Lanthan

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Lanthan Rare Earth Pokémon #195 Lanthan
Type Ground Steel Unknown Unknown
Ability Sheer Force				Hidden Ability
Mega Ability
Gender ratio Genderless		Catch rate 3 (0.4%)
Breeding Egg group Undiscovered Hatch time 2805 steps*
Height 2.5 m 8'2.4" m		Weight 1430.0 kg 3152.6 lbs {{{weight2-kg}}} kg
Base experience yield 270		Leveling rate Medium Slow
EV yield Total: 3 0 HP 2 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Body style		Pokédex color   Brown
Base friendship 0

Lanthan is a dual-type Ground/Steel Legendary Pokémon. It is one of the Brothers of Metal, along with Actan and Heatran.

It does not evolve into or from any Pokémon.

Pokédex Entry

Pokédex entry Legends say that it helped form part of the Tandor region. Along with its brothers Actan and Heatran, it placed metallic ores in the planet's crust.

Game Locations

Availability None This Pokémon cannot be obtained. Common Uncommon Fossil Rare Poké Radar Buy One Lanthanite Core

Held Items

Held item(s) None This Pokémon cannot be found holding an item. Common Uncommon Rare Always

Base Stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 110	170 - 217	330 - 424
Attack: 106	99 - 173	195 - 342
Defense: 130	121 - 200	238 - 394
Sp.Atk: 70	67 - 134	130 - 262
Sp.Def: 109	102 - 177	200 - 348
Speed: 77	73 - 141	143 - 278
Total: 602   Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:

Immune to: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 2× Rock ¼× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 2× Water 2× Grass 1× Electric 0× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon ½× Dark 1× Fairy ½× Nuclear 1× None

Doubly resistant to: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 2× Rock ¼× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 2× Water 2× Grass 1× Electric 0× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon ½× Dark 1× Fairy ½× Nuclear 1× None

Resistant to: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 2× Rock ¼× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 2× Water 2× Grass 1× Electric 0× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon ½× Dark 1× Fairy ½× Nuclear 1× None

Damaged normally by: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 2× Rock ¼× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 2× Water 2× Grass 1× Electric 0× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon ½× Dark 1× Fairy ½× Nuclear 1× None

Weak to: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 2× Rock ¼× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 2× Water 2× Grass 1× Electric 0× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon ½× Dark 1× Fairy ½× Nuclear 1× None

Doubly weak to: Normal ½× Fighting 2× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 2× Rock ¼× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 2× Water 2× Grass 1× Electric 0× Psychic ½× Ice 1× Dragon ½× Dark 1× Fairy ½× Nuclear 1× None

Moves

By Level Up

By Leveling Up

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  1 Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100% 5 9 Leer Normal Status — 100% 30 17 Magnitude Ground Physical Varies 100% 30 25 Metal Sound Steel Status — 85% 40 33 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100% 15 41 Scary Face Normal Status — 100% 15 49 Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100% 20 57 Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100% 15 65 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100% 10 73 Earth Power Ground Special 90 100% 10 80 Metal Cruncher Steel Physical 120 85% 5 85 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80% 5 90 Subduction Ground Physical 140 90% 5

Bold moves get STAB when used by Lanthan Italic moves get STAB only when used by an evolution of Lanthan Underlined moves are unavailable to a prior evolution(s) and/or will be completely unavailable upon evolving.

By TM/HM

By TM/HM

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM04 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM05 Roar Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM12 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000Varies 100}}100% 20 TM23 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100100 075}}75% 15 TM24 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM25 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000Varies 100}}100% 20 TM28 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM30 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM31 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM35 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM37 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM38 Fire Blast Fire Special 110110 085}}85% 5 TM39 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM41 Torment Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM43 Secret Power Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM50 Overheat Fire Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM52 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 070}}70% 5 TM56 Fling Dark Physical 0000Varies 100}}100% 10 TM58 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM63 Embargo Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM64 Explosion Normal Physical 250250 100}}100% 5 TM67 Recycle Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM69 Rock Polish Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM71 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM73 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM74 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000Varies 100}}100% 5 TM76 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM79 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM80 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM82 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 090}}90% 15 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM91 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM98 Last Resort Normal Physical 140140 100}}100% 5 TM99 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 HM04 Strength Normal Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 HM06 Rock Smash Fighting Physical 04040 100}}100% 15

Bold moves get STAB when used by Lanthan Italic moves get STAB only when used by an evolution of Lanthan Underlined moves are unavailable to a prior evolution(s) and/or will be completely unavailable upon evolving.

By Tutor

By Move Tutor

Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Cost  Crunch Dark Physical 80 100% 15 4 /5000 Earth Power Ground Special 90 100% 10 4 Fire Fang Fire Physical 65 95% 15 4 /5000 Heat Wave Fire Special 95 90% 10 4 Helping Hand Normal Status — —% 20 4 /0 Hyper Voice Normal Special 90 100% 10 4 Iron Defense Steel Status — —% 15 4 Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100% 15 4 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100% 20 4 Nasty Plot Dark Status — —% 20 4 /0 Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100% 10 4 Snore Normal Special 50 100% 15 4 Uproar Normal Special 90 100% 10 4

Bold movea get STAB when used by Lanthan Italic movea get STAB only when used by an evolution of Lanthan Underlined moves are unavailable to a prior evolution(s) and/or will be completely unavailable upon evolving.

By Breeding

By Breeding

Father   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  This Pokémon learns no moves by breeding.

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred to Lanthan Bold moves get STAB when used by Lanthan Italic moves get STAB only when used by an evolution of Lanthan (Breeding moves cannot be re-learned by the Move Expert upon evolving)

Evolution

Unevolved Lanthan  Ground  Steel

Sprites

Front	Back
Front shiny	Back shiny
Egg sprite

Catching Strategies

Catching Strategies for Legendary Pokemon

Trivia

• Lanthan is the only Pokémon with a total base stat of 602.
• Lanthan is the heaviest Pokémon in the game, weighing in at a whopping 1430 kg (3152.6 lbs), which is even heavier than Celesteela and Cosmoem, the two heaviest Pokémon in the core series games.

Name Origin

Lanthan's name is likely derived from lanthanide. The lanthanide series are a grouping of 15 elements on the periodic table also known as rare earth elements. It could also come from lanthanum, the element for which the lanthanide series is named.

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