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Greninja
Ninja Pokémon
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.
Details
Height1.5 m
Weight40.0 kg
Gender87.5% ♂ · 12.5% ♀
Catch rate45
Base friendship70
Growth ratemedium slow
Appears in these games
Base stats
HP
72
Attack
95
Defense
67
Sp. Atk
103
Sp. Def
71
Speed
122
Total
530
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Battle Bond
- Item
- Life Orb
- Ability
- Battle Bond
- Nature
- Timid
- EVs
- 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
- Tera
- WaterGhost
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Greninja can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
13 sprites & renders for Greninja.
Across the games
Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Water Shuriken | Water | Special | 15 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Bubble | Water | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Growl | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Haze | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Mat Block | Fighting | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Night Slash | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Pound | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Quick Attack | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Role Play | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Water Gun | Water | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 |
| 10 | Lick | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 30 |
| 14 | Water Pulse | Water | Special | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 19 | Smokescreen | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 23 | Shadow Sneak | Ghost | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 28 | Spikes | Ground | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 33 | Aerial Ace | Flying | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 33 | Feint Attack | Dark | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 42 | Substitute | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 49 | Extrasensory | Psychic | Special | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 56 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 68 | Hydro Pump | Water | Special | 110 | 80 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Greninja can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
