Croconaw (Pokémon)

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Croconaw アリゲイツ Alligates
Artwork from TCG
Type	Water
Species	Big Jaw Pokémon
National Dex	#159
Johto Dex	#008
Hoenn Dex	#314*
Sinnoh Dex	#—
Fiore Browser	R-074
Almia Browser	R—
Height	3′07″ (1.1m)
Weight	55.1 lbs. (25.0kg)
Ability	Torrent
Egg groups	Monster/Water 1
Time to hatch	5,120 steps
Effort yield	1 Atk, 1 Def
Exp. yield	143 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	1,059,860 exp.
Gender	12.5% ♀/87.5% ♂
Pokédex color	Blue
Catch rate	45
Footprint
Body style
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Croconaw (Japanese: アリゲイツ Alligates) is a Water-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Totodile starting at level 18 and evolves into Feraligatr starting at level 30.

Biology

Physiology

Croconaw are medium-sized mostly blue reptiles with red spikes, and a set of pronounced jaws. They possess an asymmetrical pattern on their chests that somewhat resembles a spotted animal skin.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Along with the usual Water-type abilities, their powerful jaws are capable of regrowing fangs that are lost.

Behavior

Habitat

Water's-edge Pokémon

Croconaw mainly live near water, but are rare in the wild.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Much like the rest of its family, it is presumed to be a carnivore.

In the anime

Wani-Wani using Water Gun

Bryan's Croconaw

In the beginning of Pokémon 4Ever, Ash battled against a Pokémon Trainer who had a Croconaw.

Marina owned a Croconaw named Wani-Wani that was used in a fair few battles as well as against Attila and Hun. As revealed in A Stand-Up Sit-Down!, it became a Feraligatr.

A Forest Ranger of Mt. Silver had a Croconaw in Mother Of All Battles.

A Croconaw was used by one of two twin brothers in The Champ Twins in a battle against Ash and Dawn. The other twin used Quilava.

A Croconaw appeared in DP088.

In the manga

In Pokémon Special Silver's Totodile evolves into a Croconaw.

In the TCG

Main article: Croconaw (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
II	Gold	If it loses a fang, a new one grows back in its place. There are always 48 fangs lining its mouth.
	Silver	It opens its huge jaws wide when attacking. If it loses any fangs while biting, they grow back in.
	Crystal	The tips of its fangs are slanted backward. Once those fangs clamp down, the prey has no hope of escape.
	Stadium 2	If it loses a fang, a new one grows back in its place. There are always 48 fangs lining its mouth.
III	Ruby	Once Croconaw has clamped its jaws on its foe, it will absolutely not let go. Because the tips of its fangs are forked back like barbed fishhooks, they become impossible to remove when they have sunk in.
	Sapphire	Once Croconaw has clamped its jaws on its foe, it will absolutely not let go. Because the tips of its fangs are forked back like barbed fishhooks, they become impossible to remove when they have sunk in.
	Emerald	Once its jaws clamp down on its foe, it will absolutely not let go. Because the tips of its fangs are forked back like fishhooks, they become irremovably embedded.
	FireRed	It opens its huge jaws wide when attacking. If it loses any fangs while biting, they grow back in.
	LeafGreen	If it loses a fang, a new one grows back in its place. There are always 48 fangs lining its mouth.
IV	Diamond	Once it bites down, it won't let go until it loses its fangs. New fangs quickly grow into place.
	Pearl	Once it bites down, it won't let go until it loses its fangs. New fangs quickly grow into place.
	Platinum	Currently unknown

Game locations

Gen	Game		Rarity	Location
II	Gold	Silver	None	Evolve Totodile
II	Crystal		None	Evolve Totodile
III	Ruby	Sapphire	None	Trade
	Emerald		None	Evolve Totodile
	FireRed	LeafGreen	None	Trade
	Colosseum		One	Phenac City (Shadow)
	XD		None	Evolve Totodile
IV	Diamond	Pearl	None	Pal Park
	Platinum		None	Trade
	Pal Park			Pond

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Trozei!	Huge Storage 2 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue)	Northwind Field (27F-29F) Mt. Faraway (30F-39F)
Pokémon Ranger	Underground Waterways
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness)	Lake Afar (B1-B24)

Base stats

HP:	65
Attack:	80
Defense:	80
SpAtk:	59
SpDef:	63
Speed:	58

Type effectiveness

Weak to	Resistant to	Immune to	Normal effectiveness
Grass : 2× Electric : 2×	Steel : ½× Fire : ½× Water : ½× Ice : ½×		Normal : 1× Fighting : 1× Flying : 1× Poison : 1× Ground : 1× Rock : 1× Bug : 1× Ghost : 1× Psychic : 1× Dragon : 1× Dark : 1×

