Squirtle Starting Stats and Moves

This is a page about the Pokemon Squirtle in the game Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX for Nintendo Switch. Read on to find out about Squirtle's Base Stats, Abilities, and Moves on starting the game.

Basic Information

Type

Squirtle
Type 1	Type 2
Water	-

Base Stats

Ability

Is Recruiting Squirtle Worth It?

Check out our list on Best Pokemon for the Story to find out which Pokemon are best to recruit!

Best Pokemon for the Story

Best Partner for Squirtle

Pokemon	Type
Cubone	Type 1: Ground Type 2:

With its power to draw Electric-type moves away from other Pokemon, Cubone is easily the best partner for Squirtle.

It also has access to a lot of Fire-type moves via TM, so Cubone can take care of pesky Grass-types as well.

Best Moveset

Move	Type	Effect
Brick Break	Fighting	It damages an enemy. It also shatters the enemy's Reflect, Light Screen, and Aurora Veil conditions.
Ice Beam	Ice	It fires off a cold beam, damaging a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also make the enemy Frozen.
Rock Tomb	Rock	It damages an enemy. It also lowers the enemy's Travel Speed.
Scald	Water	It damages an enemy. It could also leave the enemy with a Burn. It will thaw a Frozen Pokemon.

Notes

• The goal of this moveset is to provide Squirtle with coverage and range.
• You can replace Ice Beam or any of the moves with Blizzard if you prefer a room-wide move that is good against Monster Houses.
• Squirtle learns Hydro Pump at Lv. 40. Consider replacing Scald once unlocked.

Learned Moves

Starting Moves

Move	Type	Effect
Bite	Dark	It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Flinch.
Brick Break	Fighting	It damages an enemy. It also shatters the enemy's Reflect, Light Screen, and Aurora Veil conditions.
Tackle	Normal	It damages an enemy.
Water Gun	Water	It damages an enemy. It reaches up to 2 tiles away.

Moves Learned By Level Up

Lv.	Move	Type	Effect
Base	Tackle	Normal	It damages an enemy.
4	Tail Whip	Normal	It lowers the enemy's Defense.
7	Water Gun	Water	It damages an enemy. It reaches up to 2 tiles away.
10	Withdraw	Water	It boosts your Defense. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
13	Bubble	Water	It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also lower the target's Travel Speed.
16	Bite	Dark	It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Flinch.
19	Rapid Spin	Normal	It damages an enemy. It also frees you from being bound and from the Leech Seed status. It destroys any trap in front of you, too.
22	Protect	Normal	You'll Protect yourself from enemies' moves. But its chance of failure rises if you use it after you've already used a move that blocks enemies' attacks.
25	Water Pulse	Water	It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also make the enemy Confused.
28	Aqua Tail	Water	It damages an enemy.
31	Skull Bash	Normal	You'll get the Skull Bash condition, which lets you charge power to try a powerful attack on the next turn. It also boosts your Defense. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
34	Iron Defense	Steel	It sharply boosts your Defense. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
37	Rain Dance	Water	It changes the floor's weather to Rain. The power of Fire-type moves goes down, and the power of Water-type moves goes up.
40	Hydro Pump	Water	It fires off water with incredible force to damage even faraway Pokemon.

Moves Learned By TM

Move	Type	Effect
Attract	Normal	It makes an enemy Infatuated, which makes the enemy's moves more likely to fail.
Blizzard	Ice	It damages enemies in the same room. It could also make them Frozen. During Hail, the move never misses!
Brick Break	Fighting	It damages an enemy. It also shatters the enemy's Reflect, Light Screen, and Aurora Veil conditions.
Confide	Normal	It lowers the enemy's Sp. Atk.
Double Team	Normal	It boosts your evasiveness. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Facade	Normal	It damages an enemy. The damage it causes goes up if you have a bad status. It also prevents your Attack from being lowered when you use this move while you have a Burn.
Fling	Dark	You throw an item in an arc, hitting another Pokemon with it. It causes the same effect as throwing an item at an enemy.
Frustration	Normal	It damages an enemy. The less you have opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Gyro Ball	Steel	It damages an enemy. The slower your Speed compared to your enemy's, the greater the damage caused by the move.
Hail	Ice	It changes the floor's weather to Hail. During the Hail, all Pokemon except Ice types keep taking damage.
Hidden Power	Normal	It damages an enemy. The move's type changes on each adventure.
Ice Beam	Ice	It fires off a cold beam, damaging a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also make the enemy Frozen.
Protect	Normal	You'll Protect yourself from enemies' moves. But its chance of failure rises if you use it after you've already used a move that blocks enemies' attacks.
Rain Dance	Water	It changes the floor's weather to Rain. The power of Fire-type moves goes down, and the power of Water-type moves goes up.
Rest	Psychic	You'll get the Napping condition. With the Napping condition, you'll fall asleep, awakening later with all your HP restored and bad statuses healed.
Return	Normal	It damages an enemy. The more you've opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Rock Tomb	Rock	It damages an enemy. It also lowers the enemy's Travel Speed.
Round	Normal	It damages an enemy. It causes more damage if your teammate in the same room just used the same move.
Scald	Water	It damages an enemy. It could also leave the enemy with a Burn. It will thaw a Frozen Pokemon.
Sleep Talk	Normal	If you're sleeping, a move you know will be used automatically on an enemy near you. But keep in mind that nothing will happen if you use this while you're wide awake.
Substitute	Normal	You'll create a Substitute if you have more than half your max HP. Every time you use this move, your HP decreases. When you create a Substitute, you won't be targeted by enemies, but you can't use moves or items, and you can't restore your HP naturally.
Surf	Water	It damages all Pokemon in the same room except you. It can hit a Pokemon with the Dive status.
Swagger	Normal	It makes an enemy Confused, but it also sharply raises the enemy's Attack.
Toxic	Poison	It makes the enemy Badly Poisoned. It never misses if used by a Poison-type Pokemon. It will even hit a Pokemon that's used Dig, Fly, or the like.
Waterfall	Water	It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Flinch.
Work Up	Normal	It boosts your Attack and Sp. Atk. The stats return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.

Evolution

Evolution Chain

Pokemon	How to Evolve
Squirtle	-
Wartortle	Evolves from Squirtle at Lv. 16
Blastoise	Evolves from Wartortle at Lv. 36

Can Squirtle Mega Evolve?

This Pokemon can not Mega Evolve.

How to Get Squirtle

Dungeons Where Squirtle is Found

This Pokemon is not found in any Dungeons.

Squirtle's Rescue Camp

Related Links

Starter Pokemon

Cyndaquil	Totodile	Pikachu	Mudkip
Treecko	Psyduck	Chikorita	Charmander
Bulbasaur	Torchic	Cubone	Machop
Eevee	Squirtle	Skitty	Meowth

Pokemon by Type

Pokemon by Type
Fire	Water	Grass
Electric	Ice	Fighting
Poison	Ground	Flying
Psychic	Bug	Rock
Ghost	Dragon	Dark
Fairy	Steel	Normal

Legendary Pokemon

List of Legendary Pokemon