormalTri AttackPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Sabrina
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 5Pokémon Mansion
How to Get Porygon in Yellow
Nothing in the wild turns up Porygon. The Celadon Game Corner is the only source, and at 9,999 Coins it's the priciest prize on the board, meaning a very long stretch at the slots.
1 location to catch Porygon
How to Get Porygon in Yellow
Porygon Weakness
Fighting moves hit Porygon for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. Porygon's Normal typing only leaves 1 gap to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- 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 Porygon Weak Against
GoodPorygon Evolutions
For whatever reason, Porygon sits in the Undiscovered egg group. A Normal type at 385 stats with no chain and no eggs. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Y Porygon Best Moveset
Outlasts weaker threats through MoveRecover and MoveThunder Wave for slow, grinding play. 75 Special puts MoveThunderbolt and MoveBlizzard at moderate damage, enough to chip paralyzed targets down over time. Patient and persistent, never fast or powerful.
Best Build
Support Moveset
- Recover
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Porygon's Psychic and Ice coverage all comes from technical machines, built on top of Hyper Beam and Skull Bash for same-type damage. Blizzard and Double-Edge 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 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
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Porygon Yellow Guide
Porygon costs 9,999 Coins in Yellow. Earn coins by playing the slot machines on the Game Corner floor or buying them at the counter (1,000 coins for ₽10,000).
In Yellow, Porygon has 385 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Yellow, use Porygon as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Porygon appears in 22 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Porygon have the longest track record of availability in the series.
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 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
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