Skarmory (Pokémon)

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Missingno. けつばん Ketsuban #???
Art by Ken Sugimori from Red and Green
Type Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Glitch Pokémon
Ability ----- ----- Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 Unknown
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn — Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 0'0" Imperial 0.0 m Metric 0'0"/0.0 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 0.0 lbs. Imperial 0.0 kg Metric 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Unknown	Catch rate Unknown
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Undiscovered group 1 cycles* (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 0 Battle Exp.: 1*
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[[Category:{{{type1}}}-type Pokémon|{{{ndex}}}]] Skarmory (Japanese: エアームド Airmd) is a dual-type Steel/Flying Pokémon.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Skarmory are tall birds with long necks and long legs. They have red feathers under sheathes that cover their very sharp wings. Their skin is hard because they live and are raised in very harsh conditions. Their nests are usually found in thorn bushes, where continual scratching of their skin will eventually harden it into an iron-like state. Skarmory, like most Template:Type2 Pokémon, are silver-gray except for their red feathers and their yellow eyes. Their feet both have two toes on them and their tails have hooked ends. Their wings are actually hollow, despite their appearance, allowing them to travel up to 190mph.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Despite being covered in extremely durable armor, they are also surprisingly swift in flight, and it's feathers are sharp enough to be used as swords and knives.

Skarmory is the only Pokémon able to learn Steel Wing by leveling up.

Behavior

Skarmory are highly territorial and will attack anyone who threatens them. They also choose to build their nests out of sharp brambles.

Habitat

Skarmory like to live in tough terrain, often near volcanic areas and large mountains. They always build their nests in thorns and brambles. This ensures their offspring's safety as no other Pokémon can get near and their offspring's skin will be scratched until it is hard like its parents.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Skarmory in the anime

Skarmory made its anime debut in Hot Matches. It belonged to a trainer named Miki, who was looking to battle any Template:Type2 Pokémon. She used it to battle Brock's Vulpix and Ash's Cyndaquil.

Attila owned a Skarmory in The Legend of Thunder!.

Meowth and Jessie's Wobbuffet got themselves kidnapped by a Skarmory in Camp Pikachu.

Gary Oak owns a Skarmory, as seen in his profile in The Ties That Bind.

Skarmory was one of the Template:Type2 Pokémon that were picking on a wild Torkoal in All Torkoal, No Play.

A Skarmory kidnapped May and dumped her in a Forbidden Forest in Grass Hysteria.

Winona's Skarmory was in Who's Flying Now?. She was letting people take rides on it during the Feather Festival.

A Skarmory kidnapped an Azumarill in Pikachu's Summer Festival. It later battled May's Combusken.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate!, a Skarmory kidnapped Pikachu and Pichu. Team Go-Getters battled it and eventually managed to save the two electric rodents. After the battle, the Skarmory claims to have no memory of the event, although why it is has not been known. Charmander guessed that, "Maybe Skarmory bumped it's head."

May's Squirtle defeated a Skarmory during the Mulberry Contest in Going for Choke.

Several Skarmory appeared in Steeling Peace of Mind! and Saving the World From Ruins!.

Taylor's Skarmory appeared in Pursuing a Lofty Goal! as one of the participants of the PokéRinger competition.

Several Skarmory appeared in Pillars of Friendship, under the command of J's henchmen.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokémon Special

Gold helped Falkner capture a Skarmory. Falkner then passed the Gym Leader test using it, becoming the new Gym Leader of Violet City.

Winona is later seen with a Skarmory, which she uses to battle Team Aqua with.

Carr uses a Skarmory to escape from Team Rocket's airship in the Fire Red/Leaf Green story arc.

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Skarmory (TCG)

In the TFG

One Skarmory figure has been released.

• Next Quest: Skarmory

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

• In the Pokémon Stadium 2, a Skarmory can be seen flying on the Flying Terrain. Other guest Pokémon found in the Flying Terrain include a Drifloon and a Hoppip drifting in the distance.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Skarmory resides at the top of Mt. Steel where it does not like being disturbed. Skarmory holds a Diglett captive and attacks the player. After being defeated, it flies away and doesn't return. However, the player can have a Skarmory join their team after beating the game in the following dungeons: Western Cave 40F-49F; Wish Cave 18F-19F.
• Pokémon Ranger: Skarmory is Elita's partner Pokémon. The player also sees it at the Grassland Challenge.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, Skarmory can be found in Chasm Cave, Zero Isle West and Zero Isle South. However, as Pokémon can not be recruited in any of those dungeons, it is impossible to add Skarmory to the team under normal circumstances. Skarmory may still ask to join after completing a mission for it, such as in the one from the following Wonder Mail code:

KN9@ =3YM K&N8

H1X1 #TYF =07%

Objective: Take item from Spiritomb on floor 12 of Crystal Crossing.

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Template:Learnset intro

By leveling up

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By breeding

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Special moves

Side game data

Template:Side game

Evolution

Does not evolve Skarmory  Steel  Flying

Sprites

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

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

Trivia

• No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Skarmory.
• Mantine and Skarmory have the exact same base stats, except that Mantine is Specially oriented, as opposed to Skarmory, who is Physically based.
• Although Skarmory is part Template:Type2, and has a tail, it can not learn Iron Tail.
• Skarmory's wings were solid silver in Gold and Silver. This was fixed in Crystal.
• Skarmory has kidnapped more Pokémon and people in the anime than any other Pokémon, with the possible exception of Meowth. It has kidnapped Jessie's Wobbuffet, May, an Azumarill, Meowth, and in the Mystery Dungeon special it also kidnapped Diglett, Pichu and Pikachu.
• Skarmory is the only Pokémon to learn Steel Wing via level-up, and is one of only three Pokémon that get STAB from it. The other two are Scizor and Empoleon.

Origin

Skarmory has much in common with the Andean Condor. It also shares characteristics of cranes, birds which are held in high esteem in Japan; such characteristics include a long neck and long legs, and a daggerlike beak. It is also similar to the Stymphalian Birds in the Greek story The Twelve Labors of Hercules. Skarmory is also believed to be based off of an armored knight.

Name origin

Skarmory is a combination of sky and armory. Its Japanese name is likely based on air or a pun on armored. It could also come from scar, which refers to the scars it receives from its thorny nest, armor and cassowary a bird it resembles. It could also be from the slang word "skarper", which could be due to Skarmory's surprising speed, and "armory".

In other languages

• German: Panzaeron - From panzer (tank) and the prefix aero- (referring to air).
• French: Airmure - From air and armure (armor).
• Korean: 무장조 Mujangjo

External links

• TM 47, the fanlisting for Skarmory

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