Walrein
Ice Break Pokémon
Its thick tusks are strong enough to shatter drift ice. They have been known to break, but they will grow back by the next year. The Hisui region is well known for these broken tusks.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Walrein
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Walrein can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage. | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Defense Curl Raises user’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 1 | Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Ice Fang Has a chance to freeze the target and a chance to make the target flinch. | Ice | Physical | 65 | 95 | 15 |
| 1 | Rollout Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, resetting after five turns. | Rock | Physical | 30 | 90 | 20 |
| 1 | Swagger Raises the target’s Attack by two stages and confuses the target. | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| 1 | Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Water | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 |
| 6 | Powder Snow Has a chance to freeze the target. | Ice | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 |
| 11 | Water Pulse Has a chance to confuse the target. | Water | Special | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 13 | Ice Ball Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, resetting after five turns. | Ice | Physical | 30 | 90 | 20 |
| 18 | Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 20 | Snore Has a chance to make the target flinch. Only works if the user is sleeping. | Normal | Special | 50 | 100 | 15 |
| 24 | Brine Has double power against Pokémon that have less than half their max HP remaining. | Water | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 25 | Liquidation Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage. | Water | Physical | 85 | 100 | 10 |
| 28 | Aurora Beam Has a chance to lower the target’s Attack by one stage. | Ice | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 34 | Ice Beam Has a chance to freeze the target. | Ice | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 35 | Encore Forces the target to repeat its last used move every turn for 2 to 6 turns. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 5 |
| 40 | Body Slam Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 |
| 43 | Blizzard Has a chance to freeze the target. | Ice | Special | 110 | 70 | 5 |
| 48 | Surf Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dive users. | Water | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 64 | Hail Changes the weather to a hailstorm for five turns. | Ice | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 72 | Sheer Cold Causes a one-hit KO. | Ice | Special | — | 30 | 5 |
Sprites & renders
18 sprites & renders for Walrein.






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More Ice-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
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Cite this page
“Walrein”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/walrein.
Species data from PokéAPI.