Learnset

Croconaw is capable of learning the following moves (from its evolution onwards):
NOTE: Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Start	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	100%	35	Tough	3 `♥♥♥`
Start	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100%	30	Cool	2 `♥♥`
6	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100%	25	Cute	3 `♥♥♥`
8	Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100%	20	Cool	0
13	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25	Tough	3 `♥♥♥`
15	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	90%	10	Tough	2 `♥♥`
21	Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95%	15	Cool	3 `♥♥♥`
24	Thrash ^DP	Normal	Physical	90	100%	20	Tough	2 `♥♥`
24	Flail ^Pt	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15	Cute	2 `♥♥`
30	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	2 `♥♥`
33	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Cool	3 `♥♥♥`
39	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85%	40	Smart	2 `♥♥`
42	Aqua Tail^DP	Water	Physical	90	90%	10	Cute	3 `♥♥♥`
42	Thrash ^Pt	Normal	Physical	90	100%	20	Tough	2 `♥♥`
48	Superpower ^DP	Fighting	Physical	120	100%	5	Tough	2 `♥♥`
48	Aqua Tail^Pt	Water	Physical	90	90%	10	Cute	3 `♥♥♥`
51	Hydro Pump^DP	Water	Special	120	80%	5	Beauty	2 `♥♥`
51	Superpower ^Pt	Fighting	Physical	120	100%	5	Tough	2 `♥♥`
57	Hydro Pump^Pt	Water	Special	120	80%	5	Beauty	2 `♥♥`
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By TM/HM

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
TM01	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100%	20	Tough	1 `♥`
TM03	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100%	20	Beauty	2 `♥♥`
TM05	Roar	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Cool	0
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	85%	10	Smart	2 `♥♥`
TM07	Hail	Ice	Status	—	—%	10	Beauty	2 `♥♥`
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15	Smart	1 `♥`
TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	95	100%	15	Beauty	2 `♥♥`
TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120	70%	5	Beauty	2 `♥♥`
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5	Tough	2 `♥♥`
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 `♥♥`
TM23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15	Cool	2 `♥♥`
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 `♥♥`
TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10	Smart	1 `♥`
TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15	Cool	3 `♥♥♥`
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15	Cool	2 `♥♥`
TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80%	10	Smart	2 `♥♥`
TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—%	20	Cool	2 `♥♥`
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Cute	2 `♥♥`
TM43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Smart	2 `♥♥`
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15	Cute	2 `♥♥`
TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10	Tough	1 `♥`
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 `♥♥`
TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100%	15	Cute	2 `♥♥`
TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—%	30	Beauty	0
TM78	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 `♥♥`
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 `♥♥♥`
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 `♥♥♥`
TM83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15	Cool	2 `♥♥`
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 `♥♥`
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 `♥`
HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95%	30	Cool	3 `♥♥♥`
HM03	Surf	Water	Special	95	100%	15	Beauty	2 `♥♥`
HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	3 `♥♥♥`
HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15	Tough	2 `♥♥`
HM07	Waterfall	Water	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	3 `♥♥♥`
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By breeding

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard Cubone, Marowak Lapras Omanyte, Omastar Kabuto, Kabutops Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium Wooper, Quagsire Corsola Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert Corphish, Crawdaunt Relicanth Cranidos, Rampardos Shieldon, Bastiodon	AncientPower	Rock	Special	60	100%	5	Tough	2 `♥♥`
Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior Kangaskhan Snorlax Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile Exploud Corphish, Crawdaunt Walrein Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra Floatzel Garchomp	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	2 `♥♥`
Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard Dragonite Feraligatr Tyranitar Tyranitar Sceptile Aggron Gible, Gabite, Garchomp	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100%	15	Cool	2 `♥♥`
Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Lapras Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar	Dragon Dance	Dragon	Status	—	—%	20	Cool	0
Delibird Abomasnow	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100%	15	Beauty	2 `♥♥`
Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard Aron, Lairon, Aggron Prinplup, Empoleon Gible, Gabite, Garchomp	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95%	35	Cool	2 `♥♥`
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking Wooper, Quagsire Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert Relicanth Shellos, Gastrodon	Mud Sport	Ground	Status	—	—%	15	Cute	2 `♥♥`
Psyduck, Golduck Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Seel, Dewgong Mantine Lombre, Ludicolo Wingull, Pelipper Surskit, Masquerain Milotic Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon Bidoof, Bibarel Buizel, Floatzel	Water Sport	Water	Status	—	—%	15	Cute	2 `♥♥`
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB from an evolution of this Pokémon *Indicates a move only available by chain breeding

By tutoring

Generation III and IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Game							Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90%	10	Cute	3 `♥♥♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	AncientPower	Rock	Special	60	100%	5	Tough	2 `♥♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15	Tough	3 `♥♥♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20	Tough	2 `♥♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15	Tough	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Dive	Water	Physical	80	100%	10	Beauty	1 `♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	DynamicPunch	Fighting	Physical	100	50%	5	Cool	2 `♥♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 `♥♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	10	95%	20	Cool	2 `♥♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100%	15	Beauty	2 `♥♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95%	15	Beauty	2 `♥♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	120	75%	5	Cool	2 `♥♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85%	20	Tough	2 `♥♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100%	10	Cute	3 `♥♥♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 `♥♥♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20	Tough	3 `♥♥♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 `♥♥♥`
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Snore	Normal	Special	40	100%	15	Cute	3 `♥♥♥`
FR	LG	E