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General

Hippowdon

Abilities

Sand Stream: Sandstorm is in effect while this Pokémon is in battle.

Damage Taken

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Dex Numbers

Generation: DPPT
Kanto: 450
Johto: n/a
Hoenn: n/a
Sinnoh: 123

Names

Japanese: カバルドン
Romaji: Kabarudon

Flavor

Height: 6'6.7" or 2 m
Weight: 661.4 lb or 300 kg
Species: Heavyweight
Color: brown
Cry: mp3 here
Habitat: n/a
Pawprint

Misc

R/B/Y code: n/a

Breeding

Gender: ½ male; ½ female (code: 127 or 0x7f)
Breeding groups: 5: Ground
Steps to hatch: 7,680
Compatible with: 63 families; 131 total Pokémon

In the Wild

Base EXP: 198 or 0xc6
Capture rate: 60 or 0x3c
Base happiness: 70 or 0x46
Growth rate: slow
Effort points: 2 Defense
Wild held items: n/a

Evolution Chain

Basic	Stage 1
Hippopotas Base form	Hippowdon Raise to level 34

Stats

Stat	Base	Max Stat		%ile
Stat	Base	L50	L100	%ile
HP	108	215	420	94.3
Attack	112	164	323	89.9
Defense	118	170	335	92.5
Special Attack	68	120	235	54.8
Special Defense	72	124	243	59.4
Speed	47	99	193	28
Average	87.5	-	-	83.4

Flavor

Diamond It blasts internally stored sand from ports on its body to create a towering twister for attack.

Pearl Its huge mouth is almost seven feet across. It has enough power to completely crush a car.

Locations

Route 228

Note: this ONLY shows Diamond locations for the moment. (New Pokédex with all three games' encounters is in the works.)

Area	Section	Level	Method
Route 228		52 - 54	20%; 10%

Move List

See also: Contest list

Hippowdon's Attack is higher, so it will inflict more damage with physical () moves.

Hippowdon gets the STAB from moves.

	Move	PP	Power	Acc.*	Pri.	Description
--	Bite	25	60	100%		Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch.
--	Fire Fang	15	65	95%		Has a 10% chance to Burn the target and a 10% chance to make the target Flinch.
--	Ice Fang	15	65	95%		Has a 10% chance to Freeze the target and a 10% chance to make the target Flinch.
--	Sand-Attack	15	--	100%		Lowers the target's Accuracy.
--	Tackle	35	35	95%		Inflicts regular damage.
--	Thunder Fang	15	65	95%		Has a 10% chance to Paralyze the target and a 10% chance to make the target Flinch.
--	Yawn	10	--	100%		Target Sleeps at the end of the next turn.
7	Bite	25	60	100%		Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch.
13	Yawn	10	--	100%		Target Sleeps at the end of the next turn.
19	Take Down	20	90	85%		User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil.
25	Sand Tomb	15	15	70%		Both prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns.
31	Crunch	15	80	100%		Has a 20% chance to lower the target's Defense.
40	Earthquake	10	100	100%		Inflicts regular damage.
50	Double-Edge	15	120	100%		User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil.
60	Fissure	5	varies	30%		Causes a one-hit KO.
	Tutored moves
	Snore	15	40	100%		Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch. Only works if the user is Sleeping.
	Mud-Slap	10	20	100%		Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Accuracy.
	Superpower	5	120	100%		Lowers the user's Attack and Defense after inflicting damage.
	Earth Power	10	90	100%		Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense.
	Iron Head	15	80	100%		Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch.
	TMs and HMs
45	Attract	15	--	100%		Target falls in love if it has the opposite gender, and has a 50% chance to refuse attacking the user.
78	Captivate	20	--	100%		Lowers the target's Special Attack by two levels if it is the opposite gender.
32	Double Team	15	--	100%		Raises the user's Evasion.
26	Earthquake	10	100	100%		Inflicts regular damage.
58	Endure	10	--	100%	3	Goes first. Prevents the user's HP from lowering below 1 this turn.
42	Facade	20	70	100%		Power doubles if user is Burned, Paralyzed, or Poisoned.
21	Frustration	20	varies	100%		Power increases as Happiness decreases, up to a maximum of 102.
68	Giga Impact	5	150	90%		User foregoes its next turn to recharge.
10	Hidden Power	15	varies	100%		Power and type depend upon user's IVs. Power can range from 30 to 70.
15	Hyper Beam	5	150	90%		User foregoes its next turn to recharge.
23	Iron Tail	15	100	75%		Has a 30% chance to lower the target's Defense.
83	Natural Gift	15	varies	100%		Power and type depend on the held berry.
17	Protect	10	--	0%	3	Goes first. Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.
44	Rest	10	--	100%		User Sleeps, completely healing itself.
27	Return	20	varies	100%		Power increases with Happiness, up to a maximum of 102.
05	Roar	20	--	100%	-6	Goes last. Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokemon.
80	Rock Slide	10	75	90%		Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch.
H6	Rock Smash	15	40	100%		Has a 50% chance to lower the target's Defense.
39	Rock Tomb	10	50	80%		Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed.
37	Sandstorm	10	--	100%		Changes the weather to a sandstorm for five turns.
43	Secret Power	20	70	100%		Has a 30% chance to inflict a status effect which depends upon the terrain.
82	Sleep Talk	10	--	100%		Randomly uses one of the user's other three moves. Only works if the user is Sleeping.
76	Stealth Rock	20	--	0%		Causes damage when Pokemon switch in to where the target is now.
71	Stone Edge	5	100	80%		Has an increased chance for a critical hit.
H4	Strength	15	80	100%		Inflicts regular damage.
90	Substitute	10	--	100%		Transfers 1/4 of the user's max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks.
11	Sunny Day	5	--	0%		Changes the weather to sunny for five turns.
87	Swagger	15	--	90%		Raises the target's Attack by two levels and Confuses the target.
06	Toxic	10	--	85%		Badly Poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.
03	Water Pulse	20	60	100%		Has a 20% chance to Confuse the target.