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Deerling Season Pokémon シキジカ Shikijika #0585 Spring Form Summer Form Autumn Form Winter Form Winter Form Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Normal Grass Unknown Unknown Summer Form Unknown Unknown Autumn Form Unknown Unknown Winter Form Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Chlorophyll or Sap Sipper Cacophony Summer Form Cacophony Autumn Form Serene Grace Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Summer Form Cacophony Autumn Form
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 190 (35.2%)
Breeding Egg Group Field Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 2'00" 0.6 m Spring Form 0'0" 0 m Summer Form 0'0" 0 m Autumn Form 0'0" 0 m Winter Form	Weight 43.0 lbs. 19.5 kg Spring Form 0 lbs. 0 kg Summer Form 0 lbs. 0 kg Autumn Form 0 lbs. 0 kg Winter Form
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 67	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Spring Form 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 1 Speed Summer Form 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed Autumn Form 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed Winter Form 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint Summer Form
Pokédex color   Pink Other forms may have other colors.	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Deerling (Japanese: シキジカ Shikijika) is a dual-type Normal/Grass Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It evolves into Sawsbuck starting at level 34.

Deerling changes its appearance depending on the current season. However, this change in form does not occur after capture, unless it is present in the player's party at the time of a season change. This applies to Eggs as well.

• When the month is January, May, or September, the season is Spring, and it becomes Spring Form.
• When the month is February, June, or October, the season is Summer, and it becomes Summer Form.
• When the month is March, July, or November, the season is Autumn, and it becomes Autumn Form.
• When the month is April, August, or December, the season is Winter, and it becomes Winter Form.

From Generation VI to VIII, seasons are not a mechanic, and only the Spring Form is obtainable in the wild. However, its other forms are retained upon transfer from Generation V and can be passed down via breeding.

In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Deerling's ability to change forms returns, and is done through the same method as in Black, White, Black 2, and White 2. However, the form it will become is now based on the location that the game is loaded in. In general, Spring Form Deerling are located in the South Province (Areas One, Two, Three, Four, and Five), Summer Form Deerling in the East Province (Areas One and Two), Autumn Form Deerling in the West Province (Areas Two and Three), and Winter Form Deerling in the North Province (Dalizapa Passage and Glaseado Mountain).

Biology

Deerling is a Pokémon that resembles a deer fawn. The upper side of its body is pink in the spring, green in the summer, orange in the autumn, and brown in the winter. Deerling has a yellow-patterned rim, and its underside is peach. It sports a yellow floral tuft on its head with small antlers hidden underneath, and similar yellow coloration on the insides of its tapering ears. The tips of its limbs are colored black and its pink tail is small. Deerling also has a different scent depending on the season. In spring, its scent is delicate, sweet, and calming. In summer, it has a distinct grassy scent. In autumn, it has a softly sweet scent. And in winter, Deerling has no scent.

If Deerling senses animosity, it will hide in tall grass. It moves in herds, as it is timid around humans. Despite this, Deerling does whatever it wants, even around humans. Deerling will take a liking towards anyone who feeds it. It will playfully headbutt anyone it likes, even if headbutts are a little painful. It dwells in sparsely populated areas, away from humans. It is herbivorous. Despite their innocent and adorable appearance, Deerling are considered pests by farmers, as they tend to eat all of their plant shoots. Lycanroc is a natural enemy of Deerling; farmers often use Lycanroc to guard their fields from Deerling.

In the anime

Spring Form Deerling in the anime

Summer Form Deerling in the anime

Major appearances

Multiple Spring Form Deerling appeared in Enter Iris and Axew!. Ash attempted to catch one, but as he had not weakened it, it was able to deflect the Poké Ball and fled with the rest of the herd.

In Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!, Daniela used a Spring Form Deerling to battle Ash and Pikachu.

In Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!, a Sewaddle accidentally latched onto a wild Spring Form Deerling with String Shot, startling it. This caused it to buck and thrash around wildly through the forest in an effort to get Sewaddle off, but this put Sewaddle in serious danger.

At the beginning of White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram, Ash saved two Spring Form Deerling from falling off a cliff with Victini's help.

Multiple Summer Form Deerling made their main series debut in The Four Seasons of Sawsbuck!. Ash and Robert followed one in order to find Sawsbuck.

In Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!, Katharine first offered to trade a Summer Form Deerling to Ash in exchange for his Scraggy. Deerling was later used to help calm down a wild Garbodor with Aromatherapy.

Minor appearances

Multiple Spring Form Deerling debuted in In The Shadow of Zekrom!.

In A Sandile Gusher of Change!, multiple Deerling, Patrat, and Pidove needed help from Ash and his friends.

A Deerling appeared in Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!.

In A Connoisseur's Revenge!, multiple Trainers' Deerling were at a Poké Mart near Castelia City.

In a flashback in Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!, a Deerling was one of Iris's Pokémon friends when she was little in the Village of Dragons.

Three Deerling appeared in Gotta Catch a Roggenrola!.

In Reunion Battles In Nimbasa!, Dino used a Spring Form Deerling against Omega's Patrat during the first round of the Club Battle tournament. It ultimately won, allowing Dino to advance to the second round.

Autumn Form Deerling debuted in the opening sequences of White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram, while multiple Summer Form Deerling debuted in both movies proper.

A Deerling appeared in Club Battle Finale: A Hero's Outcome!.

A Deerling appeared in Crisis from the Underground Up!.

In Lost at the Stamp Rally!, a Spring Form Deerling was seen performing in a Pokémon Musical show. Multiple other Deerling also appeared in the same episode.

Multiple Deerling appeared in Ash Versus the Champion!.

Multiple Deerling appeared in a flashback in A Maractus Musical!.

Multiple Deerling appeared in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1.

A Deerling briefly appeared in Search for the Clubultimate!.

In Clash of the Connoisseurs!, Burgundy, disguised as Fauxgundy, reviewed a Deerling as a possible Pokémon for Marigold.

A Deerling appeared in Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1.

Multiple Deerling appeared in All for the Love of Meloetta!.

A Deerling appeared in a flashback in Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!.

Multiple Summer Form Deerling physically appeared in Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice. The Swords of Justice legend also featured their Spring, Summer, and Autumn Forms.

A Trainer's Summer Form Deerling appeared in Jostling for the Junior Cup!.

A Summer Form Deerling appeared in Ash, Iris, and Trip: Then There Were Three!.

In A Village Homecoming!, the elder's flashback featured a Spring Form Deerling.

In Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!, Iris's flashback featured a Spring Form Deerling.

A Trainer's Deerling appeared in Curtain Up, Unova League!.

Two Deerling appeared in Mission: Defeat Your Rival!, both under the ownership of a Trainer.

A Trainer's Deerling appeared in Strong Strategy Steals the Show!.

Five Deerling appeared in Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!, with one under the ownership of a Trainer, two being wild, and the other two appearing in a flashback.

A Summer Form Deerling appeared in Saving Braviary!.

A Summer Form Deerling appeared in Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation!.

In Secrets From Out of the Fog!, multiple Summer Form Deerling were living at N's hideout.

In Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness!, a Trainer's Deerling was on the cruise ship.

In The Island of Illusions!, multiple Summer Form Deerling were living at Grand Spectrala Islet.

A Summer Form Deerling appeared in a flashback in The Path That Leads to Goodbye!.

A Summer Form Deerling appeared in Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening.

In Genesect and the Legend Awakened, multiple Summer Form Deerling were living at Pokémon Hills. Two of the Deerling later helped put a fire out there.

A Spring Form Deerling appeared in a fantasy or a flashback in The Journalist from Another Region!.

In Celebrating the Hero's Comet!, a Summer Form Deerling was living at an unnamed island in the Decolore Islands.

In a flashback in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, a Summer Form Deerling was living at the Nebel Plateau.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Summer Form Deerling in Pokémon Adventures

Movie adaptations

A Deerling appeared in White—Victini and Zekrom.

Pokémon Adventures

In Welcome to Striaton City!!, a Spring Form Deerling was seen under the ownership of a female shopkeeper in Striaton City.

A Spring Form Deerling appeared in Special Delivery as one of the Pokémon competing in Nimbasa's Pokémon Musical.

Darlene, a female Deerling, was captured by White during her preparation for the Battle Subway trial in Growing Pains. She was seen in her Summer, Autumn, and Winter Forms.

Two Deerling appeared in a fantasy in A Misunderstanding.

A Trainer's Deerling appeared in The Final Battle: Crushed Ambition.

Pokémon RéBURST

Deerling appeared in RB01 and RB76.

In the TCG

Main article: Deerling (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Deerling is one of the students at Serene Village School. She often speaks what is on her mind and has a short temper but is good friends with Goomy and Espurr.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: V - VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM002 TM002 Charm Fairy Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM003 TM003 Fake Tears Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM004 TM004 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM028 TM028 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM033 TM033 Magical Leaf Grass Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM055 TM055 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM056 TM056 Bullet Seed Grass Physical 02525 100}}100% 30 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM071 TM071 Seed Bomb Grass Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM081 TM081 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM082 TM082 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM111 TM111 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100}}100% 10 TM114 TM114 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM119 TM119 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM127 TM127 Play Rough Fairy Physical 09090 090}}90% 10 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM132 TM132 Baton Pass Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 40 TM137 TM137 Grassy Terrain Grass Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM147 TM147 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM159 TM159 Leaf Storm Grass Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM168 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Deerling Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Deerling Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: V - VI - VII - VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Agility Psychic Status — —% 30 Baton Pass Normal Status — —% 40 Fake Tears Dark Status — 100% 20 Headbutt Normal Physical 70 100% 15 * Sleep Talk Normal Status — —% 10 Synthesis Grass Status — —% 5 Worry Seed Grass Status — 100% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Deerling Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Deerling Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Deerling Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

Side game data

Spring Form

Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.55 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 70 Base Defense: 48 Base Speed: 60
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond PokéPark Pad entry: She is Snivy's friend. She is cheerful, active, and very popular.
Pokémon Battle Trozei Grass Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Grass Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #501 Eject Removes one non-Support Pokémon icon without fail.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 155 Base Attack: 115 Base Defense: 100 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Tackle, Take Down Charged Attacks: Energy Ball, Seed Bomb, Wild Charge
New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #065 Deerling have different appearances depending on the season. They usually stick close to Sawsbuck, but because they’re so curious, they sometimes wander off on their own and get lost.

Summer Form

Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●● Speed ●●●

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.55 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 70 Base Defense: 48 Base Speed: 60

Pokémon Shuffle Grass Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #501 Cross Attack Increases damage when making a + shaped match.

Pokémon GO Base HP: 155 Base Attack: 115 Base Defense: 100 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Tackle, Take Down Charged Attacks: Energy Ball, Seed Bomb, Wild Charge

New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #065 Deerling have different appearances depending on the season. They usually stick close to Sawsbuck, but because they’re so curious, they sometimes wander off on their own and get lost.

Autumn Form

Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●● Speed ●●●

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.55 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 70 Base Defense: 48 Base Speed: 60

Pokémon Shuffle Grass Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #501 Cheer Increases the chance that the next match's skill is triggered.

Pokémon GO Base HP: 155 Base Attack: 115 Base Defense: 100 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Tackle, Take Down Charged Attacks: Energy Ball, Seed Bomb, Wild Charge

New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #065 Deerling have different appearances depending on the season. They usually stick close to Sawsbuck, but because they’re so curious, they sometimes wander off on their own and get lost.

Winter Form

Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●● Speed ●●●

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.55 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 70 Base Defense: 48 Base Speed: 60

Pokémon Shuffle Grass Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #501 Calm Down Delays your opponent's disruptions

Pokémon GO Base HP: 155 Base Attack: 115 Base Defense: 100 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Tackle, Take Down Charged Attacks: Energy Ball, Seed Bomb, Wild Charge

New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #065 Deerling have different appearances depending on the season. They usually stick close to Sawsbuck, but because they’re so curious, they sometimes wander off on their own and get lost.

Evolution

Spring Form

Unevolved Deerling Spring Form  Normal  Grass

Level 34 →

First evolution Sawsbuck Spring Form  Normal  Grass

Summer Form

Unevolved Deerling Summer Form  Normal  Grass

Level 34 →

First evolution Sawsbuck Summer Form  Normal  Grass

Autumn Form

Unevolved Deerling Autumn Form  Normal  Grass

Level 34 →

First evolution Sawsbuck Autumn Form  Normal  Grass

Winter Form

Unevolved Deerling Winter Form  Normal  Grass

Level 34 →

First evolution Sawsbuck Winter Form  Normal  Grass

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Generation VIII HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Deerling images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Deerling's Autumn Form has, to date, only ever been released as a Pokémon card once; because this card was never released outside of Japan, Autumn Form Deerling has never appeared in the International Pokémon Trading Card Game.
• Deerling's Winter Form is its only form that has not appeared in the anime yet.

Origin

Deerling may be based on a sika deer fawn.

The colors of its four different seasonal forms may be visual references to the colors of trees and bushes during the four seasons: with pink representing blossoms in the spring, green representing fully grown leaves in the summer, orange representing the changing leaves in the autumn, and brown representing the bare, leafless tree and bush branches in the winter. Deerling's design was worked backwards from Sawsbuck's design.^[1]

Name origin

Deerling may be a combination of deer and darling or yearling (young animal between the age of one to two years old), with -ling being a common suffix to denote something that is small or immature.

Shikijika may be a combination of 四季 shiki (four seasons) and 鹿 shika (deer).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese シキジカ Shikijika From 四季 shiki and 鹿 shika French Vivaldaim From Vivaldi (composer of The Four Seasons) and daim Spanish Deerling Same as English name German Sesokitz From Saison and Rehkitz Italian Deerling Same as English name Korean 사철록 Sacheolrok From 사철 sacheol and 록 (鹿) rok Mandarin Chinese 四季鹿 Sìjìlù From 四季 sìjì and 鹿 lù Cantonese Chinese 四季鹿 Seigwailúk From 四季 seigwai and 鹿 lúk

More languages Russian Дирлинг Dirling Transcription of English name Thai ชิคิจิกะ Chikhichika Transcription of Japanese name

Spring Form Language Title Japanese はるのすがた Haru no Sugata Chinese Cantonese 春天的樣子 Chēuntīn-dīk Yeuhngjí Mandarin 春天的樣子 / 春天的样子 Chūntiān-de Yàngzi French Forme Printemps German Frühlingsform Indonesian Wujud Musim Semi* Bentuk Musim Semi* Italian Forma Primavera Korean 봄의 모습 Bom-ui Moseup Malaysian Bentuk Musim Bunga Polish Forma Wiosenna Brazilian Portuguese Forma Primavera Spanish Forma Primavera Thai ร่างฤดูใบไม้ผลิ Rang Ridubaimaiphli Turkish İlkbahar Formu

Summer Form Language Title Japanese なつのすがた Natsu no Sugata Chinese Cantonese 夏天的樣子 Hahtīn-dīk Yeuhngjí Mandarin 夏天的樣子 / 夏天的样子 Xiàtiān-de Yàngzi French Forme Été German Sommerform Indonesian Wujud Musim Panas* Bentuk Musim Panas* Italian Forma Estate Korean 여름의 모습 Yeoreum-ui Moseup Malaysian Bentuk Musim Panas Polish Forma Letnia Brazilian Portuguese Forma Verão Spanish Forma Verano Thai ร่างฤดูร้อน Rang Riduron Turkish Yaz Formu

Autumn Form Language Title Japanese あきのすがた Aki no Sugata Chinese Cantonese 秋天的樣子 Chāutīn-dīk Yeuhngjí Mandarin 秋天的樣子 / 秋天的样子 Qiūtiān-de Yàngzi French Forme Automne German Herbstform Indonesian Wujud Musim Gugur* Bentuk Musim Gugur* Italian Forma Autunno Korean 가을의 모습 Ga-eur-ui Moseup Malaysian Bentuk Musim Luruh Polish Forma Jesienna Brazilian Portuguese Forma Outono Spanish Forma Otoño Thai ร่างฤดูใบไม้ร่วง Rang Ridubaimairuang Turkish Sonbahar Formu

Winter Form Language Title Japanese ふゆのすがた Fuyu no Sugata Chinese Cantonese 冬天的樣子 Dūngtīn-dīk Yeuhngjí Mandarin 冬天的樣子 / 冬天的样子 Dōngtiān-de Yàngzi French Forme Hiver German Winterform Indonesian Wujud Musim Dingin* Bentuk Musim Dingin* Italian Forma Inverno Korean 겨울의 모습 Gyeo-ur-ui Moseup Malaysian Bentuk Musim Sejuk Polish Forma Zimowa Brazilian Portuguese Forma Inverno Spanish Forma Invierno Thai ร่างฤดูหนาว Rang Ridunao Turkish Kış Formu

Related articles

• List of Pokémon with form differences
• Students (Super Mystery Dungeon)

References

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