Grapploct (Pokémon)

Total: 2
Grapploct
0 HP	2 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

Shape

Footprint

Pokédex color

Blue

Base friendship

50

External Links

Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

It evolves from Clobbopus when leveled up while knowing Taunt.

Biology

Grapploct is a blue, amphibious, octopus-like Pokémon with a yellow jagged eyemask-like marking, suckers, and what appears to be a breathing organ on the side of its head, which can also be used to squirt out ink and perform special moves. It has a dark blue underside and cyan eyes. Four of its eight tentacles act as arms, three act as legs and one is wrapped round its waist. Its mouth is hidden under the bottom flap of its head.

With a body made of pure muscle, Grapploct possesses very powerful grip strength. It enjoys fighting opponents, and moves onto the land to fight them before returning to its ocean home. Golisopod is the natural predator or prey of Grapploct, depending on who wins the fight.

Grapploct is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Octolock.

In the anime

Grapploct in the anime

Major appearances

Grapploct debuted in Solitary and Menacing!, under the ownership of Bea. It was first seen battling the Karate Master of the Fighting Dojo and defeating his Hitmonchan. Bea then used Grapploct as her second Pokémon in her World Coronation Series battle against Ash. It went up against his Riolu and won. Grapploct has since made multiple reappearances.

Pokédex entries

Episode	Pokémon	Source	Entry
JN034	Grapploct	Ash's Rotom Phone	Grapploct, the Jujitsu Pokémon. A Fighting type. Grapploct's entire body is made of overlapping muscles. Its tentacles have terrifying power for squeezing attacks.

In the manga

Grapploct in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

A Grapploct appeared in JNM11, under the ownership of Bea.

Pokémon Adventures

Bea's Grapploct first appeared in a fantasy during the Sword & Shield chapter.

In the TCG

Main article: Grapploct (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.

Generation VIII

Galar
#352

Galar
Isle of Armor #130

Sinnoh
#—

Hisui
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus.
Sword	A body made up of nothing but muscle makes the grappling moves this Pokémon performs with its tentacles tremendously powerful.
Shield	Searching for an opponent to test its skills against, it emerges onto land. Once the battle is over, it returns to the sea.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.

Generation VIII

Sword

Shield

Route 9, Lake of Outrage, West Lake Axewell (Wanderer)
North Lake Miloch, Dusty Bowl (Max Raid Battle)

Expansion Pass

Loop Lagoon (Wanderer)
Max Lair (Dynamax Adventure)

Brilliant Diamond

Shining Pearl

Unobtainable

Legends: Arceus

Unobtainable

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 80		140 - 187	270 - 364
Attack: 118		110 - 187	216 - 368
Defense: 90		85 - 156	166 - 306
Sp. Atk: 70		67 - 134	130 - 262
Sp. Def: 80		76 - 145	148 - 284
Speed: 42		42 - 103	80 - 201
Total: 480	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is:

Damaged
normally by:

Normal

1×

Fighting

1×

Poison

1×

Ground

1×

Ghost

1×

Steel

1×

Fire

1×

Water

1×

Grass

1×

Electric

1×

Ice

1×

Dragon

1×

Weak to:

Flying

2×

Psychic

2×

Fairy

2×

Immune to:

None

Resistant to:

Rock

½×

Bug

½×

Dark

½×

By leveling up

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
011	Octolock	Fighting	Status	0000—	100100%	15
011	Octazooka	Water	Special	06565	08585%	10
011	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	04040	100100%	15
011	Leer	Normal	Status	0000—	100100%	30
011	Feint	Normal	Physical	03030	100100%	10
011	Bind	Normal	Physical	01515	08585%	20
Evo.Evo.	Octolock	Fighting	Status	0000—	100100%	15
1515	Detect	Fighting	Status	0000—	00——%	5
2020	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	07575	100100%	15
2525	Bulk Up	Fighting	Status	0000—	00——%	20
3030	Submission	Fighting	Physical	08080	08080%	20
3535	Taunt	Dark	Status	0000—	100100%	20
4040	Reversal	Fighting	Physical	0000—	100100%	15
4545	Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120120	100100%	5
5050	Topsy-Turvy	Dark	Status	0000—	00——%	20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Grapploct
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Grapploct

