Sirfetch'd (Pokémon)

For Pokémon GO information on this species, see the game's section.
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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Sirfetch'd (disambiguation).

Sirfetch'd Wild Duck Pokémon ネギガナイト Negigaknight #865 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Fighting Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Steadfast Cacophony Cacophony Scrappy Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Groups Flying and Field Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 2'07" 0.8 m Sirfetch'd 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 257.9 lbs. 117.0 kg Sirfetch'd 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 177	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Sirfetch'd 0 HP 2 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:F865.png {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   White	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Sirfetch'd (Japanese: ネギガナイト Negigaknight) is a Fighting-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.

It evolves from Galarian Farfetch'd after landing three critical hits in a single battle.

Biology

Sirfetch'd losing to an Escavalier

Sirfetch'd is an avian Pokémon that resembles a white duck, standing no taller than its pre-evolved form Farfetch'd and retaining its yellow beak, brown eyes, and eyebrow-like marking. Its legs and webbed feet are colored yellow, while the three-feather crest on its head and stubby tail are white. Its wings serve as humanoid hands, with the feathers at the end resembling fingers. It carries a massive leek in two parts, wielding the long, sharpened stalk as a lance and using the hard leaves as a shield.

It is said that this evolution was attained by Farfetch'd who have experienced and survived many battles. It is known to be calm and collected, preferring to fight fairly. Due to its noble nature, Sirfetch'd is often chosen as a motif for paintings; one famous painting in the Galar region shows a Sirfetch'd dueling with an Escavalier. The leek it carries is its most prized possession; it is used as both weapon and food, and maintained for many years. Once the leek finally withers, Sirfetch'd will retire from battle for good.^[1]

Sirfetch'd and Farfetch'd are the only Pokémon capable of using the Leek item.

Sirfetch'd is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Meteor Assault.

In the anime

Main series

Sirfetch'd in the anime

Major appearances

Ash's Sirfetch'd

Ash has a Sirfetch'd that debuted in Beyond Chivalry… Aiming to be a Leek Master! upon evolving from his Galarian Farfetch'd in a battle with Rinto and his Gallade.

Minor appearances

Pokédex entries

Sirfetch'd in Pokémon: Twilight Wings

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

A Sirfetch'd appeared in Sky, under the ownership of Bea.

In the manga

Sirfetch'd in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Sword & Shield arc

Main article: Lancelot

A Sirfetch'd nicknamed Lancelot first appeared in Wow!! That's One Big Pokémon, under the ownership of Henry.

In the TCG

Main article: Sirfetch'd (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Sword	Shield	Leek (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM12 TM12 Solar Blade Grass Physical 125125 100}}100% 10 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM30 TM30 Steel Wing Steel Physical 07070 090}}90% 25 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM34 TM34 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM41 TM41 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM42 TM42 Revenge Fighting Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM43 TM43 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM58 TM58 Assurance Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM79 TM79 Retaliate Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 5 TM97 TM97 Brutal Swing Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TR00 TR00 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR01 TR01 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TR13 TR13 Focus Energy Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR39 TR39 Superpower Fighting Physical 120120 100}}100% 5 TR46 TR46 Iron Defense Steel Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TR50 TR50 Leaf Blade Grass Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TR53 TR53 Close Combat Fighting Physical 120120 100}}100% 5 TR57 TR57 Poison Jab Poison Physical 08080 100}}100% 20 TR66 TR66 Brave Bird Flying Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TR85 TR85 Work Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TR95 TR95 Throat Chop Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sirfetch'd Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sirfetch'd

By breeding

Generation VIII Other generations: IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Counter Fighting Physical — 100% 20 Covet Normal Physical 60 100% 25 Curse Ghost Status — —% 10 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100% 15 Feint Normal Physical 30 100% 10 Flail Normal Physical — 100% 15 Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100% 15 Quick Attack Normal Physical 40 100% 30 Quick Guard Fighting Status — —% 15 Simple Beam Normal Status — 100% 15 Sky Attack Flying Physical 140 90% 5

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Sirfetch'd in Generation VIII 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 Sirfetch'd in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sirfetch'd Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sirfetch'd

