Eeveelution
- This article is about the evolution family of Eevee. For the Theme Deck released with the Skyridge expansion, see Eeveelution (TCG). For the deck archetype, see Eeveelutions.
An Eeveelution is a popular term among fans used for the current group of seven Pokémon that evolve from Eevee. It is a portmanteau of the words "Eevee" and "evolution". The term eventually passed into the realm of official usage first in the TCG Theme Deck Eeveelution and then later in the game Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia. A full set of Eevee's evolutions is popular among collectors.
In the games
Generation I
In Generation I, the Eevee obtained at the Celadon Mansion could easily become a helpful partner to the player's own starter Pokémon, especially considering the high Special stat of 110 shared by the three then-known evolutions, and the ability to cover for the weaknesses of the starters' final forms. With relatively few Pokémon of each respective type available until late in the games, Jolteon, Flareon, and Vaporeon were a staple to complete the game.
One may notice that only Eevee and its evolved forms from Generation I have the distinctive ruff-like collar. The Eeveelutions released afterward do not possess this feature. Likewise, all Eeveelutions from this generation evolve via exposing Eevee to an evolutionary stone, unlike future generations.
Eevee
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- Main article: Eevee
Since its debut, Eevee has been considered a popular Pokémon, appearing in many teams as a core Pokémon. It is the rival's starter Pokémon in Pokémon Yellow.
Vaporeon
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- Main article: Vaporeon
Vaporeon, the first of the Eeveelutions in National Pokédex order, is a Template:Type2 Pokémon. Like most other Pokémon of its type, its highest stat is its HP. Evolving from an Eevee that is exposed to a Water Stone, Vaporeon now has the ability to use the HM move Surf, among other powerful Water-type moves, to take down its foes. This is particularly advantageous, considering its relatively high Special stat (and later Special Attack stat) of 110.
Among Vaporeon's special abilities are the moves Acid Armor, which raises its low Defense stats, and the lesser-known Aurora Beam, which lowers the opponent's Attack. Vaporeon's Water Absorb also helps it by recovering HP any time it is hit by a Water-type attack.
Jolteon
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- Main article: Jolteon
Jolteon is the second of the Eeveelutions, and is a Template:Type2 Pokémon. Much like Vaporeon exemplifies the Water-type's generally high HP, Jolteon exhibits its type's extraordinary Speed. Like Vaporeon, its Special Attack (formerly Special) is its second-highest stat, making it a good choice as an Electric-type in games prior to Generation IV.
Like Vaporeon, Jolteon has an ability that heals it when it is hit by attacks of its own type, Volt Absorb, as well as several moves that are rare and nearly exclusive to it. Among these is Pin Missile, a move once praised as the best way to take down a Template:Type2 in Generation I.
Flareon
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- Main article: Flareon
The final member of Generation I's Eeveelution trio is Flareon, a Template:Type2 Pokémon, evolving from Eevee when it is exposed to a Fire Stone. Flareon's highest stat is its Attack. However, this high Attack is not without its drawbacks: many of the moves that Flareon learns are special moves, and since, unlike Vaporeon and Jolteon, Flareon fell on the other side of the Special split, its formerly formidable Special became its Special Defense; its Special Attack is somewhat lower. In addition, it learns only one physical STAB move, Fire Fang, which has a moderately low power.
However, its ability, Flash Fire, gives it a great boost if a Fire-type move is used on it. The ability to resist against the mostly-special Water-type's powerful moves also gives it a slight advantage.
Generation II
The addition of two additional evolutions in Generation II did much to boost Eevee's popularity, as well as give it a reputation of continued versatility. With yet another Eevee available relatively early on in the game, the new evolutions of Espeon and Umbreon were easily obtained; in fact, it now became possible, even, to get multiple Eevee with just one game, rather than requiring at least two coordinated games to get all three evolutions as was the case in Generation I, due to the introduction of breeding.
