Castform (Pokémon)

Castform ポワルン Powalen
Artwork from R/S/E
Type	Normal
Species	Weather Pokémon
National Dex	#351
Johto Dex	#—
Hoenn Dex	#142
Sinnoh Dex	#—
Fiore Browser	R—
Almia Browser	R—
Height	1′00″ (0.3m)
Weight	1.8 lbs. (0.8kg)
Ability	Forecast
Egg groups	Fairy/Indeterminate
Time to hatch	6,400 steps
Effort yield	1 HP
Exp. yield	145 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	1,000,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀/50% ♂
Pokédex color	White
Catch rate	45
Footprint
Body style
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Castform (Japanese: ポワルン Powalen) is a Normal-type Pokémon whose type can change to Fire, Water, or Ice depending on the current weather.

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

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 Other appearances 6 Game data 6.1 Pokédex entries 6.2 Game locations 6.2.1 In side games 6.3 Base stats 6.4 Type effectiveness 6.4.1 Normal Castform 6.4.2 Sunny Castform 6.4.3 Rain Castform 6.4.4 Snow-cloud Castform 6.5 Learnset 6.5.1 By leveling up 6.5.2 By TM/HM 6.5.3 By breeding 6.5.4 By tutoring 6.6 Side game data 6.7 Evolution 6.8 Sprites 7 Trivia 8 Origin 8.1 Name origin 9 In other languages 10 External links

Biology

Physiology

Castform is a small, grayish Pokémon that resembles a cloud. Castform appears to have a pair of white goggles; however, Castform's appearance (and type) can change depending on the weather.

In strong sunlight, Castform's lower half becomes pure white while the head turns orange with smaller orange balls surrounding it. This gives Castform's head a shape that is similar to the sun.

During rain, Castform's lower half becomes a darker shade of gray. The head is blue, resembling a drop of rain.

In hail or snowy weather, Castform's head turns purplish-blue. The rest of of the body changes into a greenish tornado.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Castform has the aforementioned ability to change its form with the weather (even though it lacks forms for sandstorms and fog). Castform is capable of various Fire-, Water-, Ice-, Electric- and Grass-type moves. Castform is one of only two Pokémon that can learn Weather Ball (the other is Roserade).

Behavior

Habitat

Castform prefers grassland.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

A Castform from the Weather Institute changed into various forms in Unfair Weather Friends.

In the manga

A Castform, nicknamed Popo, belongs to Ruby in Pokémon Special. Previously, she belonged to Mr. Stone, who was injured in an attack by Team Aqua. Popo was then given to Gabby and Ty to be cared for while he was being healed. She later decided to travel with Ruby when he began traveling with the reporters because she was lonely. Until he was reunited with Ruru, Popo was Ruby's Smart contest Pokémon.

In the TCG

Main article: Castform (TCG)

Other appearances

Castform was featured as one of the Pokémon released from a Poké Ball in the demo of Super Smash Bros. Brawl that appeared at Jumpfesta.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
III	Ruby	Castform's appearance changes with the weather. This Pokémon gained the ability to use the vast power of nature to protect its tiny body.
	Sapphire	Castform borrows the power of nature to transform itself into guises of the sun, rain clouds, and snow clouds. This Pokémon's feelings change with the weather.
	Emerald	It alters its form depending on the weather. Changes in the climate such as the temperature and humidity appear to affect its cellular structure.
	FireRed	It has the ability to change its form into the sun, the rain, or a snow cloud, depending on the weather.
	LeafGreen	It has the ability to change its form into the sun, the rain, or a snow cloud, depending on the weather.
IV	Diamond	Its appearance changes with the weather. Recently, its molecules were found to be just like water.
	Pearl	Its appearance changes with the weather. Recently, its molecules were found to be just like water.
	Platinum	Currently unknown

Game locations

Gen	Game		Rarity	Location
III	Ruby	Sapphire	One	Weather Institute
	Emerald		One	Weather Institute
	FireRed	LeafGreen	None	Trade
	Colosseum		None	Trade
	XD		None	Trade
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Rare	Trophy Garden
	Platinum		None	Trade
	Pal Park			Field

