Games - Wailord

	Games - Wailord

Wailord (ホエルオー Whaloh in Japan, Wailord in both France and Germany) is a fictional creature from the Pokémon franchise. It is listed as Pokémon #321 in the National Pokédex and #100 in the Hoenn Pokédex. It represents the Blue Whale.

The name Wailord originates from the words whale and lord, both due to its unsurpassed size.

Appearance/Biology

Wailord is a gigantic oceanic mammal with the defining characteristics of the real life Blue Whale (indeed, it is the largest of all known Pokémon). The unique traits to Wailord are two pairs of side fins, an elevated set of tail fins, and most importantly, a set of large teeth as opposed to baleen.

Living in the vast oceans of the Pokémon world, Wailord swims languorously in pods of about four members onward, often at the surface so it can breathe through its upper nostrils. With their huge mouths, they can eat massive amounts of undersea food such as krill in single gulps. When chasing somewhat larger prey, these Wailord herd them by leaping out of the water and making humongous splashes in what is often described as a breathtaking display.

If a Wailord inhales to the maximum capacity of its gigantic lungs, it is able to dive close to 10,000 feet below the surface.

In the video games

Wailord is available in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, and can be caught by Surfing on Route 129, but it is extremely rare. It will evolve from Wailmer at Level 40, which is catchable in Route 129.

Wailord makes for a sponge candidate in 2-on-2 competitive play, with tremendous hit points. However, it has quite low defense and special defense, so it is not likely that it will survive a high-powered Electric or Grass-type attack even with its hit points. However, its average attack and special attack stats support its usage of offensive moves like the Defense Curl/Rollout combo and Water Spout (a move wielded only by the other whale of Pokémon, Kyogre).

Along with Relicanth, Wailord is needed to unlock the braille caves in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, therefore unlocking the paths to the three "Regis": Regirock, Regice, and Registeel.

Anime Appearance

When Ash is in Slateport City's Pokémon Center, Nurse Joy has to leave to tend an injured Wailord.

Ash and Max are left with everyone else in the world to take care of a young Treecko, Mudkip, and Torchic that a trainer will later come to pick her starter out of those three. Jessie & James get the idea to steal the Wailord for themselves and use it as a submarine, and so they tie a harness around it and start to fly off with it on their balloon, to which they have attached turbines. In the end, it was the starters who defeated Team Rocket, freeing Wailord.

In the trading card game

Wailord has appeared three times as a stage-1 Water-type in trading card expansions:

EX Ruby and Sapphire
EX Sandstorm (as Wailord EX)
EX Legend Maker

Wailord EX is considered a historic card in terms of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, for it is the first Pokémon card to feature 200 hit points, a record for the game. It also features two weaknesses and five retreat cost.

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Games - Wailord

Appearance/Biology

In the video games

Anime Appearance

In the trading card game

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