Duraludon (Pokémon)

Duraludon (Japanese: ジュラルドン Duraludon) is a dual-type Steel/Dragon Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.

For Pokémon GO information on this species, see the game's section.
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Duraludon
Alloy Pokémon		 ジュラルドン
Duraludon
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Duraludon

Gigantamax Duraludon



Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type
Steel Dragon
Unknown Unknown
Gigantamax Duraludon
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Abilities
Light Metal or Heavy Metal Cacophony
Gigantamax Duraludon		 Cacophony
 Stalwart
Hidden Ability		 Cacophony
Hidden Ability		 Cacophony
Gigantamax Duraludon		 Cacophony
Gender ratio
Unknown
50% male, 50% female
 Catch rate
45 (11.9%)
Breeding
Egg Groups
Mineral and Dragon
 Hatch time
7710 - 7966 steps
Height
5'11" 1.8 m
Duraludon
141'01"+ 43.0+ m
Gigantamax Duraludon
0'0" 0 m
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0'0" 0 m
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 Weight
88.2 lbs. 40.0 kg
Duraludon
??? lbs. ??? kg
Gigantamax Duraludon
0 lbs. 0 kg
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Mega Stone
[[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield
Unknown
Gen. IV		 Unknown
IV		 187
 Leveling rate
Medium Fast
EV yield
Total: 2
Duraludon
0
HP		 0
Atk		 0
Def		 2
Sp.Atk		 0
Sp.Def		 0
Speed
Gigantamax Duraludon
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
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HP		 0
Atk		 0
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Speed
Shape
Footprint

Gigantamax Duraludon
Pokédex color
  White
 Base friendship
50
External Links

While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, Duraludon has a Gigantamax form.

It was officially revealed on June 8, 2019, in the trailer of Pokémon Sword and Shield, along with Alcremie, Rolycoly, and Yamper.

Biology

Duraludon is a tall bipedal Pokémon with large feet, a chunky tail, and a head integrated to its neck. It has zigzag patterns running down its body, gray bands around its arms, and has two black slits on its lower chest. Its hands have four triangular indents. Duraludon also has a red segment on its head and two slits on its head. Its body is mainly light gray and dark blue. Duraludon has yellow eyes with green pupils, and it appears to be permanently scowling.

Gigantamax Duraludon is even bigger and gains metal strips on its feet resembling toes. It has a massive glass plate on its abdomen, and its chest has glass panels that resemble windows. It also gains a horn-like protrusion on its head and its uniquely shaped hands are different. It has three red clouds surrounding the neck.

Duraludon is a dinosaur-like Pokémon made of strong, but surprisingly light metal. Weighing only 88 lbs, it can move very fast. However, its body rusts easily to corrosion, so it lives in caves and mountain areas to avoid the rain. Due to the arms having two different shapes, it digs onto the surface for food. Duraludon has a rivalry with Tyranitar, which it shares its habitat with, often battling each other in the mountain areas in Galar.[1] In its Gigantamax state, parts of its body glow due to a profusion of energy. The cells in its body are exceptionally durable, even among Steel-type Pokémon and it is resistant to earthquakes thanks to its body structure.

Gigantamax Duraludon is the only known Pokémon capable of using the exclusive G-Max Move G-Max Depletion.

In the anime

Main series
Duraludon in the anime
Gigantamax Duraludon in the anime

Major appearances

Duraludon debuted in Toughing It Out!, under the ownership of Raihan. It is capable of Gigantamaxing. It was used in Raihan's battle against Leon, where it went up against his Charizard, only to be defeated. It reappeared in a flashback in Sword and Shield, Slumbering Weald!. In Sword and Shield: "From Here to Eternatus!", Raihan sent it out to battle a group of Macro Cosmos employees who were threatening Sonia. It defeated them all in the following episode with a single Breaking Swipe.

Pokédex entries
Episode Subject Source Entry
JN027 Duraludon Goh's Rotom Phone Duraludon, the Alloy Pokémon. A Steel and Dragon type. Duraludon sports a metallic body with a beautiful luster of polished, shining metal.
JN027 Steel Beam Goh's Rotom Phone Steel Beam uses up energy from Duraludon's body and, in exchange, releases vast amounts of power.

