hippowdon

Base Flavor

diamond: It blasts internally stored sand from ports on its body to create a towering twister for attack.

pearl: Its huge mouth is almost seven feet across. It has enough power to completely crush a car.

platinum: It is surprisingly quick to anger. It holds its mouth agape as a display of its strength.

heartgold: It brandishes its gaping mouth in a display of fearsome strength. It raises vast quantities of sand while attacking.

soulsilver: It brandishes its gaping mouth in a display of fearsome strength. It raises vast quantities of sand while attacking.

black: It is surprisingly quick to anger. It holds its mouth agape as a display of its strength.

white: It is surprisingly quick to anger. It holds its mouth agape as a display of its strength.

black-2: It is surprisingly quick to anger. It holds its mouth agape as a display of its strength.

white-2: It is surprisingly quick to anger. It holds its mouth agape as a display of its strength.

x: It brandishes its gaping mouth in a display of fearsome strength. It raises vast quantities of sand while attacking.

y: It blasts internally stored sand from ports on its body to create a towering twister for attack.

omega-ruby: It brandishes its gaping mouth in a display of fearsome strength. It raises vast quantities of sand while attacking.

alpha-sapphire: It blasts internally stored sand from ports on its body to create a towering twister for attack.

sword: Stones can get stuck in the ports on their bodies. Dwebble help dislodge such stones, so Hippowdon look after these Pokémon.

shield: When roused to violence by its rage, it spews out the quantities of sand it has swallowed and whips up a sandstorm.

legends-arceus: Short-tempered and easily moved to violence. It whips up whirlwinds of sand to crush its foes' spirits, then goes in for the attack.

Base Stats

Habitat

Abilities

• sand-stream

  The weather changes to a sandstorm when this Pokémon enters battle and does not end unless cancelled by another weather condition. If multiple Pokémon with this ability, drizzle, drought, or snow warning are sent out at the same time, the abilities will activate in order of Speed, respecting trick room. Each ability's weather will cancel the previous weather, and only the weather summoned by the slowest of the Pokémon will stay. Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, the wild encounter rate is halved in a sandstorm.

• 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