#0129 · Fish Pokémon
Magikarp
Magikarp›
GyaradosCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #21 · 15 votes · median S
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Rank #47 · 20 votes · median S
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Endless
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Tier history
4 recorded changes · 15 votes
Moved A → S 23 days ago
7 recorded changes · 1 vote
Game data
Abilities
- Swift Swim
Doubles the Pokémon’s Speed stat in rain.
- RattledHidden
The Pokémon gets scared when hit by a Dark-, Ghost-, or Bug-type attack or if intimidated, which boosts its Speed stat.
Halves the damage the Pokémon takes while its HP is full.
Egg moves
- Flip TurnWaterPhysical60 pow · 100%
After making its attack, the user rushes back to switch places with a party Pokémon in waiting.
- Ice SpinnerIcePhysical80 pow · 100%
The user covers itself in thin ice and twirls around, slamming into the target. This move’s spinning motion also destroys the terrain.
- Knock OffDarkPhysical65 pow · 100%
The user slaps down a target’s held item, removing the item. This move’s power is boosted by 50% if the target has a held item.
- Dragon AscentPhysical120 pow · 100%Rare egg move
After soaring upward, the user attacks the target by dropping out of the sky at high speed. This also lowers the user’s Defense and Sp. Def stats.
Base stats
Magikarp · BST 200
Gyarados · BST 540
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-4 starter:
- Passive ability
- 30 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 15 / 40 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 20 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Magikarp eggs: 18 🍬 after 15 hatches, 15 🍬 after 30 hatches, 10 🍬 after 60 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 100
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Magikarp needs 100 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.