Clawitzer
Clawitzer is a Water-type Pokémon, the Howitzer Pokémon, number 693 (#0693) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 6 and comes from the Kalos region. It is 1.3 m tall and weighs 35.3 kg.
Clawitzer is the Howitzer Pokémon, a shrimp with a cannon for an arm. The Pokédex says its water cannonballs can pierce a tanker's hull, and that jetting water out of a nozzle behind its claw lets it travel at 60 knots (about 111 km/h).
How to pronounce Clawitzer
Clawitzer is pronounced KLAW-it-ser. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Clawitzer said out loud:
In Japanese it is ブロスター (Bloster).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Clawitzer is a bright blue shrimp-like Pokémon, 1.3 m tall and 35.3 kg, with segmented black ridges, three small spikes behind its head and yellow semicircular eyes. It has no legs but two arms. The right claw is a dark blue pincer larger than its whole body, topped with thin yellow feelers, while the left claw is much smaller. The Pokédex says it uses the feelers to find prey.
Behaviour
Clawitzer are territorial, and Bulbapedia says they fight each other fiercely. After locating prey with its feelers, the Pokédex says it squeezes the water it has drawn in and shoots it at the target as a cannonball.
Habitat
The Pokédex gives no habitat. In Violet it swims in the North and South Paldean Seas and appears in 5-star and 6-star Tera Raid Battles, while Scarlet players must trade for it. In Legends: Z-A it is found in Wild Zone 11 in the Jaune District, and the Mega Dimension DLC adds Hyperspace Lumiose.
Powers
Its only Ability is Mega Launcher, which strengthens aura and pulse moves to 1.5× power. It has an arsenal of them: Water Pulse, Aura Sphere, Dark Pulse and Dragon Pulse, plus Muddy Water and Crabhammer. With 120 base Special Attack it is a heavy-hitting special attacker, though its 59 Speed is middling.
Name origin
Clawitzer may combine claw and howitzer. The Japanese name is Bloster (ブロスター), possibly from blow, lobster and blaster, and it is an anagram of lobster.
Design inspiration
Like Clauncher, Clawitzer appears to be a pistol shrimp, grown into heavy artillery. Its curved body is a posture that real shrimps and prawns take, usually while moulting or cleaning, according to Bulbapedia. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Clawitzer evolves from Clauncher at level 37.
In the games
In X, its first game, a Super Rod catches Clawitzer around Cyllage City and Ambrette Town. It also appears in Sword's Expansion Pass, Violet, and Legends: Z-A with its Mega Dimension DLC.
In the anime
Sawyer's Clawitzer debuted in 'A Full-Strength Battle Surprise!', defeating Ash's Noivern and Hawlucha but then losing to Greninja, and beat Talonflame in 'Analysis Versus Passion!' before Pikachu defeated it.
Fun facts
- Clawitzer's counterpart Dragalge received a Mega Evolution in Legends: Z-A, but Clawitzer has no alternate form of any kind.
- Despite being a cannon, it learns Heal Pulse at level 1 in Scarlet and Violet.
- Clawitzer appears behind the Flood Chamber transition of the Kalos Pokémon League stage in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, alongside Blastoise, Wailord and Piplup, and it returns in the background in Ultimate.
Base stats
- HP: 71
- Attack: 73
- Defense: 88
- Sp. Atk: 120
- Sp. Def: 89
- Speed: 59
Clawitzer’s base stat total is 500. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.
Type matchups
What is Clawitzer weak to?
Clawitzer takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Grass (2×) moves.
It resists Fire (½×), Water (½×), Ice (½×), Steel (½×).
Evolution
What does Clawitzer evolve from?
Clawitzer evolves from Clauncher at level 37.
Clawitzer is the final stage of its evolution family.
The whole family: Clauncher, Clawitzer.
Abilities
- Mega Launcher: Strengthens aura and pulse moves to 1.5× their power.
Moves
Moves Clawitzer learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water Gun | Water | Special | 40 |
| 1 | Splash | Normal | Status | — |
| 1 | Flail | Normal | Physical | — |
| 1 | Dark Pulse | Dark | Special | 80 |
| 1 | Dragon Pulse | Dragon | Special | 85 |
| 1 | Heal Pulse | Psychic | Status | — |
| 15 | Aqua Jet | Water | Physical | 40 |
| 20 | Smack Down | Rock | Physical | 50 |
| 25 | Hone Claws | Dark | Status | — |
| 30 | Water Pulse | Water | Special | 60 |
| 35 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — |
| 42 | Aura Sphere | Fighting | Special | 80 |
| 49 | Bounce | Flying | Physical | 85 |
| 56 | Muddy Water | Water | Special | 90 |
| 63 | Crabhammer | Water | Physical | 100 |
TM moves (43)
Clawitzer can learn 43 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Water Pulse, Thief, Pounce, Chilling Water, Facade, Icy Wind, Mud Shot, Venoshock, Endure, Rain Dance, U-turn, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Waterfall, Rest, Rock Slide, Swords Dance, Flash Cannon, Dark Pulse, Substitute, Liquidation, Aura Sphere, Shadow Ball, Dragon Pulse, Surf, Helping Hand, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Sludge Bomb, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Smack Down, Weather Ball, Flip Turn, Muddy Water, Sludge Wave.
Egg moves (3), which Clauncher can hatch knowing:Aqua Tail, Bubble Beam, Entrainment.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Water 1, Water 3.
- Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
- Catch rate: 55 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 2 Sp. Atk effort values.
- Base experience yield: 100.
Pokédex entries
Clawitzer's right arm is a cannon that launches projectiles made of seawater. Shots from a Clawitzer's cannon arm can sink a tanker. (Shield)
After using the feelers on its oversized claw to detect the location of prey, Clawitzer launches a cannonball of water at its target. (Sword)
Its right arm is packed with meat. When its pincer falls off, it's exported to be used as a cooking ingredient. (Ultra Moon)
It compresses the water it has sucked up and then projects it with enough power to punch a hole right through a thick sheet of iron. (Ultra Sun)
By expelling water from the nozzle in the back of its claw, it can move at a speed of 60 knots. (Y, Alpha Sapphire)
Their enormous claws launch cannonballs of water powerful enough to pierce tanker hulls. (X, Omega Ruby)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ブロスター |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Bloster |
| French | Gamblast |
| German | Wummer |
| Spanish | Clawitzer |
| Italian | Clawitzer |
| Korean | 블로스터 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 钢炮臂虾 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 鋼炮臂蝦 |
Trivia
- Taller than 64% of all Pokémon (1.3 m).
- Heavier than 58% of all Pokémon (35.3 kg).
- Base stat total 500, ranked #278 of 1,025.
- Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #76 of 1,025.
- One of 154 Water-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 170 blue Pokémon.
- Number 44 of 72 Pokémon introduced in Generation 6 (Kalos).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 54 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 55: about 7.2% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 6 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: Clawitzer (Pokémon), Serebii: Clawitzer (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (KLAW-it-ser): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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