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Skarmory エアームド Airmd
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Type	Steel / Flying
Species	Armor Bird Pokémon
Height	5′07″ (1.7m)
Weight	111.3 lbs. (50.5kg)
Abilities	Keen Eye
	Sturdy
Egg group	Flying
Time to hatch	6,400 steps
Effort yield	2 Def
Exp. yield	168 base exp.
Lv100 at	1,250,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀ / 50% ♂
Pokédex color	Gray
Catch rate	25
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Skarmory (Japanese: エアームド Airmd) is a dual-typed Steel/Flying 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 3.1 Pokémon Special 4 In the TCG 5 In the TFG 6 Other appearances 6.1 Super Smash Bros. Brawl 7 Game data 7.1 NPC appearances 7.2 Pokédex entries 7.3 Game locations 7.3.1 In side games 7.4 Base stats 7.5 Type effectiveness 7.6 Learnset 7.6.1 By leveling up 7.6.2 By TM/HM 7.6.3 By breeding 7.6.4 By tutoring 7.6.5 Special moves 7.7 Side game data 8 Evolution 9 Sprites 10 Trivia 10.1 Origin 10.1.1 Name origin 11 In other languages 12 External links

Biology

Physiology

Skarmory are tall birds with long necks and long legs. They have red feathers under sheathes that cover their wings. Their skin is hard because they live and are raised in very harsh conditions. Their nests are usually found in thorn bushes where no other Pokémon can get their young. Its because of the continual scratching of their skin that leaves it so hard eventually. Skarmory, like most Steel Pokémon, are silver-gray except for their red feathers and its yellow eyes. Their feet both have two toes on them and their tail has a hooked end. Their head is streamlined and their body is actually light 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.

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 made its anime debut in Hot Matches. It belonged to a trainer named Miki, who was looking to battle any Fire-type 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 snatched up 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 Steel-type 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.

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

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.

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 stage, 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

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
II	Gold	Its sturdy wings look heavy, but they are actually hollow and light, allowing it to fly freely in the sky.
	Silver	After nesting in bramble bushes, the wings of its chicks grow hard from scratches by thorns.
	Crystal	The feathers that it sheds are very sharp. It is said that people once used the feathers as swords.
	Stadium 2	Its sturdy wings look heavy, but they are actually hollow and light, allowing it to fly freely in the sky.
III	Ruby	Skarmory is entirely encased in hard, protective armor. This Pokémon flies at close to 190 mph. It slashes foes with its wings that possess swordlike cutting edges.
	Sapphire	Skarmory's steel wings become tattered and bashed in from repeated battles. Once a year, the battered wings grow back completely, restoring the cutting edges to their pristine state.
	Emerald	A Pokémon that has a body and wings of steel. People in the past used feathers fallen from Skarmory to make swords and knives.
	FireRed	After nesting in bramble bushes, the wings of its chicks grow hard from scratches by thorns.
	LeafGreen	Its sturdy wings look heavy, but its bones are hollow and light, allowing it to fly freely in the sky.
IV	Diamond	Despite being clad entirely in iron-hard armor, it flies at speed of over 180 mph.
	Pearl	Despite being clad entirely in iron-hard armor, it flies at speed of over 180 mph.

Game locations

Gen	Game	Rarity	Location
II	Pokémon Gold and Silver	Rare	Route 45 (Silver only)
	Pokémon Crystal	Rare	Route 45
III	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	Rare	Route 113
	Pokémon Emerald	Rare	Route 113
	Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen	Rare	Sevault Canyon (FireRed only)
	Pokémon Colosseum	One	Realgam Tower (Shadow)
	Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness	None	Trade
IV	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	Rare	Route 227, Stark Mountain
	Pokémon Platinum		Unknown
	Pal Park		Mountain

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Volcano (Ruby Field)
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 5 Trozei Battle Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon	Western Cave (40F-49F) Wish Cave (18F-19F)
Pokémon Ranger	Kisara Plains
Pokémon Ranger Batonnage	Nurue Field

Base stats

HP:	65
Attack:	80
Defense:	140
SpAtk:	40
SpDef:	70
Speed:	70

Type effectiveness

Weakness	Resistance
Fire: 2× Electric: 2×	Normal: ½× Flying: ½× Poison: 0× Ground: 0× Bug: ¼× Ghost: ½× Steel: ½× Grass: ¼× Psychic: ½× Dragon: ½× Dark: ½×	Fighting: 1× Rock: 1× Water: 1× Ice: 1×

Note: If Gravity is used or if Skarmory is given an Iron Ball, the effectiveness of Ground becomes 2×.

