Armaldo (Pokémon)

Armaldo アーマルド Armaldo
Artwork from R/S/E
Types	Rock/Bug
Species	Plate Pokémon
National Dex	#348
Johto Dex	#—
Hoenn Dex	#136
Sinnoh Dex	#—
Fiore Browser	R—
Almia Browser	R—
Height	4′11″ (1.5m)
Weight	150.4 lbs. (68.2kg)
Ability	Battle Armor
Egg group	Water 3
Time to hatch	7,680 steps
Effort yield	2 Atk
Exp. yield	199 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	600,000 exp.
Gender	12.5% ♀/87.5% ♂
Pokédex color	Gray
Catch rate	45
Footprint
Body style
On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Pokémon Palace Network Pokédex (Gen. III) On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) On Serebii's Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Ultimate Pokémon Center Pokédex (Gen. I-IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Armaldo (Japanese: アーマルド Armaldo) is a dual-type Rock/Bug Pokémon.

It evolves from Anorith at level 40.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.1.2 Special abilities 1.2 Behavior 1.3 Habitat 1.4 Diet 2 In the anime 3 In the manga 4 In the TCG 5 Game data 5.1 Pokédex entries 5.2 Game locations 5.2.1 In side games 5.3 Base stats 5.4 Type effectiveness 5.5 Learnset 5.5.1 By leveling up 5.5.2 By TM/HM 5.5.3 By breeding 5.5.4 By tutoring 5.6 Side game data 5.7 Evolution 5.8 Sprites 6 Trivia 6.1 Origin 6.1.1 Name origin 7 In other languages

Biology

Armaldo is a fossilized, prehistoric Pokémon no longer found in the wild, and must be evolved from an Anorith resurrected from a Claw Fossil.

Physiology

Armaldo has a long neck, and two blade-like arms. It is covered in thick, heavy-duty, armored plates. Hence, the name, the Plate Pokémon. Armaldo's tough armor makes all attacks bounce off. This Pokémon's two enormous claws can be freely extended or contracted. They have the power to punch right through a steel slab. An amphibious Pokémon, it usually lives on land. However, when it hunts for prey, it dives beneath the ocean. It swims around using its two large wings.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

Habitat

The exact habitat of Armaldo is unknown, but so far Claw Fossils are only found in the Hoenn and Sinnoh regions.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Armaldo premiered in a movie that was shown in Lights, Camerupt, Action. Its role in the movie was defending a castle where a Kirlia princess was held captive.

Another Armaldo made an appearance in Where's Armaldo?.

Along with several other prehistoric Pokémon, Armaldo made an appearance in Wild in the Streets.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Armaldo (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
III	Ruby	Armaldo's tough armor makes all attacks bounce off. This Pokémon's two enormous claws can be freely extended or contracted. They have the power to punch right through a steel slab.
	Sapphire	Armaldo is a Pokémon species that became extinct in prehistoric times. This Pokémon is said to have walked on its hind legs, which would have been more convenient for life on land.
	Emerald	Armaldo usually lives on land. However, when it hunts for prey, it dives beneath the ocean. It swims around using its two large wings.
	FireRed	Protected by a hard shell, its body is very sturdy. It skewers prey with its claws to feed.
	LeafGreen	Protected by a hard shell, its body is very sturdy. It skewers prey with its claws to feed.
IV	Diamond	It went ashore after evolving. Its entire body is clad in a sturdy armor.
	Pearl	It went ashore after evolving. Its entire body is clad in a sturdy armor.
	Platinum	Currently unknown

Game locations

Gen	Game		Rarity	Location
III	Ruby	Sapphire	None	Evolve Anorith
	Emerald		None	Evolve Anorith
	FireRed	LeafGreen	None	Trade
	Colosseum		None	Trade
	XD		None	Trade
IV	Diamond	Pearl	None	Evolve Anorith
	Platinum		None	Trade
	Pal Park			Sea

