Shuckle

ツボツボ Tsubotsubo

Generation

Generation II

Pokédex

Index

Coastal Kalos

232

014

Evolves

From

None

Into

None

Footprint

Cry

Shuckle (Japanese: ツボツボ Tsubotsubo) is a Bug/Rock-type Pokémon introduced in Generation II. It is known for having the highest base Defense and Special Defense stats of any Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Shuckle appears to be a small yellow turtle inside a red shell with many holes in it, fitting all four of its legs out. Some beige-like color surrounds the holes in Shuckle's body.

Special abilities

Shuckle has the abilities Sturdy and Gluttony along with the hidden ability Contrary. Sturdy protects Shuckle from one-hit KOs whilst Gluttony increases the healing restoration of Shuckle when it eats a berry. Finally, Contrary makes stat changes have opposite effects.

Game info

Game locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Gold and Silver	Rock Smash boulders in Cianwood City or Vermilion City	Rare
Crystal	Rock Smash boulders in Cianwood City or Vermilion City	Rare
Ruby and Sapphire	Trade	None
Emerald	Rock Smash boulders in Areas 5-6	Common
FireRed and LeafGreen	Trade	None
Diamond and Pearl	Route 224 (Insert Pokemon Emerald after obtaining the National Pokédex	Rare
Platinum	Route 224 (Insert Pokemon Emerald after obtaining the National Pokédex	Rare
HeartGold and SoulSilver	Rock Smash boulders in Cianwood City and Vermilion City	Rare
Black and White	Route 14	Rare
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire	Trade	None

Side game locations

Locations
Game(s)	Area(s)
Pokémon Channel	Colbat Coast
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 8, Trozei Battle, Mr. Who's Den
Red Rescue Team & Blue Rescue Team	Mt. Blaze (5-9F), Howling Forest (7-11F), Oddity Cave (6-9BF)
Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness	Upper Steam Cave (1-7F), Landslide Cave (1-12BF)
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs	Wireless Tower, Fire Temple

Pokédex entries

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Learnset

Leveling

LevelingGeneration V
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Category
1	Withdraw	—	—%	40	Water	Status
1	Constrict	10	100%	35	Normal	Physical
1	Bide	??	—%	10	Normal	Physical
1	Struggle Bug	30	100%	20	Bug	Special
7	Encore	—	100%	5	Normal	Status
13	Wrap	15	90%	20	Normal	Physical
19	Safeguard	—	—%	25	Normal	Status
25	Rest	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status
31	Gastro Acid	—	100%	10	Poison	Status
37	Rollout	30	90%	20	Rock	Physical
43	Power Trick	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status
49	Bug Bite	60	100%	20	Bug	Physical
55	Power Split	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status
55	Guard Split	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Sprites

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Appearances

Anime

In JE054: A Better Pill to Swallow, a Shuckle appeared. Butch's Shuckle and Conway's Shuckle appeared in DP065: Sleight of Sand! and DP185: Working on a Right Move! respectively. Shuckles also made more minor appearances in the anime.

Trivia

Shuckle's base Defense is equal to that of both Mega Aggron and Mega Steelix.
Shuckle couldn't use any Bug-type moves in Pokémon Platinum despite Bug being its primary type.
Shuckle is the only Pokémon with a function that is not an ability (changing of Oran Berry to Berry Juice then finally into a Rare Candy.)
It is possible for Shuckle to have the highest attack of all the Pokémon using the move Power Trick which switches a Pokémon's Attack and Defense. The drawback on those tactics is his pretty low ATK value, peaking at 130, meaning that he can become pretty defenseless once he inverts ATK and DEF values.
Despite Pokédex Entries saying that Shuckle has weak muscles, Shuckle is able to learn Rock Smash and Strength possibly because of its hard defense shell.
Shuckle is the only dual-type Pokémon that can naturally have the ability Gluttony.

Origins

Shuckle appears to be based on a tortoise or a turtle whilst its names appear to be derived from shuck, barnacle or the word turtle.

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