Learnset

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

By leveling up

Level	Generation II	Generation III	Generation IV
Start	Leer Peck	Leer Peck	Leer Peck
7			Sand Attack
10		Sand Attack
11			Swift
13	Sand Attack	Swift
14			Agility
16		Agility
19	Swift
20			Fury Attack
24			Air Cutter
25	Agility
26		Fury Attack
27			Spikes
29		Air Cutter
32		Steel Wing
33			Metal Sound
37	Fury Attack
38			Steel Wing
40			Air Slash
42		Spikes
45		Metal Sound
46			Slash
49	Steel Wing
50			Night Slash

By TM/HM

#	Generation II	Generation III	Generation IV
TM03	Curse
TM05		Roar	Roar
TM06	Toxic	Toxic	Toxic
TM10	Hidden Power	Hidden Power	Hidden Power
TM11	Sunny Day	Sunny Day	Sunny Day
TM12		Taunt	Taunt
TM13	Snore
TM17	Protect	Protect	Protect
TM20	Endure
TM21	Frustration	Frustration	Frustration
TM27	Return	Return	Return
TM31	Mud Slap
TM32	Double Team	Double Team	Double Team
TM34	Swagger
TM35	Sleep Talk
TM37	Sandstorm	Sandstorm	Sandstorm
TM39	Swift		Rock Tomb
TM40		Aerial Ace	Aerial Ace
TM41		Torment	Torment
TM42		Facade	Facade
TM43	Detect	Secret Power	Secret Power
TM44	Rest	Rest	Rest
TM45	Attract	Attract	Attract
TM46	Thief	Thief	Thief
TM47	Steel Wing	Steel Wing	Steel Wing
TM51			Roost
TM58			Endure
TM66			Payback
TM70			Flash
TM75			Swords Dance
TM76			Stealth Rock
TM78			Captivate
TM79			Dark Pulse
TM80			Rock Slide
TM81			X-Scissor
TM82			Sleep Talk
TM83			Natural Gift
TM87			Swagger
TM88			Pluck
TM90			Substitute
TM91			Flash Cannon
HM01	Cut	Cut	Cut
HM02	Fly	Fly	Fly
HM05			Defog
HM06		Rock Smash	Rock Smash

By breeding

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl:

• Assurance
• Brave Bird
• Curse
• Drill Peck
• Pursuit
• Sky Attack
• Whirlwind

By tutoring

Special moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Catch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 6.8%	Friend Area: Ravaged Field
Phrases
51%-100% HP	These wings are quite light, actually.
26%-50% HP	I don't like this. What remains of my health is half.
1%-25% HP	This is terrible... I haven't any power left...
Level Up	Ah, leveled up! My wings feel lighter than ever!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:	Loops: 3	Minimum Experience: N/A
Poké Assist:	Field Move: None	Maximum Experience: N/A
Skarmory is capable of freely flying high and low through the skies.
Pokémon Ranger Batonnage
Group:	Poké Assist:	Field Move: Whirlwind

Evolution

Basic Skarmory

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
			Image:Spr 2c 227.gif
			Image:Spr 2c 227 s.gif			Image:Spr b g2 227 s.png
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	Image:Spr 3r 227.png			Image:Spr 3f 227.png
	Image:Spr 3r 227 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 227 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 227 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 227 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
	Image:Spr 4d 227.png		Image:Spr 4p 227.png
			Image:Spr 4p 227 s.png			Image:Spr b g4 227 s.png

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

Trivia

• No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Skarmory.
• In both its Gold and Silver Version sprites, Skarmory has two tails. This was fixed from Crystal Version onwards.

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 from a 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.

In other languages

• German: Panzaeron - From panzer, meaning "tank", and the Latin root aero-, referring to air.
• French: Airmure
• Korean: 무장조 Mujangjo

External links

• Article on Wikipedia
• TM 47, the fanlisting for Skarmory at The Anime Fanlistings Network

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