To brush up on its fighting skills, it will challenge anyone. It has a very strong competitive spirit.
Boosts Attack on status problems.
Boosts Speed when it flinches.
Prevents it from falling asleep.
Note, you can always call Professor Elm with the Pokemon you are trying to evolve as first in your party. This was a feature that was added specifically to Polished Crystal. If the information on this page seems incorrect, please try calling Professor Elm.
The Karate King in Mt Mortar can give you Tyrogue.
Tyrogue is one of the options from the Odd Egg that you can get from the day care. Odd Eggs will always hatch into a shiny Pokémon with its Hidden Ability.
| Location | Level | Method | Form | Held Item | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mortar B1F | Lv. 10 | gift | - | - | - |
| Goldenrod City | Lv. 1 | egg | - | - | - |
| Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullet Punch | |||||
| steel |  | 40 | 100 | 30 | |
| A tough punch that always goes first. | |||||
| Hi Jump Kick | |||||
| fighting | | 130 | 90 | 10 | |
| May miss and hurt the user. | |||||
| Mach Punch | |||||
| fighting | | 40 | 100 | 30 | |
| A fast punch that always goes first. | |||||
| Pursuit | |||||
| dark | | 40 | 100 | 20 | |
| Heavily strikes switching Pokémon. | |||||
| Rapid Spin | |||||
| normal | | 50 | 100 | 20 | |
| A high-speed spinning attack. | |||||
Note: These moves are only available on wild Pokémon caught at specific locations.
| Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foresight(Odd Egg) | ||||||
| normal |  | 0 | 100 | 40 | ||
| Negates foe's evasion and immunity. | ||||||
| Dizzy Punch(Odd Egg) | ||||||
| normal | | 70 | 100 | 10 | ||
| An attack that may confuse the foe. | ||||||
| Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curse | ||||||
| ghost | | 0 | 100 | 10 | TM03 | |
| Works differently for Ghost-types. | ||||||
| Toxic | ||||||
| poison | | 0 | 90 | 10 | TM06 | |
| A Poison move with increasing damage. | ||||||
| Bulk Up | ||||||
| fighting | | 0 | 100 | 20 | TM08 | |
| Raises the user's Atk and Def. | ||||||
| Hidden Power | ||||||
| The type varies with the Pokémon. | ||||||
| Sunny Day | ||||||
| fire | | 0 | 100 | 5 | TM11 | |
| Boosts Fire-type moves for 5 turns. | ||||||
| Protect | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 10 | TM17 | |
| Foils attack that turn. It may fail. | ||||||
| Rain Dance | ||||||
| water | | 0 | 100 | 5 | TM18 | |
| Boosts Water-type moves for 5 turns. | ||||||
| Bulldoze | ||||||
| ground | | 60 | 100 | 20 | TM21 | |
| A Ground attack that lowers Speed. | ||||||
| Earthquake | ||||||
| ground | | 100 | 100 | 10 | TM26 | |
| Tough but useless vs. flying foes. | ||||||
| Return | ||||||
| normal | | 1 | 100 | 20 | TM27 | |
| An attack that is based on loyalty. | ||||||
| Brick Break | ||||||
| fighting | | 75 | 100 | 15 | TM31 | |
| Removes Reflect and Light Screen. | ||||||
| Double Team | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 15 | TM32 | |
| Raises the user's evasiveness. | ||||||
| Swift | ||||||
| normal |  | 60 | 100 | 20 | TM39 | |
| An attack that never misses. | ||||||
| Substitute | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 10 | TM41 | |
| Makes a decoy with 1/4 user's max HP. | ||||||
| Facade | ||||||
| normal | | 70 | 100 | 20 | TM42 | |
| Double damage with Psn, Brn, or Prz. | ||||||
| Rest | ||||||
| psychic | | 0 | 100 | 5 | TM44 | |
| Sleep for 2 turns to fully recover. | ||||||
| Attract | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 15 | TM45 | |
| Makes the opposite gender infatuated. | ||||||
| Thief | ||||||
| dark | | 60 | 100 | 25 | TM46 | |
| An attack that may steal a held item. | ||||||
| Rock Slide | ||||||
| rock | | 75 | 90 | 10 | TM48 | |
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| Strength | ||||||
| fighting | | 80 | 100 | 15 | HM04 | |
| A powerful physical attack. | ||||||
| Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body Slam | ||||||
| normal | | 85 | 100 | 15 | MT04 | |
| An attack that may cause paralysis. | ||||||
| Counter | ||||||
| fighting | | 1 | 100 | 20 | MT06 | |
| Returns a physical attack double. | ||||||
| Double Edge | ||||||
| normal | | 120 | 100 | 15 | MT08 | |
| A tackle that also hurts the user. | ||||||
| Endure | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 10 | MT11 | |
| Endures any hit with at least 1HP. | ||||||
| Headbutt | ||||||
| normal | | 70 | 100 | 15 | MT13 | |
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| Seismic Toss | ||||||
| fighting | | 1 | 100 | 20 | MT22 | |
| Damage equals the user's level. | ||||||
| Sleep Talk | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 10 | MT24 | |
| Randomly attacks while asleep. | ||||||
| Swagger | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 85 | 15 | MT26 | |
| Causes confusion but raises Attack. | ||||||