Tirtouga - Generation 5 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Tirtouga can learn in Generation 5, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Black
Pokémon White
Pokémon Black 2
Pokémon White 2

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Tirtouga artwork by Ken Sugimori

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In other generations
5
6
7
8
9

Black/White Black 2/White 2

Moves learnt by level up

Tirtouga learns the following moves in Pokémon Black & White at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Bide	Normal	—	—
1	Water Gun	Water	40	100
1	Withdraw	Water	—	—
5	Rollout	Rock	30	90
8	Bite	Dark	60	100
11	Protect	Normal	—	—
15	Aqua Jet	Water	40	100
18	AncientPower	Rock	60	100
21	Crunch	Dark	80	100
25	Wide Guard	Rock	—	—
28	Brine	Water	65	100
31	Smack Down	Rock	50	100
35	Curse	Ghost	—	—
38	Shell Smash	Normal	—	—
41	Aqua Tail	Water	90	90
45	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
48	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
51	Hydro Pump	Water	120	80

Egg moves

Tirtouga learns the following moves via breeding in Pokémon Black & White. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Bide	Normal	—	—
Body Slam	Normal	85	100
Flail	Normal	—	100
Iron Defense	Steel	—	—
Knock Off	Dark	20	100
Rock Throw	Rock	50	90
Slam	Normal	80	75
Water Pulse	Water	60	100
Whirlpool	Water	35	85

Moves learnt by HM

Tirtouga is compatible with these Hidden Machines in Pokémon Black & White:

HM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
03	Surf	Water	95	100
04	Strength	Normal	80	100
05	Waterfall	Water	80	100
06	Dive	Water	80	100

Moves learnt by TM

Tirtouga is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Black & White:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
06	Toxic	Poison	—	90
10	Hidden Power	Normal	60	100
13	Ice Beam	Ice	95	100
14	Blizzard	Ice	120	70
17	Protect	Normal	—	—
18	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
21	Frustration	Normal	—	100
23	Smack Down	Rock	50	100
26	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
27	Return	Normal	—	100
28	Dig	Ground	80	100
32	Double Team	Normal	—	—
37	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
39	Rock Tomb	Rock	50	80
42	Facade	Normal	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	—	—
45	Attract	Normal	—	100
48	Round	Normal	60	100
55	Scald	Water	80	100
69	Rock Polish	Rock	—	—
71	Stone Edge	Rock	100	80
78	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
80	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
87	Swagger	Normal	—	90
90	Substitute	Normal	—	—
94	Rock Smash	Fighting	40	100

Moves learnt by level up

Tirtouga learns the following moves in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Bide	Normal	—	—
1	Water Gun	Water	40	100
1	Withdraw	Water	—	—
5	Rollout	Rock	30	90
8	Bite	Dark	60	100
11	Protect	Normal	—	—
15	Aqua Jet	Water	40	100
18	AncientPower	Rock	60	100
21	Crunch	Dark	80	100
25	Wide Guard	Rock	—	—
28	Brine	Water	65	100
31	Smack Down	Rock	50	100
35	Curse	Ghost	—	—
38	Shell Smash	Normal	—	—
41	Aqua Tail	Water	90	90
45	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
48	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
51	Hydro Pump	Water	120	80

Egg moves

Tirtouga learns the following moves via breeding in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Bide	Normal	—	—
Body Slam	Normal	85	100
Flail	Normal	—	100
Iron Defense	Steel	—	—
Knock Off	Dark	20	100
Rock Throw	Rock	50	90
Slam	Normal	80	75
Water Pulse	Water	60	100
Whirlpool	Water	35	85

Move Tutor moves

Tirtouga can be taught these attacks in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 from move tutors (details):

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Aqua Tail	Water	90	90
Block	Normal	—	—
Earth Power	Ground	90	100
Icy Wind	Ice	55	95
Iron Defense	Steel	—	—
Iron Tail	Steel	100	75
Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
Snore	Normal	40	100
Stealth Rock	Rock	—	—

Moves learnt by HM

Tirtouga is compatible with these Hidden Machines in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2:

HM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
03	Surf	Water	95	100
04	Strength	Normal	80	100
05	Waterfall	Water	80	100
06	Dive	Water	80	100

Moves learnt by TM

Tirtouga is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Black 2 & White 2:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
06	Toxic	Poison	—	90
10	Hidden Power	Normal	60	100
13	Ice Beam	Ice	95	100
14	Blizzard	Ice	120	70
17	Protect	Normal	—	—
18	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
21	Frustration	Normal	—	100
23	Smack Down	Rock	50	100
26	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
27	Return	Normal	—	100
28	Dig	Ground	80	100
32	Double Team	Normal	—	—
37	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
39	Rock Tomb	Rock	50	80
42	Facade	Normal	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	—	—
45	Attract	Normal	—	100
48	Round	Normal	60	100
55	Scald	Water	80	100
69	Rock Polish	Rock	—	—
71	Stone Edge	Rock	100	80
78	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
80	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
87	Swagger	Normal	—	90
90	Substitute	Normal	—	—
94	Rock Smash	Fighting	40	100

