Kleavor (Pokémon)

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Kleavor Axe Pokémon バサギリ Basagiri #0900 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Bug Rock Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Swarm or Sheer Force Cacophony Cacophony Sharpness Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 15 (5.2%)
Breeding Egg Group Bug Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 5'11" 1.8 m Kleavor 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 196.2 lbs. 89.0 kg Kleavor 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 175	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Kleavor 0 HP 2 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 {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Brown	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Kleavor (Japanese: バサギリ Basagiri) is a dual-type Bug/Rock Pokémon introduced during Generation VIII, in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, it evolves from Scyther when exposed to a Black Augurite; Kleavor can also be found in Blueberry Academy's Terarium. It is one of Scyther's final forms, the other being Scizor.

Biology

Kleavor is a mantis-like insect Pokémon with a craggy exoskeleton featuring a rock-like composition. Its predominantly beige and white body is adorned with numerous black rocky protrusions, including a ring of angular rocks on each of its shoulders, a mask of rock lining its brows down to its jawline, two sharp toe claws on each foot, and a single black shard of rock atop the crown of its head. The large wings present on Scyther's back seem to have atrophied into vestigial features on Kleavor. Most notably, each of Kleavor's two spindly front limbs end in large axe-like appendages made of heavy black rock, capable of causing severe damage to the hardiest of foes. Kleavor swings these appendages to carve and chop down trees, marking its territory. It also uses these heavy stone axes to finish off prey.

Kleavor is an evolution of Scyther caused by Black Augurites, which are said to originate from volcanic regions in Hisui but are now extremely rare. The stones that adorn Kleavor's body often get chipped during fierce fights; larger chips are a sign that it is experienced in battle. Stone shards that fell off Kleavor during the battle were known to have been collected and used by the settlers of Hisui to craft tools. Kleavor is known to be very hostile, and it is best avoided if ever encountered in the wild. Kleavor's nature is described as being rough, crude, and violent.

A special Kleavor is worshiped by the Hisui people as he is descended from one of the ten ancient Pokémon blessed by Arceus. In particular, he is one of the Noble Pokémon who resides in Obsidian Fieldlands watched by a warden.

Kleavor is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Stone Axe.

Evolution

Kleavor evolves from Scyther in Hisui. It is one of Scyther's final forms, the other being Scizor. Kleavor only evolves from Scyther in the Hisui region.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Scyther  Bug  Flying	→	First Evolution Scizor  Bug  Steel
	→	First Evolution Kleavor  Bug  Rock

In the anime

Kleavor in the anime

Minor appearances

A Kleavor debuted in a fantasy in HZ025, where it was revealed to be one of Lucius's Pokémon.

In the TCG

Main article: Kleavor (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Legends: Arceus: Kleavor is a supporting character and boss in the game. It is one of the Noble Pokémon, a descendant of the Kleavor that the Ancient hero befriended ages ago. It was beloved by the people of the Hisui region along with the other Noble and Ride Pokémon.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Galar #— Sinnoh #— Hisui #073 This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Sword, Shield, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl. Legends: Arceus A violent creature that fells towering trees with its crude axes and shields itself with hard stone. If one should chance upon this Pokémon in the wilds, one's only recourse is to flee.
Generation IX Paldea #— Kitakami #— Blueberry #21 Scarlet Parts of its body turned to stone when it evolved thanks to an extremely rare ore found in volcanic areas. Violet This Pokémon is a rough, crude, and violent sort. It swings around its large, heavy stone axes to finish off its prey.

Kleavor in the Blueberry Pokédex

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Sword Shield Unobtainable Brilliant Diamond Shining Pearl Unobtainable Legends: Arceus Obsidian Fieldlands: Massive Mass Outbreaks
Generation IX Scarlet Violet Trade The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Canyon Biome Tera Raid Battles (6★)

Held items

Games		Held items
Legends: Arceus		Normal Wood (25%) Spoiled Apricorn (15%) Grit items by level Alpha Exp. Candy M (100%) Seed of Mastery (20%) Grit items by level

Stats

Base stats

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

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 70		130 - 177	250 - 344
Attack: 135		126 - 205	247 - 405
Defense: 95		90 - 161	175 - 317
Sp. Atk: 45		45 - 106	85 - 207
Sp. Def: 70		67 - 134	130 - 262
Speed: 85		81 - 150	157 - 295
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 IX, this Pokémon is:

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

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

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

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

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation IX Other generations: VIII

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 011 Quick Attack Normal Physical 04040 100100% 30 011 Leer Normal Status 0000— 100100% 30 Evo.Evo. Stone Axe Rock Physical 06565 09090% 15 044 Fury Cutter Bug Physical 04040 09595% 20 088 False Swipe Normal Physical 04040 100100% 40 1212 Smack Down Rock Physical 05050 100100% 15 1616 Double Team Normal Status 0000— 00——% 15 2020 Double Hit Normal Physical 03535 09090% 10 2424 Slash Normal Physical 07070 100100% 20 2828 Focus Energy Normal Status 0000— 00——% 30 3232 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00——% 30 3636 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 09090% 10 4040 X-Scissor Bug Physical 08080 100100% 15 4444 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— 00——% 20

