Skorupi (Pokémon)

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Skorupi スコルピ Scorpi #451
Art by Ken Sugimori from Diamond and Pearl
Types  Poison  Bug   Poison   Poison   Poison   Poison   Poison	Species Scorpion Pokémon
Abilities Battle Armor or Sniper Sniper Keen Eye Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #— Hoenn #— Sinnoh #127 Unova #— Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R-173 Oblivia R-262 Oblivia (past) N-050 Not in any regional Browser
Height 2'07" Imperial 0.8m Metric 2'07"/0.8m 0.0m	Weight 26.5lbs Imperial 12.0kg Metric 26.5lbs/12.0kg 0.0kg
Dex color Purple	Footprint
Body style	Catch rate 120 15.7%
Gender ratio Genderless Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Bug and Water 3 groups 21 cycles (5355 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 1 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 114 Battle Exp.: 1141*
External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex (Gen. IV) On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V On Eevee's Pokédex On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. IV) On Marriland Pokédex Generation IV Generation V Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Skorupi (Japanese: スコルピ Scorpi) is a dual-type Poison/Bug Pokémon.

It evolves into Drapion starting 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 2.1 Major appearances 2.2 Minor appearances 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 Held items 5.4 Stats 5.4.1 Base stats 5.4.2 Pokéathlon stats 5.5 Type effectiveness 5.6 Learnset 5.6.1 By leveling up 5.6.2 By TM/HM 5.6.3 By breeding 5.6.4 By tutoring 5.6.5 Dream World-only moves 5.7 Side game data 5.8 Evolution 5.9 Sprites 6 Trivia 6.1 Origin 6.1.1 Name origin 7 In other languages 8 External links

Biology

Physiology

Skorupi resembles an over-sized, pale purple scorpion. Its claws and tail have been swapped, giving it two stingers and a claw tail. The miniature jaws, claws, and tail claws are white. Its arms are attached directly to its head, close to its teal eyes. A pointed marking joins the eyes. The head, arms, two tail segments, and all four legs are light blue, while the body, tail end, and other two tail segments are a darker shade of blue.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Skorupi have a deadly poison in their claws allowing them to use Poison-type moves. Its mouth also contains a powerful jaw enabling it to use Bite and Crunch. It can have the ability Battle Armor, which protects it from critical hits, or the ability Sniper, which amplifies the power of critical hits. It can also survive a year without food.

Behavior

It buries itself in sand and lies in wait for unsuspecting prey, and grips prey with its tail claws, injecting poison. It tenaciously hangs on until the poison takes.

Habitat

Skorupi lives in deserts and dry areas, though it can be found in marshy areas such as the Great Marsh.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Skorupi is an active hunter that uses its poison to subdue its prey.

In the anime

Major appearances

Skorupi made its debut in A Trainer and Child Reunion! under the ownership of Aaron.

Minor appearances

A Skorupi also appeared in Another One Gabites the Dust!.

A Skorupi was also seen at the Shelter Town's Pokémon Center in Battling a Cute Drama!.

Another Skorupi also appeared in Historical Mystery Tour!.

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures, Platinum tried to catch a Skorupi in the Great Marsh, but she failed and it fled.

In the TCG

Main article: Skorupi (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV. Generation I Red Blue {{{redbluedex}}} Yellow {{{yellowdex}}} Stadium {{{stadiumdex}}} Generation II Gold {{{golddex}}} Silver {{{silverdex}}} Crystal {{{crystaldex}}} Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald {{{rsedex}}} Ruby Sapphire {{{rsdex}}} Ruby {{{rubydex}}} Sapphire {{{sapphiredex}}} Emerald {{{emeralddex}}} FireRed LeafGreen {{{frlgdex}}} FireRed {{{firereddex}}} LeafGreen {{{leafgreendex}}} Generation IV Diamond Pearl {{{dpdex}}} Diamond Pearl Platinum {{{dpptdex}}} Diamond It grips prey with its tail claws and injects poison. It tenaciously hangs on until the poison takes. Pearl It lives in arid lands. It buries itself in sand and lies in wait for unsuspecting prey. Platinum As soon as the tail claws close, its needle tips secrete poison. It can survive a year without food. HeartGold SoulSilver It burrows under the sand to lie in wait for prey. Its tail claws can inject its prey with a savage poison. HeartGold {{{heartgolddex}}} SoulSilver {{{soulsilverdex}}} Generation V Black White As soon as the tail claws close, its needle tips secrete poison. It can survive a year without food. Black {{{blackdex}}} White {{{whitedex}}}  ??? No Pokédex data is available.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV. Generation I Red Blue None Trade Blue (Japan) None Trade Yellow None Trade Generation II Gold Silver None Trade Crystal None Trade Generation III Ruby Sapphire None Trade Emerald None Trade FireRed LeafGreen None Trade Colosseum None Trade XD None Trade Generation IV Diamond Pearl Rare Great Marsh Platinum Uncommon Great Marsh HeartGold SoulSilver Common Safari Zone Generation V Black White None Poké Transfer Dream World Rugged Mountain

