Red / Blue: An adept swimmer at both the front crawl and breast stroke. Easily overtakes the best human swimmers.
Yellow: Swims powerfully using all the muscles in its body. It can even overtake champion swimmers.
Gold / HeartGold: This strong and skilled swimmer is even capable of crossing the Pacific Ocean just by kicking.
Silver: Although an ener getic, skilled swimmer that uses all of its mus cles, it lives on dry land.
Crystal: It can use its well-developed arms and legs to run on the surface of the water for a split second.
Ruby / Sapphire: POLIWRATH’s highly developed, brawny muscles never grow fatigued, however much it exercises. It is so tirelessly strong, this POKéMON can swim back and forth across the Pacific Ocean without effort.
Emerald: Its highly developed muscles never grow fatigued, however much it exercises. This POKéMON can swim back and forth across the Pacific Ocean without effort.
FireRed: An adept swimmer, it knows the front crawl, butterfly, and more. It is faster than the best human swimmers.
LeafGreen / Y: A swimmer adept at both the front crawl and breaststroke. Easily overtakes the best human swimmers.
Diamond +7: With its extremely tough muscles, it can keep swimming in the Pacific Ocean without resting.
SoulSilver: Although an energetic, skilled swimmer that uses all of its muscles, it lives on dry land.
Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire: Poliwrath’s highly developed, brawny muscles never grow fatigued, however much it exercises. It is so tirelessly strong, this Pokémon can swim back and forth across the ocean without effort.
Sun: Poliwrath in the Alola region are strong swimmers that use the breaststroke. Many children learn to swim by imitating Poliwrath.
Moon: Its percentage of body fat is nearly zero. Its body is entirely muscle, which makes it heavy and forces its swimming prowess to develop.
Ultra Sun: It’s quite a gifted swimmer, even among Water-type Pokémon, but it normally spends its time on land.
Ultra Moon: The muscles it has developed through swimming are thick and powerful. When it lands a square punch, it can turn huge boulders to dust.
Let's Go Pikachu / Let's Go Eevee: Swims powerfully using all the muscles in its body. It can even overtake world-class swimmers.
Sword: Its body is solid muscle. When swimming through cold seas, Poliwrath uses its impressive arms to smash through drift ice and plow forward.
Shield: Poliwrath is skilled at both swimming and martial arts. It uses its well-trained arms to dish out powerful punches.