#0135 · Kanto · Generation 1

Jolteon

Lightning Pokémon · Electric-type

Jolteon is a Electric-type Pokémon, the Lightning Pokémon, number 135 (#0135) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 1 and comes from the Kanto region. It is 0.8 m tall and weighs 24.5 kg.

Jolteon is the Lightning Pokémon, an Electric type whose fur can stand up as a coat of needles. Its lungs hold an organ that makes electricity, so you can hear it crackle every time it breathes out.

How to pronounce Jolteon

Jolteon is pronounced JOHL-tee-on. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Jolteon said out loud:

In Japanese it is サンダース (Thunders).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Jolteon is a yellow quadruped with spiky fur, a white ruff around its neck and large pointed ears. It is 0.8 m tall and weighs 24.5 kg. The Pokédex says its cells make a weak charge that the static electricity in its fur amplifies, and that it gathers negative ions from the air to blast out 10,000-volt bolts. When it is angry or startled, its fur stiffens into charged needles that it can fire like missiles.

Behaviour

Jolteon is sensitive and easily becomes sad or angry, and every change of mood charges it with power. The Pokédex says it is high-strung, so Trainers can find it hard to grow close to it, and warns that lightning sometimes strikes beside it.

Habitat

Urban, according to the Pokédex habitat list; Bulbapedia says it is mostly seen in cities and towns with Trainers. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in Paldea's West Province and on the North Province's Socarrat Trail.

Powers

Volt Absorb turns Electric hits into healing, and its hidden Ability Quick Feet boosts its Speed when it has a status ailment. In Scarlet and Violet it learns Thunder Wave, Pin Missile, Discharge and Thunder, and Thunderbolt by TM. Its 130 base Speed is the highest of any Eevee evolution, backed by 110 base Special Attack.

Name origin

Jolteon may combine 'jolt' with 'eon', the ending every Eevee evolution shares. The Japanese name is Thunders (サンダース), simply 'thunders'.

Design inspiration

Motofumi Fujiwara designed Jolteon. Like its relatives it mixes dog, cat and fox features, and Bulbapedia suggests the raijū, a lightning beast from Japanese myth, with the cheetah behind its speed. The spiky coat may come from cartoon lightning bolts, or from porcupines and the myth that they shoot their quills. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Eevee evolves into Jolteon with a Thunder Stone.

In the games

Jolteon has been one of Eevee's three original evolutions since Red and Green (Red and Blue outside Japan). In Legends: Arceus it appears in space-time distortions in the Coronet Highlands. In Scarlet and Violet it is wild and a 6-star Tera Raid boss, and in Legends: Z-A it is in Wild Zone 20 of Centrico Plaza and again in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose.

In the anime

Sparky's Jolteon debuted in 'The Battling Eevee Brothers'. Volkner used a Jolteon against Ash in 'The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World!', where Infernape beat it, and Red's Jolteon is one of his main battlers in Pokémon Origins.

Fun facts

• Its Japanese name differs from Zapdos's only by a final -s.
• A paralysed Eevee that meets a Thunder Stone becomes Jolteon still paralysed.
• Jolteon and Electrike share the English category 'Lightning Pokémon', but the two Japanese categories use different words for lightning, Kaminari and Inazuma.
• In 'To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That Is the Question!', Ash taught Mikey's Eevee Mimic with a TM, and it beat Sparky's Jolteon with Jolteon's own Pin Missile.

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

Base stats

• HP: 65
• Attack: 65
• Defense: 60
• Sp. Atk: 110
• Sp. Def: 95
• Speed: 130

Jolteon’s base stat total is 525. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Jolteon weak to?

Jolteon takes extra damage from Ground (2×) moves.

It resists Electric (½×), Flying (½×), Steel (½×).

Evolution

What does Jolteon evolve from?

Jolteon evolves from Eevee (Thunder Stone).

Jolteon is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Sylveon.

• Eevee evolves into Vaporeon (Water Stone).
• Eevee evolves into Flareon (Fire Stone).
• Eevee evolves into Espeon (Friendship, during the day).
• Eevee evolves into Umbreon (Friendship, at night).
• Eevee evolves into Leafeon (Leaf Stone).
• Eevee evolves into Glaceon (Ice Stone).
• Eevee evolves into Sylveon (Friendship, knowing a Fairy-type move).

Abilities

• Volt Absorb: Absorbs Electric moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.
• Quick Feet (hidden ability): Increases Speed to 1.5× with a major status ailment.

Moves

Moves Jolteon learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Jolteon learns the move the moment it evolves: Thunder Shock.

TM moves (45)

Jolteon can learn 45 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Charm, Fake Tears, Agility, Mud-Slap, Protect, Thunder Fang, Trailblaze, Facade, Swift, Stored Power, Endure, Volt Switch, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Dig, False Swipe, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Electro Ball, Light Screen, Thunder Wave, Rest, Eerie Impulse, Substitute, Shadow Ball, Hyper Voice, Thunderbolt, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Electric Terrain, Wild Charge, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Tera Blast, Roar, Charge, Weather Ball, Double-Edge, Electroweb, Metal Sound, Curse, Alluring Voice.

Egg moves (8), which Eevee can hatch knowing:Curse, Detect, Double Kick, Flail, Mud-Slap, Tickle, Wish, Yawn.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 35 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 4,480).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Speed effort values.
• Base experience yield: 184.

Pokédex entries

Bristles its fur into sharp, needlelike points when enraged. One can hear electricity crackle in its breath when it exhales. (Legends: Arceus)

It accumulates negative ions in the atmosphere to blast out 10000volt lightning bolts. (Red, Blue, LeafGreen, Y, Shield)

If it is angered or startled, the fur all over its body bristles like sharp needles that pierce foes. (FireRed, Sword)

A sensitive Pokémon that easily becomes sad or angry. Every time its mood changes, it charges power. (Yellow, Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!)

Its fur stands on end, becoming like needles it fires at enemies. Once they're weakened, it finishes them off with a 10,000 volt shock. (Ultra Moon)

Its lungs contain an organ that creates electricity. The crackling sound of electricity can be heard when it exhales. (Ultra Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Sp. Def among Electric types in Gen 1: 95.
• Taller than 39% of all Pokémon (0.8 m).
• Heavier than 47% of all Pokémon (24.5 kg).
• Base stat total 525, ranked #189 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Speed, ranked #17 of 1,025.
• One of 69 Electric-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 88 yellow Pokémon.
• Number 135 of 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto).
• Part of an evolution family of 9 Pokémon.
• Can learn 64 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 16 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: Jolteon (Pokémon), Serebii: Jolteon (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (JOHL-tee-on): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 19 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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