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Game data
Abilities
- Commander
Upon entering battle, the Pokémon goes inside an ally Dondozo if one is on the field and raises all its stats sharply. Raises the likelihood of Double Battles while this Pokémon is on the field.
- Storm DrainHidden
The Pokémon draws in all Water-type moves. These moves do not work on the Pokémon. Instead, they boost its Sp. Atk stat.
Reduces the damage allies take by 25%.
Egg moves
- Sludge BombPoisonSpecial90 pow · 100%
The user hurls unsanitary sludge at the target to inflict damage. This move has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.
- DecorateFairyStatus— · —
The user sharply boosts the target’s Attack and Sp. Atk stats by decorating the target.
- Core EnforcerDragonSpecial100 pow · 100%
The user attacks by firing off a powerful beam that scorches across the battlefield. If the Pokémon damaged by this move have already used their moves that turn, this move eliminates the effects of those Pokémon’s Abilities.
- Fillet AwayNormalStatus— · —Rare egg move
The user loses ½ of its max HP to sharply boost its Attack, Sp. Atk, and Speed stats. This move fails if the user doesn’t have enough remaining HP.
Base stats
Tatsugiri · BST 475
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 Tatsugiri 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: Tatsugiri needs 100 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.