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Height
47'07" Imperial
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14.5 m Metric
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47'07"/14.5 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
87700.4 lbs. Imperial
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39800.0 kg Metric
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87700.4 lbs./39800.0 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 2
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Atk 0
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Def 0
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Sp.Atk 0
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Sp.Def 0
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Speed 0
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Base Exp.: 206
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Battle Exp.: 2061*
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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, a throat that is lined with grooves and four white spots aligned on its back. 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 Field 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, called pods, for traveling as well as finding prey. When chasing prey, Wailord herds them by leaping out of the water and making a humongous splash.
Habitat
The only habitat that's expansive enough for these gigantic Pokémon is the open ocean.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
Despite being so large, they probably feed on some of the smallest creatures in the ocean, swallowing entire schools in a single gulp.
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.
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.
A Wailord appeared at the beginning of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
Pokédex entries
Episode
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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AG034
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Wailord
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Ash's Pokédex
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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.
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AG124
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Wailord
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Ash's Pokédex
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Wailord, the Float Whale Pokémon. Wailord is the largest Pokémon yet to be discovered. It is jump high into the air, creating gigantic pillars of water.
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Episode
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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DP109
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Wailord
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Wailord, the Float Whale Pokémon. Wailord can dive nearly ten-thousand feet on one breath.
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In the manga
In Pokémon Adventures, Sapphire has a Wailord nicknamed Walo. He is kept at sea so that she and her father can use him for sea travel. However, later she returns him to his Poké Ball and carries him as part of her party.
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.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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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.
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Sapphire
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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.
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Emerald
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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.
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FireRed
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It is among the largest of all Pokémon. It herds prey in a pack then swallows the massed prey in one gulp.
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LeafGreen
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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The biggest of all Pokémon. It can dive to a depth of almost 10,000 feet on only one breath.
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Pearl
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Platinum
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HeartGold
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It is the largest of all identified Pokémon. They jump as a pack to herd their prey.
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SoulSilver
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{{{soulsilverdex}}}
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Generation V
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Black
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The biggest of all Pokémon. It can dive to a depth of almost 10,000 feet on only one breath.
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White
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Black 2
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White 2
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
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In side games
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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170
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230 - 277
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450 - 544
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90
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85 - 156
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166 - 306
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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90
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85 - 156
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166 - 306
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45
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45 - 106
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85 - 207
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60
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58 - 123
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112 - 240
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Total: 500
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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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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Wailord
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Wailord
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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PP
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This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.
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- A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Wailord can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Wailord cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Wailord
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Wailord
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Special moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Wailord is the tallest Pokémon in existence, but only the tenth heaviest.
- Wailord is the only Pokémon which was the tallest in the generation of its debut that was not outdone in the following generation (as happened to Onix and Steelix).
- Despite the fact that real-life fully grown blue whales weigh nearly 180 tonnes, Wailord does not even weigh more than a half tonne, less than one sixth the weight 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 legendary golems 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 highest HP of all Template:Type2 Pokémon. With that, Wailord has the second highest single base stat out of all the Water-type Pokémon, after Cloyster's Defense.
- In the games Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness and Pokémon Colosseum, Wailord was resized to fit in the battlefield. In Pokémon Battle Revolution however, its size matches its Pokédex entry.
- Wailord is the only Pokémon in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia that doesn't need to be captured to be added to the Browser.
- Additionally, its Browser entry states that it is too big to capture.
- As of Generation V, Wailord and its pre-evolution's egg group (Field and Water 2) are unique.
Origin
This Pokémon is based on the blue whale, the largest known animal to ever exist. It also resembles a submarine, a blimp, and a torpedo.
Name origin
Wailord's name is a combination of whale, wail and lord. Wail may also refer to the sounds or songs that whales and this Pokémon might make.
Whaloh is a combination of whale, 吠える hoeru, to wail, and 王 ō, king.
In other languages
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Name
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Name Origin
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German
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Wailord
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French
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Wailord
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Korean
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고래왕 Goraewang
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Portmanteau of 고래 and 왕. It is notable that 대왕고래 daewanggorae is the Korean name of the blue whale.
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Chinese (Taiwan)
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吼鯨王 Hǒu Jīng Wáng
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Literally "Bellowing whale king".
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External links
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This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
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