#0851 · Galar · Generation 8

Centiskorch

Radiator Pokémon · Fire/Bug-type

Centiskorch is a Fire/Bug-type Pokémon, the Radiator Pokémon, number 851 (#0851) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 3 m tall and weighs 120 kg.

Centiskorch, the Radiator Pokémon, is a Fire and Bug centipede that ferments food into flammable gas and burns it through glowing organs along its belly, turning its whole body into a whip of flame. The Pokédex says it is excessively hostile, with large, very sharp fangs.

How to pronounce Centiskorch

Centiskorch is pronounced SEN-tih-skorch. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Centiskorch said out loud:

In Japanese it is マルヤクデ (Maruyakude).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Centiskorch is a flat red centipede that measures 3 m and weighs 120 kg. Round orange-yellow heat organs sit under every body segment, and flames stream from its head and tail like antennae and a sting. Bulbapedia says the gas it burns comes from food fermenting inside its body. The Pokédex puts its body temperature at about 800 °C (1,500 °F).

Behaviour

Once it is fully heated, Centiskorch cracks its body like a whip and hurls itself at its enemies. Its flaming body is a hazard on its own, so a temper this bad makes it doubly dangerous.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat. In Sword and Shield it appears in Max Raid Battles around the Wild Area, such as Stony Wilderness and Dusty Bowl, and the Expansion Pass adds Giant's Foot and Max Lair.

Powers

Its Abilities are Flash Fire and White Smoke, with Flame Body hidden. It learns Flame Wheel, Bug Bite, Crunch, Fire Lash, Lunge and Burn Up. Gigantamax Centiskorch sprouts extra segments, and the Pokédex says its heat passes 1,000 °C (1,800 °F), incinerating enemies and sometimes destabilising air currents enough to cause storms. With 115 base Attack and 100 base HP it is a sturdy Fire attacker, though 65 Speed is only middling.

Name origin

Centiskorch likely blends 'centipede' and 'scorch', and may nod to 'centigrade'. The Japanese name is Maruyakude (マルヤクデ), possibly from maruyake ('completely burned'), a word for millipede or centipede, and Yakude, Sizzlipede's Japanese name.

Design inspiration

James Turner is credited with Centiskorch, Sizzlipede and the Gigantamax form. It appears to be a centipede, possibly the bioluminescent fire centipede Orphnaeus brevilabiatus, and its glowing belly segments resemble cooktops or radiators. It may also draw on the Ōmukade, a giant centipede from Japanese myth whose bright orange legs looked like thousands of torches. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Sizzlipede evolves into Centiskorch at level 28.

In the games

Kabu, the Fire-type Gym Leader of Motostoke, ends his Gym battle with a Gigantamax Centiskorch in Sword and Shield, where it debuted. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Scarlet and Violet and in Legends: Z-A, so it stays a Galar Pokémon.

In the anime

Centiskorch appeared in 'Sword and Shield, Slumbering Weald!', where Doug's Centiskorch Gigantamaxed after being hit by stray Dynamax energy and was stopped by Leon's Charizard. In Horizons, Kabu's Centiskorch teams up with Wakaba's Rolycoly against Liko and Roy in 'Kabu's Battle Training!'.

Fun facts

• Gigantamax Centiskorch is 75 m tall, the tallest Gigantamax form, which Bulbapedia says makes it the tallest obtainable Pokémon.
• Its Gigantamax artwork shows 100 legs, which Bulbapedia says is more than any other Pokémon.
• Bulbapedia says Scolipede is its natural predator or prey, depending on who wins their territorial fights, and notes that Venipede's and Scolipede's Pokédex entries mention the feud even though the two families live in different parts of Galar.
• Bulbapedia's party table for Kabu's Gym battle lists his Gigantamax Centiskorch at level 27, one level below the 28 at which Sizzlipede normally evolves.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Centiskorch (Pokémon) · Bulbapedia: Kabu · Serebii: Centiskorch (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 100
• Attack: 115
• Defense: 65
• Sp. Atk: 90
• Sp. Def: 90
• Speed: 65

Centiskorch’s base stat total is 525. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Centiskorch weak to?

Centiskorch takes extra damage from Rock (4×), Water (2×), Flying (2×) moves.

It resists Grass (¼×), Ice (½×), Fighting (½×), Bug (½×), Steel (½×), Fairy (½×).

Evolution

What does Centiskorch evolve from?

Centiskorch evolves from Sizzlipede at level 28.

Centiskorch is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Sizzlipede, Centiskorch.

Forms

• Gigantamax Centiskorch (Gigantamax): Fire/Bug-type, base stat total 525 (HP 100, Attack 115, Defense 65, Sp. Atk 90, Sp. Def 90, Speed 65). Abilities: Flash Fire, White Smoke, Flame Body (hidden).

Abilities

• Flash Fire: Protects against Fire moves. Once one has been blocked, the Pokémon's own Fire moves inflict 1.5× damage until it leaves battle.
• White Smoke: Prevents stats from being lowered by other Pokémon.
• Flame Body (hidden ability): Has a 30% chance of burning attacking Pokémon on contact.

Moves

Moves Centiskorch learns by level up in Sword / Shield

TM moves (32)

Centiskorch can learn 32 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Solar Beam, Fire Spin, Rest, Snore, Protect, Attract, Sunny Day, Will-O-Wisp, Facade, Thunder Fang, Fire Fang, Venoshock, Round, Mystical Fire, Brutal Swing, Flamethrower, Fire Blast, Leech Life, Substitute, Endure, Sleep Talk, Crunch, Heat Wave, Overheat, Flare Blitz, X-Scissor, Bug Buzz, Power Whip, Scald, Heat Crash.

Egg moves (4), which Sizzlipede can hatch knowing:Defense Curl, Knock Off, Rollout, Struggle Bug.

Move tutor moves (2): Scorching Sands, Skitter Smack.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Bug.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 75 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 184.

Pokédex entries

While its burning body is already dangerous on its own, this excessively hostile Pokémon also has large and very sharp fangs. (Shield)

When it heats up, its body temperature reaches about 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit. It lashes its body like a whip and launches itself at enemies. (Sword)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Tallest Fire type in Gen 8: 3 m.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Fire types in Gen 8: 90.
• Highest Sp. Def among Fire types in Gen 8: 90, shared with 1 other.
• Heaviest Bug type in Gen 8: 120 kg.
• Tallest Bug type in Gen 8: 3 m.
• Highest HP among Bug types in Gen 8: 100.
• Highest base stat total among Bug types in Gen 8: 525.
• Taller than 95% of all Pokémon (3 m).
• Heavier than 86% of all Pokémon (120 kg).
• Base stat total 525, ranked #189 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is HP, ranked #95 of 1,025.
• One of 4 Pokémon that are both Fire and Bug.
• One of 97 red Pokémon.
• Number 42 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 50 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 75: about 9.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Centiskorch (Pokémon), Bulbapedia: Kabu, Serebii: Centiskorch (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (SEN-tih-skorch): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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