Kyurem

Kyurem is a Dragon/Ice type Pokémon introduced in Generation 5.

Kyurem White Kyurem Black Kyurem

Kyurem artwork by Ken Sugimori

Additional artwork

Pokédex data

National № 0646
Type Dragon Ice
Species Boundary Pokémon
Height 3.0 m (9′10″)
Weight 325.0 kg (716.5 lbs)
Abilities 1. Pressure
Local № 0152 (Black/White)
0297 (Black 2/White 2)

Training

EV yield 1 HP, 1 Attack, 1 Sp. Atk
Catch rate 3 (0.4% with PokéBall, full HP)
Base Friendship 0 (lower than normal)
Base Exp. 297
Growth Rate Slow

Breeding

Egg Groups Undiscovered
Gender Genderless
Egg cycles 120 (30,584–30,840 steps)

Base stats

HP 125
360 454
Attack 130
238 394
Defense 90
166 306
Sp. Atk 130
238 394
Sp. Def 90
166 306
Speed 95
175 317
Total 660 Min Max

The ranges shown on the right are for a level 100 Pokémon. Maximum values are based on a beneficial nature, 252 EVs, 31 IVs; minimum values are based on a hindering nature, 0 EVs, 0 IVs.

Type defenses

The effectiveness of each type on Kyurem.

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Kyurem (White Kyurem) artwork by Ken Sugimori

Additional artwork

Pokédex data

National № 0646
Type Dragon Ice
Species Boundary Pokémon
Height 3.6 m (11′10″)
Weight 325.0 kg (716.5 lbs)
Abilities 1. Turboblaze
Local № 0152 (Black/White)
0297 (Black 2/White 2)

Training

EV yield 3 Sp. Atk
Catch rate 3 (0.4% with PokéBall, full HP)
Base Friendship 0 (lower than normal)
Base Exp. 315
Growth Rate Slow

Breeding

Egg Groups Undiscovered
Gender Genderless
Egg cycles 120 (30,584–30,840 steps)

Base stats

HP 125
360 454
Attack 120
220 372
Defense 90
166 306
Sp. Atk 170
310 482
Sp. Def 100
184 328
Speed 95
175 317
Total 700 Min Max

The ranges shown on the right are for a level 100 Pokémon. Maximum values are based on a beneficial nature, 252 EVs, 31 IVs; minimum values are based on a hindering nature, 0 EVs, 0 IVs.

Type defenses

The effectiveness of each type on Kyurem.

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Kyurem (Black Kyurem) artwork by Ken Sugimori

Additional artwork

Pokédex data

National № 0646
Type Dragon Ice
Species Boundary Pokémon
Height 3.3 m (10′10″)
Weight 325.0 kg (716.5 lbs)
Abilities 1. Teravolt
Local № 0152 (Black/White)
0297 (Black 2/White 2)

Training

EV yield 3 Attack
Catch rate 3 (0.4% with PokéBall, full HP)
Base Friendship 0 (lower than normal)
Base Exp. 315
Growth Rate Slow

Breeding

Egg Groups Undiscovered
Gender Genderless
Egg cycles 120 (30,584–30,840 steps)

Base stats

HP 125
360 454
Attack 170
310 482
Defense 100
184 328
Sp. Atk 120
220 372
Sp. Def 90
166 306
Speed 95
175 317
Total 700 Min Max

The ranges shown on the right are for a level 100 Pokémon. Maximum values are based on a beneficial nature, 252 EVs, 31 IVs; minimum values are based on a hindering nature, 0 EVs, 0 IVs.

Type defenses

The effectiveness of each type on Kyurem.

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Evolution chart

Kyurem changes

Pokédex entries

Kyurem

Black It generates a powerful, freezing energy inside itself, but its body became frozen when the energy leaked out.
White It can produce ultracold air. Its body is frozen.
Black 2
White 2		 This legendary ice Pokémon waits for a hero to fill in the missing parts of its body with truth or ideals.
X
Omega Ruby		 This legendary ice Pokémon waits for a hero to fill in the missing parts of its body with truth or ideals.
Y
Alpha Sapphire		 It generates a powerful, freezing energy inside itself, but its body became frozen when the energy leaked out.
Sword Dwelling within it is a power even greater than that of Reshiram or Zekrom, but the extreme cold keeps that power bound.
Shield It appears that this Pokémon uses its powers over ice to freeze its own body in order to stabilize its cellular structure.

