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Inteleon

Secret Agent Pokémon · Water-type

Inteleon is a Water-type Pokémon, the Secret Agent Pokémon, number 818 (#0818) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 1.9 m tall and weighs 45.2 kg.

Inteleon is the Secret Agent Pokémon, a chameleon of the Water type that picks out a foe's weak point with special eyelids and then fires jets of water from the tips of its fingers at Mach 3. It is the final form of Galar's Sobble.

How to pronounce Inteleon

Inteleon is pronounced in-TEL-ee-on. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Inteleon said out loud:

In Japanese it is インテレオン (Intereon).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Inteleon is a slim, upright chameleon with a light blue body, dark blue stripes and a yellow, fin-like crest that runs down into a cape-like membrane on its back. It is 1.9 m tall and weighs 45.2 kg. The Pokédex says its darkened nictitating membranes (see-through inner eyelids) find weak points, and Bulbapedia adds that they also detect body heat. The Sword Pokédex says a back membrane lets it glide, and Bulbapedia says its tail hides sharp, retractable frills.

Behaviour

Bulbapedia describes Inteleon as highly intelligent, chivalrous and completely loyal to Trainers it judges worthy. The Violet Pokédex says the good manners are partly an act: it is still lazy at heart and slacks off whenever its Trainer is not looking.

Habitat

Canon gives no habitat for Inteleon. In Scarlet and Violet it arrives by trade or Poké Portal News events, or by evolving Drizzile in The Indigo Disk, and it is unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

Powers

Torrent boosts its Water moves when it is low on health, and the hidden Ability Sniper makes critical hits hit harder. Snipe Shot, which ignores moves and Abilities that redirect attacks, is learned on evolving, and Bulbapedia says no other Pokémon can learn it. Gigantamax Inteleon, introduced in The Isle of Armor, barely grows, but its tail stretches to over 40 m (130 feet) like a tower and only it can use G-Max Hydrosnipe. With 125 base Special Attack and 120 Speed it is a fast special attacker.

Name origin

Inteleon may blend 'intel' (short for intelligence, as in spy work) or 'intellect' with 'chameleon'. The Japanese name is Intereon (インテレオン), built from the same idea.

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia reads Inteleon as a chameleon, perhaps a veiled chameleon, with the crest and upright posture of basilisk lizards and the gliding membranes of Draco flying lizards. Its blue-and-black colouring resembles a tuxedo, and the knife, gun and glider motifs suit a British-style spy. The Gigantamax form looks like a sniper on a tower. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Sobble evolves into Drizzile at level 16, and Drizzile evolves into Inteleon at level 35.

In the games

Inteleon is the final form of Sobble, one of the three starters of Sword and Shield. In Pokémon Masters EX, Gloria and Bede both have Inteleon sync pairs.

In the anime

Jacqueline's Inteleon debuted in 'Sobble Spies a Stealthy Strategy!' and co-stars in her movies, which makes it a target for Team Rocket. Goh's Drizzile evolved into Inteleon in 'Detective Drizzile!'.

Fun facts

• In French it is Lézargus, from lézard (lizard) and Argus, an old word for a watcher or spy named after a figure of Greek myth.
• Bulbapedia says Gigantamax Inteleon can work out gravity's pull for a trajectory shot fired at Mach 7, enough to hit a moving Berry 15 km (9 miles) away.
• In the Journeys anime Goh's Inteleon camouflages itself like its earlier forms and has infrared vision.
• In Pokémon UNITE you play it as a ranged attacker: it begins as Sobble, turns into Drizzile at level 5 and reaches Inteleon at level 7.

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

Base stats

• HP: 70
• Attack: 85
• Defense: 65
• Sp. Atk: 125
• Sp. Def: 65
• Speed: 120

Inteleon’s base stat total is 530. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Inteleon weak to?

Inteleon takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Grass (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Water (½×), Ice (½×), Steel (½×).

Evolution

What does Inteleon evolve from?

Inteleon evolves from Drizzile at level 35.

Inteleon is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Sobble, Drizzile, Inteleon.

• Sobble evolves into Drizzile at level 16.

Forms

• Gigantamax Inteleon (Gigantamax): Water-type, base stat total 530 (HP 70, Attack 85, Defense 65, Sp. Atk 125, Sp. Def 65, Speed 120). Abilities: Torrent, Sniper (hidden).

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 Inteleon learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Inteleon learns the move the moment it evolves: Snipe Shot.

TM moves (51)

Inteleon can learn 51 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Protect, Water Pulse, Acrobatics, Chilling Water, Facade, Swift, Icy Wind, Mud Shot, Air Cutter, Fling, Endure, Rain Dance, Snowscape, U-turn, Air Slash, Sleep Talk, Reflect, Light Screen, Waterfall, Metronome, Rest, Taunt, Swords Dance, Dark Pulse, Substitute, Liquidation, Shadow Ball, Surf, Baton Pass, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Water Pledge, Giga Impact, Hydro Cannon, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Haze, Smack Down, Vacuum Wave, Icicle Spear, Scald, Weather Ball, Flip Turn, Psych Up, Whirlpool, Muddy Water, Skitter Smack, Breaking Swipe.

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 3 Speed effort values.
• Base experience yield: 265.

Pokédex entries

Its nictitating membranes let it pick out foes' weak points so it can precisely blast them with water that shoots from its fingertips at Mach 3. (Shield)

It has many hidden capabilities, such as fingertips that can shoot water and a membrane on its back that it can use to glide through the air. (Sword)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Sp. Atk among Water types in Gen 8: 125.
• Highest base stat total among Water types in Gen 8: 530, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 86% of all Pokémon (1.9 m).
• Heavier than 65% of all Pokémon (45.2 kg).
• Base stat total 530, ranked #163 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Speed, ranked #38 of 1,025.
• One of 154 Water-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 9 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 65 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: Inteleon (Pokémon), Serebii: Inteleon (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (in-TEL-ee-on): 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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