Wailord (Pokémon)

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Wailord ホエルオー Whaloh #321
Artwork from R/S/E
Type Water ' Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Float Whale Pokémon
Abilities Water Veil or Oblivious Oblivious Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,640,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn #100 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 47'07" Imperial 14.5 m Metric 47'07"/14.5 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 877.4 lbs. Imperial 398.0 kg Metric 877.4 lbs./398.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Blue	Catch rate 60 (7.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Ground and Water 2 groups 41 cycles (10455 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 2 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 206 Battle Exp.: 2061*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Wailord (Japanese: ホエルオー Whaloh) is a Template:Type2 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 and a throat that is lined with grooves. 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

File:Sea.gif

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.

File:WailordAnime.jpg

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

Episode Pokémon Source Entry AG034 Wailord Ash's Pokédex Wailord, the Float Whale Pokémon. Wailord is the largest Pokémon yet discovered. When diving out of the water in pursuit of its prey it makes quite an impressive sight.

Episode Pokémon Source Entry DP109 Wailord Dawn's Pokédex Wailord, the Float Whale Pokémon. Wailord can dive nearly ten-thousand feet on one breath.

In the manga

In Pokémon Special, Sapphire has a Wailord named Walo, who is kept at sea for her and her father to use for sea travel. However, later she returns it to its Poké Ball and carries it on her.

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

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
Generation I Red {{{redbluedex}}} Blue Yellow {{{yellowdex}}} Stadium {{{stadiumdex}}}
Generation II Gold {{{golddex}}} Silver {{{silverdex}}} Crystal {{{crystaldex}}} Stadium 2 Unknown
Generation III Ruby Wailord is the largest of all identified Pokémon up to now. This giant Pokémon swims languorously in the vast open sea, eating massive amounts of food at once with its enormous mouth. Sapphire When chasing prey, Wailord herds them by leaping out of the water and making a humongous splash. It is breathtaking to see this Pokémon leaping out of the sea with others in its pod. Emerald It breathes through nostrils that it raises above the sea. By inhaling to its maximum capacity, a Wailord can dive close to 10,000 feet beneath the waves. FireRed It is among the largest of all Pokémon. It herds prey in a pack then swallows the massed prey in one gulp. LeafGreen It is among the largest of all Pokémon. It herds prey in a pack then swallows the massed prey in one gulp.
Generation IV Diamond The biggest of all Pokémon. It can dive to a depth of almost 10,000 feet on only one breath. Pearl The biggest of all Pokémon. It can dive to a depth of almost 10,000 feet on only one breath. Platinum The biggest of all Pokémon. It can dive to a depth of almost 10,000 feet on only one breath. HeartGold {{{heartgolddex}}} SoulSilver {{{soulsilverdex}}}
Generation V Black {{{blackdex}}} White {{{whitedex}}} Black 2 {{{black2dex}}} White 2 {{{white2dex}}}
Generation VI X Unknown Y Unknown

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
Generation I Red Blue None Trade Blue (Japan) None Trade Yellow None Trade
Generation II Gold Silver None Trade Crystal None Trade
Generation III Ruby Sapphire Few Route 129 (Surfing) Emerald Few Route 129 (Surfing) FireRed LeafGreen None Trade Colosseum None Trade XD None Trade
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Rare Routes 223 and 230 (Super Rod) Platinum Rare Routes 223 and 230 (Super Rod) HeartGold SoulSilver None Trade Pal Park Sea Pokéwalker None
Generation V Black White None Trade Black 2 White 2 None Trade Dream World None
Generation VI X Y None Trade

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Evolve from Wailmer
Pokémon Trozei!	Huge Storage 5 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red/Blue Rescue Team	Evolve from Wailmer
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness	Bottomless Sea (B1-B49)
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Sea of Wailord (during mission)

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 170		230 - 277	450 - 544
Attack: 90		85 - 156	166 - 306
Defense: 45		45 - 106	85 - 207
Sp. Atk: 90		85 - 156	166 - 306
Sp. Def: 45		45 - 106	85 - 207
Speed: 60		58 - 123	112 - 240
Total: 500	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 V, this Pokémon is:

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

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

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

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

Learnset

By leveling up

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By tutoring

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Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an Evolution of this Pokémon
A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game,
while a colored background indicates that the move is available. |} |}

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
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			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 also the only "giant" Pokémon whose size was not outdone in the following generation.
    • Despite the fact that real-life fully grown blue whales weigh over 170 metric tonnes (over 27,000 stone), Wailord only weighs a meager sixty stone, which is less than one sixth 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.
• Wailord is often criticized for having below average defenses, thus not making it's HP as useful; still, Wailord can prove even bulkier than Gyarados with a defensive EV spread.
• In the games Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness and Pokémon Colosseum, Wailord was resized to fit in the battlefield. In Pokémon Battle Revolution, however, it seems to have to been resized to match its Pokédex entry.

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

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