Cradily (Pokémon)

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Cradily Barnacle Pokémon ユレイドル Yuradle #0346 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Rock Grass Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Suction Cups Cacophony Cacophony Storm Drain Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 87.5% male, 12.5% female	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Water 3 Hatch time 30 cycles
Height 4'11" 1.5 m Cradily 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 133.2 lbs. 60.4 kg Cradily 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 201 Gen. III 199 IV 173 V+	Leveling rate Erratic
EV yield Total: 2 Cradily 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 2 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Green	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Cradily (Japanese: ユレイドル Yuradle) is a dual-type Rock/Grass Fossil Pokémon introduced in Generation III.

It evolves from Lileep starting at level 40, after it is revived from a Root Fossil.

Biology

Cradily is a green, plantlike Pokémon with various yellow markings on its head, neck, and torso. There are circular, yellow eyespots on its head. However, its true eyes are concealed inside the dark, crescent opening on its head. Surrounding its head at the base are eight pink tentacles, which somewhat resemble flower petals. Its long, flexible neck has yellow bands in the center, and it can be extended to assist in capturing prey. Its body is short and squat with four stubby growths and a yellow, oval, target-like pattern on the chest.

Cradily's heavy body acts as an anchor, preventing it from getting washed away by rough ocean currents. In ancient times, it built its nest in the shallows of warm seas. When the tide went out, it came up on land to search for prey. However, Cradily cannot move very fast due to its short legs. Instead, Cradily can extend its neck and tentacles by three times its usual length. It then uses its tentacles to capture them and melts them with strong digestive acidic fluid secreted by the tentacles.

Evolution

Cradily evolves from Lileep.

Unevolved Lileep  Rock  Grass

→

First evolution Cradily  Rock  Grass

In the anime

Cradily in the anime

Major appearances

Cradily debuted in Where's Armaldo? as a resident of Wales Island. It was first spotted by Max when he was out collecting firewood, but the others didn't believe him. Cradily was later found by Annie Proctor and taken back to the lab.

In Dealing With Defensive Types!, a Cradily sent Team Rocket blasting off from the Canalave Gym with Energy Ball.

In Battling as Hard as Stone!, Steven used his Cradily in his Masters Eight Tournament match against Ash. It battled and defeated Gengar before losing to Pikachu.

Minor appearances

In Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, a Cradily was a part of the feuding armies that were eventually placated by Sir Aaron in the past. Another was living in the Tree of Beginning.

A Cradily appeared in a fantasy in A Gruff Act to Follow!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Cradily in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

In The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon X, Roxanne owns a Cradily, with which she battled Courtney and almost won until the Magma Admin took three men hostage.

In The Final Battle IV, a Cradily helped Emerald with his disabilities.

A Cradily is used by the Advanced level Grunt of Team Galactic. It was used in an attempt to stop Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum from releasing the lake guardians from captivity. It first appeared in High-tailing It from Haunter.

In the TCG

Main article: Cradily (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Cradily is a member of Team Constrictor.

Pokédex entries

Cradily in the Alola PokédexUSUM

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Sword	Shield	Big Root (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball RS Acquisition: Evolve			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -30% Friend Area: Deep-Sea Floor Phrases 51%-100% HP Don't get dizzy looking at the patterns on my body! 26%-50% HP I think I've lost around half my HP. 1%-25% HP I can't keep going... Even waving my tentacles is too much... Level up I did it! I leveled up! My digestive tract's working great, too!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -4.5% IQ group: F
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.1 seconds Base HP: 57 Base Attack: 78 Base Defense: 60 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Rock Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Rock Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #659 Eject+ Sometimes removes three non-Support Pokémon icons.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 200 Base Attack: 152 Base Defense: 194 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Acid, Infestation, Bullet Seed* Charged Attacks: Grass Knot, Bulldoze, Stone Edge, Rock Slide*, Frustration, Return
New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #111 Cradily’s body is so heavy, even rough seas can’t wash it away. It can’t move very fast, so it hides among seaweed and reaches out with its tentacles to catch prey.

Evolution data

Unevolved Lileep  Rock  Grass

Level 40 →

First evolution Cradily  Rock  Grass

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Generation VIII Sword Shield File:Spr 8s 346.png File:Spr 8s 346 s.png
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

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

Trivia

• Cradily is the only Pokémon with Pokéathlon stats where each one is a different level.
  • Furthermore, Cradily and its pre-evolved form consist of the two types with the most weaknesses, Grass and Rock, but they have only four weaknesses.
• Cradily and its pre-evolved form are the only Grass-type Pokémon that belong in the Water 3 Egg Group.
• Prior to Generation VIII, the Lileep family had only been obtainable with their Hidden Ability in the Pokémon Dream World. Due to the closure of the Pokémon Global Link, the Lileep family could no longer be obtained with their Hidden Ability except through breeding. The Lileep family's Hidden Ability can currently be obtained via Max Raid Battles or the Ability Patch.

Origin

Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:

On the Origin of Species: Lileep and Cradily

Cradily may be based on crinoids (also known as sea lilies), extant marine animals. Crinoid fossils are particularly abundant, possibly inspiring Cradily's status as a fossil Pokémon. Its tentacles may be based on those of the sea anemone. It also bears resemblance to the predatory tunicate. Cradily's fake eyes are a type of animal mimicry.

Name origin

Cradily may be a combination of cradle and lily. It may also involve crinoid, crag, and crazily.

Yuradle may be a combination of 百合 yuri (lily), 揺り籠 yurikago (cradle), and cradle.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ユレイドル Yuradle From 百合 yuri, 揺り籠 yurikago, and cradle French Vacilys From vaciller and lys Spanish Cradily Same as English name German Wielie From Wiege and Lilie Italian Cradily Same as English name Korean 릴리요 Lilriyo From lily and 요람 (搖籃) yoram Mandarin Chinese 搖籃百合 / 摇篮百合 Yáolánbǎihé From 搖籃 / 摇篮 yáolán and 百合 bǎihé Cantonese Chinese 搖籃百合 Yìuhlàahmbaakhahp From 搖籃 yìuhlàahm and 百合 baakhahp

More languages Thai ยูเรเดิล Yuredoen Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

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Cover

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