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness	Quicksand Cave (B1-B10) Quicksand Pit (B1-B5)
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Haruba Desert Hippowdon Temple
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs	Oblivia Ruins Light Temple
Pokémon Rumble	Eternal Tower
Pokémon Rumble Blast	Desert: Rugged Flats
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure	Granite Zone, Meeting Place *

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Diamond	Pearl	Poison Barb (5%)
Platinum
HeartGold	SoulSilver	Poison Barb (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 40	100 - 147	190 - 284
Attack: 50	49 - 112	94 - 218
Defense: 90	85 - 156	166 - 306
Sp.Atk: 30	31 - 90	58 - 174
Sp.Def: 55	54 - 117	103 - 229
Speed: 65	63 - 128	121 - 251
Total: 330   Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed 2/2 ★★	Power 3/4 ★★★☆
Skill 4/5 ★★★★☆	Stamina 3/4 ★★★☆
Jump 2/2 ★★	Total 14/17 ★★☆

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
Weak to Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None	Resistant against Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None	Unaffected by Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None	Damaged normally by Normal 1× Fighting ¼× Flying 2× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 2× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water 1× Grass ¼× Electric 1× Psychic 2× Ice 1× Dragon 1× Dark 1× None

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation V Other generations: IV
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Start	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25
Start	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100%	35
Start	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100%	30
6	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	20	100%	20
12	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	14	85%	20
17	Acupressure	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
23	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100%	10
28	Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	—	—%	20
34	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100%	20
39	Poison Fang	Poison	Physical	50	100%	15
45	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—%	15
50	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100%	10
56	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100%	15
61	Cross Poison	Poison	Physical	70	100%	20
A level of "Start" indicates a move that will be known by a Skorupi obtained at level 1 in Generation V Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Skorupi Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Skorupi Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: IV
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM01	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—%	15
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90%	10
	TM09	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5
	TM12	Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100%	20
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10
	TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15
	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15
	TM36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100%	10
	TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80%	10
	TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—%	20
	TM41	Torment	Dark	Status	—	100%	15
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15
	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	40	100%	10
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
	TM54	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100%	40
	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
	TM66	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100%	10
	TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
	TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
	TM76	Struggle Bug	Bug	Special	30	100%	20
	TM81	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100%	15
	TM84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15
	HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95%	30
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Skorupi Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Skorupi Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: IV
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
	Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10
	Faint Attack	Dark	Physical	60	—%	20
	Iron Tail‡	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15
	Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100%	15
	Poison Tail	Poison	Physical	50	100%	25
	Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100%	20
	Sand-Attack	Ground	Status	—	100%	15
	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85%	40
	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	Twineedle	Bug	Physical	25	100%	20
	Whirlwind	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Skorupi in Generation V Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Skorupi in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Skorupi Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Skorupi Click on the generation numbers at the top to see egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation V Other generations: IV
Game		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.
A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Skorupi can be tutored the move in that game A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Skorupi cannot be tutored the move in that game Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Skorupi Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Skorupi Click on the generation numbers at the top to see move tutor moves from other generations

Dream World-only moves

Generation V Other generations: IV
Event	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Dream World	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
Dream World	Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90%	10
A superscript level indicates that Skorupi can learn this move normally in Generation V at that level Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Skorupi Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Skorupi Click on the generation numbers at the top to see event moves from other generations

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available	Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available	Pokémon Trozei!  N/A  Not available
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0% Friend Area: Beau Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP My HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP My HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP My HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up. Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.2% IQ group: C
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Poison  Poké Assist: ( Poison ) Field move: (Crush ×1) Browser entry   It spits poison needles and a poisonous fluid to attack.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Poison  ( Poison ) Past ( Normal ) (Crush ×2) Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   It releases poison that makes Pokémon Tired.
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Skorupi guards the ruins in the Granite Zone. He gave you a tip on how to open the Secret Door.

Evolution

Unevolved Skorupi  Poison  Bug

Level 40 →

First evolution Drapion  Poison  Dark

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
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White				Back

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

Trivia

• Both of Skorupi's abilities (in Generation IV) revolve around critical hits. Battle Armor protects it from them, Sniper strengthens a move that becomes a critical hit to 3× the damage instead of 2×.
• Skorupi is the only Pokémon that loses its Bug-type upon evolution.
• Though Skorupi's type combination is not unique (there are several Bug/Poison Pokémon), there are no other Pokémon which are Poison/Bug.
• Despite it being said that Skorupi's habitat is the desert, the player can't catch any Skorupi in a desert route or area. However, the player can recruit a Skorupi in desert areas in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series.
• As of Generation V, Skorupi and its evolution's egg group (Bug and Water 3) are unique.

Origin

Skorupi is based on a scorpion. It has some characteristics that resemble a vinegarroon, a similar arachnid. Its Water 3 egg group designation may be a reference to the ancient group of arthropods known as sea scorpions that used to inhabit the oceans and may have been the ancestors of modern scorpions.

Name origin

Skorupi's name is a shortening of the English word scorpion.

In other languages

Language Name Name Origin German Pionskora From Skorpion, with the two halves of the word switched. French Rapion Korean 스콜피 Scolpi Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong) 紫天蠍 Zǐ Tiān Xiē Literally "Purple sky scorpion". 天蠍 also refers to the constellation Scorpius.

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