Buzzwole (Pokémon)

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Buzzwole Swollen Pokémon マッシブーン Massivoon #794 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Bug Fighting Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Beast Boost Cacophony Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Undiscovered Hatch time 120 cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 7'10" 2.4 m Buzzwole 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 735.5 lbs. 333.6 kg Buzzwole 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 114	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Buzzwole 0 HP 1 Atk 2 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:F794.png {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Red	Base friendship 0
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Buzzwole (Japanese: マッシブーン Massivoon) is a dual-type Bug/Fighting Pokémon introduced in Generation VII.

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

It is one of the Ultra Beasts and is known by the code name UB-02 Absorption (Japanese: ＵＢ０２　Ｅｘｐａｎｓｉｏｎ).

Biology

Buzzwole is an Ultra Beast that resembles a large, red, anthropomorphic mosquito. It has bulging muscles that appear to be made out of sacs that are filled with a red fluid that has small white bubbles rising in it. These muscles also have white "veins" running through them, and are said to be stronger than steel. There are also black spikes on Buzzwole's body, particularly its shoulders, elbows and knees. Its head is small and flat, with two red compound eyes, and two black, spherical basal joints for its red and black antennae between them. Protruding from under these joints is a long, silver proboscis, which is said to be as hard as diamond. It has four legs without feet and two pairs of orange, translucent wings.

According to the Aether Foundation, its most notable feature is its ability to strengthen itself. By absorbing the energy of its foes, it triggers a chemical reaction within its body fluids that causes its muscles to grow at explosive rates. Buzzwole appears to strike bodybuilding poses before it performs any sort of action; this is thought to be its main form of communication, but what it could be trying to communicate is not understood. Buzzwole originates from the Ultra Jungle dimension in Ultra Space.

In the manga

Buzzwole in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Buzzwole first appeared in PASM11, in which one was seen attacking Kahili.

In the TCG

Main article: Buzzwole (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation VII Other generations: VIII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM01 TM01 Work Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM06 TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM08 TM08 Bulk Up Fighting Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM12 TM12 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM19 TM19 Roost Flying Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM21 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM23 TM23 Smack Down Rock Physical 05050 100}}100% 15 TM26 TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM27 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM28 TM28 Leech Life Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM31 TM31 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM39 TM39 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM42 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM47 TM47 Low Sweep Fighting Physical 06565 100}}100% 20 TM48 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM54 TM54 False Swipe Normal Physical 04040 100}}100% 40 TM56 TM56 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM66 TM66 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM68 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM71 TM71 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM74 TM74 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM78 TM78 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM80 TM80 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM84 TM84 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM88 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 XTM100 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20

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

By breeding

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Shuffle Fighting Attack Power: 70 - 116 7 #769 Demolish Attacks sometimes do a ton more damage when you make a match of four. Swappable Skill(s): Beast Power

Evolution

Unevolved Buzzwole  Bug  Fighting

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

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

Trivia

• Buzzwole has the highest base Defense stat of all Fighting-type Pokémon and the highest base HP of all Bug-type Pokémon.
• Buzzwole is the heaviest Bug-type Pokémon and the tallest and heaviest Fighting-type Pokémon.
• In Pokémon Sun and Moon, Buzzwole has a catch rate of 25.
• In version 1.0 of Pokémon Sun and Moon, Buzzwole's code name was spelled incorrectly in Japanese as (Japanese: ＵＢ０２　Ｅｘｐａｎｓｉｏｎｅ), despite being spelled correctly in pre-release material.
• Buzzwole was designed by James Turner.

Origin

Buzzwole is based on both a mosquito and a bodybuilder. It may specifically derive inspiration from Aedes albopictus, which is an invasive species worldwide.

Name origin

Buzzwole may be a combination of buzz and the slang swole, which refers to someone muscular.

Massivoon may be a combination of massive, 蚊 bun (mosquito), and ブーン būn (buzz).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese マッシブーン Massivoon From massive, 蚊 bun, and ブーン būn French Mouscoto From moustique and costaud or biscoto Spanish Buzzwole Same as English name German Masskito From massig and Moskito Italian Buzzwole Same as English name Korean 매시붕 Maesibung From massive and 붕 bung Mandarin Chinese 爆肌蚊 Bàojīwén From 爆 bào, 肌 jī, and 蚊 wén Cantonese Chinese 爆肌蚊 Baaugēimān From 爆 baau, 肌 gēi, and 蚊 mān

More languages Russian Баззвол Bazzvol Transcription of English name

UB-02 Absorption

Language Title Chinese Cantonese ＵＢ０２：膨脹 UB02: Pàahngjeung Mandarin ＵＢ０２：膨脹 / ＵＢ０２：膨胀 UB02: Péngzhàng French UC-02 Expansion German UB-02 Expander Hungarian UB-02 Elnyelés Italian UC 02 Expansio Korean UB02 익스팬션 UB02 Expansion Russian УЧ-02 Поглащение UCH-02 Poglashcheniye Spanish UE-02 Expansión

Related articles

• Ultra Beast

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