Swords of Justice

The legendary musketeers is a collective term to refer to the quartet of Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, and Keldeo.

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The legendary musketeers

The group is based on the French novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, père. Cobalion represents Athos, the oldest and de facto leader of the group. Terrakion represents Porthos, the strongest, heaviest, and largest member of the group. Virizion represents Aramis, the most feminine, vain, and romantic member of the group. Keldeo represents d'Artagnan, the youngest by far and the latest addition to the group. The group has challenged humans in legends in order to protect other Pokémon from losing their homes to human expansion.

All of the Pokémon share a secondary type, Fighting-type, and all share the Ability Justified. Many of their moves refer to swordplay, something the musketeers specialized in, such as Swords Dance and their signature move, Sacred Sword.

When gathered at the Moor of Icirrus, Cobalion, Terrakion and Virizion will teach Keldeo its own signature move Secret Sword, a special variation of Sacred Sword.

Similar movesets

Lv.	Cobalion  Steel  Fighting	Terrakion  Rock  Fighting	Virizion  Grass  Fighting	Keldeo  Water  Fighting
Start	Quick Attack			Aqua Jet
	Leer
7	Double Kick
13	Metal Claw	Smack Down	Magical Leaf	BubbleBeam
19	Take Down
25	Helping Hand
31	Retaliate
37	Iron Head	Rock Slide	Giga Drain	Aqua Tail
42*	Sacred Sword
49	Swords Dance
55	Quick Guard
61	Work Up
67	Metal Burst	Stone Edge	Leaf Blade	Hydro Pump
73	Close Combat
Moves in bold are STAB. Moves in italics do no damage.

Base stat comparison

Pokémon	Cobalion	Terrakion	Virizion	Keldeo
HP	91	91	91	91
Attack	90	129	90	72
Defense	129	90	72	90
Sp. Attack	90	72	90	129
Sp. Defense	72	90	129	90
Speed	108	108	108	108
Total	580	580	580	580

Trivia

• Apart from Arceus holding the Fist Plate, they are the only quadrupedal Fighting-type Pokémon.
• All of the musketeer members have HP and Speed stats of 91 and 108, respectively.
  • They also have base stat values of 72-90-90-129, just distributed differently.
  • Each member of the quartet specializes in a certain stat, with Cobalion in Defense, Terrakion in Attack, Virizion in Special Defense and Keldeo in Special Attack.
• Cobalion, Virizion and Keldeo all share a type combination with only one other Pokémon: Lucario, Breloom and Poliwrath, respectively. Terrakion is the only one that has a unique type combination.
• The legendary musketeers have their own battle transition like the Tao trio and the Kami trio. The screen will pause, fade to black and then a sword will slash through the screen and then a glass will break into pieces and the battle starts.
• The trio shares their heights with the legendary beasts:
  • Entei and Cobalion are both 6'11".
  • Suicune and Virizion are both 6'07".
  • Raikou and Terrakion are both 6'03".