Skuntank (Pokémon)

For Pokémon GO information on this species, see the game's section.
← #0434: Stunky	Pokémon	#0436: Bronzor →

Skuntank Skunk Pokémon スカタンク Skutank #0435 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Poison Dark Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Stench or Aftermath Cacophony Cacophony Keen Eye Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 60 (14.8%)
Breeding Egg Group Field Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 3'03" 1.0 m Skuntank 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 83.8 lbs. 38.0 kg Skuntank 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 209 Gen. IV Unknown IV 168 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Skuntank 2 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Purple	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Skuntank (Japanese: スカタンク Skutank) is a dual-type Poison/Dark Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves from Stunky starting at level 34.

Biology

Skuntank opening its tail tip

Skuntank is a medium-sized mammalian Pokémon that resembles a skunk with the face of a cat. It has purple, spiky fur with several tan stripes. The whiskers present on its pre-evolution have since vanished or have been replaced by furry purple tufts on the sides of Skuntank's face. Its legs are tan, and the tan coloration of its underside now forms a spiky pattern. Its nose is larger than its pre-evolution. Its massive tail with a cream colored stripe, sits on top of its back and head.

Skuntank is known for its noxious fluid which smells dreadful. It can spray this fluid over 160 feet (50 meters), and the longer it allows the liquid to ferment within its belly, the more powerful the smell. Unlike its pre-evolution and real-life skunks, which sprays fluids from their rears, Skuntank sprays its fluid from its tail tip, which can open. The stench of Skuntank's fluid varies depending on its diet. Skuntank prefers to nest in large, prickly bushes in heavily wooded areas and digs holes in the ground to make its nest. While Skuntank can use its poisonous fluids to take down prey, ironically it cannot handle the smell of its own stench, abandoning potential defeated meals as a result.

Evolution

Skuntank evolves from Stunky.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Stunky  Poison  Dark

→

First evolution Skuntank  Poison  Dark

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: Skuntank is the leader of Team Skull, a band of thieves. When he first appears, he uses his stench to knock out the player. With Koffing, he can perform a noxious gas combo attack, and uses that to knock out the player's team with a horrible stench several times over the course of the game, but this fails against Wigglytuff later on. Toward the end of the game when he steals the Relic Fragment, his team's lives are saved by the player's team and he gives the relic back.

Pokédex entries

Skuntank in the Paldea Pokédex

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV Diamond Routes 221 and 225 Pearl Trade Platinum Trade HeartGold SoulSilver Trade
Generation V Black White Trade Black 2 Evolve Stunky White 2 Trade
Generation VI X Y Evolve Stunky Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Trade
Generation VII Sun Moon Pokémon Bank Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Pokémon Bank Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee Unobtainable
Generation VIII Sword Shield Dusty Bowl, Lake of Outrage, North Lake Miloch, South Lake Miloch East Lake Axewell, Giant's Cap, Motostoke Riverbank, North Lake Miloch, Stony Wilderness, West Lake Axewell (Max Raid Battle) Expansion Pass Max Lair (Dynamax Adventure) Brilliant Diamond Routes 221 and 225 Grand Underground - Grassland Cave, Spacious Cave, Riverbank Cave, Sunlit Cavern, Still-Water Cavern (After obtaining TM96 (Strength)) Shining Pearl Trade Legends: Arceus Crimson Mirelands: Scarlet Bog (additional ), massive mass outbreaks Cobalt Coastlands: Space-time distortions Coronet Highlands: near Ancient Quarry, near Celestica Trail, massive mass outbreaks
Generation IX Scarlet North Province: Casseroya Lake Tera Raid Battles (4★) Violet Union Circle Tera Raid Battle Search (4★)

In side games

Held items

Games		Held items
Diamond	Pearl	Pecha Berry (5%)
Legends: Arceus		Normal Pecha Berry (35%) Spoiled Apricorn (15%) Grit items by level Alpha Exp. Candy M (100%) Seed of Mastery (20%) Grit items by level

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM013 TM013 Acid Spray Poison Special 04040 100}}100% 20 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM024 TM024 Fire Spin Fire Special 03535 085}}85% 15 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM026 TM026 Poison Tail Poison Physical 05050 100}}100% 25 TM029 TM029 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM030 TM030 Snarl Dark Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM045 TM045 Venoshock Poison Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM055 TM055 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM061 TM061 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 100}}100% 15 TM062 TM062 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM083 TM083 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM087 TM087 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM091 TM091 Toxic Spikes Poison Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM094 TM094 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM102 TM102 Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120120 080}}80% 5 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM108 TM108 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM114 TM114 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM125 TM125 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM127 TM127 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 090}}90% 10 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM140 TM140 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM141 TM141 Fire Blast Fire Special 110110 085}}85% 5 TM148 TM148 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM172 TM172 Roar Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM174 TM174 Haze Ice Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM175 TM175 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM181 TM181 Knock Off Dark Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM183 TM183 Super Fang Normal Physical 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM195 TM195 Burning Jealousy Fire Special 07070 100}}100% 5 TM199 TM199 Lash Out Dark Physical 07575 100}}100% 5 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM205 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM207 TM207 Temper Flare Fire Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM214 TM214 Sludge Wave Poison Special 09595 100}}100% 10 TM221 TM221 Throat Chop Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Skuntank Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Skuntank Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Astonish Ghost Physical 30 100% 15 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100% 15 Haze Ice Status — —% 30 Leer Normal Status — 100% 30 Slash Normal Physical 70 100% 20 Smog Poison Special 30 70% 20

