#1008 · Paldea · Generation 9 · legendary, paradox

Miraidon

Paradox Pokémon · Electric/Dragon-type

Miraidon is a Electric/Dragon-type Pokémon, the Paradox Pokémon, number 1008 (#1008) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 3.5 m tall and weighs 240 kg.

Miraidon is the Paradox Pokémon on the box of Pokémon Violet, a robotic, motorbike-like Electric and Dragon type that seems to come from the far future. It is your ride across Paldea, able to drive, swim and glide.

How to pronounce Miraidon

Miraidon is pronounced mir-EYE-don. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Miraidon said out loud:

In Japanese it is ミライドン.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Miraidon is a large robot-like reptile with a violet metal body, silver face, neck, belly and tail, and white claws. A visor-like crest and a throat sac that inflates into a glowing wheel make it look like a sport bike, and its LED-style eyes blink by changing pattern. It is 3.5 m tall and weighs 240 kg. In Ultimate Mode its back legs fold into jet engines and it hovers; Drive, Aquatic and Glide Modes carry a rider, and when weakened it drops into Low-Power Mode and walks on all fours.

Behaviour

The Miraidon that joins the player is friendly, curious and loyal, and judges a person's character before deciding to go with them. The Pokédex says it resembles Cyclizar but is far more ruthless and powerful, and an old book calls it the Iron Serpent that scorched the land with lightning. In battle it floats above grounded foes, reads their movements and strikes weak spots.

Habitat

Area Zero, the vast crater at the heart of Paldea, in Pokémon Violet. In Scarlet it can only be obtained by trade.

Diet

It eats sandwiches made with Herba Mystica to recover its strength, and can smell those herbs on Titan Pokémon.

Powers

Its Ability Hadron Engine sets Electric Terrain when it enters battle and boosts its Special Attack while the terrain lasts. Electro Drift, a signature move only Miraidon learns, hits even harder when it is super effective, and it also fires Dragon Pulse and Parabolic Charge. With 135 base Special Attack and 135 base Speed it is a very fast special attacker.

Name origin

Miraidon may combine the Japanese mirai ('future') with 'ride' and 'dragon', 'don' (Spanish for 'lord') or '-don' (as in dinosaur names), and may be built to sound like 'me ride on'. The Violet Book calls it the Iron Serpent (Tetsu no Orochi). The Japanese name is Miraidon (ミライドン).

Design inspiration

Miraidon appears to be a robotic serpentine dragon mixed with fan-throated lizards and sport-bike parts: a windscreen crest, handlebar shoulders, wheel-shaped throat and tail, and exhaust-pipe legs. Its serpent shape and Electric type may recall Sugaar, a Basque storm god who takes the form of a serpent. These are fan readings.

In the games

Mascot of Pokémon Violet and a major character, riding with the player from the start of the game to the depths of Area Zero. A second, far more aggressive Miraidon also plays a part in the story.

In the anime

Miraidon first appeared in a short segment after a Pokémon Journeys episode, found by Team Rocket in Paldea. In Pokémon Horizons, Liko meets one and is swept into a Cyclizar race on its back before it flies off.

Fun facts

• Toyota engineers have built a real, moving Miraidon as part of the Toyota Miraidon Project.
• At 3.5 m it is the tallest of all the Paradox Pokémon in Paldea's Pokédex.
• It carries you across lakes and through the air, yet it cannot learn Surf or Fly.
• Its modes have English loanword names in Japanese, while Koraidon's builds use old Sino-Japanese words: future versus past, down to the vocabulary.
• Its name is the same in every language, which is true of no other Paradox Pokémon except Koraidon.

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

Base stats

• HP: 100
• Attack: 85
• Defense: 100
• Sp. Atk: 135
• Sp. Def: 115
• Speed: 135

Miraidon’s base stat total is 670. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk and Speed.

Type matchups

What is Miraidon weak to?

Miraidon takes extra damage from Ice (2×), Ground (2×), Dragon (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.

It resists Electric (¼×), Fire (½×), Water (½×), Grass (½×), Flying (½×), Steel (½×).

Evolution

Miraidon does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Forms

• Miraidon (Drive Mode) (Forme): Electric/Dragon-type, base stat total 670 (HP 100, Attack 85, Defense 100, Sp. Atk 135, Sp. Def 115, Speed 135). Ability: Hadron Engine.
• Miraidon (Glide Mode) (Forme): Electric/Dragon-type, base stat total 670 (HP 100, Attack 85, Defense 100, Sp. Atk 135, Sp. Def 115, Speed 135). Ability: Hadron Engine.

Abilities

• Hadron Engine: Creates an Electric Terrain when entering battle, and boosts Special Attack while active.

Moves

Moves Miraidon learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (49)

Miraidon can learn 49 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Scary Face, Protect, Acrobatics, Confuse Ray, Charge Beam, Facade, Snarl, Dragon Tail, Endure, Volt Switch, Zen Headbutt, U-turn, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Electro Ball, Reflect, Light Screen, Dragon Claw, Dazzling Gleam, Thunder Wave, Rest, Taunt, Swords Dance, Flash Cannon, Eerie Impulse, Power Gem, Substitute, Crunch, Dragon Pulse, Heavy Slam, Thunderbolt, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Electric Terrain, Wild Charge, Giga Impact, Outrage, Overheat, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Solar Beam, Draco Meteor, Tera Blast, Charge, Supercell Slam, Metal Sound, Dragon Cheer.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 50 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 6,400).
• Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 0.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 335.

Pokédex entries

This seems to be the Iron Serpent mentioned in an old book. The Iron Serpent is said to have turned the land to ash with its lightning. (Violet)

Much remains unknown about this creature. It resembles Cyclizar, but it is far more ruthless and powerful. (Scarlet)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Sp. Def among Electric types: 115.
• Highest base stat total among Gen 9 Pokémon: 670, shared with 1 other.
• Fastest Electric type in Gen 9: 135 Speed.
• Highest Sp. Def among Electric types in Gen 9: 115.
• Highest base stat total among Electric types in Gen 9: 670.
• Fastest Dragon type in Gen 9: 135 Speed, shared with 1 other.
• Highest Sp. Def among Dragon types in Gen 9: 115.
• Highest base stat total among Dragon types in Gen 9: 670, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 97% of all Pokémon (3.5 m).
• Heavier than 94% of all Pokémon (240 kg).
• Base stat total 670, ranked #16 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Speed, ranked #13 of 1,025.
• One of 4 Pokémon that are both Electric and Dragon.
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 103 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
• Can learn 56 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 2 alternate forms.
• 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: Miraidon (Pokémon), Serebii: Miraidon (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (mir-EYE-don): 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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