Pokédex No.0205
02 //Base stats
StatBase
HP75
260–354
Attack90
166–306
Defense140
256–416
Sp. Atk60
112–240
Sp. Def60
112–240
Speed40
76–196
Total465Higher than 54% of all Pokémon
Ranges assume 0 IV/0 EV with a hindering nature (min) up to 31 IV/252 EV with a boosting nature (max).
- HPtop 39%
- Attacktop 35%
- Defensetop 3%
- Sp. Atktop 60%
- Sp. Deftop 64%
- Speedtop 83%
03 //Type matchups
Defensive multipliers
Takes 4× damage
Fire
Takes ½× damage
NormalIcePsychicBugDragonSteelFairy
Takes ¼× damage
Grass
Immune
Poison
Damage taken from every type
Normal½×
Fire4×
Water1×
Electric1×
Grass¼×
Ice½×
Fighting1×
Poison0×
Ground1×
Flying1×
Psychic½×
Bug½×
Rock1×
Ghost1×
Dragon½×
Dark1×
Steel½×
Fairy½×
Its own types hit these super-effectively (STAB)
GrassIcePsychicRockDarkFairy
04 //Evolution
Level 31
05 //Easily confused with
Most similar silhouettes
???92% match
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Ranked by a DINOv2 vision model comparing silhouette shapes — these are the options Who's That Pokémon? hard mode will try to trip you up with. Tap to reveal.
06 //Where to find it
By game
| Games | Location | Method |
|---|---|---|
SV | Casseroya LakeAtlas | Static |
SV | Socarrat TrailAtlas | Wild |
SV | Tera Raid Battles 4★ | Tera Raid |
ZA | Not in this game | |
Gens 1–7 from PokéAPI checked against Serebii (places PokéAPI lacks come from Serebii), Let's Go and Gens 8–9 from Serebii. Rates are the chance per encounter in that spot; Gen 8–9 raids and overview-only spots list no levels or rates. Tap a place for its page, or Atlas to find it on the map.
07 //Moves
77 moves
| Lv | Move | Type | Cat. | Pow | Acc | PP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evo | Page → | Steel | — | 100 | 10 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Bug | 60 | 100 | 20 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Electric | — | — | 10 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Normal | — | — | 10 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Normal | 200 | 100 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Normal | 40 | 100 | 35 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Poison | — | — | 20 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Electric | 120 | 50 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Page → | Normal | 90 | 85 | 20 | ||
| 17 | Page → | Normal | 50 | 100 | 40 | ||
| 20 | Page → | Rock | 30 | 90 | 20 | ||
| 23 | Page → | Ghost | — | — | 10 | ||
| 28 | Page → | Ground | — | — | 20 | ||
| 32 | Page → | Dark | 50 | 100 | 10 | ||
| 36 | Page → | Normal | 250 | 100 | 5 | ||
| 42 | Page → | Steel | — | — | 15 | ||
| 46 | Page → | Steel | — | 100 | 5 | ||
| 50 | Page → | Normal | 120 | 100 | 15 |
Learnset from Scarlet & Violet. Tap a move for its effect.
08 //Pokédex entries
9 unique entries
In the moment that it gulps down its prey, the inside of its shell is exposed, but to this day, no one has ever seen that sight.
When something approaches it, it fires off fragments of its steel shell in attack. This is not a conscious action but a conditioned reflex.
Its entire body is shielded by a steel-hard shell. What lurks inside this shell is a total mystery.
It is encased in a steel shell. Its peering eyes are all that can be seen of its mysterious innards.
It keeps itself inside its steel shell. The shell is opened when it is catching prey, but it is so quick that the shell’s inside cannot be seen.
Forretress conceals itself inside its hardened steel shell. The shell is opened when the Pokémon is catching prey, but it does so at such a quick pace that the shell’s inside cannot be seen.
09 //Names in other languages
9 languages
- Japanese
- フォレトス
- Rōmaji
- Foretos
- Korean
- 쏘콘
- Chinese (Simplified)
- 佛烈托斯
- Chinese (Traditional)
- 佛烈托斯
- French
- Foretress
- German
- Forstellka
- Spanish
- Forretress
- Italian
- Forretress
10 //Training & breeding
Training
EV yield2 Defense
Catch rate75 (17.5% per Poké Ball at full HP, Gen 5+)
Base friendship70
Base experience163
Growth rateMedium
Breeding
Egg groupsBug
Egg cycles20
Gender50% ♂ · 50% ♀
Gender differencesNo
Habitatforest
Other names
Japaneseフォレトス
Korean쏘콘
GermanForstellka
FrenchForetress
SpanishForretress
ItalianForretress
Regional Pokédex numbers
Original Johto #94Updated Johto #94Updated Alola #269Updated Ulaula #90Paldea #259
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