#0977

Dondozo

Big Catfish Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Dondozo

Dondozo (shiny)

Height: 12.0 m
Weight: 220.0 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate25(7.7%)Hard

Base friendship50Low

Hatch time40 cycles · ~10,455 steps

Growth rateslow

Base EXP265

It treats Tatsugiri like its boss and follows it loyally. Though powerful, Dondozo is apparently not very smart.

In Pokémon GO · 2996 max CP 3 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

HP

150

Attack

100

Defense

115

Sp. Atk

65

Sp. Def

65

Speed

35

Total

530

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Ignores other Pokémon's stat modifiers for damage and accuracy calculation.

Prevents infatuation and protects against Captivate.

Water VeilHidden

Prevents burns.

Egg groups: Water 2

On this page

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Fire½×

Ice½×

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

Defensive

UBERS

Moves

Item

Heavy-Duty Boots

NatureImpish+Def/−SpA

TeraSteelFairyGround

EV spread

HP252

Def▲252

SpD4

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Evolution

This Pokémon does not evolve.

Notable moves

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

LiquidationSTAB

Moves

Find a move17 of 17

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Supersonic Confuses the target.	Normal	Status	—	55	20
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	40	100	25
5	Tickle Lowers the target’s Attack and Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	20
10	Flail Inflicts more damage when the user has less HP remaining, with a maximum of 200 power.	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
15	Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself.	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
15	Sleep Talk Randomly uses one of the user’s other three moves. Only works if the user is sleeping.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
20	Dive User dives underwater, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn.	Water	Physical	80	100	10
25	Noble Roar Lowers the target’s Attack and Special Attack by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	30
30	Soak Changes the target’s type to Water.	Water	Status	—	100	20
35	Body Slam Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Normal	Physical	85	100	15
40	Aqua Tail Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Physical	90	90	10
45	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rain for five turns.	Water	Status	—	—	5
50	Order Up	Dragon	Physical	80	100	10
55	Heavy Slam Power is higher when the user weighs more than the target, up to a maximum of 120.	Steel	Physical	—	100	10
60	Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil.	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
65	Wave Crash	Water	Physical	120	100	10

Breeding & egg moves

Dondozo can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.

CurseGhost11 compatible parents

Goldeen

Seaking

Gyarados

Chinchou

Lanturn

Qwilfish

Remoraid

Octillery

Wailmer

Whiscash

Overqwil

FissureGround3 compatible parents

Wailmer

Barboach

Whiscash

ThrashNormal10 compatible parents

Gyarados

Carvanha

Sharpedo

Wailmer

Barboach

Whiscash

Basculin

Arrokuda

Basculegion

Veluza

YawnNormal1 compatible parent

Relicanth

Sprites & renders

8 sprites & renders for Dondozo.

Official artwork

Pokémon HOME

Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

Black · White

scarlet violet

More Water-type Pokémon

Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.

All Water-type Pokémon

Community notes

No reader notes on Dondozo yet.

Cite this page

“Dondozo”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/dondozo.

Species data from PokéAPI.