#0620 · Unova · Generation 5

Mienshao

Martial Arts Pokémon · Fighting-type

Mienshao is a Fighting-type Pokémon, the Martial Arts Pokémon, number 620 (#0620) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 1.4 m tall and weighs 35.5 kg.

Mienshao is the Martial Arts Pokémon, a long white weasel that fights with the sleeve-like fur on its arms as whips. The Pokédex says that against a truly challenging opponent it bites that fur off to make itself lighter.

How to pronounce Mienshao

Mienshao is pronounced meen-SHOW. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Mienshao said out loud:

In Japanese it is コジョンド (Kojondo).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Mienshao is a white, long-bodied weasel, 1.4 m tall and 35.5 kg, with a small head and little triangular ears. It has a purple spot on its forehead, a yellow one on its snout, purple eyebrows like lashes and a pair of yellow-tipped whiskers with split ends. Its arms are almost hidden by long purple-tipped fur that looks like sleeves.

Behaviour

Bulbapedia calls Mienshao respectful and says it is usually found training alongside its Trainer. The Pokédex says it lets out a bizarre wail before kicks and chops that the eye cannot follow, then stores up power slowly for a finishing blow. Its kicks, delivered at blinding speed, can reduce huge boulders to small fragments.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat; its pre-evolution trains in mountain packs. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in Kitakami by evolving Mienfoo, and in 5-star and 6-star Tera Raid Battles there.

Powers

Mienshao shares Mienfoo's Abilities: Inner Focus and Regenerator, with Reckless hidden. It uses Fake Out, Drain Punch, Aura Sphere, Calm Mind and, at level 66, High Jump Kick. With a base Attack of 125, Special Attack of 95 and Speed of 105, it is a quick mixed attacker, but with only 65 HP it is fragile.

Name origin

Mienshao may combine 'ermine' and 'Shaolin'. The Japanese name is Kojondo (コジョンド), possibly from okojo ('ermine') and dō ('teachings' or 'path'), as in judo or taekwondo.

Design inspiration

Megumi Mizutani designed Mienshao. It follows Mienfoo's ermine and kung fu theme, perhaps Shaolin kung fu in particular, and its whip-like fur may nod to whip fighting or to the 'water sleeves' of Chinese opera performers. These are fan readings, not official statements.

Evolution notes

Mienshao evolves from Mienfoo at level 50 and is the final form of the line.

In the games

Mienshao first appeared in Black and White, where it can be found in the dark grass of Route 14. In Scarlet and Violet it can be found in The Teal Mask's Kitakami, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

In 'A Festival Reunion!', Korrina's Mienfoo turned out to have evolved into a Mienshao, and it lost to Ash's Dragonite. Delbert's Mienshao debuted in 'Search for the Clubultimate!', where it lost to Montgomery's Throh.

Fun facts

• In the series Pokémon: Twilight Wings, Mustard's Mienshao fights Leon's Charizard in 'The Gathering of Stars'.
• In 'Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!', a Mienshao under Colress's control was forced to fight Iris's Axew.
• In Scarlet and Violet, Mienshao already knows Reversal and Fake Out at level 1, while Mienfoo has to wait until levels 10 and 5.

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

Base stats

• HP: 65
• Attack: 125
• Defense: 60
• Sp. Atk: 95
• Sp. Def: 60
• Speed: 105

Mienshao’s base stat total is 510. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Mienshao weak to?

Mienshao takes extra damage from Flying (2×), Psychic (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.

It resists Bug (½×), Rock (½×), Dark (½×).

Evolution

What does Mienshao evolve from?

Mienshao evolves from Mienfoo at level 50.

Mienshao is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Mienfoo, Mienshao.

Abilities

• Inner Focus: Prevents flinching.
• Regenerator: Heals for 1/3 max HP upon switching out.
• Reckless (hidden ability): Strengthens recoil moves to 1.2× their power.

Moves

Moves Mienshao learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (47)

Mienshao can learn 47 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Protect, Low Kick, Acrobatics, Trailblaze, Facade, Aerial Ace, Swift, Rock Tomb, Low Sweep, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Dig, Brick Break, U-turn, Bulk Up, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Grass Knot, Poison Jab, Rest, Taunt, Swords Dance, Substitute, Aura Sphere, Ice Spinner, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Reversal, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Close Combat, Tera Blast, Knock Off, Vacuum Wave, Focus Punch, Psych Up, Double-Edge, Triple Axel, Coaching, Upper Hand.

Egg moves (3):Feint, Focus Punch, Knock Off.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field, Human-Like.
• Egg cycles: 25 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,200).
• 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 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 179.

Pokédex entries

Delivered at blinding speeds, kicks from this Pokémon can shatter massive boulders into tiny pieces. (Shield)

When Mienshao comes across a truly challenging opponent, it will lighten itself by biting off the fur on its arms. (Sword)

When Mienshao lets out a bizarre wail, you're in danger. A flurry of kicks and chops too fast to see is about to be unleashed! (Ultra Moon)

It overwhelms its opponents with continuous attacks and then slowly stores up power before delivering the finishing blow. (Ultra Sun)

Using the long fur on its arms like whips, it launches into combo attacks that, once started, no one can stop. (Black 2, White 2, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

It wields the fur on its arms like a whip. Its arm attacks come with such rapidity that they cannot even be seen. (Black, X, Omega Ruby)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 68% of all Pokémon (1.4 m).
• Heavier than 58% of all Pokémon (35.5 kg).
• Base stat total 510, ranked #237 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Attack, ranked #65 of 1,025.
• One of 73 Fighting-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 87 purple Pokémon.
• Number 127 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 58 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 7 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: Mienshao (Pokémon), Serebii: Mienshao (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (meen-SHOW): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

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

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