#0657 · Kalos · Generation 6 · starter

Frogadier

Bubble Frog Pokémon · Water-type

Frogadier is a Water-type Pokémon, the Bubble Frog Pokémon, number 657 (#0657) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 6 and comes from the Kalos region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 10.9 kg.

Frogadier is so fast, the Pokédex says, that it can climb a tower taller than 600 m (2,000 ft) in a minute, thanks to fingertips and toes that stick to vertical surfaces. It is the ninja-like middle stage of Kalos's Water starter.

How to pronounce Frogadier

Frogadier is pronounced frog-uh-DEER. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Frogadier said out loud:

In Japanese it is ゲコガシラ (Gekogashira).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Frogadier is a pale blue frog that stands on two legs, 0.6 m tall and 10.9 kg. A dark blue hood-like marking spreads over its head and forms a three-pointed shape down its upper back, and a spike points backwards above each of its eyes. A scarf of white bubbles hangs round its neck, and it has dark blue hands with circular white fingertips and circular toes.

Behaviour

Frogadier is a tactician. The Pokédex says it plans battles around the terrain and never misses when it throws a bubble-coated pebble, and the X entry says it can hit an empty can 30 m (100 ft) away. Bulbapedia adds that it confounds opponents by leaping about ceilings and trees.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it arrives by trade or Pokémon HOME transfer, or by evolving Froakie in The Indigo Disk. In Legends: Z-A you evolve it from Froakie, and the Mega Dimension DLC adds wild ones.

Powers

Frogadier uses Water Pulse and Quick Attack, and later learns Substitute, Bounce and Hydro Pump. It has the same Abilities as Froakie, Torrent with a hidden Protean. Base Speed 97 and Special Attack 83 make it a quick special attacker, though its defences are low.

Name origin

Frogadier may combine 'frog' with 'brigadier' or 'grenadier', both military ranks or units. The Japanese name is Gekogashira (ゲコガシラ), possibly from geko ('croak') and wakagashira, a junior leader, or kogashira, the head of a section.

Design inspiration

Frogadier may be inspired by horned frogs, as the spikes above its eyes suggest. Its crouched pose, dark hood and foam scarf point to a ninja, and in the anime it runs across water, perhaps a nod to mizugumo, the water-walking footwear of ninja legend. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Froakie evolves into Frogadier at level 16, and Frogadier evolves into Greninja at level 36.

In the games

In Legends: Z-A Frogadier is the middle step on the way to Greninja, which can Mega Evolve in that game. It first appeared in X and Y, where it lives in the Water Friend Safari.

In the anime

Sanpei's Frogadier debuted in 'A Rush of Ninja Wisdom!' and spent the whole episode outside its Poké Ball. Ash's Froakie evolved into a Frogadier in 'A Stealthy Challenge!', in a battle where it teamed up with Pikachu and Sanpei's Greninja to take on Saizo's Barbaracle.

Fun facts

• Froakie and Frogadier share the category Bubble Frog Pokémon, but Greninja's category changes to Ninja Pokémon.
• In the manga Pokémon Adventures, Y has a Frogadier named Croaky, which evolved from her Froakie in the chapter 'Shooting Frogadier'.
• In the anime episode 'The Legend of the Ninja Hero!', a Frogadier is among the Pokémon living in the Ninja Village.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Frogadier (Pokémon) · Serebii: Frogadier (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 54
• Attack: 63
• Defense: 52
• Sp. Atk: 83
• Sp. Def: 56
• Speed: 97

Frogadier’s base stat total is 405. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Frogadier weak to?

Frogadier takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Grass (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Water (½×), Ice (½×), Steel (½×).

Evolution

What does Frogadier evolve from?

Frogadier evolves from Froakie at level 16.

How does Frogadier evolve?

Frogadier evolves into Greninja at level 36.

The whole family: Froakie, Frogadier, Greninja.

Abilities

• Torrent: Strengthens Water moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
• Protean (hidden ability): Changes the bearer's type to match each move it uses.

Moves

Moves Frogadier learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (43)

Frogadier can learn 43 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Protect, Water Pulse, Low Kick, Acrobatics, Thief, Trailblaze, Chilling Water, Facade, Aerial Ace, Swift, Icy Wind, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Fling, Endure, Rain Dance, Snowscape, Dig, False Swipe, U-turn, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Waterfall, Grass Knot, Rest, Rock Slide, Taunt, Swords Dance, Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Gunk Shot, Substitute, Liquidation, Surf, Helping Hand, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Water Pledge, Tera Blast, Smack Down.

Egg moves (5):Counter, Retaliate, Spikes, Switcheroo, Toxic Spikes.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
• Egg groups: Water 1.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Speed effort values.
• Base experience yield: 142.

Pokédex entries

Its swiftness is unparalleled. It can scale a tower of more than 2,000 feet in a minute's time. (Y, Alpha Sapphire)

It can throw bubble-covered pebbles with precise control, hitting empty cans up to a hundred feet away. (X, Omega Ruby)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
• Heavier than 29% of all Pokémon (10.9 kg).
• Base stat total 405, ranked #605 of 1,025.
• One of 154 Water-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 8 of 72 Pokémon introduced in Generation 6 (Kalos).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 55 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Frogadier (Pokémon), Serebii: Frogadier (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (frog-uh-DEER): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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