Cufant
Cufant is a Steel-type Pokémon, the Copperderm Pokémon, number 878 (#0878) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 1.2 m tall and weighs 100 kg.
Cufant is the Copperderm Pokémon, a docile copper elephant that can carry loads of over five tons. Rain tarnishes patches of its body a vivid green, as real copper does.
How to pronounce Cufant
Cufant is pronounced KYOO-fant. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Cufant said out loud:
In Japanese it is ゾウドウ (Zoudou).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Cufant is 1.2 m tall and weighs 100 kg, a roughly round elephant with a copper body, four stout legs with a single nail each, a domed head and a short bobtail. Its trunk ends in a spoon or shovel shape, used for digging and for carving out rock and ore. It is tangerine-orange with a lighter underside, with green tarnish patches on its trunk, skull, back and nail rims, and behind each eye.
Behaviour
Cufant is gentle and helps people with heavy work, which Bulbapedia says is why it and Copperajah were brought to Galar and Paldea. It travels in herds, and in the mornings the herd heads into caves in search of ore.
Habitat
The Pokédex has it in caves, searching for ore. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in mines in Paldea's East Province Area Three.
Diet
Ore and hard rock, which it carves off in chunks with the tip of its trunk, according to the Pokédex.
Powers
Its Ability is Sheer Force, which makes moves with extra effects hit 1.3 times harder but drops those effects, or the hidden Heavy Metal, which doubles its weight. It digs with Dig and High Horsepower, and bashes with Iron Head, Superpower and Play Rough. Base HP 72 and Attack 80 are its best stats.
Name origin
Cufant may combine Cu, the chemical symbol for copper, with 'elephant' or 'infant'. The Japanese name is Zoudou (ゾウドウ), which may blend zō ('elephant') with dō ('copper' or 'child').
Design inspiration
Cufant resembles a young Indian elephant whose trunk ends in a spade, and may also draw on elephant statues in Indian and Thai art. Its green patches probably reflect copper oxidising in air and weather. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Cufant evolves into Copperajah at level 34.
In the games
Players find Cufant at Bridge Field in Sword and Shield, the games that introduced it. In Scarlet and Violet it can be found in 2 star Tera Raid Battles, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A.
In the anime
In a flashback in 'From Here to Eternatus!', Cufant appears as Rose's Pokémon, and the same Pokémon is later seen as his Copperajah. In 'The Bittersweet Truth', a Trainer's Cufant beats Mitchell's Vanillite.
Fun facts
- The logo of the Galar Minerals company shows a Cufant head.
- Its English category, Copperderm, may combine 'copper' with 'derm' (skin) or 'pachyderm', so it could mean 'copper skin'.
- In Pokémon Adventures, Rose's Cufant debuts in 'Toasty!! Battle Against Toxapex' and evolves into Copperajah before 'Teary!! The Voice of the Master'.
Base stats
- HP: 72
- Attack: 80
- Defense: 49
- Sp. Atk: 40
- Sp. Def: 49
- Speed: 40
Cufant’s base stat total is 330. Its highest stat is Attack.
Type matchups
What is Cufant weak to?
Cufant takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Fighting (2×), Ground (2×) moves.
It resists Normal (½×), Grass (½×), Ice (½×), Flying (½×), Psychic (½×), Bug (½×), Rock (½×), Dragon (½×), Steel (½×), Fairy (½×).
It is immune to Poison moves.
Evolution
How does Cufant evolve?
Cufant evolves into Copperajah at level 34.
The whole family: Cufant, Copperajah.
Abilities
- Sheer Force: Strengthens moves with extra effects to 1.3× their power, but prevents their extra effects.
- Heavy Metal (hidden ability): Doubles the Pokémon's weight.
Moves
Moves Cufant learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 1 | Growl | Normal | Status | — |
| 5 | Rollout | Rock | Physical | 30 |
| 10 | Rock Smash | Fighting | Physical | 40 |
| 15 | Bulldoze | Ground | Physical | 60 |
| 20 | Stomp | Normal | Physical | 65 |
| 25 | Iron Defense | Steel | Status | — |
| 30 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 |
| 35 | Strength | Normal | Physical | 80 |
| 40 | Iron Head | Steel | Physical | 80 |
| 45 | Play Rough | Fairy | Physical | 90 |
| 50 | High Horsepower | Ground | Physical | 95 |
| 55 | Superpower | Fighting | Physical | 120 |
TM moves (35)
Cufant can learn 35 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Protect, Facade, Bulldoze, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Fling, Endure, Sandstorm, Dig, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Rock Blast, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Body Press, Flash Cannon, Iron Head, Substitute, Iron Defense, Stealth Rock, Heavy Slam, Play Rough, Earth Power, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Steel Beam, Tera Blast, High Horsepower, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Curse.
Egg moves (8):Belch, Curse, Defense Curl, Double-Edge, Fissure, Slam, Swagger, Whirlwind.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Field, Mineral.
- Egg cycles: 25 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,200).
- Catch rate: 190 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 1 Attack effort value.
- Base experience yield: 66.
Pokédex entries
If a job requires serious strength, this Pokémon will excel at it. Its copper body tarnishes in the rain, turning a vibrant green color. (Shield)
It digs up the ground with its trunk. It's also very strong, being able to carry loads of over five tons without any problem at all. (Sword)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ゾウドウ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Zoudou |
| French | Charibari |
| German | Kupfanti |
| Spanish | Cufant |
| Italian | Cufant |
| Korean | 끼리동 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 铜象 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 銅象 |
Trivia
- Lowest base stat total among Steel types in Gen 8: 330.
- Taller than 58% of all Pokémon (1.2 m).
- Heavier than 83% of all Pokémon (100 kg).
- Base stat total 330, ranked #741 of 1,025.
- One of 65 Steel-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 88 yellow Pokémon.
- Number 69 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 48 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 190: about 24.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
- 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: Cufant (Pokémon), Serebii: Cufant (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (KYOO-fant): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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