Biology

The top-half of Registeel's body is spherical and gray with a black stripe running down its "face". Its face consists of seven red dots in a hexagonal formation. It has black arms with three fingers each and cylindrical legs. While Registeel has been classified as a Steel-type Pokémon, its body is actually made of a material that is harder than any known metal. However, this material stretches and shrinks despite its hardness. Its body was tempered by pressure underground over thousands of years.

Brandon used Registeel again in his battle with Paul. It battled with Paul's Magmar and easily took out his Nidoking.

Registeel appeared again in Pillars of Friendship! Regigigas used Confuse Ray on Regirock, Regice, and Registeel and all four Pokémon went on a rampage. When J attempted to capture Regigigas using her laser cannon, Regirock, Regice, Registeel, and then Brandon himself all jumped in the way and were frozen instead. After J was defeated, Regigigas eventually brought them back to life with Hidden Power.

Minor appearances

Registeel first appeared in a brief cameo during the introduction of Destiny Deoxys.

Brandon used Registeel first in his battle with Emerald, where it squared off against the Hitmonchan the boy borrowed from Crystal. Though Registeel took considerable damage from the accumulation of many Fire Punches and was eventually beaten by a strong Sky Uppercut attack, it managed to cause its opponent to faint as well with a clever Toxic maneuver. It has not been seen since.

In the TCG

Other appearances

Registeel appears as an occasional stage hazard in the Ironworks Chamber of the Wii U exclusive Kalos Pokémon League, which is based on Pokémon X and Y's Pokémon League. Appearing rarely, it will use stomp to dislodge the swords embedded in the stage, causing them to fly upwards and damage fighters. Grounded characters will also take damage from stomp.

Trophy information

This Steel-type Pokémon's hollow body is made out of an ultrahard metal, forged under pressure over thousands of years underground. It can appear in the Kalos Pokemon League stage, in the Elite Four's Steel-type chamber. Its Stomp attack will launch fighters on the ground, and even the giant swords mounted on the stage!

Non-English European sprites

Diamond and Pearl

Trivia

In the non-English European versions of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Registeel's sprite was edited because of its arm. The arm's original position is reminiscent of the Nazisalute. In Pokémon Platinum, the sprite was changed for all regions to the continental European variation (this change was retained in HeartGold and SoulSilver).

In Pokémon Ranger, Registeel is the only one of the three Regis that has a Field Move. The other two have a Poké Assist instead.

In Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, there is an unobtainable Registeel Doll programmed into the game. It may have been intended to be obtained with the e-Reader.

Registeel is the only legendary golem without a base stat higher than the other members of the trio. Regirock has the highest Attack and Defense base stats, while Regice has the highest Special Attack and Special Defense base stats. In this way, Registeel is the balanced member of the trio, as all three have equal HP and Speed base stats.

It learns more moves by level up than the other members of its trio, with 15.

Origin

Registeel is based on the golems of Hebrew legend. The legends cast them as servants of higher powers and are said to have writing on their heads. When the writing is removed, the creature would be weakened.

Name origin

Registeel is the combination of the words regis (Latin for royal) and steel.