White Kyurem

Sword The sameness of Reshiram’s and Kyurem’s genes allowed Kyurem to absorb Reshiram. Kyurem can now use the power of both fire and ice.
Shield It has foreseen that a world of truth will arrive for people and Pokémon. It strives to protect that future.

Black Kyurem

Sword It’s said that this Pokémon battles in order to protect the ideal world that will exist in the future for people and Pokémon.
Shield The sameness of Zekrom’s and Kyurem’s genes allowed Kyurem to absorb Zekrom. Kyurem can now use the power of both electricity and ice.

Moves learned by Kyurem

Scarlet/Violet Sword/Shield

Moves learnt by level up

Kyurem learns the following moves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet at the levels specified.

KyuremWhite KyuremBlack Kyurem
Lv.
Move
Type
Cat.
Power
Acc.
1Ancient PowerRockSpecial 60 100
1Dragon BreathDragonSpecial 60 100
1Freeze-DryIceSpecial 70 100
1Noble RoarNormalStatus — 100
8SlashNormalPhysical 70 100
16EndeavorNormalPhysical — 100
24Dragon PulseDragonSpecial 85 100
32Ice BeamIceSpecial 90 100
40Hyper VoiceNormalSpecial 90 100
48Scary FaceNormalStatus — 100
56BlizzardIceSpecial 110 70
64ImprisonPsychicStatus — —
72OutrageDragonPhysical 120 100
80GlaciateIceSpecial 65 95
88Sheer ColdIceSpecial — 30
Lv.
Move
Type
Cat.
Power
Acc.
1Ancient PowerRockSpecial 60 100
1Dragon BreathDragonSpecial 60 100
1Freeze-DryIceSpecial 70 100
1Noble RoarNormalStatus — 100
8SlashNormalPhysical 70 100
16EndeavorNormalPhysical — 100
24Dragon PulseDragonSpecial 85 100
32Ice BeamIceSpecial 90 100
40Hyper VoiceNormalSpecial 90 100
48Fusion FlareFireSpecial 100 100
56BlizzardIceSpecial 110 70
64ImprisonPsychicStatus — —
72OutrageDragonPhysical 120 100
80Ice BurnIceSpecial 140 90
88Sheer ColdIceSpecial — 30
Lv.
Move
Type
Cat.
Power
Acc.
1Ancient PowerRockSpecial 60 100
1Dragon BreathDragonSpecial 60 100
1Freeze-DryIceSpecial 70 100
1Noble RoarNormalStatus — 100
8SlashNormalPhysical 70 100
16EndeavorNormalPhysical — 100
24Dragon PulseDragonSpecial 85 100
32Ice BeamIceSpecial 90 100
40Hyper VoiceNormalSpecial 90 100
48Fusion BoltElectricPhysical 100 100
56BlizzardIceSpecial 110 70
64ImprisonPsychicStatus — —
72OutrageDragonPhysical 120 100
80Freeze ShockIcePhysical 140 90
88Sheer ColdIceSpecial — 30

Egg moves

Kyurem does not learn any moves by breeding in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet.

Moves learnt by TM

Kyurem is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet:

