boldore

Base Flavor

black: When it overflows with power, the orange crystal on its body glows. It looks for underground water in caves.

white: Because its energy was too great to be contained, the energy leaked and formed orange crystals.

black-2: When it is healthy, its core sticks out. Always facing the same way, it swiftly moves front to back and left to right.

white-2: When it is healthy, its core sticks out. Always facing the same way, it swiftly moves front to back and left to right.

x: Because its energy was too great to be contained, the energy leaked and formed orange crystals.

y: When it is healthy, its core sticks out. Always facing the same way, it swiftly moves front to back and left to right.

omega-ruby: Because its energy was too great to be contained, the energy leaked and formed orange crystals.

alpha-sapphire: When it is healthy, its core sticks out. Always facing the same way, it swiftly moves front to back and left to right.

sun: Its orange crystal is a mass of energy. Just one crystal fragment would provide enough fuel for a hundred dump trucks.

moon: It explores caves in search of underground water. It’s not comfortable around water, so this Pokémon takes great care in lapping it up.

ultra-sun: The energy overflowing from its body has turned into orange crystals that are hard enough to smash diamonds.

ultra-moon: Its orange crystals are lumps of powerful energy. They’re valuable, so Boldore is sometimes targeted for them.

sword: If you see its orange crystals start to glow, be wary. It’s about to fire off bursts of energy.

shield: It relies on sound in order to monitor what’s in its vicinity. When angered, it will attack without ever changing the direction it’s facing.

Base Stats

Habitat

Abilities

• sturdy

  When this Pokémon is at full HP, any hit that would knock it out will instead leave it with 1 HP. Regardless of its current HP, it is also immune to the one-hit KO moves: fissure, guillotine, horn drill, and sheer cold. If this Pokémon is holding a focus sash, this ability takes precedence and the item will not be consumed.

• weak-armor

  Whenever a physical move hits this Pokémon, its Speed rises one stage and its Defense falls one stage. This ability triggers on every hit of a multiple-hit move.

• sand-force

  During a sandstorm, this Pokémon's rock-, ground-, and steel-type moves have 1.3× their base power. This Pokémon does not take sandstorm damage, regardless of type.

Moves