This Pokémon does not receive recoil damage from its recoil moves.

struggle's recoil is unaffected.  This ability does not prevent crash damage from missing with jump kick or high jump kick.

Protects the Pokémon from recoil damage.

Rock Head

When this Pokémon is at full HP, any hit that would knock it out will instead leave it with 1 HP.  Regardless of its current HP, it is also immune to the one-hit KO moves: fissure, guillotine, horn drill, and sheer cold.

If this Pokémon is holding a focus sash, this ability takes precedence and the item will not be consumed.

The Pokémon cannot be knocked out by a single hit as long as its HP is full. One-hit KO moves will also fail to knock it out.

Sturdy

This Pokémon's Speed is doubled during rain.

This bonus does not count as a stat modifier.

Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in rain.

Swift Swim

relicanth

swift-swim

rock-head

sturdy

Relicanth

attack

defense

special-attack

special-defense

speed

water

rock

This Pokémon was discovered during deep-sea
exploration. Its appearance hasn’t changed in
100,000,000 years, so it’s called a living fossil.

shield

Rock-hard scales and oil-filled swim bladders
allow this Pokémon to survive the intense water
pressure of the deep sea.

sword

The reason it hasn’t changed at all in a hundred
million years is that it’s apparently already a
perfect life-form.

ultra-moon

Thought to have gone extinct, Relicanth was
given a name that is a variation of the name of
the person who discovered it.

ultra-sun

It was fortuitously discovered during a deep sea
expedition. Its teeth have atrophied, so it now
survives on microscopic organisms it sucks up.

moon

Its form has remained the same for one hundred
million years. Its body is filled with fat, so it can
withstand the water pressure of the deep sea.

Relicanth is a rare species that was discovered in deep-sea
explorations. This Pokémon’s body withstands the enormous
water pressure of the ocean depths. Its body is covered in
tough scales that are like craggy rocks.

alpha-sapphire

Relicanth is a Pokémon species that existed for a hundred
million years without ever changing its form. This ancient
Pokémon feeds on microscopic organisms with its
toothless mouth.

omega-ruby

A rare Pokémon discovered during a deep-sea
exploration. It has not changed in over
100 million years.

It has remained unchanged for 100 million years.
It was discovered during a deep-sea exploration.

A rare Pokémon discovered during
a deep-sea exploration. It has not
changed in over 100 million years.

white-2

black-2

white

black

Discovered by chance during
deep-sea explorations, it has not
changed since ancient times.

soulsilver

heartgold

platinum

pearl

diamond

It has remained unchanged for 100
million years. It was discovered
during a deep-sea exploration.

leafgreen

firered

A POKéMON that was once believed to have
been extinct. The species has not changed
its form for 100 million years. It walks on
the seafloor using its pectoral fins.

emerald

RELICANTH is a rare species that was
discovered in deep-sea explorations.
This POKéMON’s body withstands theenormous water pressure of the ocean
depths. Its body is covered in tough
scales that are like craggy rocks.

sapphire

RELICANTH is a POKéMON species that
existed for a hundred million years
without ever changing its form.This ancient POKéMON feeds on
microscopic organisms with its
toothless mouth.

	Base Stats			Stat
HP	100	1		175
Attack	90	—		110
Defense	130	1		150
Sp.Atk	45	—		65
Sp.Def	65	—		85
Speed	55	—		75
Total	485	2	0/510	660

Relicanth

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