Basculegion (Pokémon)

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Basculegion Big Fish Pokémon イダイトウ Idaitou #902 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Water Ghost Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Rattled or Adaptability Cacophony Cacophony Mold Breaker Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate Unknown
Breeding Egg Group Water 2 Hatch time Unknown cycles
Height 9'10" 3.0 m Basculegion 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 242.5 lbs. 110.0 kg Basculegion 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV Unknown	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Basculegion 2 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 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint File:F902.png {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Green	Base friendship Unknown
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Basculegion (Japanese: イダイトウ Idaitou) is a dual-type Water/Ghost Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.

It evolves from White-Striped Basculin after losing at least 294 HP from recoil damage without fainting.

Biology

Basculegion is a large, green fish-like Pokémon. It has a jagged mouth with pointed teeth. Its spine is aligned with a dark gray line, with a colored line along it and extending around its gills, in addition to having spots along its torso and plumes of smoke around its tail — in male Basculegion they are red, while female Basculegion have pale blue accents. Their eyes also match the appropriate color, looking fierce on males and drowsy or sad on females. It has a pair of white pectoral fins, a three-spiked dorsal fin, and a two-spiked ventral fin. Additional smoke covers its face in a manner resembling barbels; female Basculegion sporting shorter ones and lacking the two small fins that the males have on their chin in exchange for more blue markings around the lips and eyes.

Basculegion's evolution is said to be achieved by a surviving White-Striped Basculin being possessed by the deceased souls of other Basculin in its school who did not survive the harsh journey swimming upstream. When it senses danger, Basculegion will turn hostile and attack along with its souls until the enemy is defeated. The souls within Basculegion are said to have a will of their own and provide Basculegion with the power needed to swim on without tiring. Basculegion is said to have no equal in the rivers of the Hisui region. Basculegion can move really fast like a dash and can leap over anything by jumping up twice.

A special Basculegion is worshiped in Hisui due to it being one of the 10 ancient Pokémon who received a blessing from Arceus. In particular, it is one of the Ride Pokémon who resides in Cobalt Coastlands and assists humans.

In the anime

File:Hisuian Pokemon anime.png

A male Basculegion in the anime

Minor appearances

Male Basculegion debuted in a fantasy in JNS01.

In the TCG

Main article: Basculegion (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Galar #— Sinnoh #— Hisui #167 This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Sword, Shield, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl. Legends: Arceus Clads itself in the souls of comrades that perished before fulfilling their goals of journeying upstream. No other species throughout all Hisui's rivers is Basculegion's equal.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Sword Shield Unobtainable Brilliant Diamond Shining Pearl Unobtainable Legends: Arceus Evolve Basculin Cobalt Coastlands (Massive Mass Outbreak)

Stats

Base stats

Due to the different way stats are calculated in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, exact minimum and maximum stats are not shown in these tables.

Male Basculegion

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 120		180 - 227	350 - 444
Attack: 112		105 - 180	206 - 355
Defense: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Sp. Atk: 80		76 - 145	148 - 284
Sp. Def: 75		72 - 139	139 - 273
Speed: 78		74 - 143	144 - 280
Total: 530	Other Pokémon with this total
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.

Female Basculegion

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 120		180 - 227	350 - 444
Attack: 92		87 - 158	170 - 311
Defense: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Sp. Atk: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Sp. Def: 75		72 - 139	139 - 273
Speed: 78		74 - 143	144 - 280
Total: 530	Other Pokémon with this total
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.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 2× Steel ½× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass 2× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Weak to: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 2× Steel ½× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass 2× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Immune to: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 2× Steel ½× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass 2× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Resistant to: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 2× Steel ½× Fire ½× Water ½× Grass 2× Electric 2× Psychic 1× Ice ½× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Notes: If Foresight or Odor Sleuth is used by an opponent, the opponent has Scrappy, or this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of  Normal-type  moves is 1× and the effectiveness of  Fighting-type  moves is 1×.