Generation II Eeveelutions are obtained when Eevee is leveled up with high happiness at certain times of the day. Due to this, and the lack of a clock in certain Generation III games, Eevee cannot evolve into Espeon or Umbreon in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
Espeon
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- Main article: Espeon
As a Template:Type2, Espeon is well-known for a common trait among Pokémon which share its type: a rather high Special Attack and somewhat high Speed. It also has high Special Defense, another common trait among Psychic-types. Taking advantage of the time and happiness features introduced in Generation II, Espeon evolves from Eevee when it is raised to maximum happiness and gains a level during the daytime.
Espeon takes advantage of the wide amount of special moves available. With its ability, Synchronize, it can easily discourage the use of status moves that give it a status ailment, as that condition would then come back at the Pokémon attacking it.
Umbreon
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- Main article: Umbreon
Umbreon is the second of the two Generation II Eeveelutions, a Template:Type2 Pokémon. Somewhat uniquely, it was the only pure Dark-type in the generation it was introduced in, and also uniquely, is the only Eeveelution better suited to defending rather than attacking. With its two highest stats in Special Defense and Defense, respectively, and its two lowest in the respective offensive stats, Umbreon is much more often used to cause status problems than damage.
Like Espeon, Umbreon has the ability Synchronize, causing other Pokémon that attempt to use its defensive, status-causing strategy against it to suffer as well. As a Dark-type, it is also the only Eeveelution whose type has an immunity (to the Psychic type).
Generation IV
Though no new Eeveelutions were seen in Generation III, possibly because of the unavailability of Eevee in Hoenn, Generation IV added another pair of new Eeveelutions, Leafeon and Glaceon. Though unlike their evolutionary cousins, they were not available early on in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. They are however available early on in Pokémon Platinum, which made Eevee available even before the player has gotten the third badge.
Generation IV Eeveelutions are obtained by leveling Eevee up in certain areas, another departure from the methods of evolution in previous generations.
Leafeon
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- Main article: Leafeon
A Pokémon often theorized and hoped for over the history of the franchise, Leafeon, was finally the realization of the Template:Type2 evolution of Eevee. Like Flareon, Leafeon has a relatively high Attack stat, however, its strongest stat is in Defense. Unlike Flareon, it has a diverse movepool, with the rare Leaf Blade counted among its STAB moves. As with the Generation II Eeveelutions, Leafeon takes on a new manner of evolution: when an Eevee is leveled up in Eterna Forest, where a large, mossy rock lies, it will evolve into this Pokémon.
Leafeon has a unique ability, Leaf Guard. Teamed up with a Flareon, which also gets bonuses from sunny weather, this ability can be used advantageously, despite the vulnerability to a Fire-type move.
Glaceon
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- Main article: Glaceon
Glaceon is an Template:Type2 evolution of Eevee. Like Espeon, its highest stat is its Special Attack; however, unlike Espeon, it has a higher defense, a common trait among other Ice-types. Similarly to Flareon's problem with physical moves, it has a relatively small movepool to work with regarding special moves.
Like Leafeon, Glaceon's special ability, Snow Cloak, has to do with the weather, making it more evasive in hailstorms. It is the only Eeveelution to learn one of the two countering moves, with Mirror Coat being one of its signatures.
