Darmanitan (Pokémon)

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Darmanitan ヒヒダルマ Hihidaruma #555
Art by Ken Sugimori from Black and White
Type Fire Unknown Unknown Unknown Zen Mode Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Category Blazing Pokémon
Abilities Sheer Force ----- Zen Mode ----- Zen Mode Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn — Sinnoh — Unova #061 Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 4'03" Imperial 1.3 m Metric 4'03"/1.3 m Standard Mode 0'0"/0.0 m Zen Mode 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 204.8 lbs. Imperial 92.9 kg Metric 204.8 lbs./92.9 kg Standard Mode 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Zen Mode 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Red	Catch rate 60 (7.8%)
Body style Zen Mode	Footprint      Zen Mode
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Ground group 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 2 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 168 Battle Exp.: Unknown
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Darmanitan (Japanese: ヒヒダルマ Hihidaruma) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It evolves from Darumaka starting at level 35.

Biology

Physiology

Darmanitan is a mainly red, squat ape-like Pokémon. Darmanitan has long, bushy flame-colored eyebrows, curled at the beginning portions, and round, black-ringed eyes. The upper portion of its tan-colored face is separated from the lower portion by a diagonal stripe of red, and its large mouth sports spiked teeth. All these facial features give the impression of a manic or angered expression. Darmanitan's head has no discernible neck to distinguish it from the rest of the body and its rounded back, which culminates in a stubby tail. It has long arms with spiky hair fringes on the wrists and large tan-colored hands, with a similar arrangement for its hind limbs. Additionally, Darmanitan's underside sports a patterning of three tan-colored ovals.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Under normal circumstances, Darmanitan are immensely strong physically; a single punch can destroy a dump truck. The ability Sheer Force, the ability these Pokémon normally have, makes their attacks even stronger at the cost of not having beneficial effects occurring.

Darmanitan with the ability Zen Mode have access to a second Form, when they have less than half of their health left. In this form, they turn blue and become more like a Daruma doll that's hard as a rock. They also gain Psychic as a secondary type. They experience an exchange in their Special Attack and Attack stats, their Defense and Special Defense almost double, and their Speed sharply drops. In "Zen Mode" they fight using their spiritual and emotional strength, but they're completely physically immobile. However, they can still use physical moves.

Behavior

These Pokémon are normally very active and fight using both physical and emotional strength.

A Darmanitan in Zen Mode is completely immobile, so it uses its psychic powers in place of its arms in order to do things such as gather and eat food.

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Darmanitan in the anime

Major appearances

Darmanitan in Zen Mode

A Darmanitan with Zen Mode along with two of its pre-evolved form Darumaka appeared in Saving Darmanitan From the Bell!. Darmanitan and the Darumaka lived in a Clock Tower. When the tower started to break, Darmanitan stopped the loose bell from collapsing. However, due to fatigue, it transformed into its Zen Mode and used its Psychic to keep the bell in midair, while the Darumaka stole food to keep its energy up.

Minor appearances

In BW022, an unnamed Trainer in Castelia City used a Darmanitan to try and stop a swarm of Venipede.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Darmanitan (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM05	Roar	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
	TM08	Bulk Up	Fighting	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM12	Taunt	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM22	SolarBeam	Grass	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
	TM23	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	05050	100}}100%	15
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100100	100}}100%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	08080	100}}100%	10
	TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	07575	100}}100%	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM35	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	09595	100}}100%	15
	TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	120120	085}}85%	5
	TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	05050	080}}80%	10
	TM41	Torment	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM43	Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	05050	100}}100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	04040	100}}100%	10
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
	TM50	Overheat	Fire	Special	140140	090}}90%	5
	TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120120	070}}70%	5
	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	10
	TM59	Incinerate	Fire	Special	03030	100}}100%	15
	TM61	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	0000—	075}}75%	15
	TM66	Payback	Dark	Physical	05050	100}}100%	10
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100100	080}}80%	5
	TM74	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	5
	TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	06060	100}}100%	20
	TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	07575	090}}90%	10
	TM83	Work Up	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
	TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	090}}90%	15
	TM89	U-turn	Bug	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	04040	100}}100%	15
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Darmanitan Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or alternate form of Darmanitan

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Encore	Normal	Status	—	—%	5
	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	Flame Wheel	Fire	Physical	60	100%	25
	Focus Energy	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100%	20
	Hammer Arm	Fighting	Physical	100	90%	10
	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20
	Yawn	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Darmanitan in Generation V Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Darmanitan in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Darmanitan Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or alternate form of Darmanitan

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Generation V Other generations: VI - VII - VIII - IX
Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100%	10
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Darmanitan Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or alternate form of Darmanitan Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Special moves

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Evolution

Unevolved Darumaka  Fire

Level 35 →

Zen Mode First evolution Darmanitan  Fire  Psychic

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation IV.
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Darmanitan images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Darmanitan's Standard Mode has the highest base Attack of all Template:Type2 Pokémon.
• Darmanitan's Zen Mode has the highest base Special Attack of all non-legendary Template:Type2 Pokémon.
• Darmanitan is the one of two Pokémon able to change into an alternative form, while its pre-evolutionary form cannot. The other is Cherrim, which is also part of a two stage evolutionary line.
• Despite the fact that Darmanitan's body is turned to stone during Zen Mode, it does not become part Template:Type2.

Origin

Darmanitan's physical appearance is based on an ape and the Daruma doll. It is also likely based on the the adage of the three wise monkeys "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" when in its Zen Mode where its eyes become blank, its mouth is shut tight and has its ears covered, sitting patiently in contrast to its bold posture in Standard Mode. Its Zen Mode form may also be a reference to Bodhidharma, achieving enlightenment.

Name origin

Darmanitan is derived from "dharma" (an alternate spelling of daruma, shortened to darma by name constraints) and "orangutan", and possibly "titan". Hihidaruma comes from words ヒヒ hihi meaning baboon, and "Daruma", and is a pun on 火達磨 hidaruma, which roughly translates to "the state of being on fire".

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