Learnset

By leveling up

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• Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Basculegion
• Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Basculegion

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By tutoring

Generation VIII Other generations: IX

Game   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Sw Sh EP BD SP Ice Fang Ice Physical 65 95% 15 Sw Sh EP BD SP Swift Normal Special 60 —% 20 Sw Sh EP BD SP Ominous Wind Ghost Special 60 100% 15 Sw Sh EP BD SP Calm Mind Psychic Status — —% 10 Sw Sh EP BD SP Rest Psychic Status — —% 10 Sw Sh EP BD SP Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 80 90% 10 Sw Sh EP BD SP Water Pulse Water Special 60 —% 20 Sw Sh EP BD SP Icy Wind Ice Special 60 95% 20 Sw Sh EP BD SP Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100% 10 Sw Sh EP BD SP Giga Impact Normal Physical 120 90% 5 Sw Sh EP BD SP Aqua Tail Water Physical 85 90% 10 Sw Sh EP BD SP Hyper Beam Normal Special 120 90% 5 Sw Sh EP BD SP Ice Beam Ice Special 80 100% 10 Sw Sh EP BD SP Psychic Psychic Special 80 100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Basculegion Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Basculegion

Side game data

Male Basculegion

Pokémon GO File:GO902.png Base HP: 260 Base Attack: 217 Base Defense: 144 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: N/A km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Charged Attacks:

Female Basculegion

Pokémon GO File:GO902f.png Base HP: 260 Base Attack: 199 Base Defense: 144 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: N/A km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Charged Attacks:

Evolution

Unevolved Basculin White-Striped  Water	Lose at least 294 HP from recoil (male) →	First Evolution Basculegion Male  Water  Ghost
	Lose at least 294 HP from recoil (female) →	First Evolution Basculegion Female  Water  Ghost

Sprites

Generation VIII HOME

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

Trivia

• Basculegion is the only Ghost-type Pokémon to have a piscine body, and the only Ghost-type Pokémon in the Water 2 Egg Group.
• Basculegion is the only Pokémon to have all five vowels in its English name.
• The amount of recoil damage required for White-Striped Basculin to take to evolve into Basculegion, 294 HP, could be goroawase for 憎し nikushi, archaic Japanese for hatred.

Origin

Basculegion's appearance and the background of the deceased souls of Basculin is reminiscent of the salmon, as some species are found in Hokkaidō (where Hisui is based on) and its surrounding waters, and many of them don't survive when they migrate upstream. Specifically, it may be based on the itou or the Sakhalin taimen (also nicknamed the "phantom fish" in Japan), a large, critically endangered species that likewise belongs in the Salmonidae family and lives in rivers in Hokkaidō. It also appears in Ainu folklore as a giant, powerful creature named Ciray that could devour deers or boars. Like its pre-evolution, Basculegion also shares some similarities with the largemouth bass as well as other predatory fish such as the snakehead and the goliath tiger fish.

The male and female colorations of Basculegion may be inspired by the nuptial coloration of some salmon species, such as the sockeye or the coho, during mating season. While both male and female salmon change colors in the lower body during this period, the males usually become redder and more vibrant, while the females are paler in comparison. The colorations are also reminiscent of Basculin's Red- and Blue-Striped Forms.

Basculegion's lower jaw and pectoral fins may also be inspired by an Itaomacip, an enlarged boat with side plates built by the Ainu people for seafaring and trading purposes. In real life, the Ainu created an extensive maritime network surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk with this vessel. This could also have inspired Basculegion's role as a Ride Pokémon on water in Hisui.

Name origin

Basculegion may be a portmanteau of Basculin and legion (an army or a vast amount of people) or Legion (a Biblical demon or group of demons).

Idaitou may be a combination of 偉大 idai (great) and イトウ itou (Sakhalin taimen). It might also involve 哀悼 aitou (mourning).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese イダイトウ Idaitou From 偉大 idai, 哀悼 aitou, and イトウ itou French Paragruel From Parahucho, paranormal, cruel, and Pantagruel, a powerful giant in French literature Spanish Basculegion Same as English name German Salmagnis From salmo and magnis Italian Basculegion Same as English name Korean 대쓰여너 Daesseuyeoneo From 대 (大) dae, bass, and 연어 yeoneo Mandarin Chinese 幽尾玄魚 / 幽尾玄鱼 Yōuwěixuányú From 幽玄 yōuxuán, 幽靈 / 幽灵 yōulíng, 尾 wěi, and 魚 / 鱼 yú Cantonese Chinese 幽尾玄魚 Yāuméihyùhnyùh From 幽玄 yāuyùhn, 幽靈 yāulìhng, 尾 méih, and 魚 yùh

More languages Russian Баскулиджен Baskulidzhen Transcription of English name

Related articles

• Ride Pokémon (Hisui)

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