#0329 · Hoenn · Generation 3

Vibrava

Vibration Pokémon · Ground/Dragon-type

Vibrava is a Ground/Dragon-type Pokémon, the Vibration Pokémon, number 329 (#0329) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 1.1 m tall and weighs 15.3 kg.

Vibrava is the Vibration Pokémon, a dragonfly-like desert dweller whose wings have not finished growing. Instead of flying far, it rubs them together to make ultrasonic waves that give people headaches and knock out its prey.

How to pronounce Vibrava

Vibrava is pronounced vy-BRAH-vuh. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Vibrava said out loud:

In Japanese it is ビブラーバ.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Vibrava is 1.1 m tall and weighs 15.3 kg. It has a skinny yellow body, a small head topped by two yellow antennae, bulging green eyes and two large white teeth showing at each side of its mouth, and four rhombus-shaped green wings with black edges. The same rhombus shape repeats at the end of its tail.

Behaviour

Vibrava makes prey faint with sound, and the Pokédex says it then dissolves its catch in digestive juices, a daily meal that helps its wings grow. One entry says Trainers who stay near one need earplugs.

Habitat

The Pokédex places it in rough terrain, and Bulbapedia says it calls the desert home. In Scarlet and Violet's base games it can only be traded for or transferred from Pokémon HOME, but The Indigo Disk adds Blueberry Academy's Savanna Biome and 4-star Tera Raids. It is unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

Powers

Levitate is its only Ability, so it avoids Ground moves despite its Ground type. It gets Dragon Breath on evolving and later learns Screech, Bug Buzz, Earthquake and, at level 62, Boomburst. With balanced base Attack and Speed of 70 it is a midway step on the road to Flygon.

Name origin

Vibrava may combine 'vibrate' and 'larva'. The Japanese name is ビブラーバ (Vibrava), the same as the English.

Design inspiration

Vibrava appears to be an adult antlion, though it looks more like a mayfly, which may nod to the Japanese word for the adult antlion, usuba-kagerō ('thin-winged mayfly'). Its Dragon typing might reflect 'sand dragon' dragonflies, and the harsh noise of its wings recalls a cicada. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Vibrava evolves from Trapinch at level 35 and into Flygon at level 45.

In the games

In Pokémon Colosseum, Vibrava is a Shadow Pokémon you can snag, and Bulbapedia says it is the only Dragon-type one that can be snagged there. It debuted in Ruby and Sapphire.

In the anime

In 'Beg, Burrow and Steal', dozens of Trapinch evolve into Vibrava at an underground lake while Team Rocket tries to steal them. In 'Spontaneous Combusken', Brianna uses a Vibrava in the Battle Stage of the Chrysanthemum Island Contest.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says Vibrava is the only Pokémon that gains the Dragon type on evolving and can still evolve again.
• It is the only Ground type that has more than one pair of wings, according to Bulbapedia.
• In Pokémon Adventures, the Aqua Admins Shelly and Matt each own a Vibrava that they use for air travel.
• Pokémon Sleep gives Vibrava four sleep styles, including 'Hovering Sleep' and 'Wing-Vibrating Sleep'.

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

Base stats

• HP: 50
• Attack: 70
• Defense: 50
• Sp. Atk: 50
• Sp. Def: 50
• Speed: 70

Vibrava’s base stat total is 340. Its highest stat is Attack and Speed.

Type matchups

What is Vibrava weak to?

Vibrava takes extra damage from Ice (4×), Dragon (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Poison (½×), Rock (½×).

It is immune to Electric moves.

Evolution

What does Vibrava evolve from?

Vibrava evolves from Trapinch at level 35.

How does Vibrava evolve?

Vibrava evolves into Flygon at level 45.

The whole family: Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon.

Abilities

• Levitate: Evades Ground moves.

Moves

Moves Vibrava learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Vibrava learns the move the moment it evolves: Dragon Breath.

TM moves (47)

Vibrava can learn 47 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Protect, Struggle Bug, Facade, Aerial Ace, Bulldoze, Swift, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Air Cutter, Dragon Tail, Endure, Sunny Day, Sandstorm, Dig, U-turn, Air Slash, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Dragon Claw, Rest, Rock Slide, Fly, Substitute, Crunch, Giga Drain, Tailwind, Dragon Pulse, Stealth Rock, Heat Wave, Earth Power, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Outrage, Bug Buzz, Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, Draco Meteor, Tera Blast, Sand Tomb, Bug Bite, Uproar, Dual Wingbeat, Scorching Sands, Throat Chop.

Egg moves (13):Astonish, Bug Bite, Bulldoze, Crunch, Feint, First Impression, Fissure, Flail, Fury Cutter, Gust, Quick Attack, Superpower, Supersonic.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Bug, Dragon.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 120 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 Attack and 1 Speed effort values.
• Base experience yield: 119.

Pokédex entries

To help make its wings grow, it dissolves quantities of prey in its digestive juices and guzzles them down every day. (Moon, Shield)

The ultrasonic waves it generates by rubbing its two wings together cause severe headaches. (Black 2, White 2, X, Sword)

It vibrates its wings to send out odd sound waves. Trainers who are with it need earplugs. (Ultra Moon)

It vibrates its wings to generate ultrasonic waves, causing its prey to faint. Then it buries the prey alive in the sand to preserve it. (Ultra Sun)

Rather than using its underdeveloped wings for flight, it rubs them together, producing ultrasonic waves to attack its enemies. (Sun)

Vibrava's wings have not yet completed the process of growing. Rather than flying long distances, they are more useful for generating ultrasonic waves by vibrating. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lightest Dragon type in Gen 3: 15.3 kg.
• Taller than 54% of all Pokémon (1.1 m).
• Heavier than 37% of all Pokémon (15.3 kg).
• Base stat total 340, ranked #719 of 1,025.
• One of 6 Pokémon that are both Ground and Dragon.
• One of 130 green Pokémon.
• Number 78 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 63 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 120: about 15.7% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 11 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: Vibrava (Pokémon), Serebii: Vibrava (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (vy-BRAH-vuh): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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