Generation V

tirtouga

Prototurtle Pokémon

waterrock

Tirtouga is considered to be the ancestor of many turtle Pokémon. It was restored to life from a fossil.

0.7 m

Height

16.5 kg

Weight

Base XP

Capture Rate

Base Happiness

♂ 88% ♀ 13%

Gender

Base Stats

HP54

Attack78

Defense103

+1 EV

Sp. Atk53

Sp. Def45

Speed22

Total355

Abilities

Solid Rock

Slot 1Generation IV

Decreases damage taken from super-effective moves by 1/4.

“Reduces the power of supereffective attacks that hit the Pokémon.”

Sturdy

Slot 2Generation III

Prevents being KOed from full HP, leaving 1 HP instead. Protects against the one-hit KO moves regardless of HP.

“The Pokémon cannot be knocked out by a single hit as long as its HP is full. One-hit KO moves will also fail to knock it out.”

Swift Swim

Slot 3HiddenGeneration III

Doubles Speed during rain.

“Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in rain.”

Evolution Chain

tirtouga

#564

Lv. 37

carracosta

#565

Breeding

Water1 Water3

Egg Groups

30 cycles

Hatch Counter

—

Habitat

Medium

Growth Rate

Quadruped

Shape

Gender Diff.

Moves (69)

Level Up (10)

Lv.	Move	Type	Class	Pwr	Acc	PP
1	Water GunTM12 Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	water	special	40	100%	25
1	Withdraw Raises the user’s Defense by one stage. User	water	status	—	—	40
6	Aqua Jet Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	water	physical	40	100%	20
9	Smack DownTM179 Removes any immunity to Ground damage.	rock	physical	50	100%	15
12	Ancient Power Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage.	rock	special	60	100%	5
15	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch. Changed in: Gold Silver	dark	physical	60	100%	25
18	Wide Guard Prevents any multi-target moves from hitting friendly Pokémon this turn. Users Field	rock	status	—	—	10
30	CurseTM224 Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense. Specific Move Changed in: Black White	ghost	status	—	—	10
36	Aqua Tail Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	water	physical	90	90%	10
45	Shell Smash Raises user’s Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by two stages. Lower user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage. User	normal	status	—	—	15