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Drednaw (Japanese: カジリガメ Kajirigame) is a dual-type Water/Rock Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.
It evolves from Chewtle starting at level 22. It has a Gigantamax form.
Biology
Drednaw is a large Pokémon resembling a turtle. Its carapace (upper shell) is brown and is divided into three segments, and has a yellow section around it. Its plastron (lower shell) and its lower jaw is flat and are pale yellow. Its head has a yellow horn on it and has two large sections coming off of it. Its eyes are white and somewhat rectangle shaped with small pupils. Connecting its head to its lower jaw are two yellow circles. Its front legs have one large yellow protrusion each, and each of its feet have three white toes. Its tail is long and has two spikes coming off of it.
Drednaw's sharp jagged fangs are powerful enough to chomp on rock, iron, and steel rods. It can move very fast despite how extremely heavy the shell on its back is. This highly aggressive Pokémon can extend its neck very quickly to chomp down on its enemies. Drednaw are notoriously vicious to the point it requires a skilled Trainer to fully tame and handle it. Some Trainers will release Drednaw into the wild once they find they are unable to handle it.[1]
Gigantamax Drednaw is now bipedal and its horn resembles a tank. Its tail is now longer and has more spikes, and now has three yellow spikes coming off each leg. Its plastron has three protrusions, with the middle being the longest. Its head is hidden inside of its body, and its eyes glow red. Like all Gigantamax Pokémon, Drednaw has red clouds as they spin in and out of its shell.
In its Gigantamax transformation, it stands on it hind legs in a bipedal position. Drednaw uses its massive body to crush its opponents and then its massive jaws to finish them off. The power of its jaws has been enhanced to the point where it can bite through metal towers. By combining the strength of its jaws and powerful neck, Drednaw is capable of punching a hole through a mountain with one strike. According to one tale, Drednaw stopped a flood by using the rubble from a mountain it chewed up.[2]
Drednaw is the only known Pokémon capable of using the moves Jaw Lock and the exclusive G-Max Move G-Max Stonesurge.
In the anime
Gigantamax Drednaw in the
anime
Major appearances
Drednaw first appeared in SS012. Team Rocket encountered it whilst in Wyndon and attempted to catch it, but instead, they accidentally caused it to Gigantamax and attack Wyndon Stadium. It reappeared in SS013, where it battled and was stopped by Ash's Pikachu.
Minor appearances
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Drednaw debuted in the Sword & Shield arc. Three of them attacked the van Sōdo, Shirudomiria, Marvin, and Professor Magnolia were riding in. Eventually, all three were defeated by the combined efforts of Sōdo's Grookey, Shirudomiria's Scorbunny, and Marvin's Sobble.
In the TCG
- Main article: Drednaw (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
Drednaw
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
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Generation VIII
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Galar #043
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Sword
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With jaws that can shear through steel rods, this highly aggressive Pokémon chomps down on its unfortunate prey.
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Shield
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This Pokémon rapidly extends its retractable neck to sink its sharp fangs into distant enemies and take them down.
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Gigantamax Drednaw
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
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Generation VIII
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Galar #043
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Sword
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It responded to Gigantamax energy by becoming bipedal. First it comes crashing down on foes, and then it finishes them off with its massive jaws.
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Shield
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In the Galar region, there's a tale about this Pokémon chewing up a mountain and using the rubble to stop a flood.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
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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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90
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150 - 197
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290 - 384
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115
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108 - 183
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211 - 361
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90
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85 - 156
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166 - 306
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48
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47 - 110
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90 - 214
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68
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65 - 132
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126 - 258
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74
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71 - 138
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137 - 271
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Total: 485
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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 IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drednaw
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Drednaw
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drednaw
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Drednaw
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Drednaw in Generation VIII
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Drednaw in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drednaw
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Drednaw
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drednaw
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Drednaw
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Drednaw
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Drednaw
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Evolution
Forms
Gigantamax
Trivia
Origin
Drednaw may be based on the common snapping turtle, with some of its characteristics being derived from the alligator snapping turtle.
Name origin
Drednaw may be a combination of dread and gnaw. It may also be a play on dreadnought (a type of warship).
Kajirigame may be a combination of 齧り付く kajiritsuku (to bite into) and 亀 kame (turtle).
In other languages
Language
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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カジリガメ Kajirigame
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From 齧り付く kajiritsuku and 亀 kame
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French
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Torgamord
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From tortue alligator and mord
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Spanish
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Drednaw
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Same as English name
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German
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Kamalm
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From Kamm, 亀 kame, and malmen
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Italian
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Drednaw
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Same as English name
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Korean
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갈가부기 Galgabugi
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From 갉아먹다 galgameokda and 거북이 geobugi
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Mandarin Chinese
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暴噬龜 / 暴噬龟 Bàoshìguī
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From 暴 bào, 噬 shì, and 龜 / 龟 guī
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Cantonese Chinese
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暴噬龜 Bouhsaihgwāi
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From 暴 bouh, 噬 saih, and 龜 gwāi
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More languages
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Russian
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Дрэдно Dredno
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Transcription of English name
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Related articles
Notes
External links
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