Samurott

**Samurott** (Japanese: **ダイケンキ** *Daikenki*) is a Water-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Dewott starting at level 36. It is the final form of Oshawott.

Hisuian Samurott is a dual-type Water/Dark. It evolves from Dewott when exposed to a Mist Stone.

## Moves

### By leveling up

 * A level of "Start" indicates a move that will be known by a Samurott obtained at level 1
* **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Samurott
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Samurott
* Moves in yellow cannot be learned by any previous evolutions of Samurott

### By TM/TR

 * **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Samurott
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Samurott
* Moves in yellow cannot be learned by any previous evolutions of Samurott

### By tutoring

 * **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Samurott
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Samurott
* Moves in yellow cannot be learned by any previous evolutions of Samurott

### By breeding

 * Moves marked with an asterisk (\*) must be chain bred onto Samurott
* **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Samurott
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Samurott

## Trivia

### Design origin

Compared to its pre-evolved forms, Samurott seems to be based more on the North American river otter than the sea otter. Samurott's design is also heavily based on a sea lion and an armored samurai. While it was decided that Oshawott would be based on an otter, the designers had issues in creating a fully evolved form which was more interesting than just a bigger otter standing on two legs. At that point Yusuke Ohmura went to see real-life otters at an exhibit, but his attention was rather caught by the strength displayed by some sea lions at a nearby sea lion show, and thus decided to incorporate the body shape of the latter animal into the design. Furthermore, to represent the variety in the human population of Unova, it was decided that the evolutionary families of the starter Pokémon would be based on the West, China and Japan. In the case of the Oshawott family, it had to represent Japan, and thus was based on Japanese samurai. Samurott's inspiration might also come from the lifespan of a samurai, from a child (Oshawott) to a military commander (Samurott).

Samurott's tail may be based on a Japanese war fan. The "helmet" over its head appears to be based on the rare-spined murex shell. The markings on its chest make it reminiscent of a giant otter. Its ability to withdraw, attack with, and return its blade may be a reference to iaido, a Japanese martial art that uses similar swordplay in combat. Its whiskers bear a great deal of similarity to the facial hair found in some menpō, a type of facial armor employed by samurai.

Hisuian Samurott may be based on a rōnin, which is a samurai without a lord or master to serve. The kanji 浪 from 浪人 (*rōnin*) literally means *wave*, which might have been the inspiration for the wave-like designs all over Hisuian Samurott's body. Being a rōnin was regarded as dishonorable in traditional samurai culture, and many of them end up becoming mercenaries, which may explain Hisuian Samurott's Dark type. The seamitars it keeps on its arms resemble flame-bladed swords, also known as wave-bladed swords, such as the flamberge or kris.

### Name origin

Samurott may be a combination of *samurai* and *otter*.

Daikenki may be a combination of 大 *dai* (great), 剣 *ken* (sword), 鬼 *ki* (demon), and 剣鬼 *kenki* (devilish swordsman).