Pokémon: Twilight Wings
Gigantamax Duraludon in Pokémon: Twilight Wings

In Sky, Raihan's Duraludon was in its Gigantamax form.

In the manga
Duraludon in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Raihan's Duraludon appeared in JNM10.

Pokémon Adventures

Duraludon debuted in PASS11, under the ownership of Raihan.

In the TCG
Main article: Duraludon (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Galar
#371		 Sinnoh
#—		 Hisui
#—
This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus.
Sword Its body resembles polished metal, and it's both lightweight and strong. The only drawback is that it rusts easily.
Shield The special metal that composes its body is very light, so this Pokémon has considerable agility. It lives in caves because it dislikes the rain.
Gigantamax Duraludon
Sword It's grown to resemble a skyscraper. Parts of its towering body glow due to a profusion of energy.
Shield The hardness of its cells is exceptional, even among Steel types. It also has a body structure that's resistant to earthquakes.


Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII
Sword Shield
Route 10, Giant's Seat, Lake of Outrage
Trade Frosmoth in Wyndon
Giant's Seat, Stony Wilderness, Dusty Bowl (Max Raid Battle)
Giant's Seat (Max Raid Battle) Gigantamax Factor
Expansion Pass
Max Lair (Dynamax Adventure) Gigantamax Factor
Brilliant Diamond Shining Pearl
Unobtainable
Legends: Arceus
Unobtainable


In side games
Cross-Generation
Masters EX
Limited Sync Pair Scout (Raihan's)


Wild Area News
Games Event Gigantamax Location Level Distribution period
SwSh Wild Area News No hide 17, 30 March 26 to April 27, 2020
SwSh Wild Area News Yes hide 40, 50, 60Sw March 26 to April 27, 2020
SwSh Wild Area News No hide 17, 30, 50 April 10 to 15, 2020
Sw Wild Area News Yes hide 60 April 10 to 15, 2020
Sw Wild Area News Yes hide 60 June 2 to 29, 2020
Sw Wild Area News Yes hide 60 June 17 to 28, 2020

Base stats
Stat Range
At Lv. 50 At Lv. 100
70
130 - 177 250 - 344
95
90 - 161 175 - 317
115
108 - 183 211 - 361
120
112 - 189 220 - 372
50
49 - 112 94 - 218
85
81 - 150 157 - 295
Total:
535
 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 VIII, this Pokémon is:
Damaged
normally by:
Normal ½×
Fighting 2×
Flying ½×
Poison 0×
Ground 2×
Rock ½×
Bug ½×
Ghost 1×
Steel ½×
Fire 1×
Water ½×
Grass ¼×
Electric ½×
Psychic ½×
Ice 1×
Dragon 1×
Dark 1×
Fairy 1×
None
Weak to:
Normal ½×
Fighting 2×
Flying ½×
Poison 0×
Ground 2×
Rock ½×
Bug ½×
Ghost 1×
Steel ½×
Fire 1×
Water ½×
Grass ¼×
Electric ½×
Psychic ½×
Ice 1×
Dragon 1×
Dark 1×
Fairy 1×
None
Immune to:
Normal ½×
Fighting 2×
Flying ½×
Poison 0×
Ground 2×
Rock ½×
Bug ½×
Ghost 1×
Steel ½×
Fire 1×
Water ½×
Grass ¼×
Electric ½×
Psychic ½×
Ice 1×
Dragon 1×
Dark 1×
Fairy 1×
None
Resistant to:
Normal ½×
Fighting 2×
Flying ½×
Poison 0×
Ground 2×
Rock ½×
Bug ½×
Ghost 1×
Steel ½×
Fire 1×
Water ½×
Grass ¼×
Electric ½×
Psychic ½×
Ice 1×
Dragon 1×
Dark 1×
Fairy 1×
None
Notes:

By leveling up
Generation VIII
Other generations:
None
 Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP
011 Metal Claw Steel Physical 05050 09595% 35
011 Leer Normal Status 0000— 100100% 30
066 Rock Smash Fighting Physical 04040 100100% 15
1212 Hone Claws Dark Status 0000— 00——% 15
1818 Metal Sound Steel Status 0000— 08585% 40
2424 Breaking Swipe Dragon Physical 06060 100100% 15
3030 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical 06060 09090% 10
3636 Iron Defense Steel Status 0000— 00——% 15
4242 Laser Focus Normal Status 0000— 00——% 30
4848 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical 08080 100100% 15
5454 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 100100% 10
6060 Metal Burst Steel Physical 0000— 100100% 10
6666 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 09090% 5
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Duraludon
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Duraludon