Tirtouga egg move parents

In other generations
5
6
7
8
9

Tirtouga

Tirtouga's egg groups: Water 1, Water 3

The egg moves for Tirtouga are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Tirtouga with a compatible male Pokémon, with the male (for Gen 2-5) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Tirtouga with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Bide

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Mudkip Marshtomp Swampert Piplup Prinplup Tirtouga Carracosta Stunfisk
Breeding	Krabby Kingler Omanyte Omastar Corsola Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Tirtouga Carracosta
Pre-evolution Level up	Empoleon

Body Slam

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Poliwag Poliwhirl Lapras Spheal Sealeo Walrein Shellos Gastrodon
Breeding	Marill Azumarill Wooper Quagsire Corphish Crawdaunt Clamperl Huntail Gorebyss Tirtouga Carracosta
Pre-evolution Level up	Poliwrath Politoed
Generation 3 Move tutor	Squirtle Wartortle Blastoise Psyduck Golduck Slowpoke Slowbro Seel Dewgong Krabby Kingler Omanyte Omastar Kabuto Kabutops Dratini Dragonair Dragonite Totodile Croconaw Feraligatr Slowking Corsola Delibird Mantine Kingdra Mudkip Marshtomp Swampert Lotad Lombre Ludicolo Lileep Cradily Anorith Armaldo Milotic Relicanth

Flail

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Krabby Kingler Totodile Croconaw Feraligatr Corsola Feebas Tympole Palpitoad Seismitoad Stunfisk
Breeding	Squirtle Wartortle Blastoise Krabby Kingler Horsea Seadra Kabuto Kabutops Remoraid Octillery Kingdra Lotad Lombre Ludicolo Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Tirtouga Carracosta
Pre-evolution Level up	Milotic

Iron Defense

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Squirtle Wartortle Blastoise Shellder Corsola Clamperl
Breeding	Anorith Armaldo Tirtouga Carracosta
Move tutor	Squirtle Wartortle Blastoise Slowbro Shellder Cloyster Krabby Kingler Omanyte Omastar Kabuto Kabutops Slowking Corsola Corphish Crawdaunt Anorith Armaldo Clamperl Empoleon Tirtouga Carracosta Archen Archeops
Pre-evolution Level up	Cloyster Huntail Gorebyss
Pre-evolution Move tutor	Huntail Gorebyss

Knock Off

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Corphish Crawdaunt Skorupi Drapion
Breeding	Tentacool Tentacruel Krabby Kingler Omanyte Omastar Kabuto Kabutops Wingull Pelipper Corphish Crawdaunt Anorith Armaldo Tirtouga Carracosta Archen Archeops
Move tutor	Tentacool Tentacruel Krabby Kingler Omanyte Omastar Kabuto Kabutops Marill Azumarill Wingull Pelipper Corphish Crawdaunt Anorith Armaldo Empoleon Skorupi Drapion Seismitoad Alomomola

Rock Throw

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Archen Archeops
Breeding	Tirtouga Carracosta

Slam

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Krabby Kingler Dratini Dragonair Dragonite Wooper Quagsire
Breeding	Seel Dewgong Krabby Kingler Omanyte Omastar Marill Azumarill Mantine Tirtouga Carracosta
Pre-evolution Level up	Marill Azumarill

Water Pulse

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Squirtle Wartortle Blastoise Psyduck Golduck Tentacool Tentacruel Slowpoke Slowbro Lapras Slowking Remoraid Mantine Wingull Pelipper Milotic Huntail Gorebyss Shellos Gastrodon Ducklett Swanna Alomomola
Breeding	Poliwag Poliwhirl Poliwrath Seel Dewgong Shellder Cloyster Horsea Seadra Omanyte Omastar Dratini Dragonair Dragonite Totodile Croconaw Feraligatr Politoed Corsola Remoraid Octillery Kingdra Anorith Armaldo Spheal Sealeo Walrein Clamperl Huntail Gorebyss Tympole Palpitoad Seismitoad Tirtouga Carracosta
Pre-evolution Level up	Octillery
Generation 4 TM	Krabby Kingler Kabuto Kabutops Marill Azumarill Wooper Quagsire Delibird Mudkip Marshtomp Swampert Lotad Lombre Ludicolo Surskit Masquerain Corphish Crawdaunt Feebas Relicanth Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Bibarel Buizel Floatzel

Whirlpool

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Shellder Mudkip Clamperl Huntail Gorebyss Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Buizel Floatzel
Breeding	Lapras Omanyte Omastar Mudkip Marshtomp Swampert Tirtouga Carracosta
Pre-evolution Level up	Cloyster Marshtomp Swampert
Generation 4 HM	Squirtle Wartortle Blastoise Psyduck Golduck Poliwag Poliwhirl Poliwrath Tentacool Tentacruel Slowpoke Slowbro Seel Dewgong Krabby Kingler Horsea Seadra Kabuto Kabutops Dratini Dragonair Dragonite Totodile Croconaw Feraligatr Marill Azumarill Politoed Wooper Quagsire Slowking Corsola Remoraid Octillery Mantine Kingdra Lotad Lombre Ludicolo Pelipper Corphish Crawdaunt Feebas Milotic Spheal Sealeo Walrein Relicanth Bibarel Shellos Gastrodon