Its greatest asset is Attack — higher than 94% of species. Its stat total puts it at the very top: more than 91% of species fall behind. It does not evolve: it does not come from anything and does not change into anything. Defensively it can rely on 7 weaknesses and 6 resistances. This is a Legendary Pokémon: one per game, no offspring. Very hard to catch — bring plenty of Poké Balls and something that puts it to sleep or paralyzes it.
Base stats
Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Attack.
A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Attack, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.
Which nature to choose
It hits physically: its Attack (129) is 57 points higher than its Sp. Atk. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.
- Jolly +Spe · −SpA Its Speed is higher than 91% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
- Adamant +Atk · −SpA If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.
- Hidden Power and Weather Ball still deal damage based on Sp. Atk. If either of them is going into the set, lowering Sp. Atk is no longer free.
A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.
Regional numbers 5
The header shows the national number. Inside the game the Pokédex counts from the beginning — below is the number you will see in your version.
| Unova | #145 | Black / White |
|---|---|---|
| Unova | #226 | Black 2 / White 2 |
| Pokémon Conquest | #191 | — |
| Crown Tundra | #206 | Sword / Shield , Sword/Shield: The Crown Tundra |
| Hyperspace | #116 | Legends: Z-A , Legends: Z-A: Mega Dimension |
Abilities
- Justified Raises Attack one stage upon taking damage from a dark move.
How players use it
Data from 44,274 ranked battles on Smogon (Gen 9 UU, 2026-07). These are not numbers from the game — they are player habits. Gen 9 UU is one tier lower: it is played without the Pokémon most often used in OU, so the same species hold completely different places here.
Rank 97 among 274 Pokémon in use — it is on 0.77% of teams.
Each row is a separate distribution, not a single set: the most common item and the most common move do not have to appear on the same Pokémon.
Pokédex entry
This Pokémon came to the defense of Pokémon that had lost their homes in a war among humans.
Resistances and weaknesses
Type chart →How much damage Terrakion takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.
How it was drawn
2010–2016The sprites come straight from the games in which Terrakion appeared — one from each release.
Variant gallery
The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.
TCG cards (8)
All Terrakion cards →Terrakion has 8 cards in 6 sets. The oldest of them are shown below.
Breeding
All Egg Groups →Terrakion does not breed. You cannot get an Egg from it — this is how the games treat almost all Legendary and Mythical species.
Where to catch it (6)
All locations →The levels shown are the widest range across all game versions — in a specific release it may be narrower. The exact area, catch method and chance are on the page of each location.
Alola
Galar
Hoenn
Unova
Moves (75)
Full move list →Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (68 via TM/TR, 12 via tutor) are on the full list.
| Lv. | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 30 |
| 1 | Quick Attack | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100% | 30 |
| 1 | Work Up | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 7 | Smack Down | Rock | Physical | 50 | 100% | 15 |
| 14 | Quick Guard | Fighting | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 21 | Double Kick | Fighting | Physical | 30 | 100% | 30 |
| 28 | Retaliate | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100% | 5 |
| 35 | Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90% | 10 |
| 42 | Take Down | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85% | 20 |
| 49 | Sacred Sword | Fighting | Physical | 90 | 100% | 15 |
| 56 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 63 | Stone Edge | Rock | Physical | 100 | 80% | 5 |
| 70 | Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100% | 5 |