Mega Donphan

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Donphan Armor Pokémon ドンファン Donfan #232 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Ground
Abilities Sturdy Sand Veil Hidden Ability
Gender ratio     50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 60 (7.8%)
Breeding Egg Group Field Hatch time 5397 - 5653 steps
Height 3'07″ 1.1 m	Weight 264.6 lbs. 120.0 kg
Regional numbers Pokédex #201 Johto #173 Hoenn Browser R-035 Fiore R-210/N-086 Oblivia
Base experience yield 189 Gen. II-IV 175 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 0 HP 1 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Body style	Footprint
Pokédex color   Gray	Base friendship 70
External Links Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Donphan (Japanese: ドンファン Donfan) is a Ground-type Pokémon introduced in Generation II.

It evolves from Phanpy starting at level 25.

Biology

Donphan is a gray, elephant-like Pokémon with a thick, black band of hide running down the length of its back and extending to the tip of its long trunk. When this Pokémon curls up, the band resembles a car tire. This tough hide prevents regular attacks from inflicting even a scratch. A pair of white tusks, which are smaller on the female, extend from the corners of its mouth. It has thin, elongated ears held out almost perpendicular to its body. Its four short legs are each encircled with a broken, black band and have three toes.

Donphan has the ability to curl up into a ball and violently roll around like a wheel. These rolling tackles are strong enough to knock down a house. Once it starts its rampage, it will be almost unstoppable. The anime shows that this ability is further used as a form of courtship. The male Donphan have rolling competitions to demonstrate their toughness to the females. It has been demonstrated that Donphan has a keen sense of smell, capable of sniffing out a gem known as amberite. Donphan travels in herds with a ranking system. The larger its tusks, the higher its rank in the herd. It lives in rough, mountainous terrain.

In the anime

Major appearances

 

Donphan in the anime

Ash's Donphan

In Reversing the Charges, Ash's Phanpy evolved into Donphan. It proved to be an excellent member of his team, showing its strength in every battle.

Other

Donphan first made a brief appearance in the beginning of Mewtwo Strikes Back, under the ownership of Raymond. At the time, it was an unknown Pokémon.

Donphan's first major role was in Roll On, Pokémon! A girl named Rochelle was using four to find amberite.

In Date Expectations, many Donphan were falling in love with a Shiny Donphan.

Tyson used a Donphan during the Ever Grande Conference which first appeared in Chose It or Lose It!.

In Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part Two, Kellyn had a Donphan smash through the cave-ins that were caused by an Aggron that belonged to a client of Pokémon Hunter J.

 

A Shiny Donphan in the anime

Minor appearances

A Donphan was one of the Pokémon seen at the Pokémon Swap Meet in Tricks of the Trade.

A Donphan was seen in the wild in The Legend of Thunder!.

Several Donphan appeared in Misty's flashback in Gotta Catch Ya Later!.

A Coordinator's Donphan appeared in Battling The Generation Gap! competing in the Celestic Contest.

A Trainer's Donphan appeared in Challenging a Towering Figure! participating in the Festival Battle Challenge.

A Donphan made a brief appearance under the ownership of a Trainer in the Lily of the Valley Conference in An Old Family Blend!.

Ethan battles Ash with a Donphan in the beginning of Zoroark: Master of Illusions. 

Pokédex entries

In the manga

 

Donphan in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

A silhouette of a wild Donphan appeared in Ponyta Tale where Professor Oak mentioned new Pokémon beyond the previously known 151 species.

A herd of Donphan were used by a thieving ruffian in Number One Donphan, but they were defeated by Gold afterwards. They appeared again in Bellsprout Rout.

In Quilava Quandry, the Day-Care Couple used a Donphan to train Gold.

A Donphan was one of the Pokémon sent to help the fight in Ilex Forest in The Last Battle XIII.

In I'm Your Biggest Fan, Donphan, Wattson accidentally catches Sapphire in a trap designed to catch a wild, rampaging Donphan. After 'discovering' New Mauville, Sapphire uses the wild Donphan to help Wattson shut down a power generator, adding it to her team in Plugging Past Electrike II and naming it Phado.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

A Donphan appeared in Clefairy, the Battle Instructor under the ownership of a Trainer who had trouble controlling it. Donphan would usually fall asleep and did so since its loss to Silver's Totodile.

