Koraidon (Japanese: コライドン Koraidon) is a dual-type Fighting/Dragon Legendary Paradox Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
It is said to be an ancient relative of Cyclizar. It also has a future counterpart, Miraidon.
Koraidon has five different transformations it can change between as it traverses varying terrain and adapts to different situations. Its forms include:
- Limited Build when it has little power.
- Sprinting Build when traveling swiftly on land.
- Swimming Build when traveling in the water.
- Gliding Build when traveling in the skies.
- Apex Build during battle and when at full strength.
Koraidon is the game mascot of Pokémon Scarlet, appearing on the game's box art in its Apex Build. It is also known as the "Winged King" (Japanese: ツバサノオウ Tsubasano'ou). Along with Miraidon, it is considered part of the Paradox duo by fans.
Biology
Apex Build Koraidon is a large reptilian Pokémon. Most of its body is scarlet in color, with white accents on its cheeks, abdomen, legs, and tail. Its head features a large plume and a pair of long, thin, twisted brow-plumes; its rear has a similar, much larger plume. These plumes are white in color and blue-purple at the base. It has yellow eyes with brown pupils, webbed feet, and blue features on its elbows and shoulders, as well as blue frills running down its neck. On its chest is a large circular gular sac which resembles a rubber tire. Its texture and black coloration are similar to the base of its tail, and it can inflate or deflate as needed.
Koraidon is aware of its own impressive strength and derives confidence from this fact, never feeling threatened by its opponents. It is capricious and curious enough to sometimes play with humans, despite usually being cautious of them. While fighting in its Apex Build, Koraidon dominates its opponents using its immense strength and the many natural weapons available to it, including its tough jaws and fangs, sharp claws, and thick, powerful tail. Its legs are strong enough that Koraidon can leap over 65 feet into the air, using both its own body weight and the momentum of falling from such a height to unleash crushing kicks and brutal body slams.[1] It is even powerful enough to break the land with just its bare fists. Koraidon can also transform to fly up in the air, and crash to the ground, causing a massive prehistoric explosion on its adversary.
According to AI Sada, Koraidon is an ancient Pokémon related to Cyclizar. However, according to a Sada brought to the Crystal Pool by Terapagos, Koraidon is a counterpart of Cyclizar from another timeline. Its true origin is unknown. Koraidon were brought to the depths of Area Zero by a time machine built by Professor Sada ten years ago. However, unlike other Paradox Pokémon, she was capable of only bringing two of them: a quirky, friendly one and an adamant, territorial one. Professor Sada coined Koraidon's name, but it was formerly known as the "Winged King" in the Scarlet Book due to its wings and crown of feathers. According to Arven, Koraidon's Apex Build is its true form.[2]
The rest of Koraidon's ecology and other details regarding it is unknown.
Koraidon is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Collision Course. It is also the only known Pokémon that can have Orichalcum Pulse as an Ability.
- Transformations
Aside from Apex Build, Koraidon has four other forms it can transform into depending on the situation.
Limited Build Koraidon walks on all fours. The head and rear plumes are closed and folded. The chest throat is pulled in, leaving out the rubber tire-like protrusion. The membrane on all four legs is not visible as the central fingers and toes are kept in close contact with each other. Koraidon assumes this form either when weakened or not battling.
Koraidon has the ability to change its form in order to facilitate travel. Sprinting Build Koraidon tucks in its tail and runs on all fours, moving at very fast speeds using its powerful legs. This form also allows Koraidon to climb cliffs. Swimming Build Koraidon can float in the water by turning its throat into a flotation device and using the membrane between its feet to swim. Gliding Build Koraidon can fly by unravelling its twisted tendrils into wings, allowing it to glide through the sky.[3] Gliding Build Koraidon can switch between gliding or unlimited flight.[4]
Apex Build
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Limited Build
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Sprinting Build
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Swimming Build
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Gliding Build
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Game data
NPC appearances
- Main article: Koraidon (game)
- Pokémon Scarlet: Koraidon is a major character in the game.
