VaporeonWater StoneJolteonThunder StoneFlareonFire Stone
Is Vaporeon Good in Red & Blue Playthrough?
The best Eeveelution for a Red and Blue playthrough. Vaporeon has massive HP, hits hard on the special side, and learns enough moves to handle most situations. If you don't already have a Water-type when you get Eevee, this is the play.
Brock's typing presses Eevee's defenses.
Eevee trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Eevee trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Erika:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Koga:
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Sabrina:
Vaporeon resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Blaine:
Vaporeon resists most of Giovanni's coverage and hits back hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Giovanni:
Lorelei's typing presses Vaporeon's defenses.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Lorelei:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Bruno:
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Agatha:
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Lance:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Blue:
Gift Eevee
Eevee is given to you as a gift in Celadon City at Lv 25. Celadon Mansion rooftop, back entrance. Found in a Poke Ball on the Celadon Mansion rooftop. Enter through the back entrance of the building.
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TM08NormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15S.S. Anne
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 12 Gate 2F
- After Lt. Surge
- TM10NormalDouble-EdgePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Rocket Hideout
- LV 27NormalQuick AttackPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Erika
- TM40NormalSkull BashPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Safari Zone
- LV 37NormalBitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Koga
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Fuchsia Gym Leader Koga
- LV 45NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
Evolve Eevee to Vaporeon
Eevee evolves into Vaporeon with a Water Stone. You can buy the Water Stone at the Celadon Department Store on the 4th floor (₽2,100).
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TM11WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Cerulean Gym Leader Misty
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Rocket Game Corner
- TM10NormalDouble-EdgePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Rocket Hideout
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Celadon Department Store roof
- After Erika
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Safari Zone
- TM40NormalSkull BashPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Safari Zone
- After Sabrina
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 5Pokémon Mansion
- LV 54WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Eevee to Jolteon
Eevee evolves into Jolteon with a Thunder Stone. You can buy the Thunder Stone at the Celadon Department Store on the 4th floor (₽2,100).
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TM08NormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15S.S. Anne
- After Lt. Surge
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Vermilion Gym Leader Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Rocket Game Corner
- TM10NormalDouble-EdgePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Rocket Hideout
- TM09NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20Silph Co.
- After Erika
- TM40NormalSkull BashPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Safari Zone
- LV 40ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 54ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
Evolve Eevee to Flareon
Eevee evolves into Flareon with a Fire Stone. You can buy the Fire Stone at the Celadon Department Store on the 4th floor (₽2,100).
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TM08NormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15S.S. Anne
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Rocket Game Corner
- TM10NormalDouble-EdgePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Rocket Hideout
- TM09NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20Silph Co.
- After Erika
- TM40NormalSkull BashPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Safari Zone
- LV 40NormalBitePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Blaine
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Prize for defeating Cinnabar Gym Leader Blaine
- LV 54FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Vaporeon in Red & Blue
Vaporeon is the bulkiest eeveelution and the safest pick for the lone Celadon Eevee, evolved with a Water Stone. Its high HP carries a new team further than the other two through the mid-game.
Catch Eevee at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Vaporeon.
- 1Catch Eevee
- 2Evolve VaporeonUse Water Stone
Badge 4How to Obtain Vaporeon in RB
- Step 2Vaporeon ✓
Vaporeon Weakness
Type-wise, Vaporeon takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. Not many exploitable gaps in the Water typing defensive chart. Vaporeon's special bulk (base 110 Special) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, 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 Vaporeon Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Vaporeon
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Tangela Grass | C | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | S | |
 Zapdos Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodPower Plant Interact Encounter | ||
 Magneton Electric | C | |
Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) | ||
 Raichu Electric | C | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodPower Plant Interact Encounter | ||
Vaporeon Evolutions
Eevee's chain leads to Vaporeon (using a Water Stone). A Water type at 540 stats, sitting in the Undiscovered group. Vaporeon edges out Jolteon by 15 total stats (540 vs 525). HP is where most of the advantage lives. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
RB Vaporeon Best Moveset
110 Special and 130 HP provide massive special bulk. MoveSurf hits hard, MoveBlizzard adds Ice coverage, and the HP stat tanks hits that drop Starmie. Slower but far bulkier than the faster Water-types. A tanky special attacker that trades speed for staying power.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Rest
- Acid Armor
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool tells the story here. Vaporeon learns Hydro Pump and Blizzard naturally, plus enough variety that TMs feel like bonuses. Normal and Dark coverage extends the reach beyond that.
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 19 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Lives close to water. Its long tail is ridged with a fin which is often mistaken for a mermaid’s.
Vaporeon Red & Blue Guide
In Red & Blue, Vaporeon plays as a tank. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Vaporeon appears in 22 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Vaporeon 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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