Torkoal
#324 in the X and Y Pokédex • Coal Pokémon
Pokémon X
You find abandoned coal mines full of them. They dig tirelessly in search of coal.
Pokémon Y
It burns coal inside its shell for energy. It blows out black soot if it is endangered.
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Torkoal
#324
No evolutions
Pokémon X
| Location | Method | Level | Chance | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Route 18 Road 18 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 44 | 10% | - |
Route 18 Road 18 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 45 | 10% | - |
Route 18 Road 18 | Walking in red flowers | 46 | 10% | - |
Pokémon Y
| Location | Method | Level | Chance | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Route 18 Road 18 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 44 | 10% | - |
Route 18 Road 18 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 45 | 10% | - |
Route 18 Road 18 | Walking in red flowers | 46 | 10% | - |

Normal

Shiny
Torkoal
Coal Pokémon

HP
70
Attack
85
Defense
140
Sp. Atk
85
Sp. Def
70
Speed
20
Total
470
Type Chart
Weaknesses
Takes 2× from



Resistances
Takes 0.5× from






| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Ember | ![]() | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 | The target is attacked with small flames. This may also leave the target with a burn. |
| Start | Flail | ![]() | Physical | - | 100 | 15 | The user flails about aimlessly to attack. The less HP the user has, the greater the move’s power. |
| Start | Protect | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | Enables the user to evade all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. |
| Start | Heat Wave | ![]() | Special | 95 | 90 | 10 | The user attacks by exhaling hot breath on the opposing Pokémon. This may also leave those Pokémon with a burn. |
| Start | Shell Smash | ![]() | Status | - | - | 15 | The user breaks its shell, which lowers Defense and Sp. Def stats but sharply raises its Attack, Sp. Atk, and Speed stats. |
| Start | Inferno | ![]() | Special | 100 | 50 | 5 | The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire. This leaves the target with a burn. |
| 4 | Smog | ![]() | Special | 30 | 70 | 20 | The target is attacked with a discharge of filthy gases. This may also poison the target. |
| 7 | Withdraw | ![]() | Status | - | - | 40 | The user withdraws its body into its hard shell, raising its Defense stat. |
| 12 | Curse | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | A move that works differently for the Ghost type than for all other types. |
| 17 | Fire Spin | ![]() | Special | 35 | 85 | 15 | The target becomes trapped within a fierce vortex of fire that rages for four to five turns. |
| 20 | Smokescreen | ![]() | Status | - | 100 | 20 | The user releases an obscuring cloud of smoke or ink. This lowers the target’s accuracy. |
| 23 | Flame Wheel | ![]() | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 | The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the target. This may also leave the target with a burn. |
| 25 | Rapid Spin | ![]() | Physical | 20 | 100 | 40 | A spin attack that can also eliminate such moves as Bind, Wrap, Leech Seed, and Spikes. |
| 28 | Flamethrower | ![]() | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 | The target is scorched with an intense blast of fire. This may also leave the target with a burn. |
| 33 | Body Slam | ![]() | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 | The user drops onto the target with its full body weight. This may also leave the target with paralysis. |
| 36 | Protect | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | Enables the user to evade all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. |
| 39 | Lava Plume | ![]() | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 | The user torches everything around it with an inferno of scarlet flames. This may also leave those hit with a burn. |
| 44 | Iron Defense | ![]() | Status | - | - | 15 | The user hardens its body’s surface like iron, sharply raising its Defense stat. |
| 49 | Amnesia | ![]() | Status | - | - | 20 | The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. This sharply raises the user’s Sp. Def stat. |
| 52 | Flail | ![]() | Physical | - | 100 | 15 | The user flails about aimlessly to attack. The less HP the user has, the greater the move’s power. |
| 55 | Heat Wave | ![]() | Special | 95 | 90 | 10 | The user attacks by exhaling hot breath on the opposing Pokémon. This may also leave those Pokémon with a burn. |
| 60 | Inferno | ![]() | Special | 100 | 50 | 5 | The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire. This leaves the target with a burn. |
| 65 | Shell Smash | ![]() | Status | - | - | 15 | The user breaks its shell, which lowers Defense and Sp. Def stats but sharply raises its Attack, Sp. Atk, and Speed stats. |
| Class | Description | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Smog | ![]() | Special | 50 | - | 15 | The user attacks by throwing a clump of special mud. All stat changes are returned to normal. |
| Endure | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | The user endures any attack with at least 1 HP. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. |
| Eruption | ![]() | Special | 150 | 100 | 5 | The user attacks opposing Pokémon with explosive fury. The lower the user’s HP, the lower the move’s power. |
| Fissure | ![]() | Physical | - | 30 | 5 | The user opens up a fissure in the ground and drops the target in. The target faints instantly if this attack hits. |
| Flame Burst | ![]() | Special | 70 | 100 | 15 | The user attacks the target with a bursting flame. The bursting flame damages Pokémon next to the target as well. |
| Skull Bash | ![]() | Physical | 130 | 100 | 10 | The user tucks in its head to raise its Defense in the first turn, then rams the target on the next turn. |
| Sleep Talk | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | While it is asleep, the user randomly uses one of the moves it knows. |
| Superpower | ![]() | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 | The user attacks the target with great power. However, this also lowers the user’s Attack and Defense stats. |
| Yawn | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | The user lets loose a huge yawn that lulls the target into falling asleep on the next turn. |
| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HM04 | Strength | ![]() | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 | The target is slugged with a punch thrown at maximum power. This can also be used to move heavy boulders. |
| TM06 | Toxic | ![]() | Status | - | 90 | 10 | A move that leaves the target badly poisoned. Its poison damage worsens every turn. |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | ![]() | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 | A unique attack that varies in type depending on the Pokémon using it. |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | ![]() | Status | - | - | 5 | The user intensifies the sun for five turns, powering up Fire-type moves. |
| TM15 | Hyper Beam | ![]() | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 | The target is attacked with a powerful beam. The user can’t move on the next turn. |
| TM17 | Protect | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | Enables the user to evade all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. |
| TM21 | Frustration | ![]() | Physical | - | 100 | 20 | A full-power attack that grows more powerful the less the user likes its Trainer. |
| TM22 | Solar Beam | ![]() | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 | A two-turn attack. The user gathers light, then blasts a bundled beam on the next turn. |
| TM26 | Earthquake | ![]() | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 | The user sets off an earthquake that strikes every Pokémon around it. |
| TM27 | Return | ![]() | Physical | - | 100 | 20 | A full-power attack that grows more powerful the more the user likes its Trainer. |
| TM32 | Double Team | ![]() | Status | - | - | 15 | By moving rapidly, the user makes illusory copies of itself to raise its evasiveness. |
| TM35 | Flamethrower | ![]() | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 | The target is scorched with an intense blast of fire. This may also leave the target with a burn. |
| TM36 | Sludge Bomb | ![]() | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 | Unsanitary sludge is hurled at the target. This may also poison the target. |
| TM38 | Fire Blast | ![]() | Special | 110 | 85 | 5 | The target is attacked with an intense blast of all-consuming fire. This may also leave the target with a burn. |
| TM39 | Rock Tomb | ![]() | Physical | 60 | 95 | 15 | Boulders are hurled at the target. This also lowers the target’s Speed stat by preventing its movement. |
| TM42 | Facade | ![]() | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | An attack move that doubles its power if the user is poisoned, burned, or has paralysis. |
| TM43 | Flame Charge | ![]() | Physical | 50 | 100 | 20 | Cloaking itself in flame, the user attacks. Then, building up more power, the user raises its Speed stat. |
| TM44 | Rest | ![]() | Status | - | - | 5 | The user goes to sleep for two turns. This fully restores the user’s HP and heals any status conditions. |
| TM45 | Attract | ![]() | Status | - | 100 | 15 | If it is the opposite gender of the user, the target becomes infatuated and less likely to attack. |
| TM48 | Round | ![]() | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 | The user attacks the target with a song. Others can join in the Round and make the attack do greater damage. |
| TM50 | Overheat | ![]() | Special | 130 | 90 | 5 | The user attacks the target at full power. The attack’s recoil harshly lowers the user’s Sp. Atk stat. |
| TM59 | Incinerate | ![]() | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 | The user attacks opposing Pokémon with fire. If a Pokémon is holding a certain item, such as a Berry, the item becomes burned up and unusable. |
| TM61 | Will-O-Wisp | ![]() | Status | - | 85 | 15 | The user shoots a sinister, bluish-white flame at the target to inflict a burn. |
| TM64 | Explosion | ![]() | Physical | 250 | 100 | 5 | The user attacks everything around it by causing a tremendous explosion. The user faints upon using this move. |
| TM68 | Giga Impact | ![]() | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 | The user charges at the target using every bit of its power. The user can’t move on the next turn. |
| TM71 | Stone Edge | ![]() | Physical | 100 | 80 | 5 | The user stabs the target with sharpened stones from below. Critical hits land more easily. |
| TM74 | Gyro Ball | ![]() | Physical | - | 100 | 5 | The user tackles the target with a high-speed spin. The slower the user compared to the target, the greater the move’s power. |
| TM78 | Bulldoze | ![]() | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | The user strikes everything around it by stomping down on the ground. This lowers the Speed stat of those hit. |
| TM80 | Rock Slide | ![]() | Physical | 75 | 90 | 10 | Large boulders are hurled at the opposing Pokémon to inflict damage. This may also make the opposing Pokémon flinch. |
| TM87 | Swagger | ![]() | Status | - | 90 | 15 | The user enrages and confuses the target. However, this also sharply raises the target’s Attack stat. |
| TM88 | Sleep Talk | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | While it is asleep, the user randomly uses one of the moves it knows. |
| TM90 | Substitute | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | The user makes a copy of itself using some of its HP. The copy serves as the user’s decoy. |
| TM94 | Rock Smash | ![]() | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 | The user attacks with a punch. This may also lower the target’s Defense stat. This move can also shatter rocks in the field. |
| TM96 | Nature Power | ![]() | Status | - | - | 20 | An attack that makes use of nature’s power. Its effects vary depending on the user’s environment. |
| TM100 | Confide | ![]() | Status | - | - | 20 | The user tells the target a secret, and the target loses its ability to concentrate. This lowers the target’s Sp. Atk stat. |
White Smoke
Ability Slot 1
Prevents other Pokémon from lowering its stats.
Prevents stats from being lowered by other Pokémon.
Drought
Ability Slot 2
Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle.
Summons strong sunlight that lasts indefinitely upon entering battle.
Shell Armor
Hidden Ability
Protects the Pokémon from critical hits.
Protects against critical hits.





















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