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No. 658 · National Pokédex

Greninja

ゲッコウガ · Gekkouga · Amphinobi
💧 Water 🌑 Dark
Height
1.5 m
Weight
40.0 kg
Category
Ninja Pokémon
Generation
Generation 6
Greninja
🔊 Cry

⚡The Essentials on Greninja

Types
Water Dark
Weaknesses
×2 Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug, Fairy Table
Resistances
×½ Fire, Water, Ice, Ghost, Dark, Steel · immune: Psychic
Evolution
Froakie → Frogadier (Lv. 16) → Greninja (Lv. 36)
Shiny
Shiny GreninjaAlternate, rare colors: in the main games since X and Y, an encounter has a 1 in 4,096 chance of being Shiny, excluding hunting bonuses. Available as a Shiny in Pokémon GO. View
Special Forms
Mega Greninja (Greninjite) Details
Stats
Total 530 · top stat: Speed (122) Detail
In Current Games
Competitive
Champions · Singles: tier B, No. 24
Other Names
Amphinobi in French · ゲッコウガ, Gekkouga in Japanese · Quajutsu in German All Languages

📋Overview

Greninja is a Water and Dark-type Pokémon, No. 658 in the National Pokédex. Original generation: Generation 6. Category: Ninja Pokémon. Height: 1.5 m, weight: 40 kg.

Greninja evolves from Frogadier and does not evolve further.

Ability: Torrent. Hidden Ability: Protean. Greninja is weak to Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug and Fairy-type moves (×2 damage). Greninja takes no damage from Psychic-type moves.

Generation
Generation 6
X / Y
National No.
#658
National Pokédex
Category
Ninja Pokémon
Status
Standard

📊Base Stats

The total determines a Pokémon's overall power.

HP
72
255
Attack
95
255
Defense
67
255
Special Attack
103
255
Special Defense
71
255
Speed
122
255
Total
530
Min HP (Lv. 100)
254
0 IV, 0 EV, neutral nature
Max HP (Lv. 100)
348
31 IV, 252 EV, beneficial nature
Gen Changes
Stable
Unchanged recently

🛡️Type Effectiveness

Multipliers received depending on the type of the opposing move (Water / Dark). See the type chart

Weak (×2) — 5 types
Electric
×2
Grass
×2
Fighting
×2
Bug
×2
Fairy
×2
Normal (×1) — 6 types
Normal
×1
Poison
×1
Ground
×1
Flying
×1
Rock
×1
Dragon
×1
Resistant (×0.5) — 6 types
Fire
×½
Water
×½
Ice
×½
Ghost
×½
Dark
×½
Steel
×½
Immune (×0) — 1 type
Psychic
×0

✨Abilities

Torrent
Ability 1
Powers up Water-type moves when the Pokémon's HP is low.
Protean
Changes the Pokémon's type to the type of the move it's about to use. This works only once each time the Pokémon enters battle.

🌱Greninja Evolution

Froakie
#656
Froakie
Water
Level 16 →
Frogadier
#657
Frogadier
Water
Level 36 →
Greninja
#658
Greninja
Water Dark

🔮Greninja Forms and Shiny

Greninja
Standard Form
Water · Dark
Greninja – Battle Bond Greninja
Battle Bond Greninja
Water · Dark
Greninja – Mega Greninja
Mega Greninja
Water · Dark
Mega Evolution
Shiny Availability
Shiny Greninja
Shiny form available
Base rate (Gen VI+): 1/4096. With Shiny Charm: 1/1365. Masuda Method: 1/683.

⚔️Greninja Moves

Moves this Pokémon can learn, by method.

Lv.
Move
Type · Cat.
Accuracy
Pow.
PP
—
Water Shuriken
Water Spec.
100%
15
20
1
Haze
Ice Stat
—
—
30
1
Pound
Normal Phys.
100%
40
35
1
Bubble
Water Spec.
100%
40
30
1
Role Play
Psychic Stat
—
—
10
1
Water Gun
Water Spec.
100%
40
25
1
Growl
Normal Stat
100%
—
40
1
Mat Block
Fighting Stat
—
—
10
1
Night Slash
Dark Phys.
100%
70
15
1
Quick Attack
Normal Phys.
100%
40
30
10
Lick
Ghost Phys.
100%
30
30
14
Water Pulse
Water Spec.
100%
60
20
19
Smokescreen
Normal Stat
100%
—
20
23
Shadow Sneak
Ghost Phys.
100%
40
30
28
Spikes
Ground Stat
—
—
20
33
Aerial Ace
Flying Phys.
—
60
20
33
Feint Attack
Dark Phys.
—
60
20
42
Substitute
Normal Stat
—
—
10
49
Extrasensory
Psychic Spec.
100%
80
20
56
Double Team
Normal Stat
—
—
15
68
Hydro Pump
Water Spec.
80%
110
5

🥚Advanced Breeding

Egg Groups
Water 1
Gender
♂ 100.0 / ♀ 0.0%
Ditto Compatibility
✓ Yes
Pokérus
Susceptible
EV ×2 if infected
Max Characteristic
Speed
Highest base stat
Hyper Training & Mints
Available from level 50. Cost: 1 Gold Bottle Cap per IV set to 31 or 3 Silver Bottle Caps per IV. Mints let you change the effect of a Nature without changing the base Nature.

