Axew is a Dragon-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V. It evolves into Fraxure starting at level 38, which evolves into Haxorus starting at level 48. Take a look below for 24 fun and fascinating facts about Axew.
1. Axew is a bipedal, grayish green Pokemon with pale, straight tusks protruding from the sides of its mouth.
2. These tusks can regenerate if broken, and will regrow if they fall out.
3. This repeated regrowth strengthens and sharpens its tusks.
4. The tusks serve numerous purposes, from making territorial gashes in trees to crushing Berries for eating.
5. The back of its head is dark grayish-green with a tall, slightly curved horn.
6. Large, dark grayish-green ovals surround its red eyes, and it has a short, rounded snout with large nostrils.
7. A forest green collar marking encircles its neck.
8. Axew’s limbs and tail are short, with its forelimbs having three digits and its feet having two digits.
9. As shown in the anime, Axew is skilled at climbing walls.
10. Axew was first seen on concept art from the Best Wishes series along with Servine, Dewott, and Woobat.
11. Axew has the lowest Special Attack base stat of all Dragon-type Pokémon.
12. Axew may draw inspiration from Dicynodonts, tusked, mammal-like reptiles from the Permian era – most likely the smaller Diictodon.
13. Its crest may be based on the crests characteristic of hadrosaurids (Saurolophus, specifically), or perhaps a Corytophanid such as the brown basilisk.
14. Axew may be a combination of axe and chew or hew (to chop a material with a tool).
15. Iris owns an Axew, which debuted in In The Shadow of Zekrom!. She carries him with her, outside of a Poké Ball, in her hair. Axew’s major goal is to evolve into a mighty Haxorus.
16. A female Axew appeared in Lost at the Stamp Rally!, under the ownership of Erina. She had become separated from her Trainer and tried to reunite with her. She reappeared in a flashback in Battling the Bully!.
17. Multiple Axew appeared in Iris’s flashback in The Bloom Is on Axew!.
18. Multiple Axew appeared in A Maractus Musical!.
19. Multiple Axew appeared in A Village Homecoming! as residents of the Village of Dragons.
20. Iris’s Axew appears in the manga adaptations of the movies he’s in.
21. An Axew appeared in Drawing Bridges as an illusion created by N’s Zorua while on the Driftveil Drawbridge.
22. An Axew appeared in A Stormy Time in the Battle Subway, under the control of a virtual Trainer. It managed to easily defeat White’s Deerling, nicknamed Darlene.
23. A Trainer’s Axew appeared in An X-cuse to Come Out and Play, where it fled Vaniville Town as it was being destroyed during a battle between Yveltal and Xerneas.
24. An Axew appeared in The White Scroll: Oichi’s Worries, under the ownership of Kiyomasa. It was revealed to have evolved into a Fraxure in a flashback in The Blue Scroll: Mitsunari, Kiyomasa, and Masanori.