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Urshifu

Wushu Pokémon · Fighting/Dark-type

Urshifu is a Fighting/Dark-type Pokémon, the Wushu Pokémon, number 892 (#0892) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 1.9 m tall and weighs 105 kg.

Urshifu is the Wushu Pokémon, a bear-like martial-arts master with two fighting styles. Single Strike Style wins with one devastating blow; Rapid Strike Style flows like water and hits in bursts. It is the Legendary face of Sword and Shield's The Isle of Armor.

How to pronounce Urshifu

Urshifu is pronounced ur-SHEE-foo. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Urshifu said out loud:

In Japanese it is ウーラオス (Wulaosu).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Urshifu is a tall, muscular bear with grey, black and white fur, a yellow muzzle and a flowing fur headband. It is 1.9 m tall and weighs 105 kg. The two styles share one body and differ only in the set of the head fur and the way they hold their fists and stance, but their types differ: Single Strike is Fighting and Dark, Rapid Strike is Fighting and Water.

Behaviour

Its style and personality are fixed by how it trained as a Kubfu and which scroll it read. Single Strike Style believes in the one-hit knockout and crushes foes without mercy; Rapid Strike Style watches calmly, dodges, and attacks like a river, flowing but unstoppable. Wild Urshifu train by racing up sheer cliffs.

Habitat

The Pokédex says wild Urshifu live in the mountains of a distant region, far from Galar. In Galar they exist only by training a Kubfu on The Isle of Armor.

Diet

It loves honey, especially the Max Honey of Honeycalm Island. In Sword and Shield it refuses the Max Soup that unlocks its Gigantamax power unless a comb of Max Honey is stirred in.

Powers

Its Ability Unseen Fist lets contact moves punch straight through Protect and Detect. Single Strike Style has Wicked Blow, which always lands a critical hit; Rapid Strike Style has Surging Strikes, which hits 3 times and crits every time. Their Gigantamax forms use G-Max One Blow and G-Max Rapid Flow. With 130 base Attack it is a fierce physical attacker.

Name origin

Urshifu may combine 'ursus', Latin for 'bear', with 'shifu', Chinese for 'master', and a hint of 'kung fu'. The Japanese name Wulaosu (ウーラオス) may blend 'wushu' with laoshi ('teacher') and the martial-arts shout 'osu'.

Design inspiration

Yusuke Ohmura designed Urshifu and Kubfu. It appears to be an Asian black bear crossed with a wushu fighter. Single Strike Style may reference bajiquan, a style of direct, explosive strikes, and Rapid Strike Style taijiquan, a style of flowing movement. The Gigantamax forms may draw on fierce Buddhist guardian deities.

Evolution notes

Evolves from Kubfu in The Isle of Armor: reading the Scroll of Darkness makes Single Strike Style, the Scroll of Waters makes Rapid Strike Style. The choice is permanent.

In the games

Urshifu comes from the Kubfu that dojo master Mustard gives the player in The Isle of Armor, the Sword and Shield expansion that introduced it, and that the player sends up either of the Towers of Two Fists. In Scarlet and Violet it arrives from Pokémon HOME or by evolving Kubfu in The Indigo Disk. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Single Strike Style Urshifu debuted in 'Leaping Toward the Dream!', owned by Quillon, and Rapid Strike Style in 'Trial on a Golden Scale!', owned by Danika.

Fun facts

• No other Legendary has a Gigantamax form, and Urshifu is also the only Pokémon of any kind to have two of them.
• No Trading Card Game card is simply called 'Urshifu': every card is Single Strike or Rapid Strike Urshifu.
• Its base stat total of 550 ties with Ogerpon as the lowest of any fully evolved Legendary with fixed stats.
• Pokémon GO's Scroll Cup, which allows only Water, Fighting and Dark types, appears to be themed around it.

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

Base stats

• HP: 100
• Attack: 130
• Defense: 100
• Sp. Atk: 63
• Sp. Def: 60
• Speed: 97

Urshifu’s base stat total is 550. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Urshifu weak to?

Urshifu takes extra damage from Fairy (4×), Fighting (2×), Flying (2×) moves.

It resists Dark (¼×), Rock (½×), Ghost (½×).

It is immune to Psychic moves.

Evolution

What does Urshifu evolve from?

Urshifu evolves from Kubfu (Scroll of Darkness or Scroll of Waters).

Urshifu is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Kubfu, Urshifu.

Forms

• Gigantamax Single Strike Urshifu (Gigantamax): Fighting/Dark-type, base stat total 550 (HP 100, Attack 130, Defense 100, Sp. Atk 63, Sp. Def 60, Speed 97). Ability: Unseen Fist.
• Gigantamax Rapid Strike Urshifu (Gigantamax): Fighting/Water-type, base stat total 550 (HP 100, Attack 130, Defense 100, Sp. Atk 63, Sp. Def 60, Speed 97). Ability: Unseen Fist.
• Rapid Strike Urshifu (Forme): Fighting/Water-type, base stat total 550 (HP 100, Attack 130, Defense 100, Sp. Atk 63, Sp. Def 60, Speed 97). Ability: Unseen Fist.

Abilities

• Unseen Fist: Contact moves can strike through Protect/Detect.

Moves

Moves Urshifu learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Urshifu learns the move the moment it evolves: Wicked Blow.

TM moves (53)

Urshifu can learn 53 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Low Kick, Acrobatics, Trailblaze, Facade, Aerial Ace, Snarl, Metal Claw, Swift, Rock Tomb, Low Sweep, Fling, Endure, Dig, False Swipe, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, U-turn, Foul Play, Bulk Up, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Poison Jab, Rest, Rock Slide, Taunt, Swords Dance, Body Press, Dark Pulse, Iron Head, Substitute, Iron Defense, Crunch, Aura Sphere, Helping Hand, Reversal, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Close Combat, Tera Blast, Roar, Focus Punch, Lash Out, Double-Edge, Coaching, Throat Chop.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 120 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 15,360).
• Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 275.

Pokédex entries

Inhabiting the mountains of a distant region, this Pokémon races across sheer cliffs, training its legs and refining its moves. (Shield)

This form of Urshifu is a strong believer in the one-hit KO. Its strategy is to leap in close to foes and land a devastating blow with a hardened fist. (Sword)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest HP among Fighting types in Gen 8: 100.
• Heaviest Dark type in Gen 8: 105 kg.
• Highest Attack among Dark types in Gen 8: 130.
• Taller than 86% of all Pokémon (1.9 m).
• Heavier than 84% of all Pokémon (105 kg).
• Base stat total 550, ranked #129 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Attack, ranked #42 of 1,025.
• One of 4 Pokémon that are both Fighting and Dark.
• One of 107 gray Pokémon.
• Number 83 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 62 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 3 alternate forms.
• 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: Urshifu (Pokémon), Serebii: Urshifu (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (ur-SHEE-foo): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

Last checked: 19 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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