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Skuntank Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Skuntank Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Skuntank Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

Anime-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0.5% IQ group: G
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Poison Poké Assist: Poison Field move: (Stink ×-) Browser entry R-145 It lets loose poison gas while it walks. It attacks by spitting up a poisonous fluid.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poison Poké Assist: (present) Poison Field move: (present) (Tackle ×2) Poké Assist: (past) Poison Field move: (past) (Tackle ×1) Browser entry R-054/N-150 It attacks by scattering poison gas around itself that makes Pokémon Tired.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●●● Defense ●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.25 seconds Base HP: 60 Base Attack: 78 Base Defense: 52 Base Speed: 60
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Skuntank came to the Haunted Zone to explore the Haunted House but got lost and was late. His abilities serve him well at Dusknoir's Speed Slam.
Pokémon Battle Trozei Poison Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Poison Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #417 Last-Ditch Effort Increases damage when things are looking desperate.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 230 Base Attack: 184 Base Defense: 132 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Poison Jab, Bite Charged Attacks: Crunch, Flamethrower, Sludge Bomb, Trailblaze*, Frustration, Return

Evolution data

Unevolved Stunky  Poison  Dark

Level 34 →

First evolution Skuntank  Poison  Dark

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Generation VIII Sword Shield Legends: Arceus
Cross-Generation HOME

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

In the anime

Main series

Skuntank in the anime

Major appearances

Skuntank debuted in Double Team Turnover!, under the ownership of Jupiter. It is her main Pokémon. In Unlocking the Red Chain of Events!, it guarded Looker and Team Rocket. In The Needs of the Three!, Jupiter prepared to attack Ash and his friends with it before Cyrus stopped them, and in The Battle Finale of Legend!, it was defeated by Cynthia's Garchomp.

In Classroom Training!, Jeremiah owns a Skuntank. In Sliding Into Seventh!, it used its Stench Ability to force Team Rocket out of a shed where they had hidden themselves.

In A Little Rocket R & R!, a Team Rocket Grunt's Skuntank attacked the Resort Area. It reappeared in Nightfall? Nightmares! and A Midsummer Night's Light!.

An Alternate World Team Rocket Grunt's Skuntank appeared in Showdown at the Gates of Warp!.

Minor appearances

In Last Call — First Round!, a Coordinator's Skuntank and Toxicroak competed in a Double Performance in the Sinnoh Grand Festival.

A Skuntank appeared in the opening sequence of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

In Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad, a Skuntank was living in a forest.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Evolutions

Skuntank in Pokémon Evolutions

A Skuntank appeared in flashbacks in The Rival under the ownership of Jupiter. She first used it in a battle against Barry and his Prinplup at Lake Acuity when she was attempting to capture Uxie and won thanks to its Smokescreen. Later, the two had a rematch at the Spear Pillar where Barry's fully evolved Empoleon put up a much stronger fight and defeated Skuntank.

In the manga

Skuntank in Pokémon Adventures

Darkrai Mission Story: Pokémon Ranger Vatonage - the Comic

A Skuntank appeared in Mission Complete as one of the Pokémon Kincaid controlled.

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

A Skuntank appeared in P7-14, under the ownership of Yazawa.

Pokémon Adventures

In Stunning Staravia & Stinky Skuntank I, Team Galactic Grunts used an army of Skuntank and Staravia to battle Paka and Uji in Veilstone City so that they could find their client, Platinum, and use her for a ransom. They were defeated by the combined efforts of Paka, Uji, Diamond, and Pearl.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Like in the games and anime, Jupiter has a Skuntank, but it was only seen after being defeated by Mitsumi in The Battle Rages On.

In the TCG

Main article: Skuntank (TCG)

Trivia

• Due to the censor that prevents Pokémon with offensive nicknames from being traded on the GTS, an English-language Skuntank cannot be traded on the GTS without a nickname in Pokémon Black and White.

Origin

Skuntank is based on a hog-nosed skunk and a tank. Its appearance and notoriety of being incredibly foul-smelling is a trait also similar to the honey badger. Its stylized tail bears similarity to a pompadour, a hairstyle that is commonly associated with Japanese delinquents. It also bears similarities to cats. Its face resembles the form of buttocks, both on its front and below. Its learning Self-Destruct, Explosion as well as its ability Aftermath is likely derived from gas bombs, flatulence or skunks releasing all of their spray at once if hit by moving cars. Its name, the ability to learn the move Flamethrower naturally, and the way it shoots up projectiles from the tip of its tail in front of its body may be derived from tanks and expands on warfare theme from Stunky's gas bombs.

Name origin

Skuntank and Skutank may be a combination of skunk, stank (past tense of stink), and tank.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese スカタンク Skutank From skunk and tank French Moufflair From moufette and flair Spanish Skuntank Same as English name German Skuntank Same as English name Italian Skuntank Same as English name Korean 스컹탱크 Skuntank From skunk and tank Mandarin Chinese 坦克臭鼬 Tǎnkèchòuyòu From 坦克 tǎnkè and 臭鼬 chòuyòu Cantonese Chinese 坦克臭鼬 Táanhākchauyauh From 坦克 táanhāk and 臭鼬 chauyauh

More languages Hindi बुकीटैंक Bookitank From बू boo and tank Thai สกาแทงค์ Sakathaeng Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Team Skull (Mystery Dungeon)

External links

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