Klawf (Pokémon)

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Klawf Ambush Pokémon ガケガニ Gakegani #0950 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Rock Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Anger Shell or Shell Armor Cacophony Cacophony Regenerator Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 120 (24.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Water 3 Hatch time 35 cycles
Height 4'03" 1.3 m Klawf 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 174.2 lbs. 79.0 kg Klawf 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 158	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Klawf 0 HP 0 Atk 2 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Red	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Klawf (Japanese: ガケガニ Gakegani) is a Rock-type Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Klawf is a crustacean Pokémon. It is primarily orange in color, with a cream underbelly and pink cheeks that can glow red. Its stony, armored carapace has a rugged texture, with three roughly pentagonal shapes protruding from the top. Its eyes are supported by stalks extending from inside its shell; Klawf can rotate these eyes freely in any direction to survey its surroundings.^[1] Klawf's mouth is large and has rectangular "teeth" resembling battlements. Klawf has eight appendages, with claws on its two front-most limbs. Black fur-like bristles protrude from between its eyes and cover its joints.

Klawf can hang upside-down or sideways from the steep cliffs on which they live, waiting for prey to appear and jumping down to ambush them. However, if they wait too long while upside-down, their blood will rush to their head, making them dizzy. Klawf's claws have a strong grip, and they are skilled at using their claws to catch prey or exploit opponents' weak spots. For example, they can use one claw to immobilize an opponent and use the other claw to attack it and catch it off guard. Klawf can also move sideways to dodge attacks. Klawf can grow back their claws if they lose them; their claws and shells are used to make foods^[1] such as Klawf al Ajillo and Klawf Sticks.

Klawf is the only known Pokémon that can have Anger Shell as an Ability.

Titan Pokémon

A giant Klawf, known as the Stony Cliff Titan, is one of the Titan Pokémon found in Paldea. It mainly resides on the cliffs of South Province (Area Three) where it feeds on Sweet Herba Mystica inside a hidden cave.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Klawf, known as the Stony Cliff Titan, is a minor character and a boss encounter in the games. It became a Titan Pokémon after consuming some Herba Mystica.
  • The player and Arven eventually found it in South Province (Area Three) to find the Herba Mystica it guards and defeated it, forcing it to flee. After both took its Herba Mystica, Klawf became a normal-sized Pokémon once again. After this, it can be rematched in its original location, and will have the Titan Mark when captured.

Pokédex entries

Klawf in the Paldea Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM005 TM005 Mud-Slap Ground Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM028 TM028 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM031 TM031 Metal Claw Steel Physical 05050 095}}95% 35 TM035 TM035 Mud Shot Ground Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM036 TM036 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM043 TM043 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM051 TM051 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM055 TM055 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM058 TM058 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM061 TM061 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 100}}100% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM076 TM076 Rock Blast Rock Physical 02525 090}}90% 10 TM084 TM084 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM086 TM086 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM088 TM088 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM101 TM101 Power Gem Rock Special 08080 100}}100% 20 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM104 TM104 Iron Defense Steel Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM105 TM105 X-Scissor Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM116 TM116 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM133 TM133 Earth Power Ground Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM134 TM134 Reversal Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM150 TM150 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM179 TM179 Smack Down Rock Physical 05050 100}}100% 15 TM181 TM181 Knock Off Dark Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM186 TM186 High Horsepower Ground Physical 09595 095}}95% 10 TM205 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM207 TM207 Temper Flare Fire Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM219 TM219 Skitter Smack Bug Physical 07070 090}}90% 10 TM220 TM220 Meteor Beam Rock Special 120120 090}}90% 10 TM221 TM221 Throat Chop Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Klawf Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Klawf

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: None

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Ancient Power* Rock Special 60 100% 5 Crabhammer Water Physical 100 90% 10 Endeavor Normal Physical — 100% 5 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100% 20

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Klawf Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Klawf Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Klawf

Special moves

Side game data

Evolution data

Unevolved  Rock

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Klawf images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

In animation

Main series

Major appearances

Five Klawf debuted in Transform! Hero of the Seas, Palafin, attacking a photographer who had accidentally angered them.

Minor appearances

A Klawf appeared in Sparkle! The Glow of Flame and Art.

Biri-Biri

A Klawf, namely the Stony Cliff Titan, briefly appeared as a silhouette in the music video for Biri-Biri.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

A Titan Klawf debuted in PASV07. Violet and Arven challenged the Stony Cliff Titan in order to obtain its supply of Herba Mystica. They eventually succeeded with assistance from Nemona.

In the TCG

Main article: Klawf (TCG)

Trivia

Origin

Klawf appears to be based on various species of crabs with hair-like bristles on their bodies, such as the horsehair crab (which has an orange-brown coloration), the velvet crab (a species found in the Mediterranean Sea), the Chinese mitten crab (an invasive species in Europe), or hairy stone crab (technically not a true crab). It may also derive inspiration from rock climbing. Its shiny coloration may be inspired by blue-colored crabs such as Callinectes sapidus.

Name origin

Klawf may be a combination of claw and cliff.

Gakegani may be a combination of 崖 gake (cliff) and 蟹 kani (crab) or 毛蟹 kegani (horsehair crab).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ガケガニ Gakegani From 崖 gake and 蟹 kani or 毛蟹 kegani French Craparoi From crabe and paroi Spanish Klawf Same as English name German Klibbe From Klippe and Krabbe Italian Klawf Same as English name Korean 절벼게 Jeolbyeoge From 절벽 jeolbyeok and 게 ge Mandarin Chinese 毛崖蟹 Máoyáixiè / Máoyáxiè From 毛蟹 máoxiè and 崖 yái / yá Cantonese Chinese 毛崖蟹 Mòuhngàaihháaih From 毛蟹 mòuhháaih and 崖 ngàaih

More languages Hindi क्रैक्लिफ़ Cracliff From crab and cliff Thai กาเคกานิ Kakhekani Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Titan Pokémon

References

External links

Titan Pokémon

See also: Titanic Pokémon (Okidogi • Munkidori • Fezandipiti)

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