#0348

Armaldo

Plate Pokémon

Though it lives on land, it’s also a good swimmer. It dives into the ocean in search of prey, using its sharp claws to take down its quarry.

In Pokémon GO · 2848 max CP 1 TCG Pocket card

Details

Height1.5 m

Weight68.2 kg

Gender87.5% ♂ · 12.5% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time30 cycles · ~7,905 steps

Growth rateslow then very fast

Base EXP173

Abilities

Battle Armor

Protects against critical hits.

Swift SwimHidden

Doubles Speed during rain.

Egg groups: Water 3

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

125

Defense

100

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

495

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Rock2×

Steel2×

Water2×

Resistant to

Normal½×

Poison½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

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Generation

Offensive Utility

Moves

Item

Heavy-Duty Boots

NatureAdamant+Atk/−SpA

EV spread

Atk▲252

SpD4

Spe252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Evolution

#0347Anorith

Lv. 40

#0348Armaldo

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Armaldo can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Fury Cutter Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, maxing out after five turns.	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
1	Harden Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
1	Mud Sport Halves all Electric-type damage.	Ground	Status	—	—	15
1	Scratch Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Smack Down Removes any immunity to Ground damage.	Rock	Physical	50	100	15
1	Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	40	100	25
12	Metal Claw Has a chance to raise the user’s Attack by one stage.	Steel	Physical	50	95	35
16	Ancient Power Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage.	Rock	Special	60	100	5
20	Bug Bite If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry.	Bug	Physical	60	100	20
24	Brine Has double power against Pokémon that have less than half their max HP remaining.	Water	Special	65	100	10
28	Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit.	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
32	Crush Claw Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Physical	75	95	10
36	Rock Blast Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Rock	Physical	25	90	10
43	Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
48	X-Scissor Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Bug	Physical	80	100	15