Dhelmise

Dhelmise (shiny)

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Dhelmise

Sea Creeper Pokémon

After lowering its anchor, it waits for its prey. It catches large Wailord and drains their life-force.

In Pokémon GO · 2950 max CP 2 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height3.9 m

Weight210.0 kg

GenderGenderless

Catch rate25(7.7%)Hard

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time25 cycles · ~6,630 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP181

Abilities

This Pokémon's Steel moves have 1.5× power.

Egg groups: Mineral

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

HP

70

Attack

131

Defense

100

Sp. Atk

86

Sp. Def

90

Speed

40

Total

517

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Ice2×

Resistant to

Immune to

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Spinblocker

UU

Moves

Item

Heavy-Duty Boots

NatureCareful+SpD/−SpA

EV spread

HP252

Atk12

SpD▲136

Spe108

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

Where to find Dhelmise

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Sun

Seafolk Village

Moon

Seafolk Village

Ultra Sun

Seafolk Village

Ultra Moon

Seafolk Village

Sword

Shield

Evolution

This Pokémon does not evolve.

Notable moves

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

Solar BladeSTAB

PoltergeistSTAB

Energy BallSTAB

Phantom ForceSTAB

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Absorb Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	20	100	25
1	Rapid Spin Frees the user from binding moves, removes Leech Seed, and blows away Spikes.	Normal	Physical	50	100	40
4	Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Ghost	Physical	30	100	15
8	Wrap Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns.	Normal	Physical	15	90	20
12	Mega Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	40	100	15
16	Growth Raises the user’s Attack and Special Attack by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
20	Gyro Ball Power raises when the user has lower Speed, up to a maximum of 150.	Steel	Physical	—	100	5
24	Switcheroo User and target swap items.	Dark	Status	—	100	10
28	Giga Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	75	100	10
32	Whirlpool Prevents the target from leaving battle and inflicts 1/16 its max HP in damage for 2-5 turns.	Water	Special	35	85	15
36	Heavy Slam Power is higher when the user weighs more than the target, up to a maximum of 120.	Steel	Physical	—	100	10
40	Slam Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	80	75	20
44	Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ghost	Special	80	100	15
48	Metal Sound Lowers the target’s Special Defense by two stages.	Steel	Status	—	85	40
52	Anchor Shot Traps the target.	Steel	Physical	80	100	20
56	Energy Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Grass	Special	90	100	10
60	Phantom Force User vanishes, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. Hits through Protect and Detect.	Ghost	Physical	90	100	10
64	Power Whip Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Grass	Physical	120	85	10

Sprites & renders

10 sprites & renders for Dhelmise.

Official artwork

Pokémon HOME

Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

Black · White

Menu Icons

Ultra Sun · Moon

Menu Icons

More Ghost-type Pokémon

Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.

All Ghost-type Pokémon

Community notes

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Cite this page

“Dhelmise”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/dhelmise.

Species data from PokéAPI.