Smoliv
Smoliv is a Grass/Normal-type Pokémon, the Olive Pokémon, number 928 (#0928) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 0.3 m tall and weighs 6.5 kg.
Smoliv is the Olive Pokémon, a pint-sized Grass and Normal type that turns nutrients into oil and keeps it in a fruit growing on its head. It can go a whole week without food or water, and its oil is bitter enough to make an attacker flinch.
How to pronounce Smoliv
Smoliv is pronounced SMOL-iv. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Smoliv said out loud:
In Japanese it is ミニーブ (Minive).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Smoliv is 0.3 m tall and weighs 6.5 kg, a small, round, green body on two stubby legs. Its beady black eyes have white pupils, its mouth is jagged, and a few leaves ring a yellow fruit with a hole in the top. Bulbapedia says the oil it stores in that fruit is made from nutrients it gathers by photosynthesis.
Behaviour
The Scarlet Pokédex says Smoliv defends itself with oil from its head fruit, which is so bitter and puckering that it makes people flinch. Bulbapedia says it squirts the oil to slow an opponent and then runs away. It prefers dry, sunny climates and spends its time sunbathing.
Habitat
The Pokédex gives no habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it is found only in Area Two of Paldea's South Province, and it also appears in 1-star Tera Raid Battles.
Powers
Its Abilities are Early Bird and the hidden Harvest. It learns Razor Leaf at level 10, Mega Drain, Energy Ball and Leech Seed, plus Grassy Terrain at 23. Base Special Attack 58 is its best stat.
Name origin
Smoliv may combine 'small' or 'smol', a diminutive spelling, with 'olive'. The Japanese name is Minive (ミニーブ), probably 'mini' plus 'olive'.
Design inspiration
Smoliv looks like a green olive, while its Shiny colouring appears to follow a black olive. Bulbapedia notes that Spain, which inspired Paldea, is the world's biggest olive producer. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Smoliv evolves into Dolliv at level 25.
In the games
Brassius, the Artazon Gym Leader, uses a level 16 Smoliv in his Gym battle in Scarlet and Violet, where it debuted. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.
In the anime
Two wild Smoliv debuted in the Pokémon Horizons episode 'Nemona and Brassius and…', and four more appear in 'Arboliva's Forest'.
Fun facts
- No Pokémon outside the Smoliv line can learn Terrain Pulse by levelling up, and Smoliv gets it at level 38.
- Its base Speed of 30 is the lowest of any Normal or Grass type in Generation IX.
- In the manga Pokémon Adventures, Violet gets her Smoliv when Arven catches one and swaps it to her for his Mabosstiff.
Base stats
- HP: 41
- Attack: 35
- Defense: 45
- Sp. Atk: 58
- Sp. Def: 51
- Speed: 30
Smoliv’s base stat total is 260. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.
Type matchups
What is Smoliv weak to?
Smoliv takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Ice (2×), Fighting (2×), Poison (2×), Flying (2×), Bug (2×) moves.
It resists Water (½×), Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Ground (½×).
It is immune to Ghost moves.
Evolution
How does Smoliv evolve?
Smoliv evolves into Dolliv at level 25.
The whole family: Smoliv, Dolliv, Arboliva.
Abilities
- Early Bird: Makes sleep pass twice as quickly.
- Harvest (hidden ability): Has a 50% chance of restoring a used Berry after each turn if the Pokémon has held no items in the meantime.
Moves
Moves Smoliv learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 1 | Sweet Scent | Normal | Status | — |
| 5 | Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 |
| 7 | Growth | Normal | Status | — |
| 10 | Razor Leaf | Grass | Physical | 55 |
| 13 | Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — |
| 16 | Flail | Normal | Physical | — |
| 20 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 |
| 23 | Grassy Terrain | Grass | Status | — |
| 27 | Seed Bomb | Grass | Physical | 80 |
| 30 | Energy Ball | Grass | Special | 90 |
| 34 | Leech Seed | Grass | Status | — |
| 38 | Terrain Pulse | Normal | Special | 50 |
TM moves (24)
Smoliv can learn 24 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Charm, Protect, Trailblaze, Facade, Swift, Magical Leaf, Endure, Sunny Day, Bullet Seed, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Grass Knot, Rest, Substitute, Giga Drain, Energy Ball, Helping Hand, Earth Power, Grassy Terrain, Leaf Storm, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Solar Blade, Weather Ball.
Egg moves (4):Memento, Strength Sap, Synthesis, Weather Ball.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Grass.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 255 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 1 Sp. Atk effort value.
- Base experience yield: 52.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon converts nutrients into oil, which it stores in the fruit on its head. It can easily go a whole week without eating or drinking. (Violet)
It protects itself from enemies by emitting oil from the fruit on its head. This oil is bitter and astringent enough to make someone flinch. (Scarlet)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ミニーブ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Minive |
| French | Olivini |
| German | Olini |
| Spanish | Smoliv |
| Italian | Smoliv |
| Korean | 미니브 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 迷你芙 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 迷你芙 |
Trivia
- Slowest Normal type in Gen 9: 30 Speed.
- Slowest Grass type in Gen 9: 30 Speed.
- Lowest base stat total among Grass types in Gen 9: 260.
- Taller than 4% of all Pokémon (0.3 m).
- Heavier than 19% of all Pokémon (6.5 kg).
- Base stat total 260, ranked #955 of 1,025.
- One of 5 Pokémon that are both Grass and Normal.
- One of 130 green Pokémon.
- Number 23 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
- Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
- Can learn 36 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 255: about 33.3% 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: Smoliv (Pokémon), Bulbapedia: Brassius, Serebii: Smoliv (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (SMOL-iv): 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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