Sizzlipede
Sizzlipede is a Fire/Bug-type Pokémon, the Radiator Pokémon, number 850 (#0850) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 0.7 m tall and weighs 1 kg.
Sizzlipede is the Radiator Pokémon, a Fire and Bug centipede that cooks its dinner by wrapping itself around it. The yellow sections along its belly get especially hot.
How to pronounce Sizzlipede
Sizzlipede is pronounced SIZ-lih-peed. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Sizzlipede said out loud:
In Japanese it is ヤクデ (Yakude).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Sizzlipede is a long, flat-bodied insectoid, 0.7 m long and 1.0 kg, with a red-orange head and thorax, dark brown sections along its body and short stubby legs. Two fiery whiskers extend from its face. According to the Pokédex, flammable gas kept inside its body is what it uses to make heat.
Behaviour
Sizzlipede coils round its prey and cooks it with its heated body, and the Pokédex says that once the meal is thoroughly cooked it eats every last scrap. Bulbapedia says it often picks fights with Venipede whenever the two meet.
Habitat
The Pokédex gives no habitat. It is not available in Scarlet and Violet or in Legends: Z-A.
Powers
Sizzlipede's Abilities are Flash Fire and White Smoke, with Flame Body hidden. It attacks with Ember, Flame Wheel, Fire Spin and Fire Lash, bites with Bug Bite and Lunge, and learns the powerful Burn Up at level 55. Base Attack 65 is its best stat, a modest start for a Pokémon that grows into Centiskorch.
Name origin
Sizzlipede may combine 'sizzle' with 'millipede' or 'centipede'. The Japanese name Yakude (ヤクデ) may combine yaku ('to burn') with yasude ('millipede') or mukade ('centipede').
Design inspiration
James Turner designed Sizzlipede and its evolution. Bulbapedia suggests centipedes such as the fire centipede Orphaneus brevilabiatus, which glows with bioluminescence, and notes that its category hints at a radiator. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Evolves into Centiskorch at level 28.
In the games
Sizzlipede lives on Route 3 and in Motostoke Stadium during the Gym Challenge in Sword and Shield, where it debuted, and it also turns up in Max Raid Battles in the Wild Area and the Crown Tundra.
Fun facts
- Sizzlipede is the lightest Fire type of all, and Bulbapedia notes it is also the lightest Pokémon that can learn Heat Crash.
- Bulbapedia says Sizzlipede and Centiskorch are the only Fire types with a multiped body.
- It can inherit Knock Off as an Egg move.
Base stats
- HP: 50
- Attack: 65
- Defense: 45
- Sp. Atk: 50
- Sp. Def: 50
- Speed: 45
Sizzlipede’s base stat total is 305. Its highest stat is Attack.
Type matchups
What is Sizzlipede weak to?
Sizzlipede takes extra damage from Rock (4×), Water (2×), Flying (2×) moves.
It resists Grass (¼×), Ice (½×), Fighting (½×), Bug (½×), Steel (½×), Fairy (½×).
Evolution
How does Sizzlipede evolve?
Sizzlipede evolves into Centiskorch at level 28.
The whole family: Sizzlipede, Centiskorch.
Abilities
- Flash Fire: Protects against Fire moves. Once one has been blocked, the Pokémon's own Fire moves inflict 1.5× damage until it leaves battle.
- White Smoke: Prevents stats from being lowered by other Pokémon.
- Flame Body (hidden ability): Has a 30% chance of burning attacking Pokémon on contact.
Moves
Moves Sizzlipede learns by level up in Sword / Shield
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ember | Fire | Special | 40 |
| 1 | Smokescreen | Normal | Status | — |
| 5 | Wrap | Normal | Physical | 15 |
| 10 | Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 |
| 15 | Flame Wheel | Fire | Physical | 60 |
| 20 | Bug Bite | Bug | Physical | 60 |
| 25 | Coil | Poison | Status | — |
| 30 | Slam | Normal | Physical | 80 |
| 35 | Fire Spin | Fire | Special | 35 |
| 40 | Crunch | Dark | Physical | 80 |
| 45 | Fire Lash | Fire | Physical | 80 |
| 50 | Lunge | Bug | Physical | 80 |
| 55 | Burn Up | Fire | Special | 130 |
TM moves (20)
Sizzlipede can learn 20 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Fire Spin, Rest, Snore, Protect, Attract, Sunny Day, Facade, Venoshock, Round, Brutal Swing, Leech Life, Substitute, Endure, Sleep Talk, Crunch, Heat Wave, Bug Buzz, Power Whip, Scald, Heat Crash.
Egg moves (4):Defense Curl, Knock Off, Rollout, Struggle Bug.
Move tutor moves (2): Scorching Sands, Skitter Smack.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Bug.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 190 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 1 Attack effort value.
- Base experience yield: 61.
Pokédex entries
It wraps prey up with its heated body, cooking them in its coils. Once they're well-done, it will voraciously nibble them down to the last morsel. (Shield)
It stores flammable gas in its body and uses it to generate heat. The yellow sections on its belly get particularly hot. (Sword)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ヤクデ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Yakude |
| French | Grillepattes |
| German | Thermopod |
| Spanish | Sizzlipede |
| Italian | Sizzlipede |
| Korean | 태우지네 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 烧火蚣 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 燒火蚣 |
Trivia
- Lightest Fire type: 1 kg.
- Lightest Fire type in Gen 8: 1 kg.
- Lowest base stat total among Fire types in Gen 8: 305.
- Lightest Bug type in Gen 8: 1 kg.
- Taller than 34% of all Pokémon (0.7 m).
- Heavier than 3% of all Pokémon (1 kg).
- Base stat total 305, ranked #833 of 1,025.
- One of 4 Pokémon that are both Fire and Bug.
- One of 97 red Pokémon.
- Number 41 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 37 different moves in Sword / Shield.
- Catch rate 190: about 24.8% 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: Sizzlipede (Pokémon), Serebii: Sizzlipede (Sword/Shield Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (SIZ-lih-peed): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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