Rhydon (Pokémon)

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Rhydon サイドン Sidon #112
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Ground Rock Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Drill Pokémon
Abilities Lightningrod or Rock Head Rock Head Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #112 Johto #207 Hoenn #170 Sinnoh Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 0'0" Imperial 0.0 m Metric 0'0"/0.0 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 0.0 lbs. Imperial 0.0 kg Metric 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Unknown	Catch rate 60 (7.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Monster and Ground groups 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 204 Battle Exp.: 2041*
External links {{Links/{{{generation}}}|pokefordex=rhydon|ndex=112|name=Rhydon }}

Rhydon (Japanese: サイドン Sidon) is a Ground/Rock-type Pokémon.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Red and Blue / Pokémon LeafGreen

Protected by an armor-like hide, it is capable of living in molten lava of 3,600 degrees.

Pokémon Yellow

Walks on its hind legs. Shows signs of intelligence. Its armor-like hide even repels molten lava.

Pokémon Gold

Its rugged hide protects it from even the heat of lava. However, the hide also makes it insensitive.

Pokémon Silver

Its brain developed when it began walking on hind legs. Its thick hide protects it even in magma.

Pokémon Crystal

By lightly spinning its drill-like horn, it can easily shatter even a diamond in the rough.

Pokémon Ruby

Rhydon's horn can crush even uncut diamonds. One sweeping blow of its tail can topple a building. This Pokémon's hide is extremely tough. Even direct cannon hits don't leave a scratch.

Pokémon Sapphire

Rhydon has a horn that serves as a drill. It is used for destroying rocks and boulders. This Pokémon occasionally rams into streams of magma, but the armor-like hide prevents it from feeling the heat.

Pokémon Emerald

Its horn, which rotates like a drill, destroys tall buildings with one strike. It stands on its hind legs, and its brain is well developed.

Pokémon FireRed

It begins walking on its hind legs after evolution. It can punch holes through boulders with its horn.

Name origin

Rhydon's name may be a reference to rhinoceros. The don may have been inteded to mean lord, however it's also used as a suffix in various dinosaur names, so it could be an reference to those prehistoric creatures as well. Its Japanese name is a combination of 犀 sai, rhinoceros, and the aforementioned don.

It appears to draw much of its inspiration from a rhinoceros and some aspects of various dinosaurs, such as the triceratops.

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 105		165 - 212	320 - 414
Attack: 130		121 - 200	238 - 394
Defense: 120		112 - 189	220 - 372
Sp. Atk: 45		45 - 106	85 - 207
Sp. Def: 45		45 - 106	85 - 207
Speed: 40		40 - 101	76 - 196
Total: 485	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. This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 45.

Type effectiveness

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

Damaged normally by: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ¼× Ground 2× Rock ½× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 2× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric 0× Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

Weak to: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ¼× Ground 2× Rock ½× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 2× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric 0× Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

Immune to: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ¼× Ground 2× Rock ½× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 2× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric 0× Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

Resistant to: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison ¼× Ground 2× Rock ½× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 2× Fire × Water × Grass × Electric 0× Psychic × Ice × Dragon × Dark × None

Learnset

By leveling up

Game	Generation I	Generation II	Generation III
46			Take Down
48	Horn Drill
54		Take Down
55	Take Down Leer
58			Earthquake
65		Earthquake
66			Megahorn

Special Moves

In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Rhydon knows Shadow Down, Shadow End, Shadow Hold and Shadow Panic as a Shadow Pokémon, and learns Helping Hand after being purified.

In the anime

Blaine used a Rhydon in EP058 against Ash during the first battle for Ash's Volcano Badge. While normally tough against electric attacks, Rhydon was defeated when Ash's Pikachu struck Rhydon's horn, which acted like a lightning rod.

Giovanni owns a Rhydon that he loaned to Jessie and James in EP063.

Giant Rhydon were seen on Fairchild Island in EP104.

EP204 featured a Rhydon that knew Surf.

Rhydon made a cameo appearance in AG135 as one of Noland's Pokémon.

External links

Article on Wikipedia

In other languages

• German: Rizeros
• French: Rhinoferos
• Korean: 코뿌리 Koppuri

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