Stakataka
Stakataka is a Rock/Steel-type Pokémon, the Rampart Pokémon, number 805 (#0805) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 7 and comes from the Alola region. It is 5.5 m tall and weighs 820 kg.
Stakataka is the Rampart Pokémon, an Ultra Beast that is really a tower of stacked stone life-forms and sleeps disguised as a stone building. When it wakes, walls start moving.
How to pronounce Stakataka
Stakataka is pronounced stak-uh-TAK-uh. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Stakataka said out loud:
In Japanese it is ツンデツンデ (Tundetunde).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Stakataka stands 5.5 m tall and weighs 820 kg. It is made of dark grey stone blocks stacked into a four-sided tower with a thin leg at each corner, and each block has a glowing blue eye on its underside that turns red when it is angry or fighting. The Ultra Sun entry says it seems to be many life-forms stacked on top of one another, and Bulbapedia says its legs can snap a tree in two.
Behaviour
To sleep, Stakataka plants itself on the ground and passes for a building. The Ultra Moon entry describes the brute behind moving, attacking stone walls turning out to be this life-form. Bulbapedia says it can shape its blocks into legs, and can part its body to let attacks pass or to shut foes inside.
Habitat
The Pokédex says it appeared from an Ultra Wormhole. It is not available in Scarlet, Violet or Legends: Z-A.
Powers
Its Ability is Beast Boost, which raises its best stat when it knocks out a Pokémon. Its base Defense of 211 is the highest of any Steel type, ignoring Mega Evolutions, per Bulbapedia, and its Speed of 13 is the lowest among all Pokémon able to learn Trick Room. It learns Iron Defense, Block, Wide Guard, Stealth Rock, Rock Slide, Iron Head and Double-Edge.
Name origin
Stakataka may blend 'stack' and 'attack'. The Japanese name is Tundetunde (ツンデツンデ), which may repeat tsunde (積んで, 'stacked').
Design inspiration
Stakataka resembles a castle tower. Bulbapedia suggests the yōkai Mokumokuren and Nurikabe, which live in or block the way as walls, and colonial organisms in which every brick works like one member of a colony. These are fan readings.
In the games
Stakataka is an Ultra Moon exclusive in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, its first games, found in Poni Grove, where Blacephalon fills the Ultra Sun slot. Sword and Shield's Crown Tundra later added it to the Max Lair.
In the anime
Stakataka debuted in 'The Long Vault Home!', emerging from an Ultra Wormhole at the Pokémon School around midnight. It went berserk when Viren topped it with a golden statue of himself, calmed down once Ash and Pikachu lifted the statue off, and was caught by Ash in a Beast Ball before being released to go home.
Fun facts
- Bulbapedia says Phyco puts a single Stakataka at almost 150 brick-like creatures, but counting the stones in its design gives 137.
- Its Pokédex height seems to be its size at rest, because standing on its legs it is shown nearly twice as tall as Guzzlord in Pokémon HOME.
- In Pokémon Adventures, Sun catches one with a Beast Ball and nicknames it Drachma.
Base stats
- HP: 61
- Attack: 131
- Defense: 211
- Sp. Atk: 53
- Sp. Def: 101
- Speed: 13
Stakataka’s base stat total is 570. Its highest stat is Defense.
Type matchups
What is Stakataka weak to?
Stakataka takes extra damage from Fighting (4×), Ground (4×), Water (2×) moves.
It resists Normal (¼×), Flying (¼×), Ice (½×), Psychic (½×), Bug (½×), Rock (½×), Dragon (½×), Fairy (½×).
It is immune to Poison moves.
Evolution
Stakataka does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.
Abilities
- Beast Boost: Raises this Pokémon's highest stat by one stage when it faints another Pokémon.
Moves
Moves Stakataka learns by level up in Sword / Shield
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 1 | Harden | Normal | Status | — |
| 5 | Rock Throw | Rock | Physical | 50 |
| 10 | Protect | Normal | Status | — |
| 15 | Stomp | Normal | Physical | 65 |
| 20 | Block | Normal | Status | — |
| 25 | Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 |
| 30 | Wide Guard | Rock | Status | — |
| 35 | Autotomize | Steel | Status | — |
| 40 | Rock Blast | Rock | Physical | 25 |
| 45 | Magnet Rise | Electric | Status | — |
| 50 | Iron Defense | Steel | Status | — |
| 55 | Iron Head | Steel | Physical | 80 |
| 60 | Take Down | Normal | Physical | 90 |
| 65 | Stealth Rock | Rock | Status | — |
| 70 | Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 |
TM moves (39)
Stakataka can learn 39 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Mega Kick, Giga Impact, Light Screen, Reflect, Safeguard, Rest, Rock Slide, Snore, Protect, Sandstorm, Facade, Rock Tomb, Rock Blast, Trick Room, Wonder Room, Magic Room, Round, Bulldoze, Brutal Swing, Stomping Tantrum, Body Slam, Earthquake, Substitute, Endure, Sleep Talk, Superpower, Skill Swap, Iron Defense, Gyro Ball, Zen Headbutt, Flash Cannon, Iron Head, Stone Edge, Stealth Rock, Heavy Slam, Ally Switch, Heat Crash, High Horsepower, Body Press.
Move tutor moves (3): Meteor Beam, Steel Beam, Steel Roller.
Breeding & training
- Gender: genderless.
- Egg groups: Undiscovered.
- Egg cycles: 120 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 15,360).
- Catch rate: 30 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 Defense effort values.
- Base experience yield: 257.
Pokédex entries
When stone walls started moving and attacking, the brute's true identity was this mysterious life-form, which brings to mind an Ultra Beast. (Ultra Moon)
It appeared from an Ultra Wormhole. Each one appears to be made up of many life-forms stacked one on top of each other. (Ultra Sun)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ツンデツンデ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Tundetunde |
| French | Ama-Ama |
| German | Muramura |
| Spanish | Stakataka |
| Italian | Stakataka |
| Korean | 차곡차곡 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 垒磊石 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 壘磊石 |
Trivia
- Heaviest Rock type: 820 kg.
- Highest Defense among Steel types: 211.
- Highest Defense among Gen 7 Pokémon: 211.
- Heaviest Rock type in Gen 7: 820 kg.
- Tallest Rock type in Gen 7: 5.5 m.
- Slowest Rock type in Gen 7: 13 Speed.
- Highest Attack among Rock types in Gen 7: 131.
- Highest Defense among Rock types in Gen 7: 211.
- Highest base stat total among Rock types in Gen 7: 570, shared with 1 other.
- Slowest Steel type in Gen 7: 13 Speed.
- Highest Defense among Steel types in Gen 7: 211.
- Taller than 99% of all Pokémon (5.5 m).
- Heavier than 99% of all Pokémon (820 kg).
- Base stat total 570, ranked #93 of 1,025.
- Its best stat is Defense, ranked #2 of 1,025.
- One of 7 Pokémon that are both Rock and Steel.
- One of 107 gray Pokémon.
- Number 84 of 88 Pokémon introduced in Generation 7 (Alola).
- Can learn 52 different moves in Sword / Shield.
- Catch rate 30: about 3.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
- 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: Stakataka (Pokémon), Serebii: Stakataka (Sword/Shield Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (stak-uh-TAK-uh): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name (low confidence).
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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