- Pokémon Scarlet: Another Koraidon, also known as the Guardian of Paradise, is the secondary antagonist and a boss in the game. It was brought to the Pokémon world sometime after the first one through Professor Sada's "time machine" and is shown to be far more aggressive and belligerent than it, which eventually caused both to became rivals.
- At some point in Area Zero, both Koraidon got into a territorial battle where the first one was defeated, but saved just in time by Professor Sada, who sacrificed her life to save it, after that, it was forced to escape Area Zero, traumatized by what happened there and leaving the second Koraidon as the strongest Pokémon in Area Zero and making it its territory.
- In The Way Home, the second Koraidon appears to the player, Nemona, Penny, Arven and the first Koraidon, only to attempt to start another battle to kick Koraidon out of its territory once again, however, the Zero Lab is opened and instead of attacking, it walks inside it, leaving the first Koraidon even more scared of it. The player and Koraidon go inside after defeating some Paradox Pokémon and inside, they meet AI Sada, who calls the second Koraidon back inside its Master Ball.
- After the player defeats the controlled AI Sada to deactivate the time machine, the Paradise Protection Protocol is activated, locking all of the heroes' Poké Balls as a last resort to defend the time machine, sending out the Guardian of Paradise, who's defeated once and for all by the player's Koraidon after Terastallizing into a Dragon Type.
- Later on in the post-game, the player can find the now trainerless Koraidon out of the Zero Lab and catch it, supposedly due to its Master Ball being out of reach.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
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Generation IX
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Paldea #399
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Kitakami #—
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Blueberry #—
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Apex Build
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Scarlet
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This seems to be the Winged King mentioned in an old expedition journal. It was said to have split the land with its bare fists.
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Violet
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This Pokémon resembles Cyclizar, but it is far burlier and more ferocious. Nothing is known about its ecology or other features.
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Limited Build
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Scarlet
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The ecology and other data about this Pokémon are unknown. It was named Koraidon by the professor who discovered it.*
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Violet
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It has similar characteristics to a creature described in an old book as the Winged King.*
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Game locations
In side games
Held items
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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100
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160 - 207
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310 - 404
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135
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126 - 205
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247 - 405
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115
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108 - 183
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211 - 361
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85
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81 - 150
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157 - 295
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100
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94 - 167
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184 - 328
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135
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126 - 205
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247 - 405
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Total: 670
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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 Koraidon
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Koraidon
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Koraidon
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Koraidon
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Koraidon
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Koraidon
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Koraidon
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Side game data
Evolution data
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
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In the anime
Main series
Major appearances
Minor appearances
A Koraidon appeared in a post-episode segment that aired with JN137.
Biri-Biri
A Koraidon appeared in the music video for Biri-Biri, under the ownership of Anna.
In the manga
In the TCG
- Main article: Koraidon (TCG)
Trivia
- Koraidon and Miraidon are the only Paradox Pokémon:
- Whose names follow regular Pokémon naming conventions.
- To not have different names between languages.
- To each have their own unique Abilities.
- Of all Pokémon, Koraidon and Miraidon have the highest number of forms that are obtainable in some capacity yet unusable in battle, as they each use three forms solely for travel and are obtained in their fourth 'low-power' forms, yet can only battle in their 'high-power' forms.
- Curiously, the forms are fully usable in battle when hacked into the game, albeit with various glitches and oddities.[5]
- In its unused Pokédex entry, non-Apex Build Koraidon is 11'6" / 3.5m tall, the same height as Ultimate Mode Miraidon, and taller than Apex Build Koraidon.
- Rotom has five forms that are unusable in battle (Pokédex, Phone, Bike, Rotomi, Drone), but Rotomi and Rotom Drone are completely unobtainable.
- The builds of Koraidon in Japanese and Korean use Sino-Japanese and Sino-Korean words respectively, showing tradition and the past, while the modes of Miraidon in the same languages use borrowed words from English, showing modernity.
- Despite being able to swim and fly with the player on its back, Koraidon can't learn Surf or Fly. It shares this trait with its counterpart Miraidon.
