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Koraidon

Paradox Pokémon · Fighting/Dragon-type

Koraidon is a Fighting/Dragon-type Pokémon, the Paradox Pokémon, number 1007 (#1007) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 2.5 m tall and weighs 303 kg.

Koraidon is the Paradox Pokémon on the box of Pokémon Scarlet, a feathered, bike-like Fighting and Dragon type that the Pokédex says is burlier and fiercer than Cyclizar. It carries you across Paldea, running, paddling and gliding.

How to pronounce Koraidon

Koraidon is pronounced kor-EYE-don. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Koraidon said out loud:

In Japanese it is コライドン.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Koraidon is a large, reptilian Pokémon, 2.5 m tall and 303 kg, thickly feathered in scarlet, with white patches on its face, body and tail. A tire-like sac on its throat inflates and deflates with its build, a crest of feathers crowns its head, and a pair of long, twisted tendrils grows from its brow like eyebrows. Curved, handlebar-like structures sweep back from its shoulders, and its webbed feet each have four claws.

Behaviour

The Koraidon that joins the player is friendly and curious. It is cautious around people, but curiosity sometimes wins and it joins in their play. Bulbapedia calls the Apex Build self-assured, and an old expedition journal credits the Winged King with splitting the land using only its fists.

Habitat

The Pokédex names no habitat. In Pokémon Scarlet, Poco Path and Area Zero, the crater at the heart of Paldea, are the two places the game lists for it.

Powers

Its Ability Orichalcum Pulse turns the sunlight harsh when it enters battle and boosts its Attack while the sun lasts. Collision Course, a move only Koraidon learns, does about a third more damage when it is super effective, and it also uses Flare Blitz, Close Combat, Outrage and Dragon Claw. It has five builds: Apex for battle, Limited for when it is weakened or out of battle, and Sprinting, Swimming and Gliding for travel, where it runs on all fours, floats and paddles, or unfurls its brow tendrils into wings. With 135 Attack, 135 Speed and a total of 670, the highest of any Fighting type, it is a fast physical attacker.

Name origin

Koraidon may blend korai (ancient times) or kodai (ancient), the English words 'ride' and 'dragon', and either Spanish 'don' (lord) or the dinosaur-name ending -don; it may also be meant to sound like 'go ride on'. The Scarlet Book calls it the Winged King (Tsubasa no Ō, ツバサノオウ). The Japanese name is Koraidon (コライドン).

Design inspiration

Koraidon seems to blend lizards, feathered theropod dinosaurs and off-road motorbikes: its throat sac resembles that of fan-throated lizards, its brow tendrils recall a bird-of-paradise's plumes, and its shoulders and tire-like sac suggest handlebars and wheels. Its alternate name, the Winged King, may nod to Tyrannosaurus, the 'king' lizard, and its red colouring may allude to cave paintings. These are fan readings.

In the games

Koraidon is the box mascot of Pokémon Scarlet and a major character, accompanying the player throughout the journey. Violet players can obtain it only by trade or event. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

An Apex Build Koraidon first appeared in a Team Rocket segment aired after the episode JN137, found by Team Rocket in Paldea. It properly debuted in the Pokémon Horizons episode HZ148, where Roy found it and they unexpectedly joined a Cyclizar race, though it flew off just as the race was ending.

Fun facts

• Honda has built a real-life 'Sprinting Build' Koraidon as part of its Honda Koraidon Project.
• Bulbapedia suggests that its signature move, Collision Course, is named as a nod to the asteroid strike that wiped out most dinosaurs.
• The Limited Build you start with cannot be used in battle, or changed to Apex Build, until after the credits.

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

Base stats

• HP: 100
• Attack: 135
• Defense: 115
• Sp. Atk: 85
• Sp. Def: 100
• Speed: 135

Koraidon’s base stat total is 670. Its highest stat is Attack and Speed.

Type matchups

What is Koraidon weak to?

Koraidon takes extra damage from Fairy (4×), Ice (2×), Flying (2×), Psychic (2×), Dragon (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Water (½×), Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Bug (½×), Rock (½×), Dark (½×).

Evolution

Koraidon does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Forms

• Koraidon (Sprinting Build) (Forme): Fighting/Dragon-type, base stat total 670 (HP 100, Attack 135, Defense 115, Sp. Atk 85, Sp. Def 100, Speed 135). Ability: Orichalcum Pulse.
• Koraidon (Gliding Build) (Forme): Fighting/Dragon-type, base stat total 670 (HP 100, Attack 135, Defense 115, Sp. Atk 85, Sp. Def 100, Speed 135). Ability: Orichalcum Pulse.

Abilities

• Orichalcum Pulse: Turns the sunlight harsh when entering battle, and boosts Attack while active.

Moves

Moves Koraidon learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (67)

Koraidon can learn 67 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, Low Kick, Acrobatics, Fire Spin, Facade, Bulldoze, Snarl, Mud Shot, Flame Charge, Low Sweep, Dragon Tail, Endure, Sunny Day, Dig, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, U-turn, Shadow Claw, Bulk Up, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Dragon Claw, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Taunt, Swords Dance, Body Press, Iron Head, Substitute, Crunch, Dragon Pulse, Heat Wave, Heavy Slam, Flamethrower, Helping Hand, Reversal, Fire Blast, Wild Charge, Giga Impact, Outrage, Overheat, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Flare Blitz, Close Combat, Solar Beam, Draco Meteor, Tera Blast, Roar, Heat Crash, Uproar, Focus Punch, Dual Wingbeat, Scale Shot, Double-Edge, Temper Flare, Meteor Beam, Breaking Swipe, Dragon Cheer.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 50 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 6,400).
• Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 0.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 335.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon resembles Cyclizar, but it is far burlier and more ferocious. Nothing is known about its ecology or other features. (Violet)

This seems to be the Winged King mentioned in an old expedition journal. It was said to have split the land with its bare fists. (Scarlet)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest base stat total among Fighting types: 670.
• Highest base stat total among Gen 9 Pokémon: 670, shared with 1 other.
• Fastest Fighting type in Gen 9: 135 Speed.
• Highest base stat total among Fighting types in Gen 9: 670.
• Fastest Dragon type in Gen 9: 135 Speed, shared with 1 other.
• Highest base stat total among Dragon types in Gen 9: 670, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 93% of all Pokémon (2.5 m).
• Heavier than 96% of all Pokémon (303 kg).
• Base stat total 670, ranked #16 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Speed, ranked #13 of 1,025.
• One of 3 Pokémon that are both Fighting and Dragon.
• One of 97 red Pokémon.
• Number 102 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
• Can learn 72 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 2 alternate forms.
• 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: Koraidon (Pokémon), Serebii: Koraidon (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (kor-EYE-don): 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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