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Pokédex No.0658
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Greninja

No.0658 · Ninja Pokémon

Greninja

ゲッコウガ

WaterDark
Forms
Height
1.5 m
Weight
40.0 kg
Color
Blue
Shape
Humanoid
Abilities

Strengthens water moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.

ProteanHidden

Changes the bearer's type to match each move it uses.

02 //Base stats

Base stats
StatBase
HP72
254–348
Attack95
175–317
Defense67
125–256
Sp. Atk103
189–335
Sp. Def71
132–265
Speed122
224–377
Total530Higher than 82% of all Pokémon

Ranges assume 0 IV/0 EV with a hindering nature (min) up to 31 IV/252 EV with a boosting nature (max).

HP 72Attack 95Defense 67Speed 122Sp. Def 71Sp. Atk 103
  • HPtop 41%
  • Attacktop 30%
  • Defensetop 52%
  • Sp. Atktop 15%
  • Sp. Deftop 43%
  • Speedtop 3%

03 //Type matchups

Defensive multipliers
Type matchups
Takes 2× damage
ElectricGrassFightingBugFairy
Takes ½× damage
FireWaterIceGhostDarkSteel
Immune
Psychic
Damage taken from every type
Normal1×
Fire½×
Water½×
Electric2×
Grass2×
Ice½×
Fighting2×
Poison1×
Ground1×
Flying1×
Psychic0×
Bug2×
Rock1×
Ghost½×
Dragon1×
Dark½×
Steel½×
Fairy2×
Its own types hit these super-effectively (STAB)
FireGroundPsychicRockGhost

04 //Evolution

Evolution

05 //Easily confused with

Most similar silhouettes
Easily confused with
Greninja silhouette
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Ranked by a DINOv2 vision model comparing silhouette shapes — these are the options Who's That Pokémon? hard mode will try to trip you up with. Tap to reveal.

06 //Where to find it

By game
Where to find it
GamesLocationMethod
SV
Transfer from Pokémon HOME or trade (needs The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero)
SV
Evolve Frogadier (in The Indigo Disk)
ZA
Evolve Frogadier
ZA
Hyperspace Lumiose
Water zone · 4★
Hyperspace
ZA
Hyperspace Lumiose
Water zone · 5★
Hyperspace
ZA
Hyperspace Lumiose
Dark zone · 4★
Hyperspace

Gens 1–7 from PokéAPI checked against Serebii (places PokéAPI lacks come from Serebii), Let's Go and Gens 8–9 from Serebii. Rates are the chance per encounter in that spot; Gen 8–9 raids and overview-only spots list no levels or rates. Tap a place for its page, or Atlas to find it on the map.

07 //Moves

76 moves
Moves
LvMoveTypeCat.Pow
EvoPage →Water15
1Page →Normal—
1Page →Ice—
1Page →Dark70
1Page →Normal40
1Page →Normal40
1Page →Psychic—
1Page →Water40
10Page →Ghost30
14Page →Water60
19Page →Normal—
23Page →Ghost40
28Page →Ground—
33Page →Flying60
42Page →Normal—
49Page →Psychic80
56Page →Normal—
68Page →Water110

Learnset from Scarlet & Violet. Tap a move for its effect.

08 //Pokédex entries

2 unique entries
Pokédex entries
It appears and vanishes with a ninja’s grace. It toys with its enemies using swift movements, while slicing them with throwing stars of sharpest water.
YAlpha Sapphire
It creates throwing stars out of compressed water. When it spins them and throws them at high speed, these stars can split metal in two.
XOmega Ruby

09 //Names in other languages

9 languages
Names in other languages
Japanese
ゲッコウガ
Rōmaji
Gekkouga
Korean
개굴닌자
Chinese (Simplified)
甲贺忍蛙
Chinese (Traditional)
甲賀忍蛙
French
Amphinobi
German
Quajutsu
Spanish
Greninja
Italian
Greninja

10 //Training & breeding

Training & breeding

Training

EV yield3 Speed
Catch rate45 (11.9% per Poké Ball at full HP, Gen 5+)
Base friendship70
Base experience239
Growth rateMedium Slow

Breeding

Egg groupsWater1
Egg cycles20
Gender87.5% ♂ · 12.5% ♀
Gender differencesNo
Habitat—

Other names

Japaneseゲッコウガ
Korean개굴닌자
GermanQuajutsu
FrenchAmphinobi
SpanishGreninja
ItalianGreninja

Regional Pokédex numbers

Kalos Central #9Blueberry #217

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Greninja summary

Greninja is a Water/Dark-type Ninja Pokémon introduced in Generation 6, number 658 in the National Pokédex. It has a base stat total of 530 (HP 72, Attack 95, Defense 67, Sp. Atk 103, Sp. Def 71, Speed 122). It is weak to Bug, Electric, Fairy, Fighting and Grass moves. Its abilities are torrent, with protean as a hidden ability.

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