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Dhelmise (Japanese: ダダリン Dadarin) is a dual-type Ghost/Grass Pokémon introduced in Generation VII.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
Biology
Dhelmise with its anchor released
Dhelmise is a Pokémon made up of an anchor and a ship's wheel, held together by a mass of green seaweed. The anchor is a rusty brown mottled with blackish spots. The seaweed, which is Dhelmise's true body, partially envelops the thick, curved bottom of the anchor in a zigzag fashion, leaving empty spaces that look like sharp teeth. The seaweed continues upward to cover the anchor's thin shank and the spindle of the wheel. Five individual strands of seaweed trail off this small hub in a star shape.
The ship's wheel is lavender on the outside with a yellow inner rim. It is affixed to the back of the spindle by its center and able to rotate freely. The noticeably damaged wheel features six spokes and four handles, all of which are yellow. There are two lavender stubs where the other handles should be. A simple compass, resembling an eye, is set into a yellow ring-shaped component on one side of the wheel; mirroring this is an identical ring on the opposite side, though nothing is set into it.
Dhelmise prefers large prey, such as Wailmer and Wailord. The heavy anchor can be swung with enough force to knock out its prey in a single blow. The victim is then enveloped in seaweed, which can be stretched hundreds of yards, and has its life force drained. In addition to hunting, this Pokémon maintains itself by adding new detritus and seaweed to its body. It is known to get along well with Skrelp and Dragalge.
Dhelmise is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Anchor Shot. It is also the only known Pokémon that can have Steelworker as an Ability.
Game data
Pokédex entries
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII. |
| Generation VII | | Alola
S M : #263 | | Alola
US UM : #344 | | Kanto
#— | | This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. | | Sun | Swinging its massive anchor, it can KO Wailord in a single blow. What appears to be green seaweed is actually its body. | | Moon | The soul of seaweed adrift in the waves became reborn as this Pokémon. It maintains itself with new infusions of seabed detritus and seaweed. | | Ultra Sun | It wraps its prey in green seaweed and sucks away their vitality. It only likes to go after big prey like Wailord. | | Ultra Moon | Its chain-like green seaweed can stretch outward for hundreds of yards. For some reason, it gets along well with Skrelp. | | |
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Game locations
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII. |
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In side games
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII. |
| Generation VII | | | This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation VII side games. | | |
| Generation VIII | | | This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation VIII side games. | | |
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
Dhelmise is available in Sword and Shield.
| Generation VIII | | Other generations: | | VII - IX | | |
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Dhelmise
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Dhelmise
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| Generation VIII | | Other generations: | | VII - IX | | |
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Dhelmise
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Dhelmise
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| Generation VIII | | Other generations: | | VII - IX | | |
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Dhelmise in Generation VIII
- 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 Dhelmise in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Dhelmise
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Dhelmise
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| Generation VIII | | Other generations: | | VII - IX | | |
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Dhelmise
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Dhelmise
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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By transfer from another generation
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- Transferred Pokémon only retain these moves in Pokémon Sword and Shield
- A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Dhelmise
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Dhelmise
- × indicates a move that cannot be used in Sword and Shield
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Side game data
Evolution data
Sprites
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII. |
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| This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX. |
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In the anime
Main series
Major appearances
Dhelmise debuted in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!, where it was protecting a Mystic Water that Kanoa was trying to get for Ida. It was eventually defeated by Lana's Popplio, who used Hydro Vortex.
Minor appearances
A Dhelmise appeared in Song Within the Mist.
Pokédex entries
| Episode | Pokémon | Source | Entry | | SM040 | Dhelmise | Rotom Pokédex | Dhelmise, the Sea Creeper Pokémon. A Grass and Ghost type. The anchor Dhelmise throws around can smash even the hardest of rocks. | |
Pokémon: Twilight Wings
A Dhelmise appeared in Moonlight.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Dhelmise debuted in Transcend!! Ultra Necrozma!, under the ownership of Acerola.
In the TCG
- Main article: Dhelmise (TCG)
Trivia
Origin
Dhelmise is based on a cluster of seaweed holding together the anchor and helm of a wrecked ship. Conceptually, it may be based on various legends of ghost ships, such as the Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship cursed to eternally sail the seas. Dhelmise's behaviour may be a reference to two famous captains in classic literature: Captain Ahab, the main protagonist in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick that dies tied to his own harpoon while trying to kill a whale; and the captain of the ghost ship Demeter, that in Bram Stoker's Dracula is found tied to the helm of the ship after being drained by the protagonist.
The type of seaweed it is based on is possibly the Codium fragile, also known as "dead man's fingers". Dhelmise's concept as a seaweed-based monster is reminiscent of the works of William Hope Hodgson, particularly his Sargasso Sea Stories. It may also draw inspiration from giant and colossal squids, which are preyed upon by sperm whales.
Name origin
Dhelmise may be a combination of demise and helm (steering mechanism of a ship).
Dadarin may be a combination of 祟り tatari (cursed) and 舵輪 darin (rudder wheel).
In other languages
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| More languages |  Hindi | डिस्ट्रोवील Destrowheel | From destroy and wheel |  Russian | Делмайз Delmayz | Transcription of English name |  Thai | ดาดาริน Dadarin | Transcription of Japanese name | |
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