Piplup is one of three starter Pokemon you can choose from in Brilliant Diamond and Pearl. In case you have chosen a different starter but still want to catch Piplup, we will help you with Piplup's location in Pokemon BDSP, its stats, evolutions and abilities.
Pokemon BDSP Piplup
Piplup is a Water and Penguin-type Pokémon with a 5,9% catch chance. It is extremely useful against Fire, Water, Ice and Steel type Pokemon and we will help you catch one for you by explaining what type of Pokemon it is.
How to catch Piplup
You can catch Piplup in Pokemon BDSP by visiting its spawn locations and using methods like Walking in the grass, using your Poke Radar, finding it in honey trees, or fishing nearby to locate it.
Piplup can be located in the following locations in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl:
- Lake Truth
- Water cave
- Still water cave
- Grass water cave
Basic statistics
- HP: 53
- Attack: 51
- Defense: 53
- Special Attack: 61
- Special Defense: 56
- Speed: 40
Piplup skill
Torrent: This ability boosts water-type attacks by 1,5x once the skill bearer has only a hint of HP left.
Defiant (hidden ability): Piplup gets an attack boost whenever its HP is low.
How to evolve Piplup
The penguin-type Piplup has two evolutionary forms that it can achieve simply by leveling up.
Piplup can have evolved into a Prinplup on Level 16 and then reach its final form and evolve into an Empoleon a Level 36.
Strengths and weaknesses
Piplup performs very well against Water, Fire, Ice and Steel type Pokémon such as:
- Ho-Oh (kind of flying fire)
- Dialga (Steel Dragon type)
- Palkia (Water Dragon-type)
- Kyogre (Water Type)
- Metagross (Steel-Psychic type)
Piplup behaves badly against Electric and Grass-type Pokémon such as:
- Zapdos (electric steering wheel type)
- Tangrowth (tipo erba)
- Raikou (electric type)
- Electivire (electric type)
- Celebi (like psychic herb)
Piplup is one of three starter Pokemon you can choose from in Brilliant Diamond and Pearl. In case you have chosen a different starter but still want to catch Piplup, we will help you with Piplup's location in Pokemon BDSP, its stats, evolutions and abilities.
Pokemon BDSP Piplup
Piplup is a Water and Penguin-type Pokémon with a 5,9% catch chance. It is extremely useful against Fire, Water, Ice and Steel type Pokemon and we will help you catch one for you by explaining what type of Pokemon it is.
How to catch Piplup
You can catch Piplup in Pokemon BDSP by visiting its spawn locations and using methods like Walking in the grass, using your Poke Radar, finding it in honey trees, or fishing nearby to locate it.
Piplup can be located in the following locations in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl:
- Lake Truth
- Water cave
- Still water cave
- Grass water cave
Basic statistics
- HP: 53
- Attack: 51
- Defense: 53
- Special Attack: 61
- Special Defense: 56
- Speed: 40
Piplup skill
Torrent: This ability boosts water-type attacks by 1,5x once the skill bearer has only a hint of HP left.
Defiant (hidden ability): Piplup gets an attack boost whenever its HP is low.
How to evolve Piplup
The penguin-type Piplup has two evolutionary forms that it can achieve simply by leveling up.
Piplup can have evolved into a Prinplup on Level 16 and then reach its final form and evolve into an Empoleon a Level 36.
Strengths and weaknesses
Piplup performs very well against Water, Fire, Ice and Steel type Pokémon such as:
- Ho-Oh (kind of flying fire)
- Dialga (Steel Dragon type)
- Palkia (Water Dragon-type)
- Kyogre (Water Type)
- Metagross (Steel-Psychic type)
Piplup behaves badly against Electric and Grass-type Pokémon such as:
- Zapdos (electric steering wheel type)
- Tangrowth (tipo erba)
- Raikou (electric type)
- Electivire (electric type)
- Celebi (like psychic herb)
