Wailord (Pokémon)

Wailord ホエルオー Whaloh

Artwork from R/S/E

Type Species  Water  Float Whale Pokémon Abilities Exp. at 100 Water Veil or Oblivious 1,640,000 Pokédex National #321 Johto #— Hoenn #100 Sinnoh #— Browser Fiore R— Almia R-238 Height Weight 47'07" 877.4 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Blue 60 Gender ratio   50% male   50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Ground, Water 2 41 (10455 steps*) EV yield HP 2 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 206 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV 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) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Wailord (Japanese: ホエルオー Whaloh) is a Water-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Wailmer starting at level 40.

Biology

Physiology

Wailord are mammalian Pokémon that are well known as the largest Pokémon discovered so far. They have small beady eyes, a huge mouth, a throat that is lined with grooves and four white spots aligned on its back. It has two pairs of fins along its side and a horizontal tail at the back. It's vaguely shaped like a torpedo or a blimp.

Despite its enormous size, it is able to breed with many land-based Pokémon that are much smaller. This is due to it being in the Ground egg group, a reference to how whales are classified as mammals.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Wailord are able to take in large amounts of air and dive to incredible depths with just one massive breath. Since it is based on a whale and has a blowhole, it is one of the few Pokémon that are able to use Water Spout. With their large mouths, they are able to eat extreme quantities of food.

Behavior

Wailord are known to live in large packs for traveling as well as finding prey.

Habitat

Sea Pokémon

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Wailord first appeared in Having a Wailord of a Time. The Float Whale Pokémon was stuck on a beach near a Pokémon Center. Team Rocket tried to haul it away, but a Combusken foiled their plans.

Wailord in the anime

A Wailmer that befriended a man named Robin evolved into a Wailord in Island Time. This Wailord transported Ash and friends across the ocean until they came across a ship heading for Ever Grande City.

Along with their pre-evolved form, Wailord appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea.

In Leading a Stray!, a family of Wailord appeared. One Wailmer was separated from its family, and Ash helped it get back. By the end of the episode, this Wailmer evolved into a Wailord.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures, Sapphire has a Wailord nicknamed Walo. It is kept at sea she and her father can use for sea travel. However, later she returns it to its Poké Ball and carries as part of her party.

In the TCG

Main article: Wailord (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia: A Wailord is seen in the Sea of Wailord that was trapped by Team Dim Sun. The player must free it by deactivating the traps. Later on in the game, it is seen attacking Kincaid's submarine. After the player captures Darkrai for the fist time, and then goes to Haruba Desert's dock, Wailord will ferry the player to the Capture Arena.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Special moves

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: 4	Recruit Rate: Evolve	Friend Area: Serene Sea
Phrases
51%-100% HP	I'm the biggest of all Pokémon!
26%-50% HP	Oh, not good! I've gone and lost half my HP already.
1%-25% HP	It's no good... I've lost every bit of power...
Level Up	Yes! Leveled up! Watch me grow bigger!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 4	Recruit Rate: -12%	IQ Group: E
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Water	Poké Assist: ( Water )	Field Move: (None)
"This Pokémon is gargantuan. It is far too big to capture."

Evolution

Unevolved Wailmer  Water

Level 40 →

First evolution Wailord  Water

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
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

• Wailord is by far the tallest Pokémon in existence, but only the tenth heaviest.
  • Wailord is the only Pokémon which was the tallest in the generation of its debut that was not outdone in the following generation (as happened to Onix and Steelix).
  • Despite the fact that real-life fully grown blue whales weigh nearly 120 tons, Wailord does not even weigh more than a half ton, less than one sixth the weight of a real blue whale's tongue.
• A Wailord, along with a Relicanth, is necessary in the party in order to unleash the three legendary golems from their sleeping places within the Sealed Chamber in the Generation III games.
  • This should mean that Wailord have existed for a long time, since the Regi have been sealed away a long time ago, and Relicanth lived a long time ago.
• Wailord is well known for the HSOWA joke.
• Wailord has the fourth highest base HP stat of all Pokémon, after Blissey, Chansey, and Wobbuffet, in that order.
• In the games Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness and Pokémon Colosseum, Wailord was resized to fit in the battlefield. In Pokémon Battle Revolution, however, its size matches its Pokédex entry.
• Wailord is the only Pokémon in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia that doesn't need to be captured to be added to the Browser.
  • Additionally, its Browser entry states that it is too big to capture.

Origin

This Pokémon is based on the blue whale, the largest known animal to exist.

Name origin

Wailord's name is a combination of whale and lord. The wail may also refer to the sound that whales and this Pokémon may make.

Its Japanese name is probably a combination of whale and 王 ō, king.

In other languages

• German: Wailord
• French: Wailord
• Korean: 고래왕 Goraewang

External links

This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.