Arctovish

ウオチルドン

Uochirudon

Generation

Generation VIII

Abilities

Water Absorb
Strong Jaw
Hidden: Slush Rush

Pokédex

Index

Kalos

N/A

Evolves

From

None

Into

None

Shape

Undiscovered

Arctovish (ウオチルドン Uochirudon) is a Water/Ice-type introduced in Generation VIII.

Biology

Physiology

Arctovish is (or at least appears to be) a combination of a fish-plesiosaur hybrid fossil Pokémon. The plesiosaur half is colored blue and white. It has a blue tail with a fin on top. The flippers are colored blue with white patches on the end and with white spots. The fish half is applied upside down. It has a round blue head with black rectangle pupils, and the mouth is located on top of its head. It has white fins connected to its fish head.

It's unknown what Arctovish looks like if it's a uncombined fossil from two separate fossil Pokémon.

Behavior

Apparently, after the two halves of the fossils were fused to create it, It has trouble eating due to its mouth being on top of its head, even though it captures prey by freezing its surroundings. The skin on Arctovish's face is impervious to attacks., It allegedly became extinct despite this due to breathing difficulties. However, these are likely false, as it is a Pokémon made from two different fossils that each had their niches before going extinct.

Game info

Game locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Sword and Shield	Resurrect Fossilized Fish + Fossilized Dino on Route 6	None

Pokédex entries

Sword
Though it's able to capture prey by freezing its surroundings, it has trouble eating the prey afterward because its mouth is on top of its head.
Shield
The skin on its face is impervious to attack, but breathing difficulties made this Pokémon go extinct anyway.

Stats

Base Stats
HP	90
Atk	90
Def	100
Sp. Atk	80
Sp. Def	90
Speed	55
Total	505

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation VIII
Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Powder Snow		Special	40	100%	25
1	Water Gun		Special	40	100%	25
7	Protect		Status	—	100%	10
14	Icy Wind		Special	55	95%	15
21	Ancient Power		Special	60	100%	5
28	Bite		Physical	60	100%	25
35	Aurora Veil		Status	—	100%	20
42	Freeze-Dry		Special	70	100%	20
49	Super Fang		Physical	?	90%	10
56	Crunch		Physical	80	100%	15
63	Fishious Rend		Physical	85	100%	10
70	Icicle Crash		Physical	85	90%	10
77	Blizzard		Special	110	70%	5
Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM

Generation VIII
Machine	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
TM08	Hyper Beam		Special	150	90%	5
TM09	Giga Impact		Physical	150	90%	5
TM21	Rest		Status	—	100%	10
TM22	Rock Slide		Physical	75	90%	10
TM24	Snore		Special	50	100%	15
TM25	Protect		Status	—	100%	10
TM27	Icy Wind		Special	55	95%	15
TM33	Rain Dance		Status	—	100%	5
TM35	Hail		Status	—	—%	10
TM36	Whirlpool		Special	35	85%	15
TM39	Facade		Physical	70	100%	20
TM45	Dive		Physical	80	100%	10
TM48	Rock Tomb		Physical	60	95%	15
TM51	Icicle Spear		Physical	25	100%	30
TM54	Rock Blast		Physical	25	90%	10
TM55	Brine		Special	65	100%	10
TM64	Avalanche		Physical	60	100%	10
TM67	Ice Fang		Physical	65	95%	15
TM76	Round		Special	60	100%	15
Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TR

Generation VIII
Machine	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
TR01	Body Slam		Physical	85	100%	15
TR03	Hydro Pump		Special	110	80%	5
TR04	Surf		Special	90	100%	15
TR05	Ice Beam		Special	90	100%	10
TR06	Blizzard		Special	110	70%	5
TR16	Waterfall		Physical	80	100%	15
TR20	Substitute		Status	—	100%	10
TR26	Endure		Status	—	100%	10
TR27	Sleep Talk		Status	—	100%	10
TR32	Crunch		Physical	80	100%	15
TR46	Iron Defense		Status	—	100%	15
TR69	Zen Headbutt		Physical	80	90%	15
TR74	Iron Head		Physical	80	100%	15
TR75	Stone Edge		Physical	100	80%	5
TR97	Psychic Fangs		Physical	85	100%	10
TR98	Liquidation		Physical	85	100%	10
Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

Arctovish learns no moves via breeding.

By tutoring

Arctovish learns no moves via tutoring.

Sprites

Generation VIII

Trivia

Arctovish, alongside the other Galar Fossil Pokémon are the first Fossil Pokémon that:
- Cannot breed.
- Lack the Rock-type.
- Are revived from more than one fossil.
- Are genderless.
Arctovish is the first Pokémon since the Spheal evolutionary family to use the Water and Ice type combination.

Origin

Arctovish appears to be based on the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, a set of dinosaur skeletons that were misconstructed and are now deemed incorrect due to them either being mixes of more than one dinosaur or having incorrectly constructed skeletons altogether.

The head half is based on a Dunkleosteus with its head placed on upside-down while its body half may be based on an aquatic reptile due to the flipper-like appearance of its feet. This may lead it to being based on a Plesiosaur. Some have suggested that it might also simply be based on a Dunkleosteus with its head flipped upside down.

Arctovish (as well as the other Galar Fossil Pokémon) having the inability to breed may reference cross-bred or hybrid animals, which are born infertile (meaning they are unable to breed or have offspring).

Etymology

Arctovish comes from arctic, vicious, and fish and possibly the Russian name suffix -vich (from its Ice-type).

Uochirudon comes from 魚 (uo, fish), "chill," and "don" (Greek for "tooth" or Spanish for "lord").

Gallery

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