#0233 · Johto · Generation 2

Porygon2

Virtual Pokémon · Normal-type

Porygon2 is a Normal-type Pokémon, the Virtual Pokémon, number 233 (#0233) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 2 and comes from the Johto region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 32.5 kg.

Porygon2 is an upgraded Porygon with artificial intelligence, and the Pokédex says it learns on its own, remembering even things it does not need to know. Another entry says it uses a language that only other Porygon2 can follow.

How to pronounce Porygon2

Porygon2 is pronounced POR-ih-gon TOO. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Porygon2 said out loud:

In Japanese it is ポリゴン２.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Porygon2 is a rounded magenta Pokémon with a flat bill, large round eyes, simple oval legs along its sides and a tail that widens in the middle. The bill, legs, tail and underside are all blue. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 32.5 kg.

Behaviour

Porygon2 learns new gestures and emotions by itself, so it sometimes does things that were never in its programming. The Pokédex says it was upgraded to work on other planets, but it moves poorly in zero gravity and cannot even fly. Bulbapedia says it is generally found in computers and labs.

Habitat

Urban, according to the Pokédex habitat list. In Scarlet and Violet it arrives by transfer or trade, or by evolving Porygon in The Indigo Disk; in Legends: Z-A it is a Mega Dimension DLC Pokémon, found in Hyperspace Lumiose.

Powers

Trace copies an opponent's Ability and Download raises the stat that suits the foe's weaker defence, with Analytic hidden. It uses Conversion 2 to change its type, and learns Psybeam, Recover, Tri Attack, Zap Cannon and, at level 60, Hyper Beam. With 90 base Defense and 105 base Special Attack it is a tough special attacker.

Name origin

Porygon2 adds the numeral 2 to Porygon, as the second stage and an upgraded 'version 2'. The Japanese name is the same, Porygon2 (ポリゴン２), with a full-width 2.

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia sees the same rendered bird shape as Porygon, now rounder, which may represent smoothing in 3D graphics, with the '2' hinting at a software version number. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Porygon evolves into Porygon2 by trading while holding an Upgrade, and Porygon2 evolves into Porygon-Z by trading while holding a Dubious Disc.

In the games

Porygon2 first appeared in Gold and Silver. In Legends: Arceus its Pokédex entry says a bizarre item caused it to evolve, and one appears in the Crimson Mirelands distortions. It is a Mega Dimension DLC Pokémon in Legends: Z-A, found in 5-star Hyperspace Lumiose wild zones.

In the anime

Porygon2 has never appeared in an episode of the anime, which Bulbapedia ties to the banned Porygon episode. It shows up only as stock art in the English dub's Johto Pokérap and in the opening of the film Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice.

Fun facts

• Every one of its stats is exactly 20 points higher than Porygon's.
• It is the only Pokémon with a number in its name, and in Generation II a nicknamed Porygon2 could not be given its species name back, because numbers were not available for nicknames.
• Bulbapedia says Porygon2 is the one member of its line that has never had a voice in any Pokémon media: Porygon was heard in the anime, and Porygon-Z in PokéPark Wii.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Porygon2 (Pokémon) · Serebii: Porygon2 (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 85
• Attack: 80
• Defense: 90
• Sp. Atk: 105
• Sp. Def: 95
• Speed: 60

Porygon2’s base stat total is 515. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Porygon2 weak to?

Porygon2 takes extra damage from Fighting (2×) moves.

It is immune to Ghost moves.

Evolution

What does Porygon2 evolve from?

Porygon2 evolves from Porygon (Trade holding Upgrade).

How does Porygon2 evolve?

Porygon2 evolves into Porygon-Z (Trade holding Dubious Disc).

The whole family: Porygon, Porygon2, Porygon-Z.

Abilities

• Trace: Copies an opponent's ability upon entering battle.
• Download: Raises the attack stat corresponding to the opponents' weaker defense one stage upon entering battle.
• Analytic (hidden ability): Strengthens moves to 1.3× their power when moving last.

Moves

Moves Porygon2 learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (36)

Porygon2 can learn 36 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Protect, Psybeam, Thief, Charge Beam, Facade, Swift, Icy Wind, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Psyshock, Zen Headbutt, Foul Play, Sleep Talk, Thunder Wave, Rest, Eerie Impulse, Substitute, Trick, Shadow Ball, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Giga Impact, Trick Room, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Charge, Gravity, Double-Edge, Electroweb.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Mineral.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 180.

Pokédex entries

A bizarre item caused this Pokémon to evolve. While it now exhibits many new gestures and expressions, its biology remains inscrutable. (Legends: Arceus)

After artificial intelligence was implemented in Porygon2, the Pokémon began using a strange language that only other Porygon2 understand. (Shield)

This is a Porygon that was updated with special data. Porygon2 develops itself by learning about many different subjects all on its own. (Sword)

Even though it doesn't die in the vacuum of space, it can't move around very well in zero gravity. (Ultra Moon)

AI has been installed in it. It learns various things all on its own, but it even remembers things it doesn't need to know. (Ultra Sun)

Porygon was updated to a new version in readiness for planetary development. But that dream remains unrealized as yet. (Moon)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Sp. Atk among Normal types in Gen 2: 105.
• Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
• Heavier than 55% of all Pokémon (32.5 kg).
• Base stat total 515, ranked #226 of 1,025.
• One of 131 Normal-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 97 red Pokémon.
• Number 82 of 100 Pokémon introduced in Generation 2 (Johto).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 48 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 16 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: Porygon2 (Pokémon), Serebii: Porygon2 (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (POR-ih-gon TOO): 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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