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Delphox

Fox Pokémon · Fire/Psychic-type

Delphox is a Fire/Psychic-type Pokémon, the Fox Pokémon, number 655 (#0655) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 6 and comes from the Kalos region. It is 1.5 m tall and weighs 39 kg.

Delphox is the Fire and Psychic Fox Pokémon that acts like a witch: it stares into the flame on its wand to see the future, then uses psychic power to sweep foes into a vortex of fire. It is the final form of Kalos's Fire starter and can Mega Evolve into a broomstick-riding Mega Delphox.

How to pronounce Delphox

Delphox is pronounced DEL-foks. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Delphox said out loud:

In Japanese it is マフォクシー (Mahoxy).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Delphox is a bipedal fox, 1.5 m tall and 39 kg, wrapped in long fur that looks like a dark red robe with flame-like marks near the knees. Yellow fur drapes from its shoulders, long red fur forms sleeves, and its dark grey hands and feet have three clawed digits. Three tufts of red-orange fur grow from each ear. It carries a stick it uses as a wand, tucked into its sleeve-like fur when not in use.

Behaviour

Delphox is a mystic. The Pokédex says it stares into the flame on its branch until it is focused enough to see the future. Bulbapedia adds that it uses the stick to scorch marks into the ground, and the Scarlet entry says people long ago read the shapes of those burn marks for divination.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it arrives by trade or Pokémon HOME transfer, or by evolving Braixen in The Indigo Disk. In Legends: Z-A you evolve it from Braixen, and the Mega Dimension DLC adds wild Delphox to Hyperspace Lumiose.

Powers

Delphox gets Mystical Fire as it evolves, starts with Future Sight and Shadow Ball, later learns Psychic and Fire Blast, and the Pokédex puts its vortex of flame at 3,000°C (5,400°F). Its Ability is Blaze, with Magician hidden. Mega Delphox, new in Legends: Z-A via Delphoxite, rides a huge flaming broomstick flanked by two burning branches that move as if alive; its Ability is Levitate and its base Special Attack leaps from 114 to 159. Normal Delphox, with base Speed 104, is a fast special attacker.

Name origin

Delphox may combine 'Delphic oracle' with 'fox'. The Japanese name is Mahoxy (マフォクシー), possibly from madōshi ('mage'), mahō ('magic'), 'fox' and 'foxy'.

Design inspiration

Delphox is built on the fennec fox and kitsune, but its style leans on European sorcery: a robe-like coat, a wand-like branch and prophecy that may nod to oracles. Bulbapedia says the Kalos starters' final forms were designed to look like monsters from a European-style role-playing game. Mega Delphox adds a wizard's beard and a broomstick, which are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Braixen evolves into Delphox at level 36.

In the games

Delphox is the final form of the Fire starter in X and Y and gained its Mega Evolution in Legends: Z-A. In Pokémon UNITE it is a playable ranged attacker.

In the anime

Delphox debuted in 'An Appetite for Battle!', under the Trainer Wylie. Aria's Delphox, her main Pokémon, helped her keep the title of Kalos Queen in the Master Class at the Gloire City Showcase.

Fun facts

• Delphox is the only Psychic-type first partner Pokémon.
• Bulbapedia says it is the only Kalos starter whose Ability after Mega Evolving does not match its Hidden Ability, perhaps because Magician would be useless for a Mega Evolved Pokémon.
• Mega Delphox was one of the last new Mega Evolutions revealed before Legends: Z-A launched, alongside Mega Chesnaught, Mega Greninja and both Mega Raichus.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Delphox (Pokémon) · Serebii: Delphox (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 75
• Attack: 69
• Defense: 72
• Sp. Atk: 114
• Sp. Def: 100
• Speed: 104

Delphox’s base stat total is 534. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Delphox weak to?

Delphox takes extra damage from Water (2×), Ground (2×), Rock (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Grass (½×), Ice (½×), Fighting (½×), Psychic (½×), Steel (½×), Fairy (½×).

Evolution

What does Delphox evolve from?

Delphox evolves from Braixen at level 36.

Delphox is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Fennekin, Braixen, Delphox.

• Fennekin evolves into Braixen at level 16.

Forms

• Mega Delphox (Mega): Fire/Psychic-type, base stat total 634 (HP 75, Attack 69, Defense 72, Sp. Atk 159, Sp. Def 125, Speed 134). Ability: Levitate.

Abilities

• Blaze: Strengthens Fire moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
• Magician (hidden ability): Steals the target's held item when the bearer uses a damaging move.

Moves

Moves Delphox learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Delphox learns the move the moment it evolves: Mystical Fire.

TM moves (64)

Delphox can learn 64 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Charm, Agility, Mud-Slap, Protect, Low Kick, Psybeam, Confuse Ray, Thief, Fire Spin, Facade, Hex, Swift, Mud Shot, Flame Charge, Stored Power, Night Shade, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Psyshock, Zen Headbutt, Foul Play, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Sleep Talk, Reflect, Light Screen, Dazzling Gleam, Metronome, Grass Knot, Rest, Imprison, Skill Swap, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Trick, Shadow Ball, Hyper Voice, Heat Wave, Psychic, Encore, Flamethrower, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Psychic Terrain, Nasty Plot, Fire Blast, Fire Pledge, Giga Impact, Blast Burn, Overheat, Focus Blast, Trick Room, Hyper Beam, Flare Blitz, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Burning Jealousy, Psych Up, Scorching Sands, Future Sight, Expanding Force, Psychic Noise.

Egg moves (5):Copycat, Heat Wave, Hypnosis, Magic Room, Wish.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 240.

Pokédex entries

Using psychic power, it generates a fiery vortex of 5,400 degrees Fahrenheit, incinerating foes swept into this whirl of flame. (Y, Alpha Sapphire)

It gazes into the flame at the tip of its branch to achieve a focused state, which allows it to see into the future. (X, Omega Ruby)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Sp. Def among Fire types in Gen 6: 100.
• Tallest Psychic type in Gen 6: 1.5 m, shared with 1 other.
• Fastest Psychic type in Gen 6: 104 Speed, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 72% of all Pokémon (1.5 m).
• Heavier than 60% of all Pokémon (39 kg).
• Base stat total 534, ranked #157 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #98 of 1,025.
• One of 3 Pokémon that are both Fire and Psychic.
• One of 97 red Pokémon.
• Number 6 of 72 Pokémon introduced in Generation 6 (Kalos).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 75 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Delphox (Pokémon), Serebii: Delphox (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (DEL-foks): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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