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Height
5′07″
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1.7 m
Metric
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5′07″/1.7 m
Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
111.3 lbs.
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50.5 kg
Metric
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111.3 lbs./50.5 kg
Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP
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Atk
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Def
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Sp.Atk
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Speed
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| Base Exp.: 168
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Battle Exp.: 1681*
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Skarmory (Japanese: エアームド Airmd) is a Steel/Flying-type Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
Skarmory are tall birds with long necks and long legs. The most notable feature of this Pokémon is that they are incased entirely in steel. This steel is silver in color aside from its underfeathers, which are red. They also possess a steel tail which resembles a can opener.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Despite being covered in extremely durable armor, they are also surprisingly swift in flight.
Behavior
Skarmory are highly terrortorial and will attack anyone who threatens them. They also choose to build their nests out of sharp brambles.
Habitat
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 Template:Type2 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 Template:Type2 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.
In the TCG
- Main article: Skarmory (TCG)
In the TFG
One Skarmory figure has been released.
Other Appearances
- 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
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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| Generation II
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| Gold
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Its sturdy wings look heavy, but they are actually hollow and light, allowing it to fly freely in the sky.
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| Silver
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After nesting in bramble bushes, the wings of its chicks grow hard from scratches by thorns.
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| Crystal
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The feathers that it sheds are very sharp. It is said that people once used the feathers as swords.
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| Stadium 2
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Its sturdy wings look heavy, but they are actually hollow and light, allowing it to fly freely in the sky.
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| Generation III
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| Ruby
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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.
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| Sapphire
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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.
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| Emerald
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A Pokémon that has a body and wings of steel. People in the past used feathers fallen from Skarmory to make swords and knives.
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| FireRed
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After nesting in bramble bushes, the wings of its chicks grow hard from scratches by thorns.
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| LeafGreen
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Its sturdy wings look heavy, but its bones are hollow and light, allowing it to fly freely in the sky.
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| Diamond
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Despite being clad entirely in iron-hard armor, it flies at speed of over 180 mph.
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| Pearl
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Despite being clad entirely in iron-hard armor, it flies at speed of over 180 mph.
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| Platinum
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| HeartGold
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| SoulSilver
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Game locations
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
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In side games
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 100
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65
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125 - 172
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240 - 334
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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140
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130 - 211
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256 - 416
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40
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40 - 101
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76 - 196
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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Total: 465
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Type effectiveness
| Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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Note: If Gravity is used or if Skarmory is given an Iron Ball, the effectiveness of Ground becomes 2×.
Learnset
Template:Learnset intro
In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl:
By tutoring
Special moves
Side game data
Template:Side game
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Skarmory's Gold and Silver sprites did not have red wings. This was changed in Crystal.
- Like many other Pokémon, Skarmory's sprite has only had a small amount of change between Generation III and Generation IV.
- No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Skarmory.
- On Serebii.net's internet forms website Serbiiforms.net, one of the the users is named after Skarmory. This user also happens to be one of the biggest critics of Pokémon. His name is Metal Bird.
Origin
Skarmory has much in common with certain species of 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 beleved 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
For other sprites and images, please see Skarmory images on Bulbagarden Archives.
