Whenever this Pokémon is asleep, burned, paralyzed, or poisoned, it has 1.5× its Attack.  This Pokémon is not affected by the usual Attack cut from a burn.

This bonus does not count as a stat modifier.

It's so gutsy that having a status condition boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat.

Guts

During a sandstorm, this Pokémon has 1.25× its evasion, and it does not take sandstorm damage regardless of type.

The evasion bonus does not count as a stat modifier.

Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, the wild encounter rate is halved in a sandstorm.

Boosts the Pokémon's evasiveness in a sandstorm.

Sand Veil

level-up

tyranitar

pupitar

larvitar

guts

sand-veil

Larvitar

attack

defense

special-attack

special-defense

speed

rock

ground

It feeds on soil. After it has eaten a large
mountain, it will fall asleep so it can grow.

shield

Born deep underground, it comes
aboveground and becomes a pupa once it
has finished eating the surrounding soil.

sword

Raised on nutrients it finds in the dirt, it eats
roughly a mountain’s worth of dirt before
it becomes a pupa.

ultra-moon

Born underground, it eats its way through dirt to
the surface, where its parents are. It doesn’t
deal well with the bright light it finds there.

ultra-sun

Larvitar is born deep under the ground. To come up to the
surface, this Pokémon must eat its way through the soil above.
Until it does so, Larvitar cannot see its parents.

alpha-sapphire

omega-ruby

Born deep underground, it comes aboveground and
becomes a pupa once it has finished eating the
surrounding soil.

It feeds on soil. After it has eaten a large mountain,
it falls asleep so it can grow.

white-2

black-2

A Pokémon that eats soil. Once it
has eaten a large mountain, it
goes to sleep so it can grow.

white

black

It is born deep underground. It
can’t emerge until it has entirely
consumed the soil around it.

soulsilver

It feeds on soil. After it has eaten
a large mountain, it falls asleep
so it can grow.

heartgold

platinum

pearl

diamond

It feeds on soil. After it has eaten a
large mountain, it will fall asleep so it
can grow.

leafgreen

It is born deep underground. It can’t
emerge until it has entirely consumed the
soil around it.

firered

A LARVITAR is born deep under the ground.
It must eat its way through the soil above
and reach the surface for it to see its
parents’ faces.

emerald

LARVITAR is born deep under the ground.
To come up to the surface, this POKéMON
must eat its way through the soil above.Until it does so, LARVITAR cannot see
its parent’s face.

sapphire

ruby

Born deep under­
ground, this
POKéMON becomes apupa after eating
enough dirt to
make a mountain.

crystal

It is born deep
underground. It
can't emerge untilit has entirely
consumed the soil
around it.

silver

It feeds on soil.
After it has eaten
a large mountain,it will fall
asleep so it can
grow.

	Base Stats			Stat
HP	50	—		125
Attack	64	1		84
Defense	50	—		70
Sp.Atk	45	—		65
Sp.Def	50	—		70
Speed	41	—		61
Total	300	1	0/510	475

Larvitar

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Evolution Chain

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