Lanturn
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Names
- English: Lanturn
- Japanese: ランターン (Lantern)
- German: Lanturn
- French: Lanturn
Number(s)
- National: 171
- Hoenn: 182
- Johto: 175
Gender
♂ 50% - ♀ 50%
Egg Group(s)
Water 2
Evolution
| Basic | Stage One |
|---|---|
Size
- Height: 1.2 m / 3’11”
- Weight: 22.5 kg / 49.6 lbs.
Damage Taken
- ×¼: Steel
- ×½: Flying, Fire, Water, Ice
- ×2: Ground, Grass
Ability effects are not included.
Base Stats
| Stat | Rank | E.P. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sum | 460 | ||
| HP | 10 | 2 | |
| Attack | 37 | 0 | |
| Defense | 36 | 0 | |
| Sp.Atk | 22 | 0 | |
| Sp.Def | 24 | 0 | |
| Speed | 28 | 0 | |
Ability
- Volt Absorb
- Game's description
- Turns electricity into HP.
- Battle effect
- The POKéMON heals up to 1/4 of it's maximum Hit Points when hit with Electric-type moves.
- Illuminate
- Game's description
- Encounter rate increases.
- Map effect
- If the POKéMON is in the lead spot, chance of encountering a wild POKéMON increases to 200%.
Wild Item
- Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald
- Yellow Shard 5%
- Fire Red/Leaf Green
- Yellow Shard 5%
Habitat
Sea
Miscellaneous
- Species: Light Pokémon
- Steps to hatch: 5,120
- Color: Blue
- Catch Rate: 75
- Base Tameness: 70
- Growth Group: Slow
1,250,000 exp. points to Lv100
Pokédex Flavour (description)
- Gold
- The light it emits is so bright that it can illuminate the sea's surface from a depth of over three miles.
- Silver
- It blinds prey with an intense burst of light, then swallows the immobilized prey in a single gulp.
- Crystal
- This POKéMON uses the bright part of its body, which changed from a dorsal fin, to lure prey.
- Ruby
- LANTURN is nicknamed "the deep-sea star" for its illuminated antenna. This POKéMON produces light by causing a chemical reaction between bacteria and its bodily fluids inside the antenna.
- Sapphire
- LANTURN is known to emit light. If you peer down into the dark sea from a ship at night, you can sometimes see this POKéMON's light rising from the depths where it swims. It gives the sea an appearance of a starlit night.
- Emerald
- The light-emitting orbs on its back are very bright. They are formed from a part of its dorsal fin. This POKéMON illuminates the inky darkness of deep seas.
- Fire Red
- It blinds prey with an intense burst of light, then swallows the immobilized prey in a single gulp.
- Leaf Green
- The light it emits is so bright that it can illuminate the sea's surface from a depth of over three miles.
