Pokemon BDSP Piplup Guide: Pokedex, location, moveset, evolution

Here is everything you need to know about Piplup in Pokemon BDSP including Pokedex, where to find and evolve, and moveset

Pokedex Data

• Type: Water
• Strengths: Ground, Rock, Fire
• Weaknesses: Water, Grass, Dragon
• Brilliant Diamond Entry: Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people. Its thick down guards it from cold.
• Shining Pearl Entry: It lives along the shore in northern countries. A skilled swimmer, it dives for over 10 minutes while hunting

Where to find Piplup

Piplup is one of the three starter Pokemon that can be chosen at the beginning of the game alongside Turtwig and Chimchar.

How to evolve Piplup

Piplup will evolve into Primplup at level 16, followed by Empoleon at level 36.

Piplup moveset

This moveset is from the original generation 4 games. Moves may differ in the new BDSP, if they do then this will be updated upon the game’s release.

Moves learnt by level up

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Pound	NORMAL	40	100
4	Growl	NORMAL	—	100
6	Water Gun	WATER	40	100
11	Charm	FAIRY	—	100
15	Peck	FLYING	35	100
18	Bubble Beam	WATER	65	100
22	Swagger	NORMAL	—	85
25	Fury Attack	NORMAL	15	85
29	Brine	WATER	65	100
32	Whirlpool	WATER	35	85
36	Mist	ICE	—	—
39	Drill Peck	FLYING	80	100
43	Hydro Pump	WATER	110	80

Moves learnt by TM

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
3	Water Pulse	WATER		60	100
7	Hail	ICE		—	—
10	Work Up	NORMAL		—	—
13	Ice Beam	ICE		90	100
14	Blizzard	ICE		110	70
17	Protect	NORMAL		—	—
18	Rain Dance	WATER		—	—
28	Dig	GROUND		80	100
31	Brick Break	FIGHTING		75	100
32	Double Team	NORMAL		—	—
39	Rock Tomb	ROCK		60	95
40	Aerial Ace	FLYING		60	?
42	Facade	NORMAL		70	100
44	Rest	PSYCHIC		—	—
45	Attract	NORMAL		—	100
49	Scald	WATER		80	100
55	Brine	WATER		65	100
56	Fling	DARK		—	100
58	Endure	NORMAL		—	—
76	Stealth Rock	ROCK		—	—
82	Sleep Talk	NORMAL		—	—
86	Grass Knot	GRASS		—	100
87	Swagger	NORMAL		—	85
88	Pluck	FLYING		60	100
90	Substitute	NORMAL		—	—
93	Cut	NORMAL		50	95
95	Surf	WATER		90	100
97	Defog	FLYING		—	—
99	Waterfall	WATER		80	100

Egg moves

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Agility	PSYCHIC	—	—
Aqua Ring	WATER	—	—
Double Hit	NORMAL	35	90
Feather Dance	FLYING	—	100
Flail	NORMAL	—	100
Hydro Pump	WATER	110	80
Icy Wind	ICE	55	95
Mud-Slap	GROUND	20	100
Snore	NORMAL	50	100
Supersonic	NORMAL	—	55
Yawn	NORMAL	—	—

READ MORE: Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Wiki Guide

Pokemon BDSP is available on November 19 exclusively on Nintendo Switch.