The 15 Fattest Pokemon & Why Most of Them Slim Down When They Evolve

Most big Pokemon are heavy because they are big. Some small ones are heavy anyway.

None of the 15 stands taller than 0.9 m, and the lightest of them weighs 21 kg.

Here are the 15 fattest Pokemon:

The 15 Fattest Pokemon

#15

Klink

Klink stands 0.3 m tall and weighs 21 kg (46 lb). It is based on a pair of interlocking gears, and it also resembles the simplest perpetual motion machine, since two gears keep spinning each other. It is suspected that Klink were the inspiration behind ancient people's invention of the first gears.

Its Plus and Minus abilities raise its Special Attack (the stat behind special moves) to 1.5 times when a friendly Pokemon has either one.

#14

Bronzor

Bronzor stands 0.5 m tall and weighs 60.5 kg (133 lb). It is based on a rei-kyo, a Japanese bronze mirror, and the grain spike carved on its back matches the one on its evolved form Bronzong. It floats using a mysterious energy, and the pattern on its back is held as sacred and shows up in imagery from ancient cemeteries.

Its hidden ability (a rarer ability some Pokemon can have), Heavy Metal, doubles its weight to 121 kg in any move that checks weight.

#13

Orbeetle

Orbeetle stands 0.4 m tall and weighs 40.8 kg (90 lb). It is based on the seven-spot ladybug, and its enlarged brain and mind control also point to the intelligent aliens and mad scientists of science fiction. It emits psychic energy to study its surroundings, even things over six miles away.

Its Frisk ability shows the opponent's held item when it enters battle.

#12

Beldum

Beldum stands 0.6 m tall and weighs 95.2 kg (210 lb). It is a magnetic robot based on a dumbbell, and it resembles a limb of Metang or Metagross, which is a reference to how it evolves. The cells in its body are made of magnetic material, and magnetic forces flow through it instead of blood.

Its Clear Body ability stops other Pokemon from lowering its stats. Its hidden ability, Light Metal, halves its weight to 47.6 kg.

#11

Sandygast

Sandygast stands 0.5 m tall and weighs 70 kg (154 lb). It resembles a small heap of sand that has yet to be shaped into a sand castle. It lives on beaches and takes control of anyone who puts a hand into its mouth, forcing them to make its body bigger. (We would keep our hands out of its mouth.)

Its Water Compaction ability raises its Defense by two stages (a stage is one step up or down for a stat) when a Water move hits it.

#10

Naclstack

Naclstack stands 0.6 m tall and weighs 105 kg (231 lb). It is based on rock salt crystals and the sedimentary layers of bedrock, and its glowing eyes may come from Himalayan salt lamps. It compresses rock salt inside its body and shoots hardened pellets with enough force to perforate an iron sheet.

Its Purifying Salt ability protects it from status conditions and halves damage from Ghost moves.

Munchlax

Munchlax stands 0.6 m tall and weighs 105 kg (231 lb). It is based on a baby bear, and its habits match a bear getting ready to hibernate: honey, garbage and compost, with a yellow patch of fur over its chest that looks like a bib. Its stomach is robust enough to devour even rotted matter.

Its Thick Fat ability halves damage from Fire and Ice moves.

Iron Treads

Iron Treads stands 0.9 m tall and weighs 240 kg (529 lb). It is a Paradox Pokemon based on Donphan and, by extension, possibly an elephant, along with spherical robots and tire treads. Sightings have occurred in recent years, and it resembles a mysterious object described in an old expedition journal.

Its Quark Drive ability raises its highest stat on Electric Terrain or while it holds Booster Energy.

Cacnea

Cacnea stands 0.4 m tall and weighs 51.3 kg (113 lb). It is based on a barrel cactus and possibly a jack-o'-lantern, and the flower on its head resembles a crown. The more arid and harsh its environment, the prettier and more fragrant the flower it grows.

Its Sand Veil ability raises its evasion to 1.25 times during a sandstorm.

Torkoal

Torkoal stands 0.5 m tall and weighs 80.4 kg (177 lb). It is based on a tortoise, possibly the red-footed tortoise, whose species name carbonarius means coal-like. Its shell may also come from charcoal kilns or the top of a kitchen stove. Abandoned coal mines are full of them, and they dig tirelessly in search of coal.

Its Drought ability summons strong sunlight that lasts indefinitely when it enters battle.

Clamperl

Clamperl stands 0.4 m tall and weighs 52.5 kg (116 lb). It is based on an oyster or a giant clam, and it may also be based on fish roe, more specifically on fish such as the Florida blenny that lay their eggs in empty clam shells. Its pearls can cost more than 10 times as much as Shellder's pearls.

Its Shell Armor ability protects it from critical hits (hits that deal extra damage).

Durant

Durant stands 0.3 m tall and weighs 33 kg (73 lb). It is based on an ant, possibly the trap-jaw ant for its prominent jaws, or a silver ant for its silver coloring. Its large mandibles can crunch through rock, and groups of them protect their eggs from Sandaconda.

Its Steel type may have been chosen so it is weak to Heatmor, the anteater Pokemon with a tongue of flames. Its Hustle ability makes physical moves hit 1.5 times as hard at the cost of accuracy, and its hidden ability, Truant, skips every second turn. Both may reference research showing that some workers in an ant colony are diligent and others are lazy.

Aron

Aron stands 0.4 m tall and weighs 60 kg (132 lb). It is based on the Bulgasari, a monster that eats iron in Korean legend, and on a dinosaur from the family Nodosauridae, and its Iron Armor category points to plate armor. Its steel armor peels off when it evolves, and people in ancient times collected the shed armor for daily use.

Its hidden ability, Heavy Metal, doubles its weight to 120 kg for any move that checks weight.

Minior

Minior stands 0.3 m tall and weighs 40 kg (88 lb). It is based on meteors, which people call falling stars. The colors of its exposed core follow a rainbow, and the core may also take after the star-shaped candy konpeito. The Meteor Form shell may refer to the capsules of gashapon machines, which hide the toy inside until they are opened. The shell is uncommonly durable but smashes to smithereens when it hits the ground.

Its Shields Down ability switches it between Core Form and Meteor Form, and it blocks major status ailments (conditions like burn and sleep) while in Meteor Form.

Cosmoem

Cosmoem stands 0.1 m tall and weighs 999.9 kg (2,204 lb). Its design has the rays of a sun and the crescents of a moon, and from the front its shape resembles an eye.

Its Sturdy ability stops it from being knocked out from full HP and leaves it at 1 HP instead.

The Fattest Pokemon Get Thinner as They Grow

Aron grows from 0.4 m and 60 kg to 2.1 m and 360 kg as Aggron. Clamperl grows from 0.4 m and 52.5 kg to 1.7 m as Huntail and ends up lighter, at 27 kg.

Pokemon gain height much faster than they gain weight when they evolve, so the compact first stages are the fat ones.

Fattest Pokemon FAQ

What is the fattest Pokemon?

Cosmoem is the fattest Pokemon. It stands 0.1 m tall and weighs 999.9 kg.

What is the fattest Fire type?

Torkoal is the fattest Fire type, at 0.5 m tall and 80.4 kg.

Is the heaviest Pokemon also the fattest?

Yes. Cosmoem is also the heaviest Pokemon at 999.9 kg (2,204 lb), tied with Celesteela.