#0861 · Galar · Generation 8

Grimmsnarl

Bulk Up Pokémon · Dark/Fairy-type

Grimmsnarl is a Dark/Fairy-type Pokémon, the Bulk Up Pokémon, number 861 (#0861) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 1.5 m tall and weighs 61 kg.

Grimmsnarl is a Dark and Fairy goblin-like brawler, known as the Bulk Up Pokémon, whose strength comes from its hair. Wrapped around its body, the hair works like muscle fibres, and the Pokédex says it can overwhelm even Machamp.

How to pronounce Grimmsnarl

Grimmsnarl is pronounced GRIM-snarl. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Grimmsnarl said out loud:

In Japanese it is オーロンゲ (Ohlonge).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Grimmsnarl is a green-skinned humanoid, 1.5 m tall and 61 kg, cloaked mostly in long, dark purple hair, with a small red mark on its chest. Most of the hair wraps around its body, with spikes on the shoulders and locks draped behind its legs like a cape. Bulbapedia says it is slimmer than it looks, because the hair gives the impression of a muscular body. It has tall crescent-shaped ears and a long upturned nose, and like its pre-evolutions it is male only.

Behaviour

The Scarlet Pokédex says Grimmsnarl has complete control over its hair, and the Shield entry adds that when the hair unfurls it latches on to opponents like tentacles. The Violet entry says it has not given up on petty misdeeds and pranks even after evolving.

Habitat

The Pokédex says it lives deep within the forest. In Scarlet and Violet you can evolve Morgrem, meet it in 5-star Tera Raid Battles or find it in Kitakami's Timeless Woods.

Powers

Its Abilities are Prankster and Frisk, with Pickpocket hidden. It hits with Spirit Break, which lowers the target's Special Attack, and Play Rough, and it can power up with Bulk Up. Gigantamax Grimmsnarl is 32 m tall and covered in hair; the Sword Pokédex says it can drill huge holes into Galar's ground with kicks powered by its leg hair, and the Shield entry says it can clear the world's tallest building in one jump. Bulbapedia says it is the only Pokémon known to use G-Max Snooze. With 120 base Attack and 95 HP it is a bulky, hard-hitting Dark and Fairy attacker.

Name origin

Grimmsnarl may combine 'grim', 'grimace', 'grimoire' or Grimm with 'snarl', and perhaps 'gnarly'. The Japanese name is Ohlonge (オーロンゲ), possibly from 'ogre' or oni plus ronge, slang for long hair.

Design inspiration

Grimmsnarl may be based on brawny, hairy ogres, trolls and oni, as well as bugbears and Grendel, the monster of Beowulf. Its strength coming from its hair may nod to Samson, and as the 'bad witch' counterpart to Hatterene it echoes the green-skinned witch of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. These are fan readings, and no designer is credited.

Evolution notes

Grimmsnarl evolves from Morgrem at level 42, completing the Impidimp line.

In the games

Marnie, one of the player's rivals, Gigantamaxes her Grimmsnarl in the Champion Cup semi-finals at Wyndon Stadium in Sword and Shield, the games that introduced it. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Marnie's Grimmsnarl debuted in 'Battling Turned Up to Eleven!', where it lost to Ash's Gengar in a World Coronation Series match. It appears again in the Twilight Wings web series, in 'The Gathering of Stars'.

Fun facts

• Dark and Fairy is a typing shared by no Pokémon outside the Impidimp family.
• Bulbapedia suggests G-Max Snooze may nod to Aillen, a giant of Irish folklore who put people to sleep with music.
• In Pokémon Adventures, Marnie's Morgrem evolves into Grimmsnarl in 'Boom!! Reunion in a New Land'.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Grimmsnarl (Pokémon) · Bulbapedia: Marnie · Serebii: Grimmsnarl (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 95
• Attack: 120
• Defense: 65
• Sp. Atk: 95
• Sp. Def: 75
• Speed: 60

Grimmsnarl’s base stat total is 510. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Grimmsnarl weak to?

Grimmsnarl takes extra damage from Poison (2×), Steel (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.

It resists Dark (¼×), Ghost (½×).

It is immune to Psychic, Dragon moves.

Evolution

What does Grimmsnarl evolve from?

Grimmsnarl evolves from Morgrem at level 42.

Grimmsnarl is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Impidimp, Morgrem, Grimmsnarl.

• Impidimp evolves into Morgrem at level 32.

Forms

• Gigantamax Grimmsnarl (Gigantamax): Dark/Fairy-type, base stat total 510 (HP 95, Attack 120, Defense 65, Sp. Atk 95, Sp. Def 75, Speed 60). Abilities: Prankster, Frisk, Pickpocket (hidden).

Abilities

• Prankster: Raises non-damaging moves' priority by one stage.
• Frisk: Reveals an opponent's held item upon entering battle.
• Pickpocket (hidden ability): Steals attacking Pokémon's held items on contact.

Moves

Moves Grimmsnarl learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Grimmsnarl learns the move the moment it evolves: Spirit Break.

TM moves (49)

Grimmsnarl can learn 49 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Fake Tears, Scary Face, Protect, Low Kick, Thief, Trailblaze, Chilling Water, Facade, Draining Kiss, Low Sweep, Fling, Endure, Brick Break, Shadow Claw, Foul Play, Bulk Up, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Reflect, Light Screen, Dazzling Gleam, Metronome, Thunder Wave, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Taunt, Body Press, Imprison, Dark Pulse, Leech Life, Substitute, Crunch, Trick, Play Rough, Misty Terrain, Nasty Plot, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Focus Punch, Burning Jealousy, Lash Out, Throat Chop.

Egg moves (1), which Impidimp can hatch knowing:Parting Shot.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 100% male, 0% female.
• Egg groups: Fairy, Human-Like.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 255.

Pokédex entries

Its hairs work like muscle fibers. When its hairs unfurl, they latch on to opponents, ensnaring them as tentacles would. (Shield)

With the hair wrapped around its body helping to enhance its muscles, this Pokémon can overwhelm even Machamp. (Sword)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Sp. Atk among Dark types in Gen 8: 95.
• Highest HP among Fairy types in Gen 8: 95.
• Highest Attack among Fairy types in Gen 8: 120, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 72% of all Pokémon (1.5 m).
• Heavier than 72% of all Pokémon (61 kg).
• Base stat total 510, ranked #237 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Attack, ranked #91 of 1,025.
• One of 3 Pokémon that are both Dark and Fairy.
• One of 87 purple Pokémon.
• Number 52 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 61 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% 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: Grimmsnarl (Pokémon), Bulbapedia: Marnie, Serebii: Grimmsnarl (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (GRIM-snarl): 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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