Vikavolt (Pokémon): Difference between revisions
Oneofthosedf (talk | contribs) |
m →Trivia |
||
(18 intermediate revisions by 12 users not shown) | |||
Line 41: | Line 41: | ||
==Biology== | ==Biology== | ||
[[File:Vikavolt closed elytra.png|thumb|left|250px|Vikavolt with its elytra closed]] | |||
Vikavolt is a beetle-like {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} with a large pair of mandibles. Its small orange face has robotic, yellow eyes and is covered by a blue carapace. The mandibles extend from this helmet. They are blue on the inner surface and yellow on the outer surface. At the base of each mandible is a large spike and the inside is lined with short spikes. Its body is black and divided into three sections by yellow rings. The last two sections have a yellow spot on each side. On its back is a pair of wide, flat wings that are transparent with blue {{wp|elytra}}. It has four legs; the front pair of legs has two claws, while the back pair has only one. | Vikavolt is a beetle-like {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} with a large pair of mandibles. Its small orange face has robotic, yellow eyes and is covered by a blue carapace. The mandibles extend from this helmet. They are blue on the inner surface and yellow on the outer surface. At the base of each mandible is a large spike and the inside is lined with short spikes. Its body is black and divided into three sections by yellow rings. The last two sections have a yellow spot on each side. On its back is a pair of wide, flat wings that are transparent with blue {{wp|elytra}}. It has four legs; the front pair of legs has two claws, while the back pair has only one. | ||
Vikavolt produces electricity with an organ in its abdomen and controls it with its huge jaws to fire powerful electromagnetic beams. Vikavolt shoots these to strike down bird Pokémon. When it clasps a {{p|Charjabug}} in its legs, it is able to utilize it as an extra battery. This allows it to rapidly fire its powerful beam attacks. However, during fierce aerial fights, it will release Charjabug to make itself lighter and more mobile. It is an adept flier, capable of acrobatic maneuvers such as tailspins and sharp turns. Even as it weaves through complicated tangles of branches in the forest, it is able to maintain high-speed flight.<ref>[http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/pokemon/vikavolt/ Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Vikavolt]</ref> It is known to have a rivalry with {{p|Pinsir}} and {{p|Heracross}}. As shown in the episode ''[[SM119|A High-Speed Awakening!]]'', it likes to drink {{wp|Sap|tree sap}}. In that same episode, it is shown that, in [[Alola]], there is a competition known as the [[Vikavolt race]], where {{pkmn|Trainer}}s can have their Vikavolt race for the chance to win a [[Buginium Z]]. | Vikavolt produces electricity with an organ in its abdomen and controls it with its huge jaws to fire powerful electromagnetic beams. Vikavolt shoots these to strike down bird Pokémon. When it clasps a {{p|Charjabug}} in its legs, it is able to utilize it as an extra battery. This allows it to rapidly fire its powerful beam attacks. However, during fierce aerial fights, it will release Charjabug to make itself lighter and more mobile. It is an adept flier, capable of acrobatic maneuvers such as tailspins and sharp turns. Even as it weaves through complicated tangles of branches in the forest, it is able to maintain high-speed flight.<ref>[http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/pokemon/vikavolt/ Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Vikavolt]</ref> It is known to have a rivalry with {{p|Pinsir}} and {{p|Heracross}}. As shown in the episode ''[[SM119|A High-Speed Awakening!]]'', it likes to drink {{wp|Sap|tree sap}}. In that same episode, it is shown that, in [[Alola]], there is a competition known as the [[Vikavolt race]], where {{pkmn|Trainer}}s can have their Vikavolt race for the chance to win a [[Buginium Z]]. | ||
A special Vikavolt in Alola | ;Totem Pokémon | ||
A special Vikavolt in [[Alola]] acts as the [[Totem Pokémon]] for [[Sophocles]]'s {{DL|Island challenge|trial}} in [[Hokulani Observatory]]. This Vikavolt possesses [[Z-Power]], an energy that originates from [[Ultra Wormhole]]s and takes the form of a golden, flaring aura. The reward for defeating Totem Vikavolt and completing the trial is an [[Electrium Z]]. | |||
