Medicham's position of its humanshape body resembles a yoga practitioner, with a gray body and what seems to be large red and yellow pants or shorts. It wears some sort of headpiece that is also red with three yellow spots in the center. Its large focused eyes are slightly covered by the headpiece, and its red lips seem to be in a rounded or puckered position.
Gender differences
The growth on top of Medicham's head is shorter on a female.
Special abilities
Medicham's meditation have caused it to develop a sixth sense, allowing for extreme focus as well as elegant movement. Its agility allows it to deliver devastating hits to its opponents.
Behavior
Medicham do daily meditation to hone their spiritual power. In the process they have gotten psychic powers such as reading people's minds at will. Because they are so focused in meditation, they will often go without food for a whole month or eat only little. They meditate in the wild and are known to use bushes, rocks or anything in nature to hide themselves from humans and other Pokémon. When Medicham are in battle, they will use dance-like movement to dodge attacks and then counterattack fiercely.
Medicham is said to live atop mountains similar to the mountainous region of Tibet. Dwelling atop harsh mountains in the silence of the cold, thin air is a part of its physical and mental training.
Medicham and its pre-evolution were owned by a family of traveling circus performers in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. The two Meditation Pokémon used Psychic to make balls of water retain their form.
Medicham, the Meditate Pokémon. Medicham is able to harness psychic powers through yoga. Being at one with nature, it can make itself vanish completely.
In the manga
Medicham made a cameo in Ruby's Normal Rank Beauty Contest in Verdanturf City
It is said that through meditation, Medicham heightens energy inside its body and sharpens its sixth sense. This Pokémon hides its presence by merging itself with fields and mountains.
Through the power of meditation, Medicham developed a sixth sense. It gained the ability to use psychokinetic powers. This Pokémon is known to meditate for a whole month without eating.
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Even though Medicham is said to live atop high, cold mountains, the only Template:Type2 move Medicham is able to learn is Ice Punch.
Meditite, Medicham and Gallade share the same type combination; however, Gallade's primary and secondary types are reversed relative to Meditite and Medicham.
Origin
It appears to have been based on a practitioner of yoga.
Name origin
Medicham's name may be a combination of meditate and champion. Its Japanese name may be based on charm, harem, challenge or champ.
In other languages
German: Meditalis: meditate + Talisman (lucky charm, like in the Japanese version)
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.
For other sprites and images, please see Medicham images on Bulbagarden Archives.