TM
Move
Type
Cat.
Power
Acc.
01Take DownNormalPhysical 90 85
06Scary FaceNormalStatus — 100
07ProtectNormalStatus — —
10Ice FangIcePhysical 65 95
25FacadeNormalPhysical 70 100
27Aerial AceFlyingPhysical 60 ∞
32SwiftNormalSpecial 60 ∞
34Icy WindIceSpecial 55 95
36Rock TombRockPhysical 60 95
43FlingDarkPhysical — 100
44Dragon TailDragonPhysical 60 90
46AvalancheIcePhysical 60 100
47EndureNormalStatus — —
49Sunny DayFireStatus — —
50Rain DanceWaterStatus — —
52SnowscapeIceStatus — —
59Zen HeadbuttPsychicPhysical 80 90
61Shadow ClawGhostPhysical 70 100
66Body SlamNormalPhysical 85 100
70Sleep TalkNormalStatus — —
74ReflectPsychicStatus — —
75Light ScreenPsychicStatus — —
78Dragon ClawDragonPhysical 80 100
85RestPsychicStatus — —
86Rock SlideRockPhysical 75 90
89Body PressFightingPhysical 80 100
92ImprisonPsychicStatus — —
93Flash CannonSteelSpecial 80 100
97FlyFlyingPhysical 90 95
99Iron HeadSteelPhysical 80 100
100Dragon DanceDragonStatus — —
103SubstituteNormalStatus — —
114Shadow BallGhostSpecial 80 100
115Dragon PulseDragonSpecial 85 100
117Hyper VoiceNormalSpecial 90 100
120PsychicPsychicSpecial 90 100
130Helping HandNormalStatus — —
133Earth PowerGroundSpecial 90 100
135Ice BeamIceSpecial 90 100
143BlizzardIceSpecial 110 70
150Stone EdgeRockPhysical 100 80
152Giga ImpactNormalPhysical 150 90
156OutrageDragonPhysical 120 100
158Focus BlastFightingSpecial 120 70
163Hyper BeamNormalSpecial 150 90
169Draco MeteorDragonSpecial 130 90
171Tera BlastNormalSpecial 80 100
172RoarNormalStatus — —
187Icicle SpearIcePhysical 25 100
193Weather BallNormalSpecial 50 100
197Dual WingbeatFlyingPhysical 40 90
200Scale ShotDragonPhysical 25 90
205EndeavorNormalPhysical — 100
222Breaking SwipeDragonPhysical 60 100
226Dragon CheerDragonStatus — ∞

Moves learnt by level up

Kyurem learns the following moves in Pokémon Sword & Shield at the levels specified.

KyuremWhite KyuremBlack Kyurem
Lv.
Move
Type
Cat.
Power
Acc.
1Ancient PowerRockSpecial 60 100
1Dragon BreathDragonSpecial 60 100
1Freeze-DryIceSpecial 70 100
1Noble RoarNormalStatus — 100
8SlashNormalPhysical 70 100
16EndeavorNormalPhysical — 100
24Dragon PulseDragonSpecial 85 100
32Ice BeamIceSpecial 90 100
40Hyper VoiceNormalSpecial 90 100
48Scary FaceNormalStatus — 100
56BlizzardIceSpecial 110 70
64ImprisonPsychicStatus — —
72OutrageDragonPhysical 120 100
80GlaciateIceSpecial 65 95
88Sheer ColdIceSpecial — 30
Lv.
Move
Type
Cat.
Power
Acc.
1Ancient PowerRockSpecial 60 100
1Dragon BreathDragonSpecial 60 100
1Freeze-DryIceSpecial 70 100
1Noble RoarNormalStatus — 100
8SlashNormalPhysical 70 100
16EndeavorNormalPhysical — 100
24Dragon PulseDragonSpecial 85 100
32Ice BeamIceSpecial 90 100
40Hyper VoiceNormalSpecial 90 100
48Fusion FlareFireSpecial 100 100
56BlizzardIceSpecial 110 70
64ImprisonPsychicStatus — —
72OutrageDragonPhysical 120 100
80Ice BurnIceSpecial 140 90
88Sheer ColdIceSpecial — 30
Lv.
Move
Type
Cat.
Power
Acc.
1Ancient PowerRockSpecial 60 100
1Dragon BreathDragonSpecial 60 100
1Freeze-DryIceSpecial 70 100
1Noble RoarNormalStatus — 100
8SlashNormalPhysical 70 100
16EndeavorNormalPhysical — 100
24Dragon PulseDragonSpecial 85 100
32Ice BeamIceSpecial 90 100
40Hyper VoiceNormalSpecial 90 100
48Fusion BoltElectricPhysical 100 100
56BlizzardIceSpecial 110 70
64ImprisonPsychicStatus — —
72OutrageDragonPhysical 120 100
80Freeze ShockIcePhysical 140 90
88Sheer ColdIceSpecial — 30

Egg moves

Kyurem does not learn any moves by breeding in Pokémon Sword & Shield.

