--- title: "Grapploct (#0853): Stats, Weaknesses, Moves & Lore | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/pokemon/grapploct" description: "Grapploct (#0853): Fighting-type Jujitsu Pokémon from Galar. Base stat total 480. Abilities: Limber, Technician. Stats, matchups, evolutions, moves, every Pokédex entry and lore on pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-21" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" last_checked: "2026-10-20" --- #0853 · Galar · Generation 8 # Grapploct Jujitsu Pokémon · Fighting-type ![Grapploct official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/853.webp) Grapploct is a [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting)-type Pokémon, the Jujitsu Pokémon, number 853 (#0853) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the [Galar](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/galar) region. It is 1.6 m tall and weighs 39 kg. Grapploct is the Jujitsu Pokémon, an octopus made entirely of muscle that leaves the sea in search of opponents worth fighting. The Legends: Z-A Pokédex says even the most powerfully built Pokémon cannot wriggle out of its hold. ## How to pronounce Grapploct Grapploct is pronounced **GRAP-lokt**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable. Listen to Grapploct said out loud: [Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/853.mp3) In Japanese it is オトスパス (Otosupus). Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce). ## Lore ### Biology Grapploct is a blue amphibious octopus, 1.6 m tall and 39 kg, with a jagged yellow eyemask marking. A breathing organ on the left of its head can also squirt ink, says Bulbapedia. It uses four tentacles as arms and three as legs, and the eighth is tied around its waist as a martial artist's belt. The Pokédex says its body is nothing but muscle, which makes its tentacle grapples tremendously powerful. ### Behaviour Grapploct comes ashore looking for a rival to try its skills on, then goes back to the sea once the battle is over. It holds opponents down on the ground with its prized tentacles. ### Habitat In Sword and Shield it is found on Route 9 and in Max Raid Battles at North Lake Miloch and Dusty Bowl, and in Legends: Z-A it arrives with the Mega Dimension DLC, in Hyperspace Lumiose's 4-star Fighting wild zones. ### Powers Its Abilities are Limber and Technician (hidden). Octolock traps the target so it cannot flee and keeps lowering its Defense and Special Defense, and Bulbapedia says no other known Pokémon could learn it before Generation IX. It also learns Submission, Superpower, Bulk Up and Taunt. With 118 base Attack and 90 Defense it hits hard and takes a beating, but its 42 Speed is slow. ### Name origin Grapploct may blend 'grapple', 'octopus' and 'locked'. The Japanese name is Otosupus (オトスパス), possibly from otosu ('to take someone down') plus 'octopus'. ### Design inspiration Grapploct appears to be an octopus dressed as a jujutsu fighter, which fits its category name, with a face like a wrestling mask and a waist tentacle like a belt. Its blue and white colours may nod to the gi worn in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. These are fan readings, and no designer is credited. ### Evolution notes Grapploct evolves from Clobbopus when it levels up while knowing Taunt. ### In the games Players meet Grapploct as a wild Pokémon in Sword and Shield, where it debuted, and it is not in Scarlet and Violet. Its only place in Legends: Z-A is the Mega Dimension DLC. ### In the anime Grapploct debuted in 'Solitary and Menacing!' as Bea's partner, first beating the Karate Master's Hitmonchan at the Fighting Dojo and then Ash's Riolu in a World Coronation Series battle. ### Fun facts - Bulbapedia says the logo of the Galar Police Station depicts a Grapploct. - Bulbapedia suggests its design may pun on octopus wrestling, a 1960s US West Coast pastime of dragging a large octopus out of shallow water. - In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Bea's Grapploct first appears inside a fantasy sequence, in 'Shocking!! Reunion in the Forest'. Sources: [Bulbapedia: Grapploct (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Grapploct_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Grapploct (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/grapploct/) ## Base stats - HP: **80** - Attack: **118** - Defense: **90** - Sp. Atk: **70** - Sp. Def: **80** - Speed: **42** Grapploct’s base stat total is **480**. Its highest stat is Attack. ## Type matchups ### What is Grapploct weak to? Grapploct takes extra damage from [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying) (2×), [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/psychic) (2×), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) (2×) moves. It resists [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug) (½×), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock) (½×), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark) (½×). ## Evolution ### What does Grapploct evolve from? Grapploct evolves from [Clobbopus](https://pokee.si/pokemon/clobbopus) (Level up, knowing Taunt). Grapploct is the final stage of its evolution family. The whole family: [Clobbopus](https://pokee.si/pokemon/clobbopus), **Grapploct**. ## Abilities - [Limber](https://pokee.si/abilities/limber): Prevents paralysis. - [Technician](https://pokee.si/abilities/technician) (hidden ability): Strengthens moves of 60 base power or less to 1.5× their power. ## Moves ### Moves Grapploct