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Game data
Abilities
- White Smoke
The Pokémon is protected by its white smoke, which prevents its stats from being lowered by other Pokémon’s moves or Abilities.
- Drought
Summons harsh sunlight for 5 turns when the Pokémon enters a battle. Powers up Fire-type moves by 50% and halves the damage of Water-type moves.
- Shell ArmorHidden
A hard shell protects the Pokémon from critical hits.
Boosts the power of the Pokémon’s move by 30% when the Pokémon is the last to move that turn.
Egg moves
- Morning SunNormalStatus— · —
The user bathes in the pleasant rays of the sun, restoring ½ of its max HP. In harsh sunlight, ⅔ of its max HP will be restored instead. In all other weather conditions, ¼ of its max HP will be restored instead.
- Burning BulwarkFireStatus— · —
The user intensely heats up a part of its body, protecting it from attacks and also causing burns to any attacker that makes direct contact with it.
- Body PressFightingPhysical80 pow · 100%
The user attacks by slamming its body into the target. The damage dealt by this move is determined using the user’s Defense stat instead of its Attack stat.
- Hydro SteamWaterSpecial80 pow · 100%Rare egg move
The user blasts the target with boiling-hot water. This move’s power is not lowered in harsh sunlight but rather boosted by 50%.
Base stats
Torkoal · BST 470
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-3 starter:
- Passive ability
- 35 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 20 / 50 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 25 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Torkoal eggs: 22 🍬 after 20 hatches, 18 🍬 after 40 hatches, 12 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 75
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Torkoal needs 75 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.