#0804 · Alola · Generation 7 · ultra-beast

Naganadel

Poison Pin Pokémon · Poison/Dragon-type

Naganadel is a Poison/Dragon-type Pokémon, the Poison Pin Pokémon, number 804 (#0804) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 7 and comes from the Alola region. It is 3.6 m tall and weighs 150 kg.

Naganadel is the Poison Pin Pokémon, a wasp-and-dragon Ultra Beast whose swollen abdomen holds both its brain and a huge store of sticky poison. Bulbapedia says its stinger can spit that poison more than 9.6 km (6 miles).

How to pronounce Naganadel

Naganadel is pronounced naw-guh-NAW-dul. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Naganadel said out loud:

In Japanese it is アーゴヨン (Agoyon).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Naganadel is 3.6 m tall and weighs 150 kg. A slender, dragon-like upper body with a long neck, grey shoulder spikes, pinkish claws and purple wings sits on top of a wasp's abdomen. Bulbapedia says that lower half houses its brain and ends in three hollow stingers connected to it, so it reacts violently if they are touched. The Pokédex says it stores hundreds of litres of poisonous liquid, and that the glowing venom it fires is immensely adhesive.

Behaviour

In the anime Naganadel lives in a nest and leads large groups of Poipole. It can talk to people through telepathy and share visions of the past with them.

Habitat

It shares Poipole's home world, according to the games. It is not available in Scarlet, Violet or Legends: Z-A.

Powers

Its Ability is Beast Boost, which raises its best stat when it knocks out a Pokémon. With Special Attack 127 and Speed 121 it is a fast special attacker. It uses Dragon Pulse, Air Slash and, from level 70, Dragon Rush, plus Venoshock, Nasty Plot, Fell Stinger and Poison Jab, so both of its types get coverage.

Name origin

Naganadel joins Nāga with the German Nadel ('needle'), as its designer has confirmed. The Japanese name is Agoyon (アーゴヨン), from ago (jaw) and yon (four), again according to the designer.

Design inspiration

James Turner designed Naganadel. It may blend a Western dragon or wyvern with a wasp's abdomen, perhaps a tarantula hawk or an ichneumon wasp, and its Shiny colouring may recall a yellowjacket. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Naganadel evolves from Poipole when it levels up while knowing Dragon Pulse.

In the games

Naganadel is what you get by evolving the Poipole you are given in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, its first games. Sword and Shield's Crown Tundra also lets you evolve one.

In the anime

Naganadel debuted in a dream in 'The Shape of Love to Come!' and appeared in person in 'The Prism Between Light and Darkness!', where it told the Ultra Guardians how its home world was plunged into darkness. Ash's Poipole turned out to have evolved into one when they reunited in 'Z-Move Showdown!', and it signed back onto his team the following episode for the exhibition match against Professor Kukui.

Fun facts

• In every European-language version of a promotional trailer for Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, a Naganadel is sent out from a Beast Ball, although the games give it only in a standard Poké Ball.
• Its Speed of 121 is the only base stat among the Ultra Beasts that is not a prime number, though it is a prime power (11 squared).
• Pokémon Masters EX has a seasonal Naganadel sync pair with Iris, from Fall 2022.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Naganadel (Pokémon) · Serebii: Naganadel (Sword/Shield Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 73
• Attack: 73
• Defense: 73
• Sp. Atk: 127
• Sp. Def: 73
• Speed: 121

Naganadel’s base stat total is 540. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Naganadel weak to?

Naganadel takes extra damage from Ice (2×), Ground (2×), Psychic (2×), Dragon (2×) moves.

It resists Grass (¼×), Fire (½×), Water (½×), Electric (½×), Fighting (½×), Poison (½×), Bug (½×).

Evolution

What does Naganadel evolve from?

Naganadel evolves from Poipole (Level up, knowing Dragon Pulse).

Naganadel is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Poipole, Naganadel.

Abilities

• Beast Boost: Raises this Pokémon's highest stat by one stage when it faints another Pokémon.

Moves

Moves Naganadel learns by level up in Sword / Shield

“Evo” means Naganadel learns the move the moment it evolves: Air Cutter.

TM moves (50)

Naganadel can learn 50 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Fly, Pin Missile, Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Rest, Thief, Snore, Protect, Charm, Facade, Swift, Helping Hand, U-turn, Assurance, Shadow Claw, Cross Poison, Venoshock, Round, Hex, Acrobatics, Snarl, Air Slash, Smart Strike, Breaking Swipe, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Fire Blast, Leech Life, Substitute, Sludge Bomb, Spikes, Outrage, Endure, Sleep Talk, Iron Tail, Uproar, Heat Wave, Dragon Claw, Dragon Dance, Toxic Spikes, Poison Jab, Dark Pulse, X-Scissor, Dragon Pulse, Nasty Plot, Gunk Shot, Sludge Wave, Ally Switch, Venom Drench, Throat Chop.

Move tutor moves (3): Draco Meteor, Dual Wingbeat, Scale Shot.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 120 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 15,360).
• Catch rate: 45 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: 243.

Pokédex entries

One kind of Ultra Beast, it fires a glowing, venomous liquid from its needles. This liquid is also immensely adhesive. (Ultra Moon)

It stores hundreds of liters of poisonous liquid inside its body. It is one of the organisms known as UBs. (Ultra Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Poison type in Gen 7: 150 kg.
• Tallest Poison type in Gen 7: 3.6 m.
• Fastest Poison type in Gen 7: 121 Speed.
• Highest Attack among Poison types in Gen 7: 73, shared with 1 other.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Poison types in Gen 7: 127, shared with 1 other.
• Fastest Dragon type in Gen 7: 121 Speed.
• Taller than 97% of all Pokémon (3.6 m).
• Heavier than 89% of all Pokémon (150 kg).
• Base stat total 540, ranked #136 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Speed, ranked #35 of 1,025.
• One of 3 Pokémon that are both Poison and Dragon.
• One of 87 purple Pokémon.
• Number 83 of 88 Pokémon introduced in Generation 7 (Alola).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 62 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• 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: Naganadel (Pokémon), Serebii: Naganadel (Sword/Shield Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (naw-guh-NAW-dul): 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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