Gill Grunt
Type: Water
How to get: Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Wii Starter Pack
Variations: Series 2 Gill Grunt

Gill Grunt is one of the three console starters and, similar to Spyro, features more ranged attacks. His Harpoon Gun is a great long-range weapon, and his Power Hose is better for taking out swarms around you, since it has a sizable and easy-to-maniupulate spray area.

• Starting Abilities
• Harpoon Gun (A button; shoots harpoons)
• Power Hose (B button; sprays water)
  
  
• Initial Upgrades
• Barbed Harpoons (increases harpoon damage)
• High Pressure Power Hose (increases hose damage and knockback)
• Harpoon Repeater (increases reload speed of harpoons)
• Water Jetpack (Z button; self explanatory)
  
  
• Harpooner Path
• Quadrent Harpoons (increases harpoon damage)
• Piercing Harpoons (harpoons go through enemies)
• Tripleshot Harpoon (shoot three harpoons at once)
  
  
• Water Weaver Path
• Reserve Water Tank (hose/jetpack never run out of water)
• Boiling Water Hose (increases hose damage)
• Neptune Gun (hose launches exploding starfish)
  
  
• Soul Gem Ability: Anchor Cannon (super powerful harpoon attack; found in Treetop Terrace)
  
  
• 3DS Abilities: Harpoon Gun (starting; shoots harpoon), Sea Spray (starting, shoots stream of water), Rising Tide (level 2; adds hover ability that damages enemies underneath), Bubble Burst (level 5, charged harpoon gun fires three harpoons at once), Ice Flow (level 8; icy shot that damages and freezes enemies), Mystic Seeker Scroll (20% health bonus; found in Glacial Slopes)

Zap
Type: Water
How to get: Individual, 3-Pack (w/ Hex and Dino-Rang)
Variations: Glow-in-the-dark Zap

Raised by electric eels, Zap is a dragon who can use water and electricity to nullify his foes. Along with electrical water surges and lightning bolts, Zap can also leave behind a trail of water that becomes an electrical current if anyone walks in it.

• Starting Abilities
• Lightning Breath (A button; spits out electricity)
• Sea Slime Slide (B button; slides around on sticky slime that entraps enemies)
  
  
• Initial Upgrades
• Electro-Slime (Sea Slime becomes electrified by Lightning Breath)
• Stay Awhile (Sea Slime stays electrified longer)
• MegaVolt (increases Lightning Breath damage)
• Wave Rider (Z button; summon a great wave)
  
  
• Tesla Dragon Path
• Lightning Strikes Twice (Lightning Breath bounces off of enemies and objects)
• Electric Wave (Wave Rider does more damage)
• Tesla Storm (3000; increases Lightning Breath damage)
  
  
• Slime Serpent Path
• Strength in Numbers (create more Sea Slimes)
• Charged with Punishment (automatically electrify Sea Slimes)
• More Electro'd Slime (enemies take more damage in Sea Slime)
  
  
• Soul Gem Ability: Love for the Sea (regenerate health in water; found in Leviathan Lagoon)
  
  
• 3DS Abilities: Ball Lightning (starting; shoots a ball of electricity), Washout (starting, fires wave of water), Electric Spout (level 2; leave behind electric waterspouts while sprinting), Chain Lightning (level 5, Ball Lightning bounces after hitting enemy), Tide Pull (level 8; waterspouts last twice as long), Mystic Seeker Scroll (20% damage bonus; found in Icelight)

Slam Bam
Type: Water
How to get: Empire of Ice Adventure Pack, Individual (Series 2), Legendary 3-Pack (Series 2 w/ Ignitor and Jet-Vac)
Variations: Legendary Slam Bam (Series 2), Series 2

Slam Bam is a four-armed yeti. Awesome, right? It gets better. He surfs and eats snow cones. Also, he uses his four arms to beat up baddies.

• Starting Abilities
• Yeti Fists (A button; use four arms to punch things)
• Ice Prison (B button; ranged attack that sends an ice prison out that can trap enemies)
  
  
• Initial Upgrades
• Three's A Charm (have three ice prisons active at once)
• Arctic Explosion (Ice Prisons explode when punched)
• Yeti Ice Show Slide (Z button; slide on the ground)
• Ice Knuckles (punches do more damage)
  
  
• Blizzard Brawler Path
• Brawler Combos (use an Ice Hammer to vary your punches)
• Ice Mace (punches do even more damage)
• Blizzard Battle Armor (increased defense)
  
  
• Glacier Hit Path
• Deep Chill Ice Coffin (Ice Prisons do more damage)
• Glacier Tactics (Ice Prisons increase in range and speed)
• Work of Ice Art (Ice Prisons last longer)
  
  
• Soul Gem Ability: Yeti-Cooling Factor (can surf faster; wears shades; found in Empire of Ice)
  
  
• Wow Pow Ability (Only Available in Series 2 Figures): Sleigh Me! (Hold Z button to ride on a sleigh)
  
  
• 3DS Abilities: Chilled Punch (starting; punch with ice fists), Ice Pillar (starting, summon an ice pillar to attack enemies and protect yourself), Snowblower (level 3; Destroy Ice Pillar and send an ice cloud to damage enemies), ???? (level 7), ??? (level 9)

Wham-Shell
Type: Water
How to get: N/A
Variations: Crystal Wham-Shell
Abilities: N/A

Wham-Shell is a mace-wielding lobster who is angry that his home was attacked by trolls looking for oil. So, his fierce battle tendencies are justified.

• Starting Abilities
• Malacostacan Mace (A button; swing a big mace)
• Starfish Bullets (B button; shoot starfish out of said big mace)
  
  
• Initial Upgrades
• Starfishicus Giganticus (Charge Starfish attack for more power)
• King's Mace (Increased mace damage)
• Starfishicus Superioralis (Starfish attack does more damage)
• Poseidon Strike (Z button; create an electric field that damages enemies)
  
  
• Captain Crustacean Path
  
• Crustacean Combos (increased mace damage)
• Mega Trident (increased mace damage)
• Mace of the Deep (increase Poseidon Strike damage)
  
  
• Commander Crab Path
• Triplicate Starfish (shoot three starfish at one time)
• Semi-Eternal Punishment (adds homing to starfish)
• Nightmare Huggers (Starfish attach to enemies)
  
  
• Soul Gem Ability: Carapace Plating (increase defense; found in Oilspill Island)
  
  
• 3DS Abilities: Crab Crunch (starting; attack with mace), Shooting Starfish (starting; shoot a starfish), ????? (level 4), ???? (level 7), ???? (level 10), Mystic Seeker Scroll (20% damage bonus; found in Whipwind Mountains)