Move Tutor moves

Kyurem can be taught these attacks in Pokémon Sword & Shield from move tutors (details):

Move
Type
Cat.
Power
Acc.
Dual WingbeatFlyingPhysical 40 90
Scale ShotDragonPhysical 25 90

Moves learnt by TM

Kyurem is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Sword & Shield:

TM
Move
Type
Cat.
Power
Acc.
06FlyFlyingPhysical 90 95
08Hyper BeamNormalSpecial 150 90
09Giga ImpactNormalPhysical 150 90
17Light ScreenPsychicStatus — —
18ReflectPsychicStatus — —
19SafeguardNormalStatus — —
21RestPsychicStatus — —
22Rock SlideRockPhysical 75 90
24SnoreNormalSpecial 50 100
25ProtectNormalStatus — —
26Scary FaceNormalStatus — 100
27Icy WindIceSpecial 55 95
30Steel WingSteelPhysical 70 90
33Rain DanceWaterStatus — —
34Sunny DayFireStatus — —
35HailIceStatus — —
39FacadeNormalPhysical 70 100
40SwiftNormalSpecial 60 ∞
41Helping HandNormalStatus — —
44ImprisonPsychicStatus — —
46Weather BallNormalSpecial 50 100
48Rock TombRockPhysical 60 95
51Icicle SpearIcePhysical 25 100
57PaybackDarkPhysical 50 100
59FlingDarkPhysical — 100
65Shadow ClawGhostPhysical 70 100
76RoundNormalSpecial 60 100
97Brutal SwingDarkPhysical 60 100
99Breaking SwipeDragonPhysical 60 100

Moves learnt by TR

Kyurem is compatible with these Technical Records in Pokémon Sword & Shield:

TR
Move
Type
Cat.
Power
Acc.
05Ice BeamIceSpecial 90 100
06BlizzardIceSpecial 110 70
11PsychicPsychicSpecial 90 100
20SubstituteNormalStatus — —
24OutrageDragonPhysical 120 100
26EndureNormalStatus — —
27Sleep TalkNormalStatus — —
33Shadow BallGhostSpecial 80 100
42Hyper VoiceNormalSpecial 90 100
47Dragon ClawDragonPhysical 80 100
51Dragon DanceDragonStatus — —
62Dragon PulseDragonSpecial 85 100
64Focus BlastFightingSpecial 120 70
67Earth PowerGroundSpecial 90 100
69Zen HeadbuttPsychicPhysical 80 90
70Flash CannonSteelSpecial 80 100
74Iron HeadSteelPhysical 80 100
75Stone EdgeRockPhysical 100 80
99Body PressFightingPhysical 80 100

Kyurem sprites

Type Generation 5 Generation 6 Generation 7 Generation 8 Generation 9
Normal Kyurem sprite from Black & White Kyurem sprite from X & Y — Kyurem sprite from Sword & Shield Kyurem sprite from Scarlet & Violet
Shiny Kyurem Shiny sprite from Black & White Kyurem Shiny sprite from X & Y — — —

Where to find Kyurem

Black
White
Black 2
White 2		 Giant Chasm
X
Y
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire		 Trade/migrate from another game
Sun
Moon		 Trade/migrate from another game
Ultra Sun
Ultra Moon		 Ultra Space Wilds
Let's Go Pikachu
Let's Go Eevee		 Not available in this game
Sword
Shield		 Trade/migrate from another game
Brilliant Diamond
Shining Pearl
Legends: Arceus		 Not available in this game
Scarlet
Violet		 Location data not yet available

Answers to Kyurem questions

Other languages

English Kyurem
Japanese キュレム (Kyurem)
German Kyurem
French Kyurem
Italian Kyurem
Spanish Kyurem
Korean 큐레무 (kyuremu)
Chinese (Simplified) 酋雷姆
Chinese (Traditional) 酋雷姆

 

English Boundary Pokémon
Japanese きょうかいポケモン
German Schwellen-Pokémon
French Pokémon Frontière
Italian Pokémon Confine
Spanish Pokémon Frontera
Korean 경계포켓몬
Chinese (Simplified) 境界宝可梦
Chinese (Traditional) 境界寶可夢

Name origin

kyuurei
Japanese for ‘rapid cooling’