MAROWAK - THE BONE POKEMON Marowak is one of 493 fictional species of the Pok�mon franchise. The name "Marowak" is a portmanteau of marrow and whack (to strike), with "marrow" to represent Marowak's skull-like head, and "whack" to represent Marowak's nature of striking its opponent with bones. Its Japanese name most likely refers to garagara, the onomatopoeia for "clattering," as in of bones. In the English translation, it was originally going to be called "Guardia", a corruption of "Guardian".
Marowak always carries a thick bone in its hand, which it bludgeons foes with. Marowak and Cubone are known as the two Pok�mon with three signature attacks (Bone Club, Bone Rush, and Bonemerang), the most of any other Pok�mon.
Cubone will wear the skull of its deceased mother as a memento of her. It is currently unknown where Cubone that you breed get the skulls. No person has seen Cubone without the bone. When Cubone evolves into Marowak, the skull helmet will seemingly fuse onto its face, or it's face may conform to the skull's shape.
Marowak is famous for its Thick Club, which can double Marowak's Attack power when held, having the luxury of potentially surpassing even Deoxys' max Attack strength, and can even allow its Attack to pass 1000 points if it uses Swords Dance. Marowak is the only Pok�mon who can do this with one Swords Dance.
Marowak can destroy entire Pok�mon teams with its attack strength, and it can stay in play with its high Defense to make up for it's low speed. Even when there are Pok�mon countering it, care must be taken and prediction must be made to ensure that Marowak doesn't knock-out your Pok�mon in a turn or two.
Marowak has two abilities, Rock Head and Lightning Rod. Lightning Rod is good for use in two-on-two battles, where Marowak will attract Electric type attacks, which it is immune to. Its Rock Head ability, which nullifies recoil damage, is good when partnered with the naturally-learned Double-Edge.
Here are the max default stats on Marowak at level 100 (To note: Stats change depending on what Marowak fights against to get to there, because each of the Pokemon give points in different ways, which means that some Marowaks of different trainers might have higher or lower of the stat basis based on what Pokemon it fights in its level ascension):
324 HP
259 Attack
319 Defense
199 Special Attack
259 Special Defense
189 Speed
My Marowak stats are different at level 100.
Fire Red Version - Level 100 Marowak (Nickname: Beech Daly)
281 HP
218 Attack
224 Defense
149 Special Attack
174 Special Defense
147 Speed
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