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

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM004 TM004 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM014 TM014 Acrobatics Flying Physical 05555 100}}100% 15 TM015 TM015 Struggle Bug Bug Special 05050 100}}100% 20 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM021 TM021 Pounce Bug Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM027 TM027 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM036 TM036 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM040 TM040 Air Cutter Flying Special 06060 095}}95% 25 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050* Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM051 TM051 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM057 TM057 False Swipe Normal Physical 04040 100}}100% 40 TM058 TM058 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM060 TM060 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM065 TM065 Air Slash Flying Special 07575 095}}95% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM076 TM076 Rock Blast Rock Physical 02525 090}}90% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM086 TM086 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM088 TM088 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM105 TM105 X-Scissor Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM113 TM113 Tailwind Flying Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM116 TM116 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM132 TM132 Baton Pass Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 40 TM134 TM134 Reversal Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM150 TM150 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM162 TM162 Bug Buzz Bug Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM167 TM167 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120120 100}}100% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM179 TM179 Smack Down Rock Physical 05050 100}}100% 15 TM182 TM182 Bug Bite Bug Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM184 TM184 Vacuum Wave Fighting Special 04040 100}}100% 30 TM185 TM185 Lunge Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM197 TM197 Dual Wingbeat Flying Physical 04040 090}}90% 10 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM219 TM219 Skitter Smack Bug Physical 07070 090}}90% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Kleavor Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Kleavor

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Counter Fighting Physical — 100% 20 Defog Flying Status — —% 15 Feint Normal Physical 30 100% 10 Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100% 15 * Quick Guard Fighting Status — —% 15

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Kleavor Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Kleavor Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Kleavor

By a prior evolution

Generation IX Other generations: VIII

Stage   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Wing Attack Flying Physical 60 100% 35

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

TCG-only moves

Move	Card
Cut	Kleavor V (Astral Radiance 87)

Side game data

Pokémon GO Base HP: 172 Base Attack: 253 Base Defense: 174 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Quick Attack, Air Slash Charged Attacks: X-Scissor, Rock Slide, Stone Edge, Trailblaze*

Evolution data

Unevolved Scyther  Bug  Flying

+ Black Augurite in Hisui →

First Evolution Kleavor  Bug  Rock

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Legends: Arceus
Cross-Generation HOME

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

Trivia

• Despite having different base stats, Kleavor, Scizor, and Scyther all have a base stat total of 500 (Scyther has a higher base Speed, whereas Kleavor and Scizor have a higher base Attack and Defense). As such, Kleavor and Scizor are the only Pokémon to not have their base stat total change upon evolving.
• Kleavor, along with Wyrdeer and Ursaluna, are the first cross-generational evolutions that evolve from the original form rather than the regional form to be introduced since Sylveon in Generation VI.
  • Coincidentally, their pre-evolutions cannot evolve into them outside of their debut game. In Kleavor's case, this is due to the absence of the Black Augurite.
• Kleavor is the only Pokémon introduced in Pokémon Legends: Arceus that can have the Galar symbol, due to Scyther being able to have it.
• In the internal code of Legends: Arceus, Kleavor's Hidden Ability is Steadfast instead of Sharpness.
• Prior to Version 1.2.0 of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Kleavor's base Attack stat was decreased by 5 points to 130, and its Special Defense stat was increased by 5 to 75. This change was undone when Kleavor became available in those games. Similar occurences happened to Hisuian Zorua and Hisuian Zoroark.
  • Prior to Version 2.0.1, Kleavor was unable to learn Rain Dance via TM, while its pre-evolution could.

Origin

Kleavor may be based on a praying mantis. Due to its coloration, it may be based on a dead leaf mantis in particular. Its stones appear to be based on obsidian, a volcanic glass with a deep black color that produces sharp edges when fractured. The shard on its head resembles a stylized chonmage, a topknot hairstyle worn by samurai and sumo wrestlers, or a 髻 jì, a Chinese topknot that was worn by men.

Kleavor's overall design, especially its stone axe forelegs, may be inspired by the idiom 蟷螂の斧 tōrō no ono (lit. mantis's axe), a figurative expression that connotes a courageous but doomed resistance​. In Japanese, the alternate name for the mantis is 斧虫 onomushi, literally meaning "axe bug".

Name origin

Kleavor seems to be a corruption of cleaver, or a combination of cleaver and razor; -or may also come from ore (a natural and valuable rock).

Basagiri may be a combination of バッサリ bassari (with a single stroke), ばさら basara (acting without restraint; a term used during medieval Japan describing the disregard for the higher ranks), a corruption of berserker, 鉞 masakari (broadaxe), and カマキリ kamakiri (mantis).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese バサギリ Basagiri From バッサリ bassari, ばさら basara, berserker, 鉞 masakari, and カマキリ kamakiri French Hachécateur From hache and sécateur Spanish Kleavor Same as English name German Axantor From Axt and possibly 螳螂 tōrō Italian Kleavor Same as English name Korean 사마자르 Samajareu From 사마귀 samagwi and 자르다 jareuda Mandarin Chinese 劈斧螳螂 Pīfŭtángláng From 劈 pī, 斧 fŭ, and 螳螂 tángláng Cantonese Chinese 劈斧螳螂 Pekfútòhnglòhng From 劈 pek, 斧 fú, and 螳螂 tòhnglòhng

More languages Russian Кливор Klivor Transcription of English name Thai บาซากิริ Basakiri Transcription of Japanese name

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