#0640 · Unova · Generation 5 · legendary

Virizion

Grassland Pokémon · Grass/Fighting-type

Virizion is a Grass/Fighting-type Pokémon, the Grassland Pokémon, number 640 (#0640) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 2 m tall and weighs 200 kg.

Virizion is the Grassland Pokémon, the swordsman of the Swords of Justice: a green Grass and Fighting type that darts around its opponents like a whirlwind. The Pokédex says it carves them up with horns as sharp as blades.

How to pronounce Virizion

Virizion is pronounced vih-RY-zee-un. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Virizion said out loud:

In Japanese it is ビリジオン.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Virizion is a stag-like quadruped, 2 m tall and 200 kg, mostly green with a white face, white hind legs and a white underside. Its long horns end in dull, curled points, a black blaze runs from nose to head, and a pink-tipped leaf grows on each side of its neck. Its lower legs look like boots with pink trim at the knee, and it has black hooves.

Behaviour

The Pokédex says Virizion confounds opponents with swift, whirlwind-like movements before cutting them down. Bulbapedia says that in the legend of the Swords of Justice it ran fast to guard fellow Pokémon from flying sparks and embers, and that in the film 'Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice' it is shown as the most intelligent of the trio. It loves Virizion Treats from Snacksworth, who once met and talked with it.

Habitat

The Pokédex names no habitat. In The Indigo Disk expansion for Scarlet and Violet it appears in Tagtree Thicket after Snacksworth gives you its treat. In Legends: Z-A it appears in Hyperspace Lumiose, in the Mega Dimension DLC, after a special scan.

Powers

Virizion cuts with Leaf Blade, Close Combat and Magical Leaf, heals with Synthesis and Giga Drain, and sharpens up with Swords Dance. Its only Ability is Justified. With base Speed 108 and a huge Special Defense it is a quick, bulky Grass and Fighting type.

Name origin

Virizion may combine viridian, a blue-green pigment colour, with possibly 'champion'. The Japanese name is Virizion (ビリジオン).

Design inspiration

Virizion is based on Aramis from The Three Musketeers, the group's best swordsman, and Bulbapedia adds that in the novels Aramis is also the vainest and most romantic of the four. Its head shape resembles a tricorne hat, and it looks like a gazelle-like antelope or a stag. Its Grass typing may nod to Aramis's real name, René d'Herblay, which contains herb.

In the games

Virizion is a Special Boss in Everspring Valley in Pokémon Rumble World. It first appeared in Black and White, where a single one waits in the Rumination Field of Pinwheel Forest, and in Black 2 and White 2 it is on Route 11. In the Battle Maison of the Generation VI games, Battle Chatelaine Morgan uses one in the Super Rotation Battle.

In the anime

Virizion's first appearance in the TV series was in 'The Mew from Here!', which revealed that Horace had caught one on his final Project Mew trial mission. It also appears as one of the Pokémon living in Laqua in 'The Pokémon Paradise of Laqua!'.

Fun facts

• Virizion was the first Legendary Pokémon with the Grass type; Celebi and Shaymin, which came earlier, are Mythical.
• Its base Special Defense of 129 is the highest of any Fighting type apart from Crowned Zamazenta, at 140.
• The Paradox Pokémon Iron Leaves resembles Virizion, and it is said to be either a far-future relative or a counterpart from another timeline.
• In Pokémon Adventures, Virizion is the first of the trio to appear, ambushing Black and White in Pinwheel Forest and slicing up their clothes.

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

Base stats

• HP: 91
• Attack: 90
• Defense: 72
• Sp. Atk: 90
• Sp. Def: 129
• Speed: 108

Virizion’s base stat total is 580. Its highest stat is Sp. Def.

Type matchups

What is Virizion weak to?

Virizion takes extra damage from Flying (4×), Fire (2×), Ice (2×), Poison (2×), Psychic (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.

It resists Water (½×), Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Ground (½×), Rock (½×), Dark (½×).

Evolution

Virizion does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Abilities

• Justified: Raises Attack one stage upon taking damage from a Dark move.

Moves

Moves Virizion learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (49)

Virizion can learn 49 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Trailblaze, Facade, Aerial Ace, Swift, Magical Leaf, Endure, Sunny Day, Smart Strike, Bullet Seed, False Swipe, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Air Slash, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Reflect, Light Screen, Grass Knot, Rest, Taunt, Swords Dance, Substitute, X-Scissor, Giga Drain, Aura Sphere, Energy Ball, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Reversal, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Leaf Storm, Hyper Beam, Close Combat, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Roar, Vacuum Wave, Solar Blade, Grassy Glide, Psych Up, Double-Edge, Coaching, Upper Hand.

Egg moves (1):Take Down.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 80 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 10,240).
• Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 35.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Def effort values.
• Base experience yield: 261.

Pokédex entries

It darts around opponents with a flurry of quick movements, slicing them up with its horns. (Shield)

A legend tells of this Pokémon working together with Cobalion and Terrakion to protect the Pokémon of the Unova region. (Sword)

Legends say this Pokémon confounded opponents with its swift movements. (Black 2, White 2, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

Its head sprouts horns as sharp as blades. Using whirlwind-like movements, it confounds and swiftly cuts opponents. (White, X, Omega Ruby)

This Pokémon fought humans in order to protect its friends. Legends about it continue to be passed down. (Black)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Sp. Def among Fighting types: 129.
• Heaviest Grass type in Gen 5: 200 kg.
• Highest Sp. Def among Grass types in Gen 5: 129.
• Highest base stat total among Grass types in Gen 5: 580.
• Highest Sp. Def among Fighting types in Gen 5: 129.
• Taller than 87% of all Pokémon (2 m).
• Heavier than 91% of all Pokémon (200 kg).
• Base stat total 580, ranked #69 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Def, ranked #33 of 1,025.
• One of 3 Pokémon that are both Grass and Fighting.
• One of 130 green Pokémon.
• Number 147 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Can learn 58 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 5 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: Virizion (Pokémon), Serebii: Virizion (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (vih-RY-zee-un): 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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