>>50497351It is presumably because these Pokémon live on land, close to the sea but not actually in the sea. They can swim, but so can a lot of other Pokémon. Look at Grapploct and Clobbopus’s level up movepools.
>It’s in the Water 1 egg groupSo are Dratini, Delibird, Stunfisk, Inkay, Pincurchin, and Eiscue
And only because they are based on marine animals. However, like Delibid and Eiscue, Grapploct are based on terrestrial animals that occasionally live in the water.