Similar movesets
| Lv. |  Vaporeon Water |
 Jolteon Electric |
 Flareon Fire |
 Espeon Psychic |
 Umbreon Dark |
 Leafeon Grass |
 Glaceon Ice |
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| Start | Tackle | ||||||
| Tail Whip | |||||||
| Helping Hand | |||||||
| 8 | Sand-Attack | ||||||
| 15 | Water Gun | ThunderShock | Ember | Confusion | Pursuit | Razor Leaf | Icy Wind |
| 22 | Quick Attack | ||||||
| 29 | Bite | Double Kick | Bite | Swift | Confuse Ray | Synthesis | Bite |
| 36 | Aurora Beam | Pin Missile | Fire Spin | Psybeam | Faint Attack | Magical Leaf | Ice Shard |
| 43 | Aqua Ring | Thunder Fang | Fire Fang | Future Sight | Assurance | Giga Drain | Ice Fang |
| 50 | Last Resort | ||||||
| 57 | Haze | Thunder Wave | Smog | Psych Up | Mean Look | GrassWhistle | Mirror Coat |
| 64 | Acid Armor | Agility | Scary Face | Psychic | Screech | Sunny Day | Hail |
| 71 | Hydro Pump | Thunder | Fire Blast | Morning Sun | Moonlight | Leaf Blade | Blizzard |
| PtHGSS78 | Muddy Water | Discharge | Lava Plume | Power Swap | Guard Swap | Swords Dance | Barrier |
| Moves in bold are STAB. Moves in italics do no damage. | |||||||
In the anime
In the anime, the Eeveelutions have been featured together in several episodes, most specifically in The Battling Eevee Brothers, which focused on the three Generation I Eeveelutions, as well as Eevee itself, and Trouble's Brewing, which focused on the five Eeveelutions there were as of Generation II. The seven Eeveelutions were first featured together with an Eevee as a small cameo at the beginning of Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
Several important characters have owned Eevee which have gone on to evolve; other Eeveelutions have also been featured separately from their cousins.
Gary's Umbreon
Gary Oak owns an Umbreon which he caught as an Eevee sometime before Ash returned to Kanto from the Orange Islands.
It is one of his main Pokémon, having appeared nearly every time he himself has, and being quite skilled in battle.
Sakura's Espeon
Sakura, one of the five Kimono Girls, is the owner of an Espeon, while the rest of her sisters own the four other Eeveelutions that were known in Generation II.
May's Glaceon
May, who is the first and so far only main anime character to have owned an Eevee, evolved hers into Glaceon on a visit to Sinnoh for the Wallace Cup.
Zoey's Leafeon
Zoey has a Leafeon that debuted in Double-Time Battle Training. It was used in a practice tag double battle with her Kirlia. It reappeared in Coming Full Festival Circle! alongside her Mismagius in the semi-finals of the Sinnoh Grand Festival where it defeated Nando's Kricketune and Lopunny.
Ursula's Vaporeon and Flareon
Ursula used two Eevee in her appeal for the Grand Festival in the Last Call, First Round!. She evolved them into Vaporeon and Flareon as part of the act.
In the manga
In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
In the chapter To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That is the Question!, Ash and Mikey fight together against the Eevee brothers so that Mikey and his Eevee may be accepted into the secret fellowship, The Knights of the E Stone. Each of Mikey's brothers owns one of Eevee's evolutions which was known at the time (Vaporeon, Jolteon and Flareon), and Mikey's Eevee must fight each of its evolutions to prove its worth despite being an unevolved Pokémon.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Vee was featured as a Pokémon Team Rocket experimented on with the use of the Eevee Bio-Engineering Scheme. This allowed Eevee to freely evolve into any of the Generation I Eeveelutions. After some time under Red's ownership however, Vee evolved into an Espeon, and the ability was eliminated.
In the TCG
In the Pokémon Trading Card Game, many sets featuring the Eeveelutions have been released. Commonly, all of them will be released within the same expansion set, much as Flareon, Jolteon, and Vaporeon were originally released in the Jungle expansion.
Included with the Skyridge expansion, also, is a Theme Deck by the name of Eeveelution, which features the original three Eeveelutions as the focus. However, the deck only includes the three Generation I Eeveelutions: whereas Umbreon was released in the set, Espeon was not.
There have also been several deck archetypes that revolve around the Eeveelutions, mostly due to their versatility and their lack of a unanimous weakness. One of the most recent is Eeveelutions, which utilizes Pokémon-ex variants of all five then-known Eeveelutions. The use of this archetype has been assisted by the release of a great many Energy cards that provide more than one type of Energy, such as Rainbow Energy. In Majestic Dawn, Glaceon and Leafeon were introduced to the TCG, as well as including all previous Eeveelutions. The most recent expansion to include the Eevee family is Undaunted, including all but Glaceon.
