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dondozo

Dondozo #977

Type Matchups

Weak to (2x damage):

Resistant to (½x damage):

Dondozo

Generation IX · #0977: Big Catfish Pokémon

Dondozo is a Water-type Pokémon, known as the Big Catfish Pokémon, first introduced in Generation IX. Its base stats total 530, with HP (150) the highest and Speed (35) the lowest. It has Unaware or Oblivious as its ability, with Water Veil as its Hidden Ability.

Base Stats

HP150
Attack100
Defense115
Sp. Atk65
Sp. Def65
Speed35
Total530
Height

12.0m

Weight

220.0kg

Category

Big Catfish Pokémon

Gender

Male 50% / Female 50%

Color

blue

Shape

fish

Abilities
Unaware

Ignores other Pokémon's stat modifiers for damage and accuracy calculation.

Oblivious

Prevents infatuation and protects against captivate.

Water VeilHidden

Prevents burns.

Pokedex Numbers

national#977
paldea#374
hyperspace#30

Training

EV Yield3 HP
Catch Rate25
Base Happiness50
Base Exp.265
Growth Rateslow

Breeding

Egg GroupsWater 2
GenderMale 50% / Female 50%
Egg Cycles40 (10455 steps)

Sprites

dondozo Front
Front
dondozo Shiny Front
Shiny Front
dondozo Home
Home
dondozo Home Shiny
Home Shiny
dondozo Showdown
Showdown
dondozo Showdown Shiny
Showdown Shiny

TMs & HMs

tm03

crystal

tm03

gold silver

tm03

ruby sapphire

tm03

platinum

tm03

firered leafgreen

tm03

heartgold soulsilver

tm03

diamond pearl

tm03

emerald

tm03

xd

tm03

colosseum

tm05

lets go pikachu lets go eevee

tm07

lets go pikachu lets go eevee

tm08

red blue

tm08

yellow

tm08

lets go pikachu lets go eevee

tm08

sword shield

tm09

yellow

tm08

red green japan

tm08

blue japan

tm09

red blue

+307 more TMs/HMs

Where to Find

Dondozo isn't listed as a wild encounter in our game data. It may only be available through gifts, events, raids or trades in some games.

Pokedex Entries

scarlet

This Pokémon is a glutton, but it’s bad at getting food. It teams up with a Tatsugiri to catch prey.

violet

It treats Tatsugiri like its boss and follows it loyally. Though powerful, Dondozo is apparently not very smart.

Learnable Moves

Dondozo can learn 46 moves:

Move
Type
Cat.
Power
Acc.
PP
aqua tailwater
Physical
909010
avalancheice
Physical
6010010
body pressfighting
Physical
8010010
body slamnormal
Physical
8510015
bulldozeground
Physical
6010020
chilling waterwater
Special
5010020
crunchdark
Physical
8010015
curseghost
Status
——10
divewater
Physical
8010010
double edgenormal
Physical
12010015
earthquakeground
Physical
10010010
endurenormal
Status
——10
facadenormal
Physical
7010020
fissureground
Physical
—305
flailnormal
Physical
—10015
giga impactnormal
Physical
150905
heavy slamsteel
Physical
—10010
hydro pumpwater
Special
110805
hyper beamnormal
Special
150905
ice fangice
Physical
659515
liquidationwater
Physical
8510010
noble roarnormal
Status
—10030
order updragon
Physical
8010010
outragedragon
Physical
12010010
protectnormal
Status
——10
rain dancewater
Status
——5
restpsychic
Status
——5
rock sliderock
Physical
759010
scary facenormal
Status
—10010
sleep talknormal
Status
——10
soakwater
Status
—10020
stomping tantrumground
Physical
7510010
substitutenormal
Status
——10
supersonicnormal
Status
—5520
surfwater
Special
9010015
tacklenormal
Physical
4010035
take downnormal
Physical
908520
tera blastnormal
Special
8010010
thrashnormal
Physical
12010010
ticklenormal
Status
—10020
water gunwater
Special
4010025
water pulsewater
Special
6010020
waterfallwater
Physical
8010015
wave crashwater
Physical
12010010
yawnnormal
Status
——10
zen headbuttpsychic
Physical
809015

Commonly Asked Questions About Dondozo

What type is Dondozo?

Dondozo is a water type Pokemon.

What does Dondozo evolve from?

Dondozo does not evolve.

What are Dondozo's weaknesses?

Dondozo is weak to grass and electric type moves.

Dondozo Trading Cards

Dondozo first appeared in the Pokémon Trading Card Game in Scarlet & Violet (2023) and has since featured on 9 cards across 6 sets. Its most recent card is from Destined Rivals (2025). Its most valuable card is Dondozo (Scarlet & Violet) at around €13.15.

Cards by rarity

Ultra Rare · 1Double rare · 1Three Diamond · 1One Shiny · 1Shiny rare · 1Uncommon · 1Illustration rare · 1None · 1Rare · 1
Dondozo ex: Destined Rivals card #211

Dondozo ex

Destined Rivals · #211

Ultra Rare · 2025

illus. N-DESIGN Inc.

€1.10

Dondozo ex: Destined Rivals card #066

Dondozo ex

Destined Rivals · #066

Double rare · 2025

illus. N-DESIGN Inc.

€0.48

Dondozo: Shining Revelry card #020

Dondozo

Shining Revelry · #020

Three Diamond · 2025

illus. Tomowaka

Dondozo: Shining Revelry card #102

Dondozo

Shining Revelry · #102

One Shiny · 2025

illus. GOSSAN

Dondozo: Paldean Fates card #126

Dondozo

Paldean Fates · #126

Shiny rare · 2024

illus. Shigenori Negishi

€2.23

Dondozo: Paradox Rift card #055

Dondozo

Paradox Rift · #055

Uncommon · 2023

illus. Kouki Saitou

€0.14

Dondozo: Scarlet & Violet card #207

Dondozo

Scarlet & Violet · #207

Illustration rare · 2023

illus. AKIRA EGAWA

€13.15

Dondozo: SVP Black Star Promos card #012

Dondozo

SVP Black Star Promos · #012

None · 2023

illus. Shin Nagasawa

€0.29

Dondozo: Scarlet & Violet card #061

Dondozo

Scarlet & Violet · #061

Rare · 2023

illus. Souichirou Gunjima

€0.21

Card data and images via the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Prices are indicative market values and update daily.