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Evolve from Anorith
Pokémon Trozei!	Endless Level 18 Forever Level 67 Pair Trozei Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue)	Evolve from Anorith
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness)	Evolve from Anorith

Base stats

HP:	75
Attack:	125
Defense:	100
SpAtk:	70
SpDef:	80
Speed:	45

Type effectiveness

Weak to	Resistant to	Immune to	Normal effectiveness
Rock : 2×  Steel : 2×  Water : 2×	Normal : ½×  Poison : ½×		Fighting : 1×  Flying : 1×  Ground : 1×  Bug : 1×  Ghost : 1×  Grass : 1×  Fire : 1×  Electric : 1×  Psychic : 1×  Ice : 1×  Dragon : 1×  Dark : 1×

Learnset

Armaldo is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: III
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Start	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	100%	35	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Start	Harden	Normal	Status	—	—%	30	Tough	2 ♥♥
7	Mud Sport	Ground	Status	—	—%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
13	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100%	25	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
19	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95%	35	Cool	2 ♥♥
25	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
31	AncientPower	Rock	Special	60	100%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
37	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	10	95%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
46	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
55	Rock Blast	Rock	Physical	25	80%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
67	Crush Claw	Normal	Physical	75	95%	10	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
73	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100%	15	Beauty	0
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By TM/HM

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: III
TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
TM03	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	85%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15	Smart	1 ♥
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10	Smart	1 ♥
TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM54	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100%	40	Cool	0
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM69	Rock Polish	Rock	Status	—	—%	20	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80%	5	Tough	0
TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—%	30	Beauty	0
TM76	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM78	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
TM81	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100%	15	Beauty	0
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
TM83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
TM91	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95%	30	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By breeding

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: III
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Skorupi, Drapion	Cross Poison	Poison	Physical	70	100%	20	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
Corphish, Crawdaunt Skorupi, Drapion	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	20	100%	20	Smart	3 ♥♥♥
Kabuto, Kabutops	Sand-Attack	Ground	Status	—	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
Tentacool, Tentacruel	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85%	40	Smart	2 ♥♥
Corphish, Crawdaunt	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—%	30	Beauty	0
Tentacool, Tentacruel Shellder, Cloyster Kabuto, Kabutops	Rapid Spin*	Normal	Physical	20	100%	40	Cool	2 ♥♥
Omanyte, Omastar Corsola Lileep, Cradily	Rock Slide*	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB from an evolution of this Pokémon *Indicates a move only available by chain breeding

By tutoring

Generation III and IV Other generation learnsets: III
Game							Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15	Tough	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	10	95%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Snore	Normal	Special	40	100%	15	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—%	30	Beauty	0
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game, while a colored background indicates that the move is available.

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Evolve
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: Evolve	Friend Area: Treasure Sea
Phrases
51%-100% HP	I offer a good balance of offense and defense!
26%-50% HP	I don't like this. What's left of my health is half...
1%-25% HP	I can't put up with this... My claws are cracking...
Level Up	Leveled up! Let me at my foes so I can skewer them!

Evolution

Unevolved Base form Anorith  Rock   Bug

Level 40 First evolution Armaldo  Rock   Bug

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
	Image:Spr 3r 348.png			Image:Spr 3f 348.png
	Image:Spr 3r 348 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 348 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 348 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 348 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
			Image:Spr 4p 348.png
			Image:Spr 4p 348 s.png

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

Trivia

• Armaldo and its pre-evolution, Anorith, are the only Bug-type Pokémon with genders that are not in the Bug egg group.
• Armaldo cannot learn Surf or Dive, despite its Emerald Pokédex entry, its Water 3 egg group, and the fact that it's seen swimming with somebody on its back on the Pokémon Special manga.

Origin

It appears to be based upon the Anomalocaris, although it shares some physical traits with dinosaurs.

Name origin

Armaldo's name possibly originated from a corruption of armor; however, it could also be a combination of armor and armadillo.

In other languages

• German: Armaldo
• French: Armaldo
• Korean: 아말도 Armaldo

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