By TM/TR

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

	TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM00	TM00	Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	08080	085}}85%	20
TM04	TM04	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	07575	100}}100%	15
TM08	TM08	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	090}}90%	5
TM09	TM09	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
TM15	TM15	Dig	Ground	Physical	08080	100}}100%	10
TM21	TM21	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM24	TM24	Snore	Normal	Special	05050	100}}100%	15
TM25	TM25	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM26	TM26	Scary Face	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	10
TM31	TM31	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
TM36	TM36	Whirlpool	Water	Special	03535	085}}85%	15
TM39	TM39	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM42	TM42	Revenge	Fighting	Physical	06060	100}}100%	10
TM43	TM43	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	07575	100}}100%	15
TM45	TM45	Dive	Water	Physical	08080	100}}100%	10
TM53	TM53	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	05555	095}}95%	15
TM55	TM55	Brine	Water	Special	06565	100}}100%	10
TM57	TM57	Payback	Dark	Physical	05050	100}}100%	10
TM63	TM63	Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	07575	100}}100%	10
TM76	TM76	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
TM79	TM79	Retaliate	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	5
TM97	TM97	Brutal Swing	Dark	Physical	06060	100}}100%	20
TM98	TM98	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	07575	100}}100%	10
TR01	TR01	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	08585	100}}100%	15
TR03	TR03	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110110	080}}80%	5
TR04	TR04	Surf	Water	Special	09090	100}}100%	15
TR16	TR16	Waterfall	Water	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
TR20	TR20	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR21	TR21	Reversal	Fighting	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	15
TR26	TR26	Endure	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR27	TR27	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR37	TR37	Taunt	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
TR39	TR39	Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120120	100}}100%	5
TR45	TR45	Muddy Water	Water	Special	09090	085}}85%	10
TR48	TR48	Bulk Up	Fighting	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TR53	TR53	Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120120	100}}100%	5
TR64	TR64	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120120	070}}70%	5
TR85	TR85	Work Up	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	30
TR98	TR98	Liquidation	Water	Physical	08585	100}}100%	10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Grapploct
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Grapploct

By breeding

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Circle Throw	Fighting	Physical	60	90%	10
Pain Split	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
Power-Up Punch	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	20
Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
Soak	Water	Status	—	100%	20
Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100%	5

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Grapploct in Generation VIII
Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Grapploct in that game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Grapploct
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Grapploct

By tutoring

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Coaching	Fighting	Status	—	—%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Skitter Smack	Bug	Physical	70	90%	10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Grapploct
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Grapploct

By a prior evolution

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior evolutions.

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Grapploct
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Grapploct

Side game data

Pokémon GO

File:GO853.png	Base Stamina: 190	Base Attack: 209	Base Defense: 162
	Egg Distance: N/A km	Buddy Distance: 3 km	Evolution Requirement:
	Fast Attacks: Rock Smash, Waterfall
	Charged Attacks: Brick Break, Ice Punch, Superpower, Surf

Evolution

Unevolved

Clobbopus
Fighting

+

Level up
knowing Taunt
→

First evolution

Grapploct
Fighting

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.

Generation VIII

Sword	Shield


HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Grapploct images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Grapploct and its pre-evolution are the only Pokémon that are in the Water 1 and Human-Like Egg Groups.

Origin

Grapploct appears to be based on an octopus with jujutsu fighter motifs. Its face design appears to be based on a wrestling mask, while the tentacle around its waist resembles a martial artist's belt. It may also reference octopus wrestling practices popular on the West Coast of the United States during the 1960s, which involved a diver grappling with a large octopus in shallow water and dragging it to the surface.

Name origin

Grapploct may be a combination of grapple, octopus, and locked.

Otosupus may be a combination of 落とす otosu (to take someone down) and octopus.

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Japanese	オトスパス Otosupus	From 落とす otosu and octopus
French	Krakos	From kraken and possibly Kratos
Spanish	Grapploct	Same as English name
German	Kaocto	From K.O. and octopus
Italian	Grapploct	Same as English name
Korean	케오퍼스 Keopus	From K.O. and octopus
Cantonese Chinese	八爪武師 Baatjáaumóuhsī	From 八爪魚 baatjáauyú and 武師 móuhsī
Mandarin Chinese	八爪武師 / 八爪武师 Bāzhuǎwǔshī	From 八爪魚 / 八爪鱼 bāzhuǎyú and 武師 / 武师 wǔshī

More languages
Thai	โอโทสพัส Othotphat	Transcription of Japanese name

External links

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