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Helioptile (Japanese: エリキテル Erikiteru) is a dual-type Electric/Normal Pokémon.
It evolves into Heliolisk when exposed to a Sun Stone.
Biology
Helioptile are small, lizard-like Pokémon. They have a tapering tail, short legs, and small feet with three pointed toes on each foot. Their body is pale yellow, while their feet and the tip of their tail are black. The top of their head is black as well with a small triangular yellow patch between the eyes. They have two long, pointed frills hanging from the sides of their head that are black with yellow tips. The frills can stiffen and unfold. They have large eyes with blue irises and white pupils.
In the anime
Major appearances
Helioptile made its debut in BW134, under the ownership of Alexa.
Minor appearances
Pokédex entries
In the manga
In the TCG
Helioptile has not yet been featured in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Game data
Pokédex entries
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They make their home in deserts. They can generate their energy from basking in the sun, so eating food is not a requirement.
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The frills on either side of its head have cells that generate electricity when exposed to sunlight.
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Stats
Base stats
Type effectiveness
Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Helioptile
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Helioptile
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Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Helioptile is the first Pokémon to have Normal-type as a secondary typing.
Origin
Helioptile is based on a lizard. It is likely based on a Frill-necked lizard. It may also be based on the spotted salamander, a salamander that can photosynthesize.
Name origin
Helioptile is a combination of ἥλιος helios (Ancient Greek for sun), heliophile (organism attracted to large amounts of sunlight), and reptile.
Erikiteru may be a combination of elekiter, エリマキトカゲ erimaki tokage (frill-necked lizard), and 照る teru (to shine).
In other languages
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