🗺️Where to Find Greninja

Available in 4 games, 4 recorded encounters. Click a game to see the details.

Natively obtainable: Ultra Moon Ultra Sun Scarlet Violet

Generation VII

🌒
Ultra Moon 1 encounter
Available ▼
Island scan (1)
Poni Wilds Lv. 44 100%
🌞
Ultra Sun 1 encounter
Available ▼
Island scan (1)
Poni Wilds Lv. 44 100%

Generation IX

🔴
Scarlet 1 encounter
Available ▼
Terarium / Area Zero (1)
Blueberry Academy (Terarium)
🟣
Violet 1 encounter
Available ▼
Terarium / Area Zero (1)
Blueberry Academy (Terarium)

🔄Transfer to Pokémon HOME

How to bring this Pokémon to HOME depending on the game of origin.

Ultra Sun
→ Pokémon Bank Pokémon Bank
→ Pokémon HOME Bank → HOME
Ultra Moon
→ Pokémon Bank Pokémon Bank
→ Pokémon HOME Bank → HOME
Scarlet
→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)
Violet
→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)
Note: Some transfers are irreversible (Bank → HOME). Check the legality of moves in the target game — HOME may replace an illegal move with a basic move.

🏆Competitive & Meta

In Our Tier Lists
UU
Smogon · Gen IX · 2026-09
UnderUsed
Usage rate: 13.8% · Position #11

📱Greninja in Pokémon GO

Greninja in Pokémon GO
  • 2,654Max CP (Lv. 40)
  • 1,516Perfect CP in Raids
  • 3 kmper Candy as Buddy
  • ✨ Shiny available
  • 🟣 Exists as Shadow
  • 🧬 Mega Greninja
Pokémon GO entry: Greninja →

📖Pokédex Entries

Description by game, with language selection.

X
“It creates throwing stars out of compressed water. When it spins them and throws them at high speed, these stars can split metal in two.”
Y
“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.”
Omega Ruby
“It creates throwing stars out of compressed water. When it spins them and throws them at high speed, these stars can split metal in two.”
Alpha Sapphire
“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.”

🌍Multilingual Names

🇫🇷 Français
Amphinobi
🇬🇧 English
Greninja
🇯🇵 漢字
ゲッコウガ
🇯🇵 Kana
ゲッコウガ
🇯🇵 Romaji
Gekkouga
🇩🇪 Deutsch
Quajutsu
🇪🇸 Español
Greninja
🇮🇹 Italiano
Greninja
🇰🇷 한국어
개굴닌자
🇨🇳 ZH-Hans
甲贺忍蛙
🇹🇼 ZH-Hant
甲賀忍蛙
Category (Genus)
🇫🇷 FR
Pokémon Ninja
🇬🇧 EN
Ninja Pokémon
🇯🇵 JP
しのびポケモン
🇩🇪 DE
Ninja

🎬Media & Gallery

Official artwork
Dream World
Pokémon HOME
Gen V (animated)
Back sprite
Shiny
Gen I
Gen II
Gen III
Gen IV
Audio Cries

📜Origins and Trivia

🔤
Name origin: Greninja combines grenouille (French for “frog”) and “ninja”. In Japanese, Gekkouga evokes the moonlight and Kōga, an ancient ninjutsu school. In French, it is called Amphinobi, from “amphibien” and shinobi, another word for ninja.
🥷
Inspiration: Its long tongue wrapped around its neck like a scarf and its water shuriken complete its ninja look. Japan has linked frogs and ninjas since the legend of Jiraiya, a ninja able to turn into a toad.
📺
In the anime: Ash’s Froakie becomes Greninja in the XY season and develops a unique form there, Ash-Greninja, born from the bond it shares with its Trainer.
💡
Did you know?: It won the worldwide “Pokémon of the Year” vote held in 2020. Pokémon Legends: Z-A later gave it a Mega Evolution.

❓Frequently asked questions about Greninja

What type is Greninja?

Greninja is a Water and Dark-type Pokémon.

Can Greninja still evolve?

Greninja is the final stage of its evolutionary line: coming from Frogadier, it does not evolve further.

What are Greninja's weaknesses?

Greninja is weak to Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug and Fairy-type moves (×2 damage). Greninja takes no damage from Psychic-type moves.

What is Greninja's Hidden Ability?

Greninja's Hidden Ability is Protean. Its regular Ability is Torrent.

How to Mega Evolve Greninja?

Greninja can Mega Evolve in battle if it holds the matching Mega Stone. For Mega Greninja, the required Mega Stone is Greninjite. In Pokémon Champions: to be transferred from Pokémon Legends: Z-A, or in the shop for 2,000 VP.

Is Greninja available in Pokémon Champions?

Yes, Greninja is playable in Pokémon Champions, as is Mega Greninja. In our Champions · Singles tier list, Greninja is ranked tier B (No. 24).

Can you get a Shiny Greninja in Pokémon GO?

Yes, Shiny Greninja is available in Pokémon GO. Its Pokémon GO entry