Haxorus Katakana オノノクス Romanji Ononokusu Information Category Axe Jaw Pokémon Type Dragon Ability RivalryMold BreakerUnnerve (Hidden) Gender Ratio 50% Male/50% Female Egg Group Dragon and Monster-Like Hatch Time 10280 - 10536 steps Experience Yield 243 Leveling Rate Slow Body Style Shape 6 Habitat Forests Base Friendship 35 Haxorus (Japanese: オノノクス Ononokus) is a Dragon-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

Haxorus is a bipedal Pokémon with a dark, yellow-green covering on its back and most of the front. It has black skin covering its torso, tail tip, and thighs, as well as red talons and claws. Its large tusks, which resemble scythes, are black and edged in red, and are located on its upper jaw on the side of its mouth. Its medium-sized eyes are red with black pupils. Ridged plate-like skin travels from its back to its head region. It has solid armor and the legs and tail have a dividing line pattern. Its arms are quite small, with three digits two elliptical triceps and biceps, and circular elbows. Its hands are small and circular with small red claws. Its legs are formidable and strong with three-toed feet with a red talon on each toe.

Haxorus takes great pride and joy in its prized, unbreakable tusks, which are used on its enemies and can cut through steel beams and metal transmission towers with ease. Despite its austere appearance, it is generally friendly. However, Haxorus is known to be very territorial, and it will react violently should anyone touch its tusks. Haxorus is known to reside in caves and abandoned mines. Haxorus has a diet of eating the minerals in the dirt to keep its tusks sharp.

Haxorus in the anime

Iris's Axew was revealed to have fully evolved into Haxorus in Thrash of the Titans!.

In a flashback in Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!, Drayden's Haxorus defeated Iris's Excadrill in a battle. This led to Iris having trouble with Excadrill, who disobeyed her for many years. Haxorus physically debuted in Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!, where it had another battle against Excadrill, which resulted in a tie. It reappeared in a flashback in Thrash of the Titans!.

In A Village Homecoming!, a Haxorus was noticed by Iris's Dragonite, who had a fight with it.

In Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation!, Rhoder's Haxorus caused a rampage in the city due to it being under the control of Colress's machines at the time. It returned to normal when one of the machines was destroyed by Aldith's Liepard's Shadow Ball.

Haxorus debuted in Dreams by the Yard Full! in Axew's dream, where it first evolved into Fraxure and then into the Axe Jaw Pokémon.

Haxorus physically debuted in Iris's fantasy in The Bloom Is on Axew!.

A Haxorus appeared as a silhouette in Crisis from the Underground Up!.

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Haxorus evolves from Fraxure starting at level 48. Haxorus is the final form of Axew.

Haxorus is based on dinosaurs. The design came from the idea of a Pokémon that swings its axe-like fangs to attack instead of biting, a behavior reportedly stemming from actual dinosaurs. The specific dinosaur may be the Dicynodonts, tusked synapsids with thick hides from the Permian era, most likely Placerias. Haxorus's tusks in particular resemble battle axe blades.

Haxorus may be a combination of hack (to chop or cut down), axe, -saurus (common suffix in names of dinosaurs and extinct reptiles derived from the Ancient Greek word for lizard), and possibly hazardous.

Ononokus may be a combination of 斧 ono (axe), 戦く ononoku (to tremble), アックス akkusu (axe), and possibly -onychus (common suffix in dinosaur names derived from the Ancient Greek word for claw).