Origin
Koraidon may be based on an amalgamation of various lizards, dinosaurs, and vague depictions of European fantasy dragons. It notably resembles the anole and the genera Sitana and Sarada — the latter two are collectively known as fan-throated lizards. It also has traits from other lizard species, namely the frills of the iguana, the feet of the gecko, and the prehensile tail of the chameleon. Its feathers may be a reference to feathered dinosaurs, while its bipedal stance in its Apex Build is reminiscent of older depictions of theropod dinosaurs. Its brow plumes may be a reference to the King of Saxony bird-of-paradise[6]. Furthermore, its signature move of Collision Course alludes to the asteroid that caused the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, which eliminated most dinosaur species on Earth. Its head shape, its posture in its Apex Build and its alternate name, "Winged King", may be a reference to the Tyrannosaurus, colloquially known as the "King of the Dinosaurs" due to the its type species[7], T. rex, being named with the Latin word for "king". As they're displayed mostly on the head and in the waist area, the colorful feathers might be reference to ancient cultures in general, as opposed to Miraidon's futuristic look. Ancient civilizations (notably Central and South American) and tribes often used bird feathers as ornaments and symbol of status. Some elements of its design may be based on parts of off-road motorcycles (such as choppers or dirt bikes built for off-road or natural terrains). This is shown by its antennae and shoulders which are similar to handlebars (especially longer ones known as “ape hangers”), and the protrusion on its chest together with its tail resemble rubber tires, the latter especially when curled. Koraidon may have conceptually been influenced by cave paintings, as indicated by the ancient past motifs as well as its red color scheme; the oldest known cave painting is a red hand stencil found in the caves of Maltravieso in Spain, one of the inspirations of the Paldea region.
Name origin
Koraidon may be a combination of 古来 korai or 古代 kodai (ancient), ライド raido (ride), and dragon, don (Spanish for lord), or -don (common suffix in dinosaur names derived from the Ancient Greek word for tooth).
Its alternate name, Winged King, is literally winged king.
Tsubasano'ou, its alternate name in Japanese, can be taken literally as 翼の王 tsubasa no ō (winged king).
Due to a bootstrap paradox involving a version of Professor Sada time traveling from the past, it is possible that the player in Pokémon Scarlet may be responsible for indirectly coining Koraidon's name.
In other languages
Language
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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コライドン Koraidon
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From 古来 korai or 古代 kodai, ride, dragon, don, and -don
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French
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Koraidon
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Same as English/Japanese name
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Spanish
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Koraidon
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Same as English/Japanese name
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German
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Koraidon
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Same as English/Japanese name
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Italian
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Koraidon
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Same as English/Japanese name
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Korean
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코라이돈 Koraidon
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Transcription of Japanese name
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Mandarin Chinese
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故勒頓 / 故勒顿 Gùlèdùn
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From 故 gù and the transcription of the Japanese name
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Cantonese Chinese
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故勒頓 Gulaahkdeuhn
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From 故 gu and the transcription of the Japanese name
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More languages
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Hindi
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कोराईडॉन Koraidon
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Transcription of English/Japanese name
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Thai
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โคไรดอน Khoraidon
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Transcription of Japanese name
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Winged King
Language
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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ツバサノオウ Tsubasano'ou
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From 翼の王 tsubasa no ō
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French
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Ailes-Royales
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From aile and royal
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Spanish
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Reyalado
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From rey and alado
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German
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Schwingenkönig
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From Schwinge and König
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Italian
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Realato
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From re and alato
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Korean
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날개의왕 Nalgaeuiwang
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From 날개의왕 nalgaeui wang
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Mandarin Chinese
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翼大王 Yìdàwáng
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From 翼 yì and 大王 dàwáng
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Cantonese Chinese
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翼大王 Yihkdaaihwòhng
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From 翼 yihk and 大王 daaihwòhng
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More languages
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Brazilian Portuguese
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Rei Alado
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From rei and alado
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Thai
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ราชาแห่งปีก Rashahangpeek
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From ราชา Rasha, แห่ง hang and ปีก peek
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Related articles
References
External links
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