Mandibuzz (Pokémon): Difference between revisions

For Pokémon GO information on this species, see the game's section.
← #629: Vullaby	Pokémon	#631: Heatmor →

Mandibuzz Bone Vulture Pokémon バルジーナ Vulgina #630 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Dark Flying Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Big Pecks or Overcoat Cacophony Cacophony Weak Armor Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 100% female	Catch rate 60 (14.8%)
Breeding Egg Group Flying Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 3'11" 1.2 m Mandibuzz 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 87.1 lbs. 39.5 kg Mandibuzz 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 179	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 2 Mandibuzz 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 2 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 {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Brown	Base friendship 35
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Mandibuzz (Japanese: バルジーナ Vulgina) is a dual-type Dark/Flying Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It evolves from Vullaby starting at level 54.

Biology

Mandibuzz is a vulture-like Pokémon, particularly resembling a turkey vulture. It has a bare, pink head and neck, along with a notched black beak and red eyes. There are black eyelashes or eyeliner-like markings above its eyes. A long brown tuft with a bone in the middle extends from the back of its head. It has a tan ruff at the base of its neck, and shaggy darker brown wings with gray tips. Mandibuzz also has shaggy brown tail feathers. It has decorated itself with bones — a jaw with sharp teeth — to form a skirt. Its pink feet have black talons. Mandibuzz lives in nests made from the bones it finds. Weakened prey such as Cubone is dragged back to this nest after Mandibuzz swoops down on it from the sky. Mandibuzz is a female-only species.

In the anime

Mandibuzz in the anime

In the main series

Major appearances

Two Mandibuzz made their main series debut in Meowth's Scrafty Tactics!. One of the Mandibuzz had eaten the other's food without her permission, causing her to get kicked out of the nest. As a result, she was forced to take the den belonging to a wild Scrafty. However, she was later defeated by Scraggy's newly learned High Jump Kick, allowing Scrafty to reclaim its den.

A Mandibuzz appeared in Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!, under the ownership of Katharine. She was one of the Pokémon Katharine offered to trade Ash for his Scraggy. Mandibuzz was later used in a battle against Tepig, which she lost.

Minor appearances

Mandibuzz debuted in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram. In Black—Victini and Reshiram, Ash spotted a Mandibuzz soaring in the sky while walking on a trail with Iris and Cilan.

A Mandibuzz appeared in PK22.

A Mandibuzz appeared in Chasing Memories, Creating Dreams!, where it attacked Gladion and his Umbreon, but was quickly driven off.

Pokédex entries

In Pokémon Generations

Mandibuzz in Pokémon Generations

Multiple Mandibuzz appeared in The Uprising, under the ownership of some Team Plasma Grunts. They were used to battle Iris and the Unova Gym Leaders at N's Castle.

In the manga

Mandibuzz in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder manga

A Mandibuzz appeared in Clash! White Hero vs Black Hero.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In Homecoming, one of the Seven Sages used a Mandibuzz during his battle at the Pokémon League. It went up against the Trainers who were helping Black rescue the captured Gym Leaders.

A Mandibuzz used by Team Plasma appeared in Frozen World. She attempted to capture Rood for Colress, but caught Whitley instead. In the following round, several more Mandibuzz were seen under the ownership of Team Plasma Grunts, used in an attempt to fight against Blake.

In the Pokémon RéBURST manga

Miruto has a Mandibuzz that she attempted to use to fly to the top of Mt. Serables. Before she could do so, however, Ryouga stopped her due to flying on the mountain being dangerous. Another Mandibuzz appears as a Burst form of Lukov.

In the TCG

Main article: Mandibuzz (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: V - VI - VIII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM06 TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM11 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM12 TM12 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM15 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM18 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM19 TM19 Roost Flying Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM21 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM27 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM30 TM30 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15 TM39 TM39 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM40 TM40 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 —}}—% 20 TM41 TM41 Torment Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM42 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM45 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM46 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM48 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM51 TM51 Steel Wing Steel Physical 07070 090}}90% 25 TM63 TM63 Embargo Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM66 TM66 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM68 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM76 TM76 Fly Flying Physical 09090 095}}95% 15 TM77 TM77 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM88 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM89 TM89 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM95 TM95 Snarl Dark Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM97 TM97 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 XTM100 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20

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

By breeding

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

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Fake Tears* Dark Status — 100% 20 Foul Play Dark Physical 95 100% 15 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100% 20 Mean Look Normal Status — —% 5 Roost Flying Status — —% 10 Scary Face Normal Status — 100% 10 Steel Wing Steel Physical 70 90% 25

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Mandibuzz in Generation VII Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Mandibuzz in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Mandibuzz Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Mandibuzz Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●●
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond PokéPark Pad entry: She is competitive, but she is quite kind. She takes you to a secret place.
Pokémon Battle Trozei Dark Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Dark Attack Power: 70 - 110 5 #397 Hitting Streak Increases damage when it is triggered in a row. Swappable Skill(s): Rock Shot
Pokémon GO Base HP: 242 Base Attack: 129 Base Defense: 205 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Snarl, Air Slash Charged Attacks: Dark Pulse, Sky Attack, Foul Play, Shadow Ball

Evolution

Unevolved Vullaby  Dark  Flying

Level 54 →

First evolution Mandibuzz  Dark  Flying

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

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

Trivia

• Despite Special Attack being its lowest stat, Mandibuzz awards Special Attack EVs when defeated.
• According to interviews with Ken Sugimori in Nintendo Dream, Vullaby and Mandibuzz were added late into the development of Black and White. When Mandibuzz was originally created by James Turner, it was unrelated to Braviary, but it was later decided to use its design as a counterpart to Braviary.
• Mandibuzz and Vullaby can be seen as counterparts to Braviary and Rufflet. Mandibuzz and Braviary share a base stat total of 510, evolve from their pre-evolutions starting at level 54, and are both part Flying. Mandibuzz and Vullaby are exclusive to Black, Black 2, Moon and Ultra Moon, while Braviary and Rufflet are to White, White 2, Sun and Ultra Sun. Whereas Mandibuzz and Vullaby can only be female, Braviary and Rufflet can only be male.

Origin

Mandibuzz is based on an Old World vulture, most closely resembling a lappet-faced vulture with the prominent ruff of a white-rumped vulture. Its design also bears resemblance to stereotypical "savages", barbarians, or cavemen. The row of teeth around its waist resembles an apron.

Name origin

Mandibuzz may be a combination of mandible or mandil and buzzard.

Vulgina may be a combination of vulture and regina (Latin and Italian for queen).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese バルジーナ Vulgina From vulture and regina French Vaututrice From vautour and tutrice Spanish Mandibuzz Same as English name German Grypheldis From Vultur gryphus and eldest Italian Mandibuzz Same as English name Korean 버랜지나 Beorenjina Transliteration of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 禿鷹娜 / 秃鹰娜 Tūyīngnà From 禿鷹 tūyīng and 娜 nà Cantonese Chinese

More languages Russian Мандибазз Mandibazz Transcription of English name

Notes

External links

← #629: Vullaby

Pokémon

#631: Heatmor →

This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.