Trivia
- All of the Eeveelutions learn a new move every seven levels up to level 78.
- All of the Eeveelutions so far have had their elemental type be one whose moves were formerly governed solely by the Special Attack stat. The only formerly all-special elemental type not yet covered is Dragon, which may indicate the type of a future Eeveelution, if any more are introduced.
- Each Eeveelution has identical base stat totals, as well as the same 130-110-95-65-65-60 amounts. What differs among them is which amount is allotted to which stat.
- Espeon and Glaceon both have their highest base stat in Special Attack, as well as the same stats in HP and Special Defense. The other stats, however, vary.
- Leafeon is the only Eeveelution whose base stat in Special Defense is lower than 95.
- The instructor of the Pokémon Exam that Ash and Team Rocket competed in in The Ultimate Test used the first generation Eeveelutions to battle Ash.
- In the TCG, out of the seven Eeveelutions, only two share a type: Glaceon and Vaporeon, which both appear as Water Pokémon. If a Dragon-type Eeveelution is released, it will be the only one to share its TCG type with Eevee, barring the release of a pure Template:Type2 or a Template:Type2 evolution of Eevee.
- Eevee and all of the Eeveelutions each have a catch rate of 45.
- The Japanese names of the Eeveelutions from particular generations seem to relate to one another. The Eeveelutions from Generation I all have an -er sound at or near the end of their names (Showers for Vaporeon; Thunders for Jolteon; Booster for Flareon) , the Eeveelutions from Generation II end with an -ee sound (Eifie for Espeon; Blacky for Umbreon), and the Eeveelutions from Generation IV end with -ia (Leafia for Leafeon; Glacia for Glaceon). Eevee itself also ends with an -ee sound, like its Generation II evolutions.
- Vaporeon is the only Eeveelution that does not share any weakness with another. Flareon and Jolteon are weak to Template:Type2s, Espeon, Umbreon and Leafeon are weak to Template:Type2s, Umbreon and Glaceon are weak to Template:Type2s, and Leafeon and Glaceon are weak to Template:Type2s.
- To date, Flareon is the only Eeveelution who has a type advantage over more than one other Eeveelution (being Leafeon and Glaceon).
- Interestingly, these two were introduced as a duo in Generation IV.
- Espeon is the only Eeveelution not to have a type advantage over another at all (Vaporeon is strong against Flareon, Jolteon is strong against Vaporeon, Flareon is strong against both Leafeon and Glaceon, Umbreon is strong against Espeon, Leafeon is strong against Vaporeon and Glaceon is strong against Leafeon).
- The Generation II Eeveelutions's abilities are the only ones made up of only one word. For that matter, they are the only two Eeveelutions to share an ability.
- Each Eeveelution's English name is based on a word that is associated with its type. Vapor is a light mist of a liquid, usually water, a jolt is a sudden shock of electricity, a flare is a burst of fire, ESP, extra-sensory perception, is associated with psychic precognition, the umbra is the darkest part of, and also the Latin name for, a shadow, leaves are part of most plants, and a glacier is a large, slow-moving chunk of ice, though Glaceon's name might also come from the French word glace, meaning "ice".
- A chapter of Magical Pokémon Journey, Eevee-Lu-Tion, parodies this term. (Eevee and Lu are the names of two characters from the Magical Pokémon Journey manga).
- The remakes for Generation I and Generation II are incapable of obtaining any Eeveelutions that were introduced after that particular generation. The lack of a clock system prevents Espeon and Umbreon from being obtained in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, and the lack of the Moss Rock and Ice Rock prevents Leafeon and Glaceon from being obtained in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. Therefore trading between the other Generation III and Generation IV games are required to obtain these Eeveelutions.
- All eeveelution exclude eevee are ending with word "eon".
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