Is Wartortle Good in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Playthrough?
Wartortle covers the Misty, Lt. Surge, and Erika stretch, and all three are hard fights for it. Treat it as a bridge to Blastoise.
Not available yet. You cannot get Squirtle before this fight.
Misty's typing presses Wartortle's defenses.
Wartortle trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's team hits Wartortle's weaknesses hard.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Agatha's team.
Blastoise trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Blastoise has the type edge here and should clean up Trace's team.
This is the Let's Go Pikachu team. In Let's Go Eevee, Trace brings Raichu Lv 57 in place of Jolteon Lv 57.
Catch Squirtle
Catch Squirtle on Route 24 (walking, Lv 7-12, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TMWaterScaldPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Lt. Surge
- HMWaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 27WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Erika
- HMWaterSurfPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 41WaterHydro PumpPower 165Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Sabrina
- TMIceIce BeamPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 45NormalSkull BashPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Giovanni
- TMDragonOutragePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Squirtle to Wartortle
Squirtle evolves into Wartortle at Level 16. Your Squirtle should hit Level 16 before you reach Misty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TMWaterScaldPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Lt. Surge
- HMWaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 33WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Erika
- HMWaterSurfPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Koga
- TMPoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Giovanni
- TMDragonOutragePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 53WaterHydro PumpPower 165Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 59NormalSkull BashPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Wartortle to Blastoise
Wartortle evolves into Blastoise at Level 36. Your Wartortle should hit Level 36 before you reach Koga, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TMWaterScaldPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Lt. Surge
- HMWaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- TMNormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- After Erika
- HMWaterSurfPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Koga
- TMPoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Giovanni
- TMDragonOutragePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 65WaterHydro PumpPower 165Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 75NormalSkull BashPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Wartortle in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
Can't catch Wartortle directly. Start with Squirtle but it's a rare spawn from the locations below, then evolve at level 36. The 3-stage chain from Squirtle to Wartortle is where the leveling time goes.
Catch Squirtle at any of these 4 spots to eventually evolve into Wartortle.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 6How to Obtain Wartortle in Let's Go
The path to Wartortle starts with Squirtle at Lv. 7+ via walking and gift encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Wartortle ✓
- Step 3Evolve into Blastoise
How to Get Shiny Wartortle in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
In Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee, the strongest route to a Shiny Wartortle is Catch Combo, which reaches about 1 in 274 at full boosts. Shininess carries through evolution, so hunting an earlier stage and evolving it counts too. Pick a method and tune your setup below to see live odds. Compare Shiny Wartortle odds across every game
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Shiny Wartortle Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Catch Combo at full boosts, about 1 in 274 on each try. Tune it below.
Catch Combo: Catch one species back-to-back. A Lure stacks on top of a 31-plus combo.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 29 |
| 25%one in four | 79 |
| 50%coin flip | 190 |
| 90%very likely | 630 |
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee with Wartortle preloaded.
Wartortle Weakness
Wartortle is weak to Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Wartortle's Water typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
Wartortle Evolutions
Wartortle sits between Squirtle and Blastoise in this three-stage line. Not the final form yet. Sp.Def has grown the most so far (+16), but there's still another 125 stats to gain in the final evolution. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Let's Go Wartortle Best Moveset
Bulk without punch. 80/80 defenses absorb hits but 65 Sp. Atk behind the Water TermStab moveset can't close anything out. One evolution from Blastoise's Mega form where the offensive stats finally match the durability.
Best Build
Squirtle Candy
Courage Candy+SPDRelaxed raises Defense and lowers Speed. Madam Celadon sets this nature when you pick Yellow, then Pink. It costs 10,000 Pokedollars and lasts for the rest of the day.
Candy for Wartortle
Courage Candy L
Courage Candy XL
Tough Candy
Tough Candy L
Tough Candy XLSquirtle Candy raises every stat, but only Squirtle, Wartortle and Blastoise can eat it. The stat candy that goes with Wartortle is Courage Candy (Sp. Def) and Tough Candy (Defense), and any Pokemon can eat it; Courage Candy L needs level 30, Courage Candy XL needs level 60, Tough Candy L needs level 30 and Tough Candy XL needs level 60 or higher.
Master Trainer
Prita battles with one level 70 Wartortle that knows Headbutt, Rock Slide and Skull Bash. It takes extra damage from Electric and Grass moves. Win to earn the Wartortle Master title. Find Prita on Route 20.
Moves List
The level-up pool tells the story here. Wartortle learns Hydro Pump and Skull Bash naturally, plus enough variety that TMs feel like bonuses. Coverage across 8 types 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 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When tapped on its head, this Pokémon will pull it in, but its tail will stick out a little bit.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Wartortle appears in 21 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Wartortle 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
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