Walking Wake
Walking Wake is a Water/Dragon-type Pokémon, the Paradox Pokémon, number 1009 (#1009) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 3.5 m tall and weighs 280 kg.
Walking Wake is a hulking, dinosaur-like Water and Dragon Paradox Pokémon that the Pokédex says resembles an illustration of a super-ancient Suicune. It is named after an aquatic monster in an old expedition journal.
How to pronounce Walking Wake
Walking Wake is pronounced WAW-king WAYK. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Walking Wake said out loud:
In Japanese it is ウネルミナモ (Uneruminamo).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Walking Wake is a large, two-legged theropod, 3.5 m tall and 280 kg, with a long white snout, a single horn under its chin and a hexagonal blue crest on its forehead. A thick purple mane covers its arms and back like an aurora, ending in red and orange spikes. It has two small pale-blue forelimbs, powerful hind legs and two long white tails with small spikes.
Behaviour
The Pokédex calls it a ferocious creature shrouded in mystery. Bulbapedia says it walks on the surface of water on its hind legs and has powerful control over water.
Habitat
The Pokédex names no habitat, and in Scarlet and Violet it does not appear in the wild.
Powers
Its Ability Protosynthesis raises its highest stat in harsh sunlight or when it holds Booster Energy. Hydro Steam, a move only Walking Wake learns, is a Water move that gets a 50% boost in harsh sunlight instead of the usual cut. It also fires Flamethrower, Dragon Pulse and Hydro Pump and sharpens with Dragon Dance. Base Special Attack 125 and Speed 109 make it a fast special attacker.
Name origin
Its name is meant literally: a wake is the trail of disturbed water behind something moving. The Japanese name is Uneruminamo (ウネルミナモ), from uneru minamo (うねる水面), 'undulating water surface'.
Design inspiration
Walking Wake is based on Suicune, a design credited to Muneo Saitō, and takes its body from theropod dinosaurs and perhaps the basilisk lizard, which also runs on water. Bulbapedia suggests small theropods such as Coelophysis, or large ones such as Carcharodontosaurus, whose name means shark-toothed lizard and would suit a Water and Dragon type. These are fan readings.
In the games
Walking Wake arrived in Scarlet and Violet through limited-time Tera Raid events announced in Poké Portal News, and only one can be caught per save file. It is number 241 in the Blueberry Pokédex but, like Iron Leaves and Pecharunt, is not required to complete it. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.
Fun facts
- Before its reveal, the Scarlet Book carried a sketch of an imaginary creature like it, blending Raikou, Entei and Suicune.
- Before The Indigo Disk, its Pokédex entry in Pokémon HOME was a placeholder reading 'Ecology under research'.
- It is the heaviest Water type of Generation IX.
Base stats
- HP: 99
- Attack: 83
- Defense: 91
- Sp. Atk: 125
- Sp. Def: 83
- Speed: 109
Walking Wake’s base stat total is 590. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.
Type matchups
What is Walking Wake weak to?
Walking Wake takes extra damage from Dragon (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.
It resists Fire (¼×), Water (¼×), Steel (½×).
Evolution
Walking Wake does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.
Abilities
- Protosynthesis: Raises highest stat in harsh sunlight, or if holding Booster Energy.
Moves
Moves Walking Wake learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evo | Leer | Normal | Status | — |
| Evo | Roar | Normal | Status | — |
| Evo | Twister | Dragon | Special | 40 |
| Evo | Aqua Jet | Water | Physical | 40 |
| 7 | Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 |
| 14 | Water Pulse | Water | Special | 60 |
| 21 | Noble Roar | Normal | Status | — |
| 28 | Dragon Breath | Dragon | Special | 60 |
| 35 | Breaking Swipe | Dragon | Physical | 60 |
| 42 | Dragon Rush | Dragon | Physical | 100 |
| 56 | Hydro Steam | Water | Special | 80 |
| 63 | Dragon Pulse | Dragon | Special | 85 |
| 70 | Outrage | Dragon | Physical | 120 |
| 77 | Flamethrower | Fire | Special | 90 |
| 84 | Hydro Pump | Water | Special | 110 |
“Evo” means Walking Wake learns the move the moment it evolves: Leer, Roar, Twister and Aqua Jet.
TM moves (43)
Walking Wake can learn 43 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Scary Face, Protect, Fire Fang, Water Pulse, Low Kick, Chilling Water, Facade, Snarl, Swift, Mud Shot, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Waterfall, Dragon Claw, Rest, Dragon Dance, Substitute, Crunch, Liquidation, Dragon Pulse, Surf, Flamethrower, Hydro Pump, Giga Impact, Outrage, Hurricane, Hyper Beam, Draco Meteor, Tera Blast, Roar, Knock Off, Scald, Weather Ball, Flip Turn, Double-Edge, Whirlpool, Breaking Swipe, Dragon Cheer.
Move tutor moves (2): Hone Claws, Sunny Day.
Breeding & training
- Gender: genderless.
- Egg groups: Undiscovered.
- Egg cycles: 50 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 6,400).
- Catch rate: 5 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: 295.
Pokédex entries
It resembles an illustration published in a paranormal magazine, said to be a depiction of a super-ancient Suicune. (Violet)
This ferocious creature is shrouded in mystery. It's named after an aquatic monster mentioned in an old expedition journal. (Scarlet)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ウネルミナモ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Uneruminamo |
| French | Serpente-Eau |
| German | Windewoge |
| Spanish | Ondulagua |
| Italian | Acquecrespe |
| Korean | 굽이치는물결 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 波荡水 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 波盪水 |
Trivia
- Heaviest Water type in Gen 9: 280 kg.
- Highest Sp. Atk among Water types in Gen 9: 125.
- Highest base stat total among Water types in Gen 9: 590.
- Taller than 97% of all Pokémon (3.5 m).
- Heavier than 95% of all Pokémon (280 kg).
- Base stat total 590, ranked #61 of 1,025.
- Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #52 of 1,025.
- One of 5 Pokémon that are both Water and Dragon.
- One of 170 blue Pokémon.
- Number 104 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
- Can learn 52 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 5: about 0.7% 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: Walking Wake (Pokémon), Serebii: Walking Wake (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (WAW-king WAYK): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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