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Donphan (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
HeartGold	SoulSilver	Passho Berry (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation VII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM05 Roar Normal Status — —% 20 TM06 Toxic Poison Status — 90% 10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 60 100% 15 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status — —% 5 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90% 5 TM17 Protect Normal Status — —% 10 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical — 100% 20 TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100% 10 TM27 Return Normal Physical — 100% 20 TM32 Double Team Normal Status — —% 15 TM37 Sandstorm Rock Status — —% 10 TM39 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 60 95% 15 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 70 100% 20 TM44 Rest Psychic Status — —% 10 TM45 Attract Normal Status — 100% 15 TM48 Round Normal Special 60 100% 15 TM49 Echoed Voice Normal Special 40 100% 15 TM59 Brutal Swing Dark Physical 60 100% 20 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90% 5 TM69 Rock Polish Rock Status — —% 20 TM71 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80% 5 TM74 Gyro Ball Steel Physical — 100% 5 TM78 Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100% 20 TM80 Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90% 10 TM84 Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100% 20 TM87 Swagger Normal Status — 85% 15 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status — —% 10 TM90 Substitute Normal Status — —% 10 TM100 Confide Normal Status — —% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Donphan Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Donphan Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100% 5 Body Slam Normal Physical 85 100% 15 Counter Fighting Physical — 100% 20 Endeavor Normal Physical — 100% 5 Fissure Ground Physical — 30% 5 Focus Energy Normal Status — —% 30 Head Smash Rock Physical 150 80% 5 Heavy Slam Steel Physical — 100% 10 Ice Shard Ice Physical 40 100% 30 Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100% 10 Play Rough Fairy Physical 90 90% 10 Snore Normal Special 50 100% 15

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Donphan in Generation VII Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Donphan in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Donphan Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Donphan Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Generation VII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI

Stage   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Odor Sleuth Normal Status — —% 40 Tackle Normal Physical 40 100% 35 Flail Normal Physical — 100% 15 Natural Gift Normal Physical — 100% 15 Endure Normal Status — —% 10 Take Down Normal Physical 90 85% 20 Charm Fairy Status — 100% 20 Last Resort Normal Physical 140 100% 5 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Donphan Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Donphan Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball RS Acquisition: Evolve			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Safari Phrases 51%-100% HP The length of these tusks is a measure of my power! 26%-50% HP This won't do. My health has dwindled to half. 1%-25% HP I've had enough... My tusks are too heavy to move... Level up I've leveled up! My tusks seem to have thrust out more!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0.5% IQ group: E
Pokémon Ranger Group: Ground Poké Assist: Ground Field move: (Tackle ×2) Loops: 10 Min. exp.: 60 Max. exp.: 85 Browser entry Donphan rolls its body into a ball to charge. Its crash can shake things up!
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Ground Poké Assist: (present) Ground Field move: (present) (Tackle ×3) Poké Assist: (past) Ground Field move: (past) (Tackle ×1) Browser entry It triggers tremors to attack.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Battle Trozei Ground Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Ground Attack Power: 60 - 92  3 #46 Quake Sometimes increases damage and leaves opponent paralyzed. Skill Swapper: Ground Forces

Evolution

Unevolved Phanpy  Ground

Level 25 →

First evolution Donphan  Ground

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Generation II   Gold   Silver   Crystal         Front Back   Front Back   Front Back
Generation III   Ruby Sapphire   Emerald   FireRed LeafGreen         Front Back   Front Back   Front Back
Generation IV   Diamond Pearl   Platinum   HeartGold SoulSilver                 Front Back   Front Back   Front Back
Generation V   Black White   Black 2 White 2         Front Back   Front Back
Generation VI   X Y   Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire   Female   Female   Shiny Female Shiny Female   Shiny Female Shiny Female Front Back   Front Back

 For other sprites and images, please see Donphan images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Japanese sprites

Silver

Trivia

• Donphan shares its category with Tyranitar. They are both known as the Armor Pokémon.
• Donphan and Ursaring, along with their pre-evolutions, are the only Pokémon to swap version-exclusive status between localizations. While Phanpy and Donphan are found only in the Japanese and Korean Gold, they are not found in Gold in other languages, being found in the Silver Version of those languages instead, with Teddiursa and Ursaring getting the opposite treatment. This is corrected in the remakes HeartGold and SoulSilver, where they follow the Japanese and Korean Gold and Silver.

Origin

It appears to have been based on an adult elephant, although it resembles the tire of an automobile when curled up or using its trademark Rollout attack. As both Phanpy and Donphan are much smaller compared to humans than conventional African or Asian elephants, they may have actually been inspired by the dwarf elephant or pygmy elephant.

Name origin

Donphan and Donfan are a combination of don and elephant. Don may refer to lord; a root word meaning teeth, referring to its tusks; or mastodon, a prehistoric elephant. Don may have also been included to reflect Donphan's robust physique and great strength, especially in comparison to Phanpy.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning  Japanese ドンファン Donfan From don and elephant  French Donphan Same as English name  Spanish Donphan Same as English name  German Donphan Same as English name  Italian Donphan Same as English name  Korean 코리갑 Korigap From 코끼리 kkokkiri and 갑 (甲) gap  Cantonese Chinese 冬凡 Dūngfàahn    Mandarin Chinese 頓甲 / 顿甲 Dùnjiǎ From 頓 dùn and 甲 jiǎ

[hide]More languages  Hindi डॉनफैन Donphan Transcription of English name  Russian Донфэн Donfen Transcription of English name

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• Ash's Donphan