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Pokémon GO Base HP: 158 Base Attack: 248 Base Defense: 176 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Counter, Fury Cutter Charged Attacks: Close Combat, Brave Bird, Leaf Blade, Night Slash

Evolution

Unevolved Farfetch'd  Fighting

Land three critical hits in one battle →

First evolution Sirfetch'd  Fighting

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Sword Shield

For other sprites and images, please see Sirfetch'd images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Pixelated Sirfetch'd before its official announcement

• Sirfetch'd was first teased on Pokémon Sword and Shield's official website on September 13, 2019, with its appearance, name, category, and height heavily pixelated — the image was also rotated 90° left, and then horizontally inverted. On the Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese official websites, its name was partially revealed. The link to the page played a Rotom's cry when clicked, implicating it as the cause of the data corruption.
  • The revealed parts of the Japanese, Korean, and Chinese were: ナイト naito (Japanese), 나이트 naiteu (Korean) and 兵 bīng (Chinese).
• Sirfetch'd and Farfetch'd are the only Pokémon with an apostrophe in their names.
• Despite "sir" being a male honorific, Sirfetch'd are equally likely to be female.
• Sirfetch'd can be seen as a parallel to Cursola. They are both mono-typed evolutions of regional forms whose original forms do not evolve. Bea uses Sirfetch'd in her team in Pokémon Sword in the Stow-on-Side Gym and during the Champion Cup Finals, while Allister uses Cursola in his team in Pokémon Shield.
• Galarian Farfetch'd was released in Pokémon GO on June 17, 2020, shortly after Galarian Meowth and Zigzagoon. Although the latter two could evolve into Perrserker and Obstagoon upon release, respectively, Galarian Farfetch'd couldn't evolve into Sirfetch'd at the time. Sirfetch'd was later added to coincide with the release of the Crown Tundra for the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass on October 22, 2020.

Origin

Sirfetch'd appears to be based on a Pekin duck and a knight, with its leek halves resembling medieval weapons: a sword or lance and a shield. Like Farfetch'd, it may be inspired by the Japanese saying 「鴨が葱を背負って来る」, literally translating to "a duck comes bearing spring onions". As a saying, it means "easy target" or "golden opportunity". Sirfetch'd carrying a leek may also be inspired by the fact that the leek is one of the national symbols of Wales, part of the United Kingdom, which serves as the inspiration for the Galar region.

Sirfetch'd appearance may also be based on Sir Lancelot du Lac, one of the members of the Knights of the Round Table. In Arthurian legend, before he revealed his identity to King Arthur, he was known as the "White Knight" for his white armor. The Lancelot leek, which is a wild onion variant named after him, may also be referenced. Sirfetch'd's overall personality may be based on the code of chivalry.

The official Pokémon Sword and Shield website mentions a painting depicting Sirfetch'd battling an Escavalier;^[1] which may be based on the motif of knights fighting snails, which are sometimes found in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, as well as Escavalier's own references to medieval jousting.

Name origin

Sirfetch'd may be a combination of sir and far-fetched or Farfetch'd.

Negigaknight may be a combination of 葱 negi (spring onion), the prefix giga-, and knight. It may also be a pun on 葱がないと negi ga nai to (must have a spring onion).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ネギガナイト Negigaknight From 葱 negi, giga-, knight, and 葱がないと negi ga nai to French Palarticho From paladin, artichaut, and Pas l'artichaut Spanish Sirfetch'd Same as English name German Lauchzelot From Lauch and Lanzelot Italian Sirfetch'd Same as English name Korean 창파나이트 Changpaknight From 창 (槍) chang, 파 pa, and knight Mandarin Chinese 蔥遊兵 / 葱游兵 Cōngyóubīng From 蔥 / 葱 cōng, 遊 / 游 yóu, 兵 bīng, and 蔥油餅 / 葱油饼 cōngyóubǐng Cantonese Chinese 蔥遊兵 Chūngyàuhbīng From 蔥 chūng, 遊 yàuh, 兵 bīng, and 蔥油餅 chūngyàuhbéng

More languages Russian Сирфетчд Sirfetchd Transcription of English name Thai เนงิกะไนท์ Nengikanai Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Ash's Sirfetch