Shelgon (Pokémon)

Shelgon コモルー Komoruu
Artwork from R/S/E
Pronunciation	???
Type	Dragon
Species	Endurance Pokémon
National Dex	#372
Johto Dex	#—
Hoenn Dex	#188
Sinnoh Dex	#—
Fiore Browser	R-166
Almia Browser	R-226
Height	3′07″ (1.1m)
Weight	243.6 lbs. (110.5kg)
Ability	Rock Head
Egg group	Dragon
Time to hatch	10,240 steps
Effort yield	2 Def
Exp. yield	144 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	1,250,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀/50% ♂
Pokédex color	White
Catch rate	45
Footprint
Body style
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Shelgon (Japanese: コモルー Komoruu) is a Dragon-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Bagon starting at level 30, and evolves into Salamence starting at level 50.

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 7 Origin 7.1 Name origin 8 In other languages 9 External links

Biology

Physiology

Upon evolution from Bagon, bone structures are formed all around the Pokémon's body, only its legs and eyes are visible. Inside the structures, its body is busy forming for its next evolution.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

While awaiting evolution, it hardly eats anything.

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Shelgon was first seen when a Bagon evolved in Let Bagons Be Bagons.

Drake used a Shelgon in Vanity Affair. It defeated Pikachu.

A Shelgon competed in the Hoenn Grand Festival in Hi Ho Silver Wind! and Deceit and Assist.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Shelgon (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
III	Ruby	Inside Shelgon's armor-like shell, cells are in the midst of transformation to create an entirely new body. This Pokémon's shell is extremely heavy, making its movements sluggish.
	Sapphire	Covering Shelgon's body are outgrowths much like bones. The shell is very hard and bounces off enemy attacks. When awaiting evolution, this Pokémon hides away in a cavern.
	Emerald	It hardly eats while it awaits evolution. It becomes hardier by enduring hunger. Its shell peels off the instant it begins to evolve.
	FireRed	Its armored body makes all attacks bounce off. The armor is too tough, however, making it heavy and somewhat sluggish.
	LeafGreen	Its armored body makes all attacks bounce off. The armor is too tough, however, making it heavy and somewhat sluggish.
IV	Diamond	Within its rugged shell, its cells have begun changing. The shell peels off the instant it evolves.
	Pearl	Within its rugged shell, its cells have begun changing. The shell peels off the instant it evolves.
	Platinum	Currently unknown

Game locations

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

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Cave
Pokémon Trozei!	Endless Level 59 Endless Level 61 Forever Level 9 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue)	Mt. Freeze (1F-6F) Wish Cave (65F-69F) Wyvern Hill (9F-16F) Joyous Tower (60F-64F)
Pokémon Ranger	Jungle Relic (during mission)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness)	Sky Stairway (1F-49F)
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Volcano Cave

Base stats

HP:	65
Attack:	95
Defense:	100
SpAtk:	60
SpDef:	50
Speed:	50

Type effectiveness

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

Learnset

Shelgon 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	Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100%	20	Cool	0
Start	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Start	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100%	30	Cool	2 ♥♥
Start	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
5	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
10	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100%	30	Cool	2 ♥♥
16	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
20	Focus Energy	Normal	Status	—	—%	30	Cool	0
25	Ember	Fire	Special	40	100%	25	Beauty	3 ♥♥♥
30	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
32	DragonBreath	Dragon	Special	60	100%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
37	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
43	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	90%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
50	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
55	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
61	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15	Tough	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
TM02	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM05	Roar	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Cool	0
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 ♥♥
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM35	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	95	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	120	85%	5	Beauty	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 ♥♥
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM59	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	90	100%	10	Smart	0
TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM78	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
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 ♥
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
Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite Altaria	Dragon Dance	Dragon	Status	—	—%	20	Cool	0
Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard Gyarados Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite Gible, Gabite, Garchomp	Dragon Rage	Dragon	Special	—	100%	10	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
Gible, Gabite, Garchomp Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite Altaria	Dragon Rush	Dragon	Physical	100	75%	10	Cool	2 ♥♥
Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Milotic	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	120	80%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Charizard	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
Gyarados	Thrash	Normal	Physical	90	100%	20	Tough	2 ♥♥
Horsea, Seadra, Kingdra Gyarados Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite Milotic	Twister	Dragon	Special	40	100%	20	Cool	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	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	Draco Meteor	Dragon	Special	140	90%	5	Smart	2 ♥♥
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	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—%	15	Tough	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	Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90%	20	Tough	2 ♥♥
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	Twister	Dragon	Special	40	100%	20	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	15	Beauty	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: Evolve
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: -19%	Friend Area: Dragon Cave
Phrases
51%-100% HP	Everything bounces off my armor! But it's awfully heavy!
26%-50% HP	Aww... Half my HP's gone already.
1%-25% HP	I can't take it... I'm too weak to move my body...
Level Up	I leveled up! But I'm still way too heavy!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:	Loops: 6	Minimum Experience: -
Poké Assist: None	Field Move: Tackle x2	Maximum Experience: -
Shelgon launches whirling attacks by cleverly spinning its sturdy body.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 0.5%	IQ Group: E
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:	Poké Assist:	Field Move: Tackle x2

Evolution

Unevolved Base form Bagon  Dragon

Level 30 First evolution Shelgon  Dragon

Level 50 Second evolution Salamence  Dragon   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
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
				Image:Spr 3f 372.png
	Image:Spr 3r 372 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 372 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 372 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 372 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
			Image:Spr 4p 372.png
			Image:Spr 4p 372 s.png

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

Trivia

Origin

Shelgon is a based on a dragon and a pupa.

Name origin

Shelgon's name is a combination of shell and dragon. Its Japanese name is a misspelling of 籠る komoru, to seclude oneself. It is worth noting that 龍 ryū, dragon, is part of the kanji for komoru.

In other languages

• German: Draschel
• French: Drackhaus
• Korean: 쉘곤 Shellgon

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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