Grindon

Grindon (Japanese: スミロドン / Smeelodon) is a dual-type Rock/Electric Fossil Pokémon, and is one of the original Fakemon created for Pokémon Altair, Sirius and Vega.

It is resurrected from a Fang Fossil and evolves into Scimitooth starting at level 40.

Pokédex Entry[]

Pokédex entry

A prehistoric Pokémon that was revived by scientists. Its two sharp fangs are unbreakable by any known method.

Game Locations[]

Availability

Fossil	Revive Fang Fossil (given by NPC at Porcelia Forest north exit)

Overview[]

Explanation about what kind of Pokémon it is.

Held Items[]

Held item(s)

None	This Pokémon cannot be found holding an item.

Base Stats[]

Stat

Range

At Lv. 50

At Lv. 100

HP:	50

110 - 157

210 - 304

Attack:	70

67 - 134

130 - 262

Defense:	30

31 - 90

58 - 174

Sp.Atk:	90

85 - 156

166 - 306

Sp.Def:	35

36 - 95

67 - 185

Speed:	60

58 - 123

112 - 240

Total:	335	Other Pokémon with this total

Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable.
Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

Type Effectiveness[]

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:

Immune to:

None

Doubly resistant to:

Flying

¼×

Resistant to:

Normal

½×

Poison

½×

Fire

½×

Electric

½×

Damaged normally by:

Rock

1×

Bug

1×

Ghost

1×

Steel

1×

Psychic

1×

Ice

1×

Dragon

1×

Dark

1×

Weak to:

Fighting

2×

Water

2×

Grass

2×

Doubly weak to:

Ground

4×

Notes:

If this Pokémon has Lightningrod, the effectiveness of Electric-type moves is 0×.

Moves[]

By Level Up[]

By leveling up

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
1	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15
1	Thunder Shock	Electric	Special	40	100%	30
1	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	100%	20
13	Rock Throw	Rock	Physical	50	90%	15
19	Paleobreath	Rock	Special	55	100%	25
25	Roar	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
29	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
31	Spark	Electric	Physical	65	100%	20
35	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—%	15
37	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80%	10
39	Wild Charge	Electric	Physical	90	100%	15
43	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
49	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
53	Thunder	Electric	Special	120	70%	20

A level of "Start" indicates a move that will be known by a Grindon obtained at level 1
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Grindon
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Grindon
Moves in yellow cannot be learned by any previous evolutions of Grindon

By TM/HM[]

By TM/HM

	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM01	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
TM03	Spikes	Ground	Status	—	—%	20
TM04	Magnet Bomb	Steel	Physical	60	—%	20
TM05	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	100%	20
TM06	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100%	15
TM09	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
TM11	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100%	15
TM13	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
TM14	Shine Bomb	Electric	Physical	65	100%	30
TM17	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100%	15
TM23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15
TM24	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—%	15
TM25	Raze Earth	Ground	Special	120	100%	15
TM26	Zap Cannon	Electric	Special	120	50%	5
TM37	Mud Bomb	Ground	Special	65	85%	10
TM42	Discharge	Electric	Special	80	100%	15
TM45	Diamond Blast	Rock	Special	100	100%	10
TM46	Magnet Force	Steel	Special	100	90%	15
TM47	Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100%	15
HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95%	30
HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15
HM05	Flash	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Grindon
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Grindon
Moves in yellow cannot be learned by any previous evolutions of Grindon

By Move Tutor[]

By Move Tutor

Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Shadow Clamp	Ghost	Physical	90	90%	20
Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15
Cosmic Power	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20
Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90%	10
Raid	Bug	Physical	100	100%	10
Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	—%	20
Giga Spark	Electric	Physical	120	80%	5
Bug Noise	Bug	Special	120	90%	10
Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Grindon
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Grindon
Moves in yellow cannot be learned by any previous evolutions of Grindon

By Breeding[]

By breeding

Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90%	10
Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100%	15
Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
Energize	Electric	Status	—	—%	40
Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95%	15
Geo Impact	Steel	Special	120	100%	10
Howl	Normal	Status	—	—%	40
Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95%	15
Light Screen	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
Mach Bolt	Electric	Special	40	100%	30
Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95%	35
Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95%	15
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100%	20
Overheat	Fire	Special	140	90%	5
Power Gem	Rock	Special	70	100%	20
Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5
Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—%	10
Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100%	10
Spark	Electric	Physical	65	100%	20
Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5
Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	65	95%	15
Thunderbolt	Electric	Physical	95	100%	15

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Grindon
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Grindon
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Grindon