By TM/TR
Generation VIII
Other generations:
None
   TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 
TM08 TM08 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5
TM09 TM09 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5
TM11 TM11 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10
TM14 TM14 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20
TM16 TM16 Screech Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 40
TM17 TM17 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30
TM18 TM18 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20
TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10
TM22 TM22 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10
TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15
TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10
TM26 TM26 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10
TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15
TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20
TM43 TM43 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15
TM48 TM48 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15
TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15
TM85 TM85 Snarl Dark Special 05555 095}}95% 15
TM98 TM98 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 07575 100}}100% 10
TM99 TM99 Breaking Swipe Dragon Physical 06060 100}}100% 15
TR00 TR00 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20
TR01 TR01 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15
TR08 TR08 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15
TR09 TR09 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10
TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10
TR24 TR24 Outrage Dragon Physical 120120 100}}100% 10
TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10
TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10
TR46 TR46 Iron Defense Steel Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15
TR47 TR47 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical 08080 100}}100% 15
TR52 TR52 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5
TR58 TR58 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15
TR62 TR62 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 08585 100}}100% 10
TR70 TR70 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 100}}100% 10
TR74 TR74 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 100}}100% 15
TR75 TR75 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5
TR76 TR76 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20
TR79 TR79 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10
TR81 TR81 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15
TR99 TR99 Body Press Fighting Physical 08080 100}}100% 10
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Duraludon
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Duraludon

By breeding
Generation VIII
Other generations:
None
 Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 
Mirror Coat Psychic Special — 100% 20
Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100% 15


 Slash Normal Physical 70 100% 20
  • Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Duraludon in Generation VIII
  • Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
  • Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Duraludon in that game.
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Duraludon
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Duraludon

By tutoring
Generation VIII
Other generations:
None
 Game   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 
Sw Sh EP BD SP Draco Meteor Dragon Special 130 90% 5
Sw Sh EP BD SP Steel Beam Steel Special 140 95% 5
Sw Sh EP BD SP Steel Roller Steel Physical 130 100% 5
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Duraludon
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Duraludon

Side game data
Pokémon GO
File:GO884.png Base Stamina: 172 Base Attack: 239 Base Defense: 185
Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: N/A
Fast Attacks: Dragon Tail, Metal Claw
Charged Attacks: Dragon Claw, Flash Cannon, Hyper Beam

Gigantamax Duraludon

Gigantamax Factor
Duraludon
Duraludon
 Steel  Dragon 


Dynamax Band


↔
Lasts for three turns
Gigantamax Duraludon
Duraludon
 Steel  Dragon 

Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII
Sword Shield
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Trivia

Origin

Duraludon seems to be based on The Shard, the tallest building in the United Kingdom. Based on its name, the metal that covers its body is presumably duralumin, an aluminum-copper alloy that is strong and light, but not very resistant to corrosion. Its rivalry with Tyranitar may be a reference to the kaiju genre of films. Its overall body shape resembles a theropod dinosaur.

Name origin

Duraludon may be a combination of duralumin, durable and -don (common suffix in dinosaur names derived from the Ancient Greek word for tooth).

In other languages
Language Title Meaning
Japanese ジュラルドン Duraludon From ジュラルミン duralumin, ドラゴン dragon, don, and -don
French Duralugon Similar to English name, incorporates dragon
Spanish Duraludon Same as English name
German Duraludon Same as English name
Italian Duraludon Same as English name
Korean 두랄루돈 Duraludon From 두랄루민 duralumin and dragon
Cantonese Chinese 鋁鋼龍 Léuihgonglùhng From 鋁 léui, 鋼 gong, and 龍 lùhng
Mandarin Chinese 鋁鋼龍 / 铝钢龙 Lǚgānglóng From 鋁 / 铝 lǚ, 鋼 / 钢 gāng, and 龍 / 龙 lóng


Notes
  1. https://swordshield.pokemon.com/en-us/pokemon-galar-region/duraludon/
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