Type: Null
Type: Null is a Normal-type Pokémon, the Synthetic Pokémon, number 772 (#0772) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 7 and comes from the Alola region. It is 1.9 m tall and weighs 120.5 kg.
Type: Null is the Synthetic Pokémon, a man-made chimera whose heavy control mask exists to hold back its true power. The Pokédex says it was built for a specific mission, went berserk during an experiment and was frozen, and that the mask now keeps it under control.
How to pronounce Type: Null
Type: Null is pronounced TIPE NULL. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Type: Null said out loud:
In Japanese it is タイプ：ヌル (Type:Null).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Type: Null is a four-legged chimera that mixes features of many creatures: a thick grey mane, short black fur, insect-like green forelegs, scaly purple hind legs and a fish-like tail. It is 1.9 m (6'03") tall and 120.5 kg (265.7 lb). Its whole head is locked inside a brown helmet with an axe-shaped blade on top, with small grey eyes behind rectangular slots. Bulbapedia describes the helmet as very heavy and a drag on its agility, and the Sun Pokédex says it hides some special power.
Behaviour
The Pokédex warns that Type: Null might run wild, so its true power stays sealed away beneath the control mask. It is a restrained Pokémon rather than a calm one, and the Silvally entries suggest only a strong bond with a Trainer it trusts can change that.
Habitat
Type: Null has no natural habitat, since it was made rather than born. It is not available in Scarlet and Violet or Legends: Z-A.
Powers
Its only Ability, Battle Armor, blocks critical hits. Its attacks come from many types, including Air Slash, X-Scissor, Iron Head and Tri Attack, which suits a Pokémon patched together from many creatures, and Imprison and Scary Face help it control a fight. It has 95 in every base stat except Speed, which the helmet drags down, so it is a durable all-rounder that evolving into Silvally finally sets free.
Name origin
The name is simply 'type' plus 'null' (nothing), which Bulbapedia presents as the name it goes by while wearing the helmet. The Japanese name is タイプ：ヌル (Type:Null), the same two words.
Design inspiration
Its design seems to draw on the chimera, and its patchwork history may echo Frankenstein's monster; Bulbapedia also sees its collar as a possible reference to the ring around Arceus. These are fan readings, apart from the Pokédex's own line that it was modelled on a mighty Pokémon of myth.
Evolution notes
Type: Null evolves into Silvally when it is levelled up with high friendship, which breaks its mask, as Silvally's Pokédex entries describe.
In the games
Gladion, a rival Trainer, keeps a Type: Null as his partner in Sun and Moon, where it debuted, and you are given your own after becoming Champion. Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon have Wicke hand it over instead. Sword's Pokédex says a rumour blames stolen research notes for a new Type: Null being made in Galar, and in Sword and Shield a Macro Cosmos employee gives you one at the Battle Tower once you are Champion.
In the anime
Gladion's Type: Null debuted in 'Rising from the Ruins!', and it appears in pictures in Faba's laboratory in 'Deceiving Appearances!'.
Fun facts
- Its English name contains a colon, which Bulbapedia says no other Pokémon's does.
- Bulbapedia lists parallels with Mewtwo: both were made by humans through science, both were modelled on a Mythical Pokémon, and both went berserk.
- Código Cero in Spanish and Tipo Zero in Italian: Bulbapedia notes it was the first species to differ from English in Spanish, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese alike.
- With Cosmog and Cosmoem, it was among the first Legendary Pokémon able to evolve, and all three debuted in Sun and Moon.
Base stats
- HP: 95
- Attack: 95
- Defense: 95
- Sp. Atk: 95
- Sp. Def: 95
- Speed: 59
Type: Null’s base stat total is 534. Its highest stat is HP and Attack and Defense and Sp. Atk and Sp. Def.
Type matchups
What is Type: Null weak to?
Type: Null takes extra damage from Fighting (2×) moves.
It is immune to Ghost moves.
Evolution
How does Type: Null evolve?
Type: Null evolves into Silvally (Friendship).
The whole family: Type: Null, Silvally.
Abilities
- Battle Armor: Protects against critical hits.
Moves
Moves Type: Null learns by level up in Sword / Shield
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 1 | Imprison | Psychic | Status | — |
| 5 | Aerial Ace | Flying | Physical | 60 |
| 10 | Scary Face | Normal | Status | — |
| 15 | Double Hit | Normal | Physical | 35 |
| 20 | Metal Sound | Steel | Status | — |
| 25 | Crush Claw | Normal | Physical | 75 |
| 30 | Air Slash | Flying | Special | 75 |
| 35 | Tri Attack | Normal | Special | 80 |
| 40 | X-Scissor | Bug | Physical | 80 |
| 45 | Iron Head | Steel | Physical | 80 |
| 50 | Take Down | Normal | Physical | 90 |
| 55 | Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 |
TM moves (31)
Type: Null can learn 31 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Thunder Wave, Rest, Rock Slide, Snore, Protect, Scary Face, Icy Wind, Sandstorm, Rain Dance, Sunny Day, Hail, Facade, Swift, Imprison, U-turn, Payback, Shadow Claw, Round, Air Slash, Swords Dance, Tri Attack, Substitute, Endure, Sleep Talk, Iron Defense, Dragon Claw, X-Scissor, Iron Head, Work Up.
Move tutor moves (1): Terrain Pulse.
Breeding & training
- Gender: genderless.
- Egg groups: Undiscovered.
- Egg cycles: 120 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 15,360).
- Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 0.
- Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 2 HP effort values.
- Base experience yield: 107.
Pokédex entries
It was modeled after a mighty Pokémon of myth. The mask placed upon it limits its power in order to keep it under control. (Shield)
Rumor has it that the theft of top-secret research notes led to a new instance of this Pokémon being created in the Galar region. (Sword)
There's danger of its going on a rampage, so its true power is sealed away beneath its control mask. (Ultra Moon)
A Pokémon weapon developed for a specific mission, it went berserk during an experiment, so it was cryogenically frozen. (Ultra Sun)
Due to the danger that this synthetic Pokémon may go on a rampage, it wears a control mask to restrain its power. (Moon)
The heavy control mask it wears suppresses its intrinsic capabilities. This Pokémon has some hidden special power. (Sun)
Names around the world
| Japanese | タイプ：ヌル |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Type:Null |
| French | Type:0 |
| German | Typ:Null |
| Spanish | Código Cero |
| Italian | Tipo Zero |
| Korean | 타입:널 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 属性：空 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 屬性：空 |
Trivia
- Highest Defense among Normal types in Gen 7: 95, shared with 1 other.
- Taller than 86% of all Pokémon (1.9 m).
- Heavier than 87% of all Pokémon (120.5 kg).
- Base stat total 534, ranked #157 of 1,025.
- One of 131 Normal-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 107 gray Pokémon.
- Number 51 of 88 Pokémon introduced in Generation 7 (Alola).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 39 different moves in Sword / Shield.
- Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 6 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: Type: Null (Pokémon), Serebii: Type: Null (Sun/Moon Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (TIPE NULL): 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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