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Landorus

Abundance Pokémon · Ground/Flying-type

Landorus is a Ground/Flying-type Pokémon, the Abundance Pokémon, number 645 (#0645) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 1.5 m tall and weighs 68 kg.

Landorus is the Abundance Pokémon, a harvest-bringer honoured as the Guardian of the Fields. It calms Tornadus and Thundurus when their storms clash, and the Pokédex says crops grow to great size where its energy reaches the soil.

How to pronounce Landorus

Landorus is pronounced LAN-dor-us. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Landorus said out loud:

In Japanese it is ランドロス (Landlos).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Landorus is an orange, muscular, genie-like Pokémon, 1.5 m tall and 68 kg, with three pink horns, white hair and a jagged white moustache. Below the waist it trails off into a cloud, and a branch-like tail carries pink-spotted flat growths. Every Landorus is male. The Pokédex says energy pouring from its tail raises the nutrients in the soil.

Behaviour

Landorus is a calm peacemaker. The Pokédex says it arrives when the incarnations of wind and lightning clash, and that the land is blessed with rich harvests once the storms fade. Bulbapedia says grateful people call it Great Landorus, and that it can wrap itself in a wind shield and stir up small sandy whirlwinds.

Habitat

Bulbapedia places it in the sky, typically near islands ringed by sea. In Scarlet and Violet it can only arrive by Pokémon HOME transfer or event.

Powers

Its Ability is Sand Force, which boosts Rock, Ground and Steel moves in a sandstorm, and its Hidden Ability is Sheer Force. Its signature move is Sandsear Storm, which Bulbapedia says no other known Pokémon can learn; it arrives at level 80 in Scarlet and Violet. The Reveal Glass turns it into its Therian Forme, a lean, cat-like four-legged body 1.3 m tall with the Ability Intimidate. That form swaps Special Attack and Speed for more Attack, 145 instead of 125. Either way it is a fast, hard-hitting physical attacker.

Name origin

Landorus seems to blend 'land' with Aeolus, the Greek ruler of the winds. The Japanese name is Landlos (ランドロス), probably the same idea.

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia says Landorus is based on a land deity, perhaps Inari Okami, the Japanese kami of fertility and agriculture. Junichi Masuda has said its Therian Forme corresponds to the White Tiger of Chinese myth, the guardian of the west, and Legends: Arceus puts Landorus in the western Obsidian Fieldlands. The Incarnate Forme may also borrow from genies and from the Greek east wind, Eurus.

In the games

You can meet Landorus at the Abundant Shrine if you bring both Tornadus and Thundurus, the trio it first appeared with in Black and White. Black 2 and White 2 added its Therian Forme. In Legends: Arceus it lives on Ramanas Island in the Obsidian Fieldlands, and Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Landorus made its physical debut in the second half of 'Stopping the Rage of Legends!', where it subdued Tornadus and Thundurus. In 'Unova's Survival Crisis!' it appeared in both Formes after Giovanni summoned it to the Abyssal Ruins.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says Hisui knew it as a god of fields, because it brought life to the region alongside Enamorus.
• In the Pokémon Generations episode The Adventure, a wild Landorus confronts Red's Pikachu inside the Relic Castle.
• Its base Speed of 101 makes it the fastest Ground type introduced in Generation V.
• At 68 kg it is the heaviest Flying type introduced in Generation V.

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

Base stats

• HP: 89
• Attack: 125
• Defense: 90
• Sp. Atk: 115
• Sp. Def: 80
• Speed: 101

Landorus’s base stat total is 600. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Landorus weak to?

Landorus takes extra damage from Ice (4×), Water (2×) moves.

It resists Fighting (½×), Poison (½×), Bug (½×).

It is immune to Electric, Ground moves.

Evolution

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

Forms

• Therian Landorus (Forme): Ground/Flying-type, base stat total 600 (HP 89, Attack 145, Defense 90, Sp. Atk 105, Sp. Def 80, Speed 91). Ability: Intimidate.

Abilities

• Sand Force: Strengthens Rock, Ground, and Steel moves to 1.3× their power during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.
• Sheer Force (hidden ability): Strengthens moves with extra effects to 1.3× their power, but prevents their extra effects.

Moves

Moves Landorus learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (48)

Landorus can learn 48 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Facade, Bulldoze, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Dig, Brick Break, U-turn, Bulk Up, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Grass Knot, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Taunt, Swords Dance, Imprison, Fly, Substitute, Crunch, Stealth Rock, Psychic, Calm Mind, Earth Power, Nasty Plot, Sludge Bomb, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Outrage, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Sand Tomb, Gravity, Smack Down, Weather Ball, Sludge Wave, Scorching Sands.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 100% male, 0% female.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 120 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 15,360).
• Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 90.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 270.

Pokédex entries

When the incarnations of wind and of lightning clash, Landorus arrives to quell the conflict. After the tempests and thunderbolts abate, the land is sure to be blessed with bountiful harvests. (Legends: Arceus)

From the forces of lightning and wind, it creates energy to give nutrients to the soil and make the land abundant. (Black 2, White 2, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

Lands visited by Landorus grant such bountiful crops that it has been hailed as “The Guardian of the Fields.” (Black, X, Omega Ruby)

The energy that comes pouring from its tail increases the nutrition in the soil, making crops grow to great size. (White)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Fastest Ground type in Gen 5: 101 Speed.
• Highest Defense among Ground types in Gen 5: 90.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Ground types in Gen 5: 115.
• Highest base stat total among Ground types in Gen 5: 600.
• Heaviest Flying type in Gen 5: 68 kg.
• Highest base stat total among Flying types in Gen 5: 600.
• Taller than 72% of all Pokémon (1.5 m).
• Heavier than 74% of all Pokémon (68 kg).
• Base stat total 600, ranked #25 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Attack, ranked #65 of 1,025.
• One of 3 Pokémon that are both Ground and Flying.
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 152 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Can learn 54 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 4 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: Landorus (Pokémon), Serebii: Landorus (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (LAN-dor-us): 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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