Clear Body: Opponents cannot reduce this Pokemon's stats; they can, however, inflict stat boosts with Swagger and Flatter. This ability does not prevent self-inflicted stat reductions.
RSE and FRLG
Liquid Ooze: When another Pokemon uses Absorb, Dream Eater, Giga Drain, Leech Life, Leech Seed or Mega Drain against this Pokemon, the attacking Pokemon loses the amount of health that it would have gained.
DPP
Liquid Ooze: When another Pokemon uses Absorb, Drain Punch, Dream Eater, Giga Drain, Leech Life, Leech Seed or Mega Drain against this Pokemon, the attacking Pokemon loses the amount of health that it would have gained.
DPP
Clear Body: Opponents cannot reduce this Pokemon's stats; they can, however, modify stat changes with Power Swap, Guard Swap and Heart Swap and inflict stat boosts with Swagger and Flatter. This ability does not prevent self-inflicted stat reductions.
The tentacles are normally cut short. On hunts, they are extended to ensnare and immobilize prey.
Blue
Yellow
Its 80 tentacles can stretch and contract freely. They wrap around prey and weaken it with poison.
Gold
Its 80 tentacles absorb water and stretch almost endlessly to CONSTRICT its prey and enemies.
Silver
In battle, it extends all 80 of its tentacles to entrap its opponent inside a poisonous net.
Crystal
When its 80 feelers absorb water, it stretches to become like a net to entangle its prey.
Ruby
TENTACRUEL has large red orbs on its head. The orbs glow before lashing the vicinity with a harsh ultrasonic blast. This POKéMON's outburst causes rough waves around it.
Sapphire
TENTACRUEL has tentacles that can be freely elongated and shortened at will. It ensnares prey with its tentacles and weakens the prey by dosing it with a harsh toxin. It can catch up to 80 prey at the same time.
Emerald
It lives in complex rock formations on the ocean floor and traps prey using its 80 tentacles. Its red orbs glow when it grows excited or agitated.
FireRed
It has 80 tentacles that move about freely. They can sting, causing poisoning and sharp, stabbing pain.
LeafGreen
The tentacles are normally cut short. On hunts, they are extended to ensnare and immobilize prey.
Diamond
With 80 tentacles for ensnaring victims, it prevents escape until the prey is weakened by poison.
Pearl
It alerts others to danger by stridently flashing the red orbs on its head.
Platinum
It extends its 80 tentacles to form an encircling poisonous net that is difficult to escape.
Stadium 1
It has 80 tentacles. Once they wrap around an enemy, the tentacles will not release, no matter what.
Stadium 2
Its 80 tentacles absorb water and stretch almost endlessly to CONSTRICT its prey and enemies.
TCG
Tentacruel: This Pokémon attacks its prey with its eighty toxin-producing tentacles.