learns by level up in Sword / Shield | Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Evo | [Octolock](https://pokee.si/moves/octolock) | Fighting | Status | — | | 1 | [Octolock](https://pokee.si/moves/octolock) | Fighting | Status | — | | 1 | [Octazooka](https://pokee.si/moves/octazooka) | Water | Special | 65 | | 1 | [Rock Smash](https://pokee.si/moves/rock-smash) | Fighting | Physical | 40 | | 1 | [Leer](https://pokee.si/moves/leer) | Normal | Status | — | | 1 | [Feint](https://pokee.si/moves/feint) | Normal | Physical | 30 | | 1 | [Bind](https://pokee.si/moves/bind) | Normal | Physical | 15 | | 15 | [Detect](https://pokee.si/moves/detect) | Fighting | Status | — | | 20 | [Brick Break](https://pokee.si/moves/brick-break) | Fighting | Physical | 75 | | 25 | [Bulk Up](https://pokee.si/moves/bulk-up) | Fighting | Status | — | | 30 | [Submission](https://pokee.si/moves/submission) | Fighting | Physical | 80 | | 35 | [Taunt](https://pokee.si/moves/taunt) | Dark | Status | — | | 40 | [Reversal](https://pokee.si/moves/reversal) | Fighting | Physical | — | | 45 | [Superpower](https://pokee.si/moves/superpower) | Fighting | Physical | 120 | | 50 | [Topsy-Turvy](https://pokee.si/moves/topsy-turvy) | Dark | Status | — | “Evo” means Grapploct learns the move the moment it evolves: [Octolock](https://pokee.si/moves/octolock). ### TM moves (39) Grapploct can learn 39 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: [Mega Punch](https://pokee.si/moves/mega-punch), [Ice Punch](https://pokee.si/moves/ice-punch), [Hyper Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/hyper-beam), [Giga Impact](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-impact), [Dig](https://pokee.si/moves/dig), [Rest](https://pokee.si/moves/rest), [Snore](https://pokee.si/moves/snore), [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect), [Scary Face](https://pokee.si/moves/scary-face), [Attract](https://pokee.si/moves/attract), [Whirlpool](https://pokee.si/moves/whirlpool), [Facade](https://pokee.si/moves/facade), [Revenge](https://pokee.si/moves/revenge), [Brick Break](https://pokee.si/moves/brick-break), [Dive](https://pokee.si/moves/dive), [Mud Shot](https://pokee.si/moves/mud-shot), [Brine](https://pokee.si/moves/brine), [Payback](https://pokee.si/moves/payback), [Drain Punch](https://pokee.si/moves/drain-punch), [Round](https://pokee.si/moves/round), [Retaliate](https://pokee.si/moves/retaliate), [Brutal Swing](https://pokee.si/moves/brutal-swing), [Stomping Tantrum](https://pokee.si/moves/stomping-tantrum), [Body Slam](https://pokee.si/moves/body-slam), [Hydro Pump](https://pokee.si/moves/hydro-pump), [Surf](https://pokee.si/moves/surf), [Waterfall](https://pokee.si/moves/waterfall), [Substitute](https://pokee.si/moves/substitute), [Reversal](https://pokee.si/moves/reversal), [Endure](https://pokee.si/moves/endure), [Sleep Talk](https://pokee.si/moves/sleep-talk), [Taunt](https://pokee.si/moves/taunt), [Superpower](https://pokee.si/moves/superpower), [Muddy Water](https://pokee.si/moves/muddy-water), [Bulk Up](https://pokee.si/moves/bulk-up), [Close Combat](https://pokee.si/moves/close-combat), [Focus Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/focus-blast), [Work Up](https://pokee.si/moves/work-up), [Liquidation](https://pokee.si/moves/liquidation). Egg moves (6), which Clobbopus can hatch knowing:[Circle Throw](https://pokee.si/moves/circle-throw), [Pain Split](https://pokee.si/moves/pain-split), [Power-Up Punch](https://pokee.si/moves/power-up-punch), [Seismic Toss](https://pokee.si/moves/seismic-toss), [Soak](https://pokee.si/moves/soak), [Sucker Punch](https://pokee.si/moves/sucker-punch). Move tutor moves (2): [Coaching](https://pokee.si/moves/coaching), [Skitter Smack](https://pokee.si/moves/skitter-smack). ## Breeding & training - Gender: 50% male, 50% female. - Egg groups: Water 1, Human-Like. - Egg cycles: 25 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,200). - 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 Attack effort values. - Base experience yield: 168. ## Pokédex entries Searching for an opponent to test its skills against, it emerges onto land. Once the battle is over, it returns to the sea. *(Shield)* A body made up of nothing but muscle makes the grappling moves this Pokémon performs with its tentacles tremendously powerful. *(Sword)* ## Names around the world - **Japanese**: オトスパス - **Romaji**: Otosupus - **French**: Krakos - **German**: Kaocto - **Spanish**: Grapploct - **Italian**: Grapploct - **Korean**: 케오퍼스 - **Chinese (Simplified)**: 八爪武师 - **Chinese (Traditional)**: 八爪武師 ## Trivia - Taller than 77% of all Pokémon (1.6 m). - Heavier than 60% of all Pokémon (39 kg). - Base stat total 480, ranked #405 of 1,025. - One of 73 Fighting-type Pokémon (counting dual types). - One of 170 blue Pokémon. - Number 44 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar). - Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon. - Can learn 56 different moves in Sword / Shield. - 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](https://pokeapi.co) open game data. - Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Grapploct (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Grapploct_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Grapploct (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/grapploct/). - Pronunciation (GRAP-lokt): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name. **Last checked:** 20 October 2026. 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