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Kyogre

Sea Basin Pokémon · Water-type

Kyogre is a Water-type Pokémon, the Sea Basin Pokémon, number 382 (#0382) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 4.5 m tall and weighs 352 kg.

Kyogre is the Sea Basin Pokémon, the Water-type legend said to have widened the oceans with torrential rain and towering tidal waves. It is the box mascot of Pokémon Sapphire, and holding the Blue Orb turns it into the far stronger Primal Kyogre.

How to pronounce Kyogre

Kyogre is pronounced ky-OH-ger. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Kyogre said out loud:

In Japanese it is カイオーガ.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Kyogre is a whale-like Pokémon, 4.5 m long and 352 kg, with a deep blue body, a white chin with two small spikes, and big pectoral fins that each carry four white square nails. Red stripes run around its chin, eyes, fins and body, and they glow when it is brimming with power. Bulbapedia says a layer of rock encases it while it sleeps, and the Red or Blue Orb can shatter that shell.

Behaviour

The Pokédex calls Kyogre the personification of the sea, and legends tell of it clashing with Groudon over the power of nature. Its rain once saved people suffering from droughts, and after the feud it went to sleep on the seabed. Bulbapedia's summary of the legend says Rayquaza ended the fight and sealed Kyogre away.

Habitat

The species data lists the sea. It is in the Cave of Origin in Sapphire and Alpha Sapphire and the Marine Cave in Emerald. In Scarlet and Violet it appears only in The Indigo Disk, after a Kyogre Treat from Snacksworth, and in Legends: Z-A it arrives by trade in the base game, while the Mega Dimension DLC adds one in Hyperspace Primordial Sea.

Powers

Kyogre's Ability Drizzle fills the sky with rain, and Bulbapedia says it was the only Pokémon that could have Drizzle before Generation V. Its signature move Origin Pulse is one no other Pokémon can learn, and it also uses Water Spout, Sheer Cold, Surf and Thunder. As Primal Kyogre it swells to 9.8 m and 430 kg with the Ability Primordial Sea, and its base Special Attack of 180 is the highest of any Water Pokémon, according to Bulbapedia. Normal Kyogre already has a base Special Attack of 150.

Name origin

Kyogre combines the Japanese 海 kai ('sea') or 海王 kaiō ('sea king') with 'ogre', and may also nod to the orca. The Japanese name is Kyogre (カイオーガ).

Design inspiration

Kyogre may personify the Earth's oceans. Its feud with Groudon echoes Leviathan and Behemoth, sea and land beasts of Hebrew legend said to fight at the end of time, and modern Hebrew uses Leviathan's name for whales, which may explain its whale and orca look. The marks on its fins resemble alpha, the first Greek letter, possibly as the opposite of Groudon's omega. These are fan readings.

In the games

Kyogre is the mascot of Pokémon Sapphire, where it first appeared and Team Aqua tries to use it to expand the sea, and Primal Kyogre is on the box of Alpha Sapphire. Primal Kyogre returns in the Alola games and in the Legends: Z-A Mega Dimension DLC.

In the anime

Kyogre's physical anime debut came in 'Gaining Groudon', followed by its showdown with Groudon in 'The Scuffle of Legends'. In 'The One That Didn't Get Away!', a poisoned Kyogre eats Lana's antidote-laced bait, and her newly evolved Primarina sings to calm it.

Fun facts

• Until the Hoenn remakes, Kyogre's catch rate was 5, not the 3 it has now.
• In the Hoenn remakes, a Kyogre that knows Surf carries you across water faster than any Pokémon except Sharpedo, and one that knows Dive lets you skip underwater Trainer battles.
• Its Attack and Special Attack, and its Defense and Special Defense, are the reverse of Groudon's.
• Bulbapedia says Kyogre's subconscious takes the form of the Cave of Origin in Hyperspace Primordial Sea.

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

Base stats

• HP: 100
• Attack: 100
• Defense: 90
• Sp. Atk: 150
• Sp. Def: 140
• Speed: 90

Kyogre’s base stat total is 670. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Kyogre weak to?

Kyogre takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Grass (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Water (½×), Ice (½×), Steel (½×).

Evolution

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

Forms

• Primal Kyogre (Primal): Water-type, base stat total 770 (HP 100, Attack 150, Defense 90, Sp. Atk 180, Sp. Def 160, Speed 90). Ability: Primordial Sea.

Abilities

• Drizzle: Summons rain for five turns upon entering battle (eight with a Damp Rock).

Moves

Moves Kyogre learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (39)

Kyogre can learn 39 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Water Pulse, Chilling Water, Facade, Bulldoze, Icy Wind, Rock Tomb, Avalanche, Endure, Rain Dance, Brick Break, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Waterfall, Thunder Wave, Rest, Rock Slide, Iron Head, Substitute, Liquidation, Heavy Slam, Surf, Thunderbolt, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Earthquake, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Tera Blast, Roar, Double-Edge, Whirlpool, Muddy Water.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 120 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 15,360).
• 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 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 302.

Pokédex entries

Kyogre is said to be the personification of the sea itself. Legends tell of its many clashes against Groudon, as each sought to gain the power of nature. (Alpha Sapphire)

Through Primal Reversion and with nature's full power, it will take back its true form. It can summon storms that cause the sea levels to rise. (Omega Ruby)

It is said to have widened the seas by causing downpours. It had been asleep in a marine trench. (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, Y)

A mythical Pokémon said to have swelled the seas with rain and tidal waves. It battled with Groudon. (HeartGold, SoulSilver, X)

This Pokémon is said to have expanded the sea by bringing heavy rains. It has the power to control water. (FireRed, LeafGreen)

Kyogre has appeared in mythology as the creator of the sea. After long years of feuding with Groudon, it took to sleep at the bottom of the sea. (Emerald)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Sp. Atk among Water types: 150, shared with 1 other.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Gen 3 Pokémon: 150, shared with 2 others.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Water types in Gen 3: 150.
• Highest Sp. Def among Water types in Gen 3: 140.
• Highest base stat total among Water types in Gen 3: 670.
• Taller than 98% of all Pokémon (4.5 m).
• Heavier than 97% of all Pokémon (352 kg).
• Base stat total 670, ranked #16 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #4 of 1,025.
• One of 154 Water-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 131 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Can learn 45 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 8 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: Kyogre (Pokémon), Serebii: Kyogre (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (ky-OH-ger): 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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