Poipole
Poipole is a Poison-type Pokémon, the Poison Pin Pokémon, number 803 (#0803) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 7 and comes from the Alola region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 1.8 kg.
Poipole is the Poison Pin Pokémon, a small Ultra Beast that is well liked enough in its own world to be chosen as someone's first partner. It laughs wildly as it sprays poison through the pins on its head.
How to pronounce Poipole
Poipole is pronounced POY-pohl. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Poipole said out loud:
In Japanese it is ベベノム (Bevenom).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Poipole is 0.6 m tall and weighs 1.8 kg. It is a small purple creature with a big head, short limbs and a long tail, three spikes on its head (front and both sides) and a face that glows cyan. Bulbapedia says its big head holds a luminous, sticky poison that it sprays through the needles, and that it can understand human speech once it has spent enough time around people.
Behaviour
In the anime Poipole can shoot a harmless multicoloured substance to paint with and to communicate, and it stands upside down and spins rapidly when it is happy.
Habitat
In the games its home is Ultra Megalopolis, though in the anime it comes from an unnamed world. 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. It knows Dragon Pulse from level 1, plus Fell Stinger, Venoshock, Poison Jab and Nasty Plot later on. With its stats spread so evenly, it is a balanced but modest Poison type.
Name origin
Poipole is 'poison' plus 'pole', as its designer has confirmed, and may also echo 'purple' or 'tadpole'. The Japanese name is Bevenom (ベベノム), from 'baby' or 'bébé' and 'venom', again according to the designer.
Design inspiration
James Turner designed Poipole and Naganadel. Bulbapedia says Poipole is modelled on a bee larva, citing a post by Turner that is now a dead link, and that its needles resemble the plunger of a syringe.
Evolution notes
Poipole evolves into Naganadel when it levels up while knowing Dragon Pulse, which it already knows from level 1. It and Naganadel are the only Ultra Beasts with an evolutionary line.
In the games
Poipole is a gift Pokémon given to you late in the story of Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, its first games. Sword and Shield's Crown Tundra also gives you one, from the Dynamax Adventure attendant in the Max Lair.
In the anime
Ash's Poipole debuted in 'The Professors' New Adventure!' travelling through an Ultra Wormhole, and he caught it in 'Love at First Twirl!'. It left his team in 'Securing the Future!' and returned in 'Z-Move Showdown!' already evolved into Naganadel.
Fun facts
- Its category, Poison Pin Pokémon, is shared with Naganadel and with Nidoran♀, Nidorina, Nidoran♂ and Nidorino.
- Its base stats are all 67 or 73, giving a standard deviation of 3, which Bulbapedia says is the lowest non-zero value of any Pokémon.
- In the Pokémon Adventures manga it follows the Ultra Recon Squad member Zossie around without ever being caught, and only occasionally listens to her commands.
Base stats
- HP: 67
- Attack: 73
- Defense: 67
- Sp. Atk: 73
- Sp. Def: 67
- Speed: 73
Poipole’s base stat total is 420. Its highest stat is Attack and Sp. Atk and Speed.
Type matchups
What is Poipole weak to?
Poipole takes extra damage from Ground (2×), Psychic (2×) moves.
It resists Grass (½×), Fighting (½×), Poison (½×), Bug (½×), Fairy (½×).
Evolution
How does Poipole evolve?
Poipole evolves into Naganadel (Level up, knowing Dragon Pulse).
The whole family: Poipole, Naganadel.
Abilities
- Beast Boost: Raises this Pokémon's highest stat by one stage when it faints another Pokémon.
Moves
Moves Poipole learns by level up in Sword / Shield
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dragon Pulse | Dragon | Special | 85 |
| 1 | Peck | Flying | Physical | 35 |
| 1 | Growl | Normal | Status | — |
| 1 | Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — |
| 1 | Acid | Poison | Special | 40 |
| 7 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 |
| 14 | Fell Stinger | Bug | Physical | 50 |
| 21 | Charm | Fairy | Status | — |
| 28 | Venoshock | Poison | Special | 65 |
| 35 | Venom Drench | Poison | Status | — |
| 42 | Nasty Plot | Dark | Status | — |
| 49 | Poison Jab | Poison | Physical | 80 |
| 56 | Gastro Acid | Poison | Status | — |
| 63 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — |
TM moves (22)
Poipole can learn 22 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Pin Missile, Rest, Snore, Protect, Charm, Facade, Helping Hand, Venoshock, Round, Substitute, Sludge Bomb, Endure, Sleep Talk, Iron Tail, Uproar, Toxic Spikes, Poison Jab, Dragon Pulse, Nasty Plot, Gunk Shot, Sludge Wave, Venom Drench.
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 1 Speed effort value.
- Base experience yield: 189.
Pokédex entries
An Ultra Beast that lives in a different world, it cackles wildly as it sprays its opponents with poison from the needles on its head. (Ultra Moon)
This Ultra Beast is well enough liked to be chosen as a first partner in its own world. (Ultra Sun)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ベベノム |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Bevenom |
| French | Vémini |
| German | Venicro |
| Spanish | Poipole |
| Italian | Poipole |
| Korean | 베베놈 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 毒贝比 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 毒貝比 |
Trivia
- Lightest Poison type in Gen 7: 1.8 kg.
- Highest Attack among Poison types in Gen 7: 73, shared with 1 other.
- Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
- Heavier than 6% of all Pokémon (1.8 kg).
- Base stat total 420, ranked #562 of 1,025.
- One of 83 Poison-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 87 purple Pokémon.
- Number 82 of 88 Pokémon introduced in Generation 7 (Alola).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 29 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: Poipole (Pokémon), Serebii: Poipole (Sword/Shield Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (POY-pohl): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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