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Plains
Pokémon Trozei!	Huge Storage 5 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue)	Mt. Faraway (20F-29F)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness)	Blizzard Island (1F-20F) Shimmer Hill (1F-17F)

Base stats

HP:	70
Attack:	70
Defense:	70
SpAtk:	70
SpDef:	70
Speed:	70

Type effectiveness

Normal Castform

Weak to	Resistant to	Immune to	Normal effectiveness
Fighting : 2×		Ghost : 0×	Normal : 1×  Flying : 1×  Poison : 1×  Ground : 1×  Rock : 1×  Bug : 1×  Steel : 1×  Grass : 1×  Fire : 1×  Water : 1×  Electric : 1×  Psychic : 1×  Ice : 1×  Dragon : 1×  Dark : 1×

Sunny Castform

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

Rain Castform

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

Snow-cloud Castform

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

Learnset

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

Moves in Italics aren't STAB in normal form, but are for some of its other forms.

By leveling up

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: III
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Start	Tackle	Normal	Physical	35	95%	35	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
10	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100%	25	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
10	Ember	Fire	Special	40	100%	25	Beauty	3 ♥♥♥
10	Powder Snow	Ice	Special	40	100%	25	Beauty	3 ♥♥♥
20	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
20	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
20	Hail	Ice	Status	—	—%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
30	Weather Ball	Normal	Special	50	100%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
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
Level	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 ♥♥
TM07	Hail	Ice	Status	—	—%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	10	Smart	1 ♥
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	95	100%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120	70%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM22	SolarBeam	Grass	Special	120	100%	10	Cool	1 ♥
TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	95	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	120	70%	10	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM34	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM35	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	95	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	120	85%	5	Beauty	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 ♥♥
TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	40	100%	10	Tough	0
TM53	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	80	100%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM72	Avalanche	Ice	Physical	60	100%	10	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM73	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	100%	10	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	0
TM78	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
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 ♥
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
Slugma, Magcargo Gulpin, Swalot	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20	Cute	0
Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff Grimer, Muk Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir	Disable	Normal	Status	—	80%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir	Future Sight	Psychic	Special	80	90%	15	Smart	2 ♥♥
Clefairy, Clefable Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir Cherubi, Cherrim Mismagius	Lucky Chant	Normal	Status	—	—%	30	Cute	2 ♥♥
Drifloon, Drifblim Spiritomb	Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special	60	100%	5	Smart	0
Togetic, Togekiss Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff Misdreavus, Mismagius Skitty, Delcatty Mawile	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	0
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	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—%	40	Cute	2 ♥♥
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	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Last Resort	Normal	Physical	130	100%	5	Cute	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special	60	100%	5	Smart	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	0
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	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	100%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
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: Catch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 7.4%	Friend Area: Thunder Meadow
Phrases
51%-100% HP	My appearance changes with the power of nature.
26%-50% HP	My health is down to half already...
1%-25% HP	I'm helpless... I have almost no power left...
Level Up	Yay! I leveled up!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 4	Recruit Rate: 6.4%	IQ Group: G

Evolution

	Normal weather	↔	Sunny weather	↔	Rainy weather	↔	Snowy weather
	Castform Normal Castform  Normal		Castform Sunny Castform  Fire		Castform Rain Castform  Water		Castform Snow-cloud Castform  Ice

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 3f 351.png
			Image:Spr 3e 351S.gif	Image:Spr 3f 351S.png
			Image:Spr 3e 351R.gif	Image:Spr 3f 351R.png
			Image:Spr 3e 351H.gif	Image:Spr 3f 351H.png
	Image:Spr 3r 351 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 351 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 351 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 351 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
			Image:Spr 4p 351.png
	Image:Spr 4d 351S.png		Image:Spr 4p 351S.png			Image:Spr b g4 351S.png
	Image:Spr 4d 351R.png		Image:Spr 4p 351R.png			Image:Spr b g4 351R.png
	Image:Spr 4d 351H.png