===Evolution=== | ===Evolution=== | ||
Line 108: | Line 110: | ||
{{Availability/Gen|gen=VII}} | {{Availability/Gen|gen=VII}} | ||
{{Availability/Entry2|v=Sun|v2=Moon|area=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Charjabug}}}} | {{Availability/Entry2|v=Sun|v2=Moon|area=[[Evolution|Evolve]] {{p|Charjabug}}}} | ||
{{Availability/Entry1|v=Ultra Sun|area=[[Blush Mountain]]{{sup/t|D}} ([[SOS Battle]])<br/>[[List of in-game event Pokémon | {{Availability/Entry1|v=Ultra Sun|t=FFF|area=[[Blush Mountain]]{{sup/t|D}} ([[SOS Battle]])<br/>[[List of in-game event Pokémon in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Received]] from [[Samson Oak]] at [[Heahea Beach]]{{tt|*|Requires 70 Totem Stickers}} ([[Totem Pokémon|Totem]]-sized)}} | ||
{{Availability/Entry1|v=Ultra Moon|area=[[Blush Mountain]]{{sup/t|D}} ([[SOS Battle]])}} | {{Availability/Entry1|v=Ultra Moon|t=FFF|area=[[Blush Mountain]]{{sup/t|D}} ([[SOS Battle]])}} | ||
{{Availability/Entry2/None|v=Let's Go Pikachu|v2=Let's Go Eevee|area=Unobtainable}} | {{Availability/Entry2/None|v=Let's Go Pikachu|v2=Let's Go Eevee|area=Unobtainable}} | ||
|} | |} | ||
Line 266: | Line 268: | ||
{{learnlist/breedf/9|Vikavolt|Bug|Electric|7}} | {{learnlist/breedf/9|Vikavolt|Bug|Electric|7}} | ||
====By a prior [[ | ====By a prior [[Evolution]]==== | ||
{{learnlist/prevoh/9|Vikavolt|Bug|Electric|7}} | {{learnlist/prevoh/9|Vikavolt|Bug|Electric|7}} | ||
{{learnlist/prevo8null}} | {{learnlist/prevo8null}} | ||
Line 308: | Line 310: | ||
===Evolution data=== | ===Evolution data=== | ||
Vikavolt [[Evolution|evolves]] from {{p|Charjabug}} when [[level]]ed up in a [[special magnetic field]]. There is no special magnetic field in {{g|Sword and Shield}}, so from [[Generation VIII]] onwards, Charjabug is also able to evolve into Vikavolt when exposed to a [[Thunder Stone]]. | Vikavolt [[Evolution|evolves]] from {{p|Charjabug}} when [[level]]ed up in a [[special magnetic field]]. There is no special magnetic field in {{g|Sword and Shield}} or {{g|Scarlet and Violet}}, so from [[Generation VIII]] onwards, Charjabug is also able to evolve into Vikavolt when exposed to a [[Thunder Stone]]. | ||
{{Evobox/Grubbin|type1=Bug|type2=Electric}} | {{Evobox/Grubbin|type1=Bug|type2=Electric}} | ||
Line 319: | Line 321: | ||
{{Spritebox/HOME|ndex=0738}} | {{Spritebox/HOME|ndex=0738}} | ||
{{Spritebox/Footer|738|Vikavolt}} | {{Spritebox/Footer|738|Vikavolt}} | ||
==In the anime== | ==In the anime== | ||
[[File:Sophocles Vikavolt.png|thumb|left|250px|Vikavolt in the {{pkmn|anime}}]] | [[File:Sophocles Vikavolt.png|thumb|left|250px|Vikavolt in the {{pkmn|anime}}]] | ||
Line 349: | Line 352: | ||
==In the TCG== | ==In the TCG== | ||
{{main|Vikavolt (TCG)}} | {{main|Vikavolt (TCG)}} | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Vikavolt shares its category with {{p|Pinsir}}. They are both known as the Stag Beetle Pokémon. | * Vikavolt shares its category with {{p|Pinsir}}. They are both known as the Stag Beetle Pokémon. | ||
Line 356: | Line 358: | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Vikavolt appears to be based on a {{wp|stag beetle}} and a {{wp|railgun}}. Its straight, scissor-like {{wp|Mandible (insect mouthpart)|mandibles}} resemble those of ''Lucanus hayashii'' and some ''{{wp|Cyclommatus}}'' species of beetles. Its original evolution method of levelling up in a [[magnetic field]] might come from various insects such as termites (which also have mandibles), which use {{wp|geomagnetism}} to navigate their nests and orient their construction. It may also be based on the Vic Viper, the playable ship from the {{wp|Gradius}} arcade games. Its body shape resembles a jet fighter, with its long, straight mandibles matching the Vic Viper's distinctive frontal prongs, and its behavior of darting around waiting for openings while firing powerful beams also describes gameplay from side-scrolling shooters such as Gradius, while its apparently-contradictory slow base speed may come from the way the screen automatically scrolls slowly in those games. | Vikavolt appears to be based on a {{wp|stag beetle}} and a {{wp|railgun}}. Its straight, scissor-like {{wp|Mandible (insect mouthpart)|mandibles}} resemble those of ''Lucanus hayashii'' and some ''{{wp|Cyclommatus}}'' species of beetles. Its original evolution method of levelling up in a [[special magnetic field]] might come from various insects such as termites (which also have mandibles), which use {{wp|geomagnetism}} to navigate their nests and orient their construction. It may also be based on the Vic Viper, the playable ship from the {{wp|Gradius}} arcade games. Its body shape resembles a jet fighter, with its long, straight mandibles matching the Vic Viper's distinctive frontal prongs, and its behavior of darting around waiting for openings while firing powerful beams also describes gameplay from side-scrolling shooters such as Gradius, while its apparently-contradictory slow base speed may come from the way the screen automatically scrolls slowly in those games. | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Line 388: | Line 390: | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
{{Totem Pokémon}} | |||
{{PokémonPrevNext/Head|type=Bug|type2=Electric}} | {{PokémonPrevNext/Head|type=Bug|type2=Electric}} | ||
{{PokémonPrevNext/Pokémon|type=Bug|prevnum=0737|prev=Charjabug|nextnum=0739|next=Crabrawler}} | {{PokémonPrevNext/Pokémon|type=Bug|prevnum=0737|prev=Charjabug|nextnum=0739|next=Crabrawler}} | ||
Line 399: | Line 402: | ||
[[ja:クワガノン]] | [[ja:クワガノン]] | ||
[[zh:锹农炮虫]] | [[zh:锹农炮虫]] | ||
[[Category:Pokémon that have had their | [[Category:Pokémon that have had their Evolution method changed]] |
Revision as of 12:09, 14 September 2024
For Pokémon GO information on this species, see the game's section. | |||||||||
|
|
| |||||||
This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Vikavolt (disambiguation). |
| |||||||||||||||
Type
|
Ability
| ||||||||||||||
Gender ratio
|
Catch rate
| ||||||||||||||
Breeding
| |||||||||||||||
Height
|
Weight
| ||||||||||||||
Base experience yield
|
Leveling rate
| ||||||||||||||
EV yield
| |||||||||||||||
Shape
|
Footprint
| ||||||||||||||
Pokédex color
|
Base friendship
| ||||||||||||||
External Links
|
Vikavolt (Japanese: クワガノン Kuwagannon) is a dual-type Bug/Electric Pokémon introduced in Generation VII.
It evolves from Charjabug when leveled up in a special magnetic field or when exposed to a Thunder Stone. It is the final form of Grubbin.
(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Evolution data for these details.)
Biology

Vikavolt is a beetle-like Pokémon with a large pair of mandibles. Its small orange face has robotic, yellow eyes and is covered by a blue carapace. The mandibles extend from this helmet. They are blue on the inner surface and yellow on the outer surface. At the base of each mandible is a large spike and the inside is lined with short spikes. Its body is black and divided into three sections by yellow rings. The last two sections have a yellow spot on each side. On its back is a pair of wide, flat wings that are transparent with blue elytra. It has four legs; the front pair of legs has two claws, while the back pair has only one.
Vikavolt produces electricity with an organ in its abdomen and controls it with its huge jaws to fire powerful electromagnetic beams. Vikavolt shoots these to strike down bird Pokémon. When it clasps a Charjabug in its legs, it is able to utilize it as an extra battery. This allows it to rapidly fire its powerful beam attacks. However, during fierce aerial fights, it will release Charjabug to make itself lighter and more mobile. It is an adept flier, capable of acrobatic maneuvers such as tailspins and sharp turns. Even as it weaves through complicated tangles of branches in the forest, it is able to maintain high-speed flight.[1] It is known to have a rivalry with Pinsir and Heracross. As shown in the episode A High-Speed Awakening!, it likes to drink tree sap. In that same episode, it is shown that, in Alola, there is a competition known as the Vikavolt race, where Trainers can have their Vikavolt race for the chance to win a Buginium Z.
- Totem Pokémon
A special Vikavolt in Alola acts as the Totem Pokémon for Sophocles's trial in Hokulani Observatory. This Vikavolt possesses Z-Power, an energy that originates from Ultra Wormholes and takes the form of a golden, flaring aura. The reward for defeating Totem Vikavolt and completing the trial is an Electrium Z.
Evolution
Vikavolt evolves from Charjabug and is the final form of Grubbin.
|
→ |
|
→ |
|
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Vikavolt in the Alola PokédexSM | Vikavolt in the Alola PokédexUSUM | Vikavolt in the Kitakami Pokédex |
Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII. | ||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
|
In side games
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| |||||||
|
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat | Range | ||
---|---|---|---|
At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 77
|
137 - 184 | 264 - 358 | |
70
|
67 - 134 | 130 - 262 | |
90
|
85 - 156 | 166 - 306 | |
145
|
135 - 216 | 265 - 427 | |
75
|
72 - 139 | 139 - 273 | |
43
|
43 - 104 | 81 - 203 | |
Total: 500
|
Other Pokémon with this total | ||
Type effectiveness
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Learnset
By leveling up
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
By TM
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
By breeding
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
|
By a prior Evolution
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
Special moves
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Side game data
| |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
|
Evolution data
Vikavolt evolves from Charjabug when leveled up in a special magnetic field. There is no special magnetic field in Pokémon Sword and Shield or Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, so from Generation VIII onwards, Charjabug is also able to evolve into Vikavolt when exposed to a Thunder Stone.
|
![]() Level 20 → |
|
![]() ![]() Level up in areas with a special magnetic field → ![]() Thunder StoneVIII+ |
|
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|

In the anime


Major appearances
Sophocles's Vikavolt
Vikavolt debuted in Evolving Research!, when Sophocles's Charjabug evolved into it at Vast Poni Canyon.
Horacio's Vikavolt
A Shiny Vikavolt appeared in A High-Speed Awakening!, under the ownership of Horacio, having evolved from his Charjabug at Vast Poni Canyon. It was entered in the Vikavolt race, where it went up against Sophocles's Vikavolt and other Trainers' Vikavolt, but lost.
Other
Multiple Trainers' Vikavolt appeared in A High-Speed Awakening!, where they took part in the Vikavolt race. They included those belonging to De Rosa and Team Electric Princess. They were later targeted by Team Rocket. Some of the Vikavolt reappeared in a flashback in A Fiery Training Camp Trick!.
A Vikavolt appeared in Narrowing the Chaser Chase!, under the ownership of Sterling. He used it during the Project Mew Trial Mission at Sea Mauville.
Minor appearances
Pokédex entries
|
In the manga
Pokémon Horizon
A Vikavolt appeared in a fantasy in Journey to a New Horizon.
A Vikavolt appeared in a fantasy in Traveling Trainer Tokio.
In the TCG
- Main article: Vikavolt (TCG)
Trivia
- Vikavolt shares its category with Pinsir. They are both known as the Stag Beetle Pokémon.
- Vikavolt has the highest base Special Attack stat of all Bug-type Pokémon.
- Vikavolt, along with its pre-evolved forms, were designed by Hitoshi Ariga.[2]
Origin
Vikavolt appears to be based on a stag beetle and a railgun. Its straight, scissor-like mandibles resemble those of Lucanus hayashii and some Cyclommatus species of beetles. Its original evolution method of levelling up in a special magnetic field might come from various insects such as termites (which also have mandibles), which use geomagnetism to navigate their nests and orient their construction. It may also be based on the Vic Viper, the playable ship from the Gradius arcade games. Its body shape resembles a jet fighter, with its long, straight mandibles matching the Vic Viper's distinctive frontal prongs, and its behavior of darting around waiting for openings while firing powerful beams also describes gameplay from side-scrolling shooters such as Gradius, while its apparently-contradictory slow base speed may come from the way the screen automatically scrolls slowly in those games.
Name origin
Vikavolt may come from vise grip and volt. It may also come from Vic Viper.
Kuwagannon may be a combination of 鍬形虫 kuwagatamushi (stag beetle) and cannon.
In other languages
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Related articles
References
- ↑ Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Vikavolt
- ↑ Tweet by ありがひとし/ArigaHitoshi (@ariga_megamix). Posted on December 2, 2016.
External links
|
|
|
![]() |
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. |
- Pokémon
- Generation VII Pokémon
- Bug-type Pokémon
- Electric-type Pokémon
- Dual-type Pokémon
- Pokémon with a gender ratio of one male to one female
- Pokémon without Hidden Abilities
- Pokémon in the Medium Fast experience group
- Blue-colored Pokémon
- Body style 14 Pokémon
- Bug group Pokémon
- Pokémon that are part of a three-stage evolutionary line
- Pokémon in the Alola Pokédex
- Pokémon in the Galar Pokédex
- Pokémon in the Kitakami Pokédex
- Pokémon with a base stat total of 500
- Pokémon whose base Special Attack stat is greater than 100
- Pokémon that have had their Evolution method changed