#0246 · Rock Skin Pokémon
Larvitar
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Classic
Rank #56 · 11 votes · median A
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Game data
Abilities
- Guts
It’s so gutsy that having a status condition boosts the Pokémon’s Attack stat by 50%. Being burned does not halve the damage dealt by the Pokémon’s physical moves.
- Sand VeilHidden
Boosts the Pokémon’s evasiveness by 25% in a sandstorm. The Pokémon also takes no damage from sandstorms.
Reduces the damage the Pokémon takes from super effective moves by 25%.
Egg moves
- Dragon DanceDragonStatus— · —
The user vigorously performs a mystic, powerful dance that boosts its Attack and Speed stats.
- Mountain GaleIcePhysical120 pow · 85%
The user hurls giant chunks of ice at the target to inflict damage. This move has a 30% chance of making the target flinch.
- Shore UpGroundStatus— · —
The user restores ½ of its max HP by kicking up a cloud of sand from its surroundings. In a sandstorm, the user restores ⅔ of its max HP instead.
- Diamond StormRockPhysical100 pow · 95%Rare egg move
The user attacks by engulfing targets in a storm of diamonds. This move has a 50% chance to sharply boost the user’s Defense stat.
Base stats
Larvitar · BST 300
Tyranitar · BST 600
BST in this line: Larvitar 300 · Pupitar 410 · Tyranitar 600
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-4 starter:
- Passive ability
- 30 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 15 / 40 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 20 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Larvitar eggs: 18 🍬 after 15 hatches, 15 🍬 after 30 hatches, 10 🍬 after 60 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 100
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Larvitar needs 100 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.