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Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen (FRLG)

Porygon Location, Evolution, and Stats

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Porygon is a Pokemon in Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen (FRLG). Learn how to get Porygon, its Gen 3 learnset, evolution details, abilities, and type strengths and weaknesses here!

Pokedex List
Pokemon FRLG - Flareon Flareon
(#136) 		Pokemon FRLG - Porygon Porygon
(#137) 		Pokemon FRLG - Omanyte Omanyte
(#138)

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How to Get Porygon

Obtained via Evolution

Evolution Line
Pokemon FRLG - Porygon Porygon Use Up-Grade
→		 via Trade
→		 Pokemon FRLG - Porygon2 Porygon2

To get Porygon, you will need to evolve them. This means that you will need to get their pre-evolution first and the fulfill their evolution requirement to get this Pokemon.

Purchase at the Game Corner

Version Required Coins
FireRed 9999
LeafGreen 6500

Porygon can be obtained at the Celadon Game Corner by purchasing them from the rewards counter. Unlike most other purchases, they can only be bought using the Game Corner's coins, meaning you will need to either farm coins by playing the slot machines, or by purchasing a ton of coins with Poke Dollars.

Celadon Game Corner Casino Guide and Rewards

How Many Nuggets for Porygon

Version Required Money Nugget Equivalent
FireRed 200,000 Poke Dollars 40 Nuggets
LeafGreen 130,000 Poke Dollars 26 Nuggets

You can purchase Porygon for 40 or 26 nuggets depending on the game version. Each nugget sells for 5,000 Poke Dollars, with 10,000 being required to get 500 Game Coins from the Main Counter.

If you didn't do the Nugget Bridge exploit, consider duplicating nuggets instead via the Mail Glitch method.

Mail Glitch Guide: How to Duplicate Items

Porygon Game Data

Basic Info and Type

Porygon
Virtual Pokémon
Pokemon FRLG - Porygon
Type 1 Pokemon FRLG - Normal
Type 2 -
Egg Group Mineral
Height 0.8m
Weight 36.5lbs

Abilities

Ability Effect
Trace When it enters a battle, the Pokémon copies an opposing Pokémon's Ability.

List of All Abilities

Weakness and Resistances

Multiplier Type
Takes 2x Damage
Pokemon FRLG - Fighting
Takes 0x Damage
Pokemon FRLG - Ghost
Takes 1x Damage
Pokemon FRLG - Dark Pokemon FRLG - Dragon Pokemon FRLG - Rock Pokemon FRLG - Bug Pokemon FRLG - Psychic Pokemon FRLG - Ground Pokemon FRLG - Poison Pokemon FRLG - Electric Pokemon FRLG - Steel Pokemon FRLG - Grass Pokemon FRLG - Fire Pokemon FRLG - Water Pokemon FRLG - Ice Pokemon FRLG - Flying Pokemon FRLG - Normal

Note that Type Effectiveness does not take Abilities into account.

Weakness and Type Chart

Porygon Base Stats

HP
65
Atk
60
Def
70
Sp. Atk
85
Sp. Def
75
Speed
40
Total
395

Porygon Evolution Chart

Evolution Line
Pokemon FRLG - Porygon Porygon via Trade with an Up-Grade
→		 Pokemon FRLG - Porygon2 Porygon2

Porygon Gen 3 Learnset

Level Up Learnset in FRLG

Lv.
Move
Type
Power
Acc.
PP
1 Conversion 2 Pokemon FRLG - Normal - 100 30
1 Tackle Pokemon FRLG - Normal 35 95 35
1 Conversion Pokemon FRLG - Normal - - 30
9 Agility Pokemon FRLG - Psychic - - 30
12 Psybeam Pokemon FRLG - Psychic 65 100 20
20 Recover Pokemon FRLG - Normal - - 20
24 Sharpen Pokemon FRLG - Normal - - 20
36 Tri Attack Pokemon FRLG - Normal 80 100 10
44 Recycle Pokemon FRLG - Normal - 100 10
48 Zap Cannon Pokemon FRLG - Electric 100 50 5

TM and HM Learnset in FRLG

No.
Move
Type
Power
Acc.
PP
HM05 Flash Pokemon FRLG - Normal - 70 20
TM06 Toxic Pokemon FRLG - Poison - 85 10
TM10 Hidden Power Pokemon FRLG - Normal 1 100 15
TM11 Sunny Day Pokemon FRLG - Fire - - 5
TM13 Ice Beam Pokemon FRLG - Ice 95 100 10
TM14 Blizzard Pokemon FRLG - Ice 120 70 5
TM15 Hyper Beam Pokemon FRLG - Normal 150 90 5
TM17 Protect Pokemon FRLG - Normal - - 10
TM18 Rain Dance Pokemon FRLG - Water - - 5
TM21 Frustration Pokemon FRLG - Normal 1 100 20
TM22 Solar Beam Pokemon FRLG - Grass 120 100 10
TM23 Iron Tail Pokemon FRLG - Steel 100 75 15
TM24 Thunderbolt Pokemon FRLG - Electric 95 100 15
TM25 Thunder Pokemon FRLG - Electric 120 70 10
TM27 Return Pokemon FRLG - Normal 1 100 20
TM29 Psychic Pokemon FRLG - Psychic 90 100 10
TM30 Shadow Ball Pokemon FRLG - Ghost 80 100 15
TM32 Double Team Pokemon FRLG - Normal - - 15
TM34 Shock Wave Pokemon FRLG - Electric 60 - 20
TM40 Aerial Ace Pokemon FRLG - Flying 60 - 20
TM42 Facade Pokemon FRLG - Normal 70 100 20
TM43 Secret Power Pokemon FRLG - Normal 70 100 20
TM44 Rest Pokemon FRLG - Psychic - - 10
TM46 Thief Pokemon FRLG - Dark 40 100 10

Move Tutor Learnset in FRLG

Move
Type
Power
Acc.
PP
Double-Edge Pokemon FRLG - Normal 120 100 15
Dream Eater Pokemon FRLG - Psychic 100 100 15
Mimic Pokemon FRLG - Normal - 100 10
Substitute Pokemon FRLG - Normal - - 10
Thunder Wave Pokemon FRLG - Electric - 100 20

Egg Move Learnset in FRLG

This Pokemon cannot learn any moves under this category.

Learnset from Pre-Evolution in FRLG

This Pokemon cannot learn any moves from a pre-evolution.

Porygon Pokedex Number

Pokedex List
Pokemon FRLG - Flareon Flareon
(#136) 		Pokemon FRLG - Porygon Porygon
(#137) 		Pokemon FRLG - Omanyte Omanyte
(#138)

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List of All Pokemon by Type

Grass TypeGrass Water TypeWater Fire TypeFire
Electric TypeElectric Ice TypeIce Fighting TypeFighting
Ground TypeGround Poison TypePoison Flying TypeFlying
Psychic TypePsychic Bug TypeBug Rock TypeRock
Ghost TypeGhost Dragon TypeDragon Dark TypeDark
Steel TypeSteel Normal TypeNormal -

List of Pokemon by Egg Group

Grass Egg GroupGrass Monster Egg GroupMonster Dragon Egg GroupDragon
Water 1 Egg GroupWater 1 Water 2 Egg GroupWater 2 Water 3 Egg GroupWater 3
Bug Egg GroupBug Flying Egg GroupFlying Field Egg GroupField
Fairy Egg GroupFairy Human-like Egg GroupHuman-like Mineral Egg GroupMineral
Amorphous Egg GroupAmorphous Undiscovered Egg GroupUndiscovered Ditto Egg GroupDitto

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