Greninja is a Pokémon that uses smokescreens and illusory copies of itself to hide.
Its Unite Move is Waterburst Shuriken, an attack in which Greninja deals massive damage to opponents by throwing a huge water shuriken down on them from above.
Recommended held items, battle items and move paths for Greninja.
Alternative: Accel Bracer
Alternative: Full Heal
Alternative: X Attack
Alternative: Energy Amplifier
Both upgrade branches are shown for each move — you only pick one.
While HP is at 50% or less, Attack and movement speed are increased.
Becomes a boosted attack with every third attack. At long range, a boosted attack deals increased damage to enemies and decreases their movement speed for a short time. At close range, a boosted attack deals more damage the lower the enemies remaining HP is.
Attack with a spray of bubbles, decreasing the movement speed of enemies when it hits.
Upgrade choice · level 7
Throw shurikens made of water in quick succession. Decreases the movement speed of enemies for a short time and restores the user's HP when it hits. Also increases the user's movement speed while using this move.
Level 11: Increases the number of shurikens thrown.
Ride a wave, dealing damage to enemies and restoring the user's HP. If this move knocks out an enemy, its cooldown is reset. In addition, this move deals increased damage to enemies with low HP.
Level 11: Increases the amount of HP restored.
Leaves behind a substitute doll for the user while it's moving forward.
Upgrade choice · level 5
Quickly moves the user away from the current position, creating illusory copies of it to aid in battle.
Level 13: Reduced cooldown.
Creates a smokescreen and has the user roll away from its current location. Immediately afterward, the user begins sneaking and has its movement speed increased for a short time. This also makes its next basic attack a boosted attack.
Level 13: Increased attack for a short time when the user stops sneaking.
Throw a giant water shuriken toward the designated area, dealing damage to enemies in the area of effect and decreasing their movement speed for a short time when this move hits. The water shuriken then immediately explodes, dealing damage to enemies in the area of effect and throws them. Once this move ends, the user may jump in a designated direction.
How Greninja scales from level 1 to 15, and where it lands against the rest of the roster.
Level 15, scaled between the lowest and highest value across all 98 Pokémon rather than from zero — a full bar means best in the game.
How each stat scales from level 1 to max.
Each line is scaled to its own maximum so the curves stay comparable — HP is far larger in absolute terms than the other stats. Exact values are in the table below.
Values are as displayed in game. Percentages are additive with held items and emblems.
| Lvl | HP | Attack | Defense | Sp. Atk | Sp. Def | Crit | CDR | Lifesteal | Atk Spd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3200 | 146 | 50 | 20 | 64 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 2 | 3240 | 151 | 53 | 21 | 67 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11.57% |
| 3 | 3288 | 157 | 56 | 23 | 70 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13.46% |
| 4 | 3346 | 165 | 60 | 25 | 73 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 15.73% |
| 5 | 3556 | 191 | 75 | 32 | 86 | 15% | 0% | 5% | 23.96% |
| 6 | 3639 | 202 | 81 | 35 | 92 | 15% | 0% | 5% | 27.24% |
| 7 | 4019 | 250 | 108 | 49 | 116 | 15% | 0% | 5% | 42.17% |
| 8 | 4139 | 265 | 117 | 53 | 123 | 15% | 0% | 5% | 46.89% |
| 9 | 4283 | 283 | 127 | 58 | 132 | 30% | 0% | 10% | 52.55% |
| 10 | 4456 | 305 | 139 | 64 | 143 | 30% | 0% | 10% | 59.34% |
| 11 | 4664 | 331 | 154 | 71 | 156 | 30% | 0% | 10% | 67.5% |
| 12 | 4913 | 363 | 172 | 80 | 172 | 30% | 0% | 10% | 77.28% |
| 13 | 5211 | 400 | 193 | 91 | 190 | 30% | 0% | 15% | 89.02% |
| 14 | 5570 | 446 | 219 | 104 | 213 | 30% | 0% | 15% | 103.1% |
| 15 | 6000 | 500 | 250 | 119 | 240 | 30% | 0% | 15% | 120% |
