Deep Sea Scale

Deep Sea Scale しんかいのウロコ Deep-Sea Scale

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Introduced in Generation III Pocket Generation III Items Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Fling Power 30

The Deep Sea Scale (Japanese: しんかいのウロコ Deep-Sea Scale), formatted DeepSeaScale prior to Generation VI and Deepseascale in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, is a type of held item introduced in Generation III. It allows Clamperl to evolve into Gorebyss, and also boosts the Special Defense of a Clamperl that holds it.

In the core series games

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Effect

In battle

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If held by Clamperl, doubles its Special Defense.

Outside of battle

Causes Clamperl to evolve into Gorebyss when traded while holding it. This consumes the Deep Sea Scale.

Description

Acquisition

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

The Deepseascale appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky.

Price

Games Cost Sell price MDRB 3000 1 MDTDS 1000 1

Effect

If the player offers both a Link Cable and Deepseascale at Luminous Cave or Luminous Spring, Clamperl can be evolved into Gorebyss. This consumes the Link Cable and Deepseascale.

If thrown, it will deal 1 damage (2 if sticky). Using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.

Description

Acquisition

Appearance

Sprite from Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team	Sprite from Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky

In animation

A Deep Sea Scale in Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

A Deep Sea Tooth and a Deep Sea Scale appeared in The Evolutionary War. They were used to evolve Keith and Nancy's Clamperl into a Huntail and a Gorebyss, respectively. In this episode, Deep Sea Scales were revealed to be found on Island B of the A-B-C Islands.

A Deep Sea Scale appeared in Showdown At Linoone as one of the items Tokin had picked up.

Trivia

• In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, when pluralized or prefixed with the indefinite article, this item's name is rendered with a lowercase 's' ("DeepseaScales" and "a DeepseaScale", respectively). In Pokémon Platinum and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, both of these instances are corrected to display with a capital 'S' ("DeepSeaScales" and "a DeepSeaScale", respectively), matching how the item's name would normally be rendered.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 深海鱗片 Sāmhói Lèuhnpin Mandarin 深海鱗片 / 深海鳞片 Shēnhǎi Línpiàn * 深海之鱗 Shēnhǎi-zhī Lín * 深海之鱗片 Shēnhǎi-zhī Línpiàn * Finnish Syvänmerensuomu French Écaille Océan* Écailleocéan* German Abyssplatte Italian Squamabissi Korean 심해의비늘 Simhae-ui Bineul Brazilian Portuguese Deep Sea Scale Spanish Escama Marina Vietnamese Vảy biển sâu

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation III – IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

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