Zygarde (Pokémon)

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Zygarde ジガルデ Zygarde #718 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Dragon Ground Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Aura Break Cacophony Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 0 (0%)
Breeding Egg Group Undiscovered Hatch time Unknown cycles
Height 16'05" 5.0 m Zygarde 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 672.4 lbs. 305.0 kg Zygarde 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV ?	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Zygarde 3 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint File:F718.png {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Green	Base friendship ?
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Zygarde (Japanese: ジガルデ Zygarde) is a dual-type Dragon/Ground Legendary Pokémon.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Zygarde has a serpent-like body with a green and black pattern on it. There are black frills on the back of its head like a frilled lizard. Its eyes comprise four green hexagons like the compound eyes of of an insect. More green hexagons are on the front and back of its frills. These hexagons glow in certain patterns like a computer processing information. Its tail is flat and is black on top and green on the bottom. Its tail ends with five separate green tendrils. It is said to monitor the ecosystem, and if the ecosystem falls into disarray, it appears and reveals its power. Zygarde is the only known Pokémon that can learn Land's Wrath.

In the anime

Major appearances

Minor appearances

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In the TCG

Zygarde has not yet been featured in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation VI Other generations: VII - VIII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Contest   Appeal   Jamming  TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM20 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 25 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM28 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM31 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15 TM34 Sludge Wave Poison Special 09595 100}}100% 10 TM37 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM52 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 070}}70% 5 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM71 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM78 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM80 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM82 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical 06060 090}}90% 10 TM86 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 090}}90% 15 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM94 Rock Smash Fighting Physical 04040 100}}100% 15 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20 HM04 Strength Normal Physical 08080 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Zygarde Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Zygarde

By breeding

By tutoring

Evolution

Unevolved Zygarde  Dragon  Ground

Sprites

Trivia

• Zygarde is currently the last Pokémon in alphabetical order.
• Zygarde has the highest base Defense of all Dragon types.

Origin

Zygarde's appearance is based on a serpent in the shape of the letter Z. It may also draw inspiration from both the Níðhöggr and the Jörmungandr. Jörmungandr, often written Jormungand, or Jörmungand and also known as the Midgard Serpent (Old Norse: Midgarðsormr), or World Serpent, is a sea serpent, the middle child of the giantess Angrboða and Loki. According to the Prose Edda, Jörmungandr is punished by Odin by tossing it into the great ocean that encircles Midgard. The serpent grew so large that he was able to surround the earth and grasp his own tail. Níðhöggr is the serpent from the Poetic Edda which resided at the bottom of the world tree Yggdrasill and gnawed at its roots. The patterns spread upon Zygarde's body are very similar to and may be based upon ribose and deoxyribose molecules. Its tail is possibly based in shape on base pair codons, the essential building blocks of the DNA double helix.

Name origin

Zygarde comes from the letter Z. It may be derived from ζυγωτός zygōtos (Greek for joined), zygote, and garde (French for guard), and zygōtos and midgard (Old Norse: Miðgarðr).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ジガルデ Zygarde Possibly from Z-axis, ζυγωτός zygōtos, and garde French Zygarde Same as English name Spanish Zygarde Same as English name German Zygarde Same as English name Italian Zygarde Same as English name Korean 지가르데 Jigareude Transliteration of its Japanese name Mandarin Chinese Cantonese Chinese

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Generation VI

Generation VII

Generation VIII

Generation IX

See also: Mythical Pokémon

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