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Gurdurr is a gray bipedal Pokémon with a large, round dark-violet nose. It has bulbous features, resembling curls of "hair", on its head. Violet bulges resembling swelling veins pattern its muscular, large arms, thighs, and chest, and similar thick violet bands adorn its shoulders. It possesses an hourglass shape. It is known to usually carry an I-beamgirder in its arms. The steel frame is used to train its muscles, and Gurdurr boasts about its muscles with its comrades. It is so strong that it won't even be moved if it is attacked by a group of professional wrestlers. It is usually found near construction sites.
Gurdurr, the Muscular Pokémon and the evolved form of Timburr. Gurdurr trains its muscles by carrying a steel beam. With its amazing strength, even professional wrestlers can't move it.
Gurdurr is similar to Machoke; both are Fighting-type Pokémon with a base stat total of 405 whose final evolution is triggered by trading.
Gurdurr weighs the same as Ethan. It shares this trait with Latias and Clefable.
In Pokémon Conquest, Gurdurr and its evolved form, Conkeldurr, are the only Pokémon that share a max link of 100% with five different Warriors, which is the highest amount found in the game.
Origin
Timburr's Pokédex entry supports that it and its evolutions are based on construction workers. Due to its clown nose, clown hair-like structure on it's head, and buff body, it may have also been based on a musclemancarnie from a carnival sideshow.
Name origin
Gurdurr may be a corruption of girder, an iron or steel beam.
Dotekkotsu is derived from 鉄骨 tekkotsu (steel frame).
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.