Crawdaunt
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Crawdaunt (シザリガー Shizariger in Japanese, Colhomar in French, Krebutack in German) is a fictional character from the Pokémon franchise. It is a large lobster-like Pokémon of the Water and Dark dual-type. It is #342 in the National Pokédex. It is the evolved form of Corphish and can be only be obtained by evolving Corphish through level-up.
The name "Crawdaunt" is a conjunction of "crawdad", an alternate name for a crawfish, and "daunt," which means "to discourage".
It was originally believed that its name would be "Lobstar" due to its lobster-like appearance and the star-shape on its forehead.
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Biology
Crawdaunt is a violent Pokémon, it challenges other living things to battle at any opportunity. Crawdaunt inhabit entire ponds by themselves, as other Pokémon refuse to live with them.
It will shed its shell often, leaving it vulnerable while its new shell is still soft. Crawdaunt must burrow itself into the bottom of a pond to avoid attacks from Pokémon that want to reinhabit their pond.
Its pincers are very thick and powerful. They are scarred from countless battles of the past which Crawdaunt partook in. When battling, it flails its claws in a frenzy.
Pokémon breeders consider Crawdaunt to be one of the hardest Pokémon to raise, as it will try to battle humans too.
In the video games
Crawdaunt is only available by evolving Corphish at level 30. Corphish is only available in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and Emerald.
Crawdaunt has both high Attack and Special Attack, the highest being its Attack. Being a Water and Dark-type Pokémon gives it access to several special-type attacks. Still, it can learn Swords Dance and is usually given physical-attacks such as Aerial Ace and Sludge Bomb. Aerial Ace allows Crawdaunt to stand a fighting chance against some of its weaknesses: Grass, Bug, and Fighting.
In the animé
Crawdaunt has had anime appearances as one of the Pokémon used by Team Aqua members, in addition to Mightyena and Walrein. Most episodes with Team Aqua have had Crawdaunt appear, but its official debut was in the episode "On a Wingull and a Prayer".
In other properties
In the card game
Crawdaunt has made several appearances in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It appears in the following sets:
- EX Dragon (2 cards) (One of these cards suggests that Crawdaunt secretes poison in its claws)
- EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua (as Team Aqua's Crawdaunt) (2 cards)
- EX Deoxys
References
- The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2; Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Publications
- Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0439154049.
- Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 130206151.
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed Version & Pokémon LeafGreen Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 193020650X
- Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0761547614
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1930206585
External links
- Official Pokémon website
- Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Crawdaunt as a species
- Serebii.net’s 3rd Gen Pokédex entry for Crawdaunt
- Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
- PsyPoke Pokédex entry
- Smogon Pokédex entryfr:Colhomar