Durant
Durant is a Bug/Steel-type Pokémon, the Iron Ant Pokémon, number 632 (#0632) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 0.3 m tall and weighs 33 kg.
Durant, known as the Iron Ant Pokémon, has a Bug and Steel typing and digs maze-like nests through mountains, defending them with jaws that can crunch rock. When Heatmor attacks, every ant in the colony plays a different part in driving it away.
How to pronounce Durant
Durant is pronounced dur-ANT. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Durant said out loud:
In Japanese it is アイアント (Aiant).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Durant is a 0.3 m, 33 kg ant with a steel body in three sections, studded with rivet-like circles. Two large mandibles sit below red eyes, and the Pokédex says they can crunch through rock. It has six black legs, and the front pair end in double claws.
Behaviour
Bulbapedia calls Durant extremely territorial. Pokédex entries say each ant takes a different role in driving off Heatmor, its natural predator, and that they cover themselves in steel armour to attack in groups. The Shield entry adds that colonies cooperate to keep Sandaconda away from their eggs, and Bulbapedia says a Durant will not chase an intruder once it has left the colony.
Habitat
The Pokédex says Durant dig their nests in mountains and build the tunnels into mazes. In the games it lives in places like Victory Road, Twist Mountain and Terminus Cave.
Diet
Bulbapedia says it prefers leaves, as seen in the anime.
Powers
Durant bites with Bite and Crunch, slashes with X-Scissor and Iron Head, and toughens up with Iron Defense. Its Abilities are Swarm and Hustle, with Truant hidden. With base Attack 109, Defense 112 and Speed 109 it is quick and hard-hitting, though its Special Attack and Special Defense are both only 48.
Name origin
Durant may combine 'durable' or durus (Latin for 'hard') with 'ant'. The Japanese name is Aiant (アイアント), which may come from アイアン aian ('iron') and 'ant'.
Design inspiration
Durant is based on an ant, perhaps a trap-jaw ant for its jaws, given a steel body. Bulbapedia says Ken Sugimori designed it alongside Heatmor and that the two can be seen as counterparts: a Fire type like Heatmor hits Durant for four times normal damage. Bulbapedia also suggests its Abilities Hustle and Truant may reference studies showing that some ants in a colony work hard while others are lazy.
In the games
Durant lives on Victory Road in Black and White and was catchable again in Black 2, White 2, X and Y, and Sword and Shield, where it lives in the Expansion Pass's Crown Tundra area. In Generation VII it could only arrive through Pokémon Bank, and it is unobtainable in Scarlet, Violet and Legends: Z-A.
In the anime
A swarm of Durant debuted in 'Battling the Leaf Thieves!', where they accidentally carried off Iris's Axew while gathering food. Goh caught one in 'Everybody's Doing the Underground Shuffle!'.
Fun facts
- Durant and Heatmor are the only two Pokémon with a base stat total of 484.
- For Pokémon GO, Bulbapedia lists Durant as a regional Pokémon of Africa, the Middle East and the Americas, while Heatmor covers Europe and Asia-Pacific.
- No other Steel type introduced in Generation V is as fast as Durant.
Base stats
- HP: 58
- Attack: 109
- Defense: 112
- Sp. Atk: 48
- Sp. Def: 48
- Speed: 109
Durant’s base stat total is 484. Its highest stat is Defense.
Type matchups
What is Durant weak to?
Durant takes extra damage from Fire (4×) moves.
It resists Grass (¼×), Normal (½×), Ice (½×), Psychic (½×), Bug (½×), Dragon (½×), Steel (½×), Fairy (½×).
It is immune to Poison moves.
Evolution
Durant does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.
Abilities
- Swarm: Strengthens Bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
- Hustle: Strengthens physical moves to inflict 1.5× damage, but decreases their accuracy to 0.8×.
- Truant (hidden ability): Skips every second turn.
Moves
Moves Durant learns by level up in Sword / Shield
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fury Cutter | Bug | Physical | 40 |
| 1 | Sand Attack | Ground | Status | — |
| 4 | Vise Grip | Normal | Physical | 55 |
| 8 | Metal Claw | Steel | Physical | 50 |
| 12 | Beat Up | Dark | Physical | — |
| 16 | Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 |
| 20 | Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 |
| 24 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — |
| 28 | Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 |
| 32 | X-Scissor | Bug | Physical | 80 |
| 36 | Crunch | Dark | Physical | 80 |
| 40 | Metal Sound | Steel | Status | — |
| 44 | Iron Head | Steel | Physical | 80 |
| 48 | Entrainment | Normal | Status | — |
| 52 | Iron Defense | Steel | Status | — |
| 56 | Guillotine | Normal | Physical | — |
TM moves (32)
Durant can learn 32 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Giga Impact, Thunder Wave, Dig, Screech, Rest, Rock Slide, Snore, Protect, Attract, Sandstorm, Beat Up, Facade, Helping Hand, Rock Tomb, Shadow Claw, Thunder Fang, Round, Retaliate, Stomping Tantrum, Agility, Substitute, Endure, Sleep Talk, Baton Pass, Crunch, Superpower, Iron Defense, X-Scissor, Energy Ball, Flash Cannon, Iron Head, Stone Edge.
Egg moves (5):First Impression, Flail, Infestation, Metal Burst, Struggle Bug.
Move tutor moves (2): Skitter Smack, Steel Beam.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Bug.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 90 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 Defense effort values.
- Base experience yield: 169.
Pokédex entries
With their large mandibles, these Pokémon can crunch their way through rock. They work together to protect their eggs from Sandaconda. (Shield)
They lay their eggs deep inside their nests. When attacked by Heatmor, they retaliate using their massive mandibles. (Sword)
They attack in groups, covering themselves in steel armor to protect themselves from Heatmor. (Black, Y, Alpha Sapphire)
Individuals each play different roles in driving Heatmor, their natural predator, away from their colony. (Black 2, White 2, X, Omega Ruby)
Durant dig nests in mountains. They build their complicated, interconnected tunnels into mazes. (White)
Names around the world
| Japanese | アイアント |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Aiant |
| French | Fermite |
| German | Fermicula |
| Spanish | Durant |
| Italian | Durant |
| Korean | 아이앤트 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 铁蚁 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 鐵蟻 |
Trivia
- Fastest Steel type: 109 Speed, shared with 1 other.
- Shortest Steel type in Gen 5: 0.3 m, shared with 1 other.
- Fastest Steel type in Gen 5: 109 Speed.
- Taller than 4% of all Pokémon (0.3 m).
- Heavier than 55% of all Pokémon (33 kg).
- Base stat total 484, ranked #394 of 1,025.
- Its best stat is Speed, ranked #83 of 1,025.
- One of 5 Pokémon that are both Bug and Steel.
- One of 107 gray Pokémon.
- Number 139 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
- Can learn 48 different moves in Sword / Shield.
- Catch rate 90: about 11.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 5 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: Durant (Pokémon), Serebii: Durant (Sword/Shield Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (dur-ANT): 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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