Drizzile
Drizzile is a Water-type Pokémon, the Water Lizard Pokémon, number 817 (#0817) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 0.7 m tall and weighs 11.5 kg.
Drizzile is the Water Lizard Pokémon, a very clever but very lazy Water type that defends its territory with traps laid everywhere. When it does fight, it throws water balloons made from moisture its palms secrete.
How to pronounce Drizzile
Drizzile is pronounced DRIZ-ile. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Drizzile said out loud:
In Japanese it is ジメレオン (Jimereon).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Drizzile is a slim blue lizard, 0.7 m tall and 11.5 kg, with a white belly, lime green mitten-like hands and a chameleon tail that curls inward. Three hairlike strands grow from its head, two of them drooping over one side of its face. Bulbapedia says it makes its water balloons from moisture released by pores in its palms. Its long, slimy tongue, which the Pokédex says it lashes out at blinding speed to finish off prey, is hidden inside its mouth.
Behaviour
Bulbapedia says Drizzile is smart enough to devise strategies and use its surroundings for hit-and-run tactics, but would rather not do anything it does not have to. It likes to nest in tree hollows or rocks, and usually moves on all fours. Like Sobble, it camouflages itself when wet.
Habitat
The Pokédex gives no habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it needs a trade in the base game, or can be evolved from Sobble in The Indigo Disk.
Powers
Drizzile has Torrent, with Sniper hidden. It uses Water Pulse, Liquidation, Sucker Punch, U-turn and Soak, and sets weather with Rain Dance. With base Special Attack 95 and Speed 90 it is a quick, trap-setting special attacker.
Name origin
Drizzile may combine 'drizzle' and 'reptile'. The Japanese name is Jimereon (ジメレオン), which may blend じめじめ jimejime ('damp') and 'chameleon'.
Design inspiration
Like Sobble, Drizzile seems to be modelled on the veiled chameleon, whose males share its colours. Bulbapedia says its colours may also point to Fiji's crested iguana and its close relative, the banded iguana. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Drizzile evolves from Sobble at level 16 and into Inteleon at level 35.
In the games
Drizzile is the middle stage of the Galar Water starter line, first appearing in Sword and Shield as Sobble's level 16 evolution. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.
In the anime
Goh's Sobble evolved into Drizzile in 'Not Too Close for Comfort!', and the Drizzile then lived at Cerise Laboratory until it evolved again in 'Detective Drizzile!'.
Fun facts
- In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Marvin's Sobble, nicknamed Sniffler, evolves into Drizzile in the chapter 'Rising!! Opal of Ballonlea'.
- Its Mandarin name 變澀蜥 appears to pun on the word for chameleon, 變色龍: it swaps 色 ('colour') for 澀 ('astringent'), which sounds the same.
- Its German name, Phlegleon, comes from 'phlegmatisch' (phlegmatic) and Chamäleon, which suits a Pokémon the Pokédex calls very lazy.
Base stats
- HP: 65
- Attack: 60
- Defense: 55
- Sp. Atk: 95
- Sp. Def: 55
- Speed: 90
Drizzile’s base stat total is 420. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.
Type matchups
What is Drizzile weak to?
Drizzile takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Grass (2×) moves.
It resists Fire (½×), Water (½×), Ice (½×), Steel (½×).
Evolution
What does Drizzile evolve from?
Drizzile evolves from Sobble at level 16.
How does Drizzile evolve?
Drizzile evolves into Inteleon at level 35.
The whole family: Sobble, Drizzile, Inteleon.
Abilities
- Torrent: Strengthens Water moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
- Sniper (hidden ability): Strengthens critical hits to inflict 3× damage rather than 2×.
Moves
Moves Drizzile learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pound | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 1 | Bind | Normal | Physical | 15 |
| 1 | Growl | Normal | Status | — |
| 1 | Water Gun | Water | Special | 40 |
| 12 | Water Pulse | Water | Special | 60 |
| 19 | Tearful Look | Normal | Status | — |
| 24 | Sucker Punch | Dark | Physical | 70 |
| 30 | U-turn | Bug | Physical | 70 |
| 36 | Liquidation | Water | Physical | 85 |
| 42 | Soak | Water | Status | — |
| 48 | Rain Dance | Water | Status | — |
TM moves (27)
Drizzile can learn 27 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Protect, Water Pulse, Chilling Water, Facade, Swift, Mud Shot, Fling, Endure, Rain Dance, U-turn, Sleep Talk, Reflect, Light Screen, Waterfall, Rest, Substitute, Liquidation, Surf, Baton Pass, Hydro Pump, Water Pledge, Tera Blast, Haze, Weather Ball, Whirlpool, Muddy Water.
Egg moves (7):Aqua Jet, Aqua Ring, Double Team, Fell Stinger, Haze, Ice Shard, Mist.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
- Egg groups: Water 1, 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 2 Sp. Atk effort values.
- Base experience yield: 147.
Pokédex entries
Highly intelligent but also very lazy, it keeps enemies out of its territory by laying traps everywhere. (Shield)
A clever combatant, this Pokémon battles using water balloons created with moisture secreted from its palms. (Sword)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ジメレオン |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Jimereon |
| French | Arrozard |
| German | Phlegleon |
| Spanish | Drizzile |
| Italian | Drizzile |
| Korean | 누겔레온 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 变涩蜥 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 變澀蜥 |
Trivia
- Taller than 34% of all Pokémon (0.7 m).
- Heavier than 30% of all Pokémon (11.5 kg).
- Base stat total 420, ranked #562 of 1,025.
- One of 154 Water-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 170 blue Pokémon.
- Number 8 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
- Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
- Can learn 40 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
- 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: Drizzile (Pokémon), Serebii: Drizzile (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (DRIZ-ile): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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