Lileep
Lileep is a Rock/Grass-type Pokémon, the Sea Lily Pokémon, number 345 (#0345) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 1 m tall and weighs 23.8 kg.
Lileep is a Rock and Grass Pokémon that died out about 100 million years ago and exists today only because scientists revive it from a Root Fossil. It spent its life fixed to a rock on the sea floor, waiting for dinner to drift into its petal-shaped tentacles.
How to pronounce Lileep
Lileep is pronounced lih-LEEP. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Lileep said out loud:
In Japanese it is リリーラ (Lilyla).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Lileep is a plant-like Fossil Pokémon, 1 m tall and 23.8 kg. A purple head sits on a yellow stem above a rounded purple body, and eight pink, dark-tipped tentacles ring an opening that hides two glowing yellow eyes. Four stubby roots grip the rock it lives on.
Behaviour
The Pokédex says it stays fixed to one rock and scans for prey from there, and that its suckers hold so firmly that rough surf cannot wash it away. It sways its tentacles to pass for seaweed, and when something unsuspecting comes close it swallows it whole.
Habitat
The Pokédex lists it as a sea Pokémon that lived in the warm seas of ancient times.
Powers
Its Ability is Suction Cups, which stops it being forced out of battle, and its Hidden Ability is Storm Drain, which draws in Water moves and turns them into Special Attack. By levelling up it learns Ancient Power, Giga Drain and Energy Ball. With base Special Defense 87 it is a sturdy, slow support Pokémon.
Name origin
Lileep may combine 'lily' with 'deep', 'sleep', 'creep' or 'peep'. The Japanese name is Lilyla (リリーラ), which may blend 'lily' with the Spanish lila, 'lilac', for its purple colour.
Design inspiration
Lileep is based on a crinoid, or sea lily, a living marine animal related to starfish and sea urchins. Crinoid fossils are very common, which may be why Lileep became a Fossil Pokémon, and Bulbapedia suggests the tentacles may borrow from a sea anemone.
Evolution notes
Lileep evolves into Cradily at level 40.
In the games
Lileep returns from a Root Fossil that is revived at Rustboro City's Devon Corporation in Ruby and Sapphire, where it first appeared, and at the Oreburgh Mining Museum in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. It is in the Sword and Shield Expansion Pass, but Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Scarlet and Violet and in Legends: Z-A.
In the anime
Several Lileep debuted in 'Where's Armaldo?' among the Fossil Pokémon that Professor Proctor and Annie Proctor cared for on Wales Island.
Fun facts
- Bulbapedia notes that Lileep and Cradily are alone among Grass Pokémon in the Water 3 Egg Group.
- Before Generation VIII, the Lileep family's Hidden Ability could be had only through the Pokémon Dream World, and it can now come from Max Raid Battles or an Ability Patch.
- No Rock or Grass type introduced in Generation III is slower than Lileep.
Base stats
- HP: 66
- Attack: 41
- Defense: 77
- Sp. Atk: 61
- Sp. Def: 87
- Speed: 23
Lileep’s base stat total is 355. Its highest stat is Sp. Def.
Type matchups
What is Lileep weak to?
Lileep takes extra damage from Ice (2×), Fighting (2×), Bug (2×), Steel (2×) moves.
It resists Normal (½×), Electric (½×).
Evolution
How does Lileep evolve?
Lileep evolves into Cradily at level 40.
The whole family: Lileep, Cradily.
Abilities
- Suction Cups: Prevents being forced out of battle by other Pokémon's moves.
- Storm Drain (hidden ability): Redirects single-target Water moves to this Pokémon where possible. Absorbs Water moves, raising Special Attack one stage.
Moves
Moves Lileep learns by level up in Sword / Shield
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrap | Normal | Physical | 15 |
| 1 | Astonish | Ghost | Physical | 30 |
| 4 | Acid | Poison | Special | 40 |
| 8 | Confuse Ray | Ghost | Status | — |
| 12 | Ingrain | Grass | Status | — |
| 16 | Ancient Power | Rock | Special | 60 |
| 20 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 |
| 24 | Brine | Water | Special | 65 |
| 28 | Amnesia | Psychic | Status | — |
| 32 | Gastro Acid | Poison | Status | — |
| 36 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 |
| 41 | Stockpile | Normal | Status | — |
| 41 | Spit Up | Normal | Special | — |
| 41 | Swallow | Normal | Status | — |
| 44 | Energy Ball | Grass | Special | 90 |
TM moves (28)
Lileep can learn 28 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Solar Beam, Rest, Rock Slide, Snore, Protect, Giga Drain, Attract, Sandstorm, Sunny Day, Facade, Rock Tomb, Bullet Seed, Mud Shot, Rock Blast, Brine, Round, Swords Dance, Body Slam, Amnesia, Substitute, Sludge Bomb, Endure, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Energy Ball, Earth Power, Stealth Rock, Grass Knot.
Egg moves (5):Bind, Curse, Mirror Coat, Recover, Tickle.
Move tutor moves (1): Meteor Beam.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
- Egg groups: Water 3.
- Egg cycles: 30 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,840).
- Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Slow Then Very Fast (600,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 1 Sp. Def effort value.
- Base experience yield: 71.
Pokédex entries
Lileep clings to rocks on the seabed. When prey comes close, this Pokémon entangles it with petallike tentacles. (Shield)
This Pokémon was restored from a fossil. Lileep once lived in warm seas that existed approximately 100,000,000 years ago. (Sword)
It sticks to rocks with its powerful suckers and can't be washed away no matter how rough the surf gets. (Ultra Moon)
In ancient times, it lived in warm seas. It disguised itself as seaweed to ambush its prey and devoured them whole when they got close. (Ultra Sun)
Lileep is an ancient Pokémon that was regenerated from a fossil. It remains permanently anchored to a rock. From its immobile perch, this Pokémon intently scans for prey with its two eyes. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)
Lileep became extinct approximately a hundred million years ago. This ancient Pokémon attaches itself to a rock on the seafloor and catches approaching prey using tentacles shaped like flower petals. (Ruby, Omega Ruby)
Names around the world
| Japanese | リリーラ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Lilyla |
| French | Lilia |
| German | Liliep |
| Spanish | Lileep |
| Italian | Lileep |
| Korean | 릴링 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 触手百合 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 觸手百合 |
Trivia
- Slowest Grass type in Gen 3: 23 Speed.
- Slowest Rock type in Gen 3: 23 Speed.
- Taller than 47% of all Pokémon (1 m).
- Heavier than 46% of all Pokémon (23.8 kg).
- Base stat total 355, ranked #691 of 1,025.
- One of 2 Pokémon that are both Rock and Grass.
- One of 87 purple Pokémon.
- Number 94 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 45 different moves in Sword / Shield.
- Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 10 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: Lileep (Pokémon), Serebii: Lileep (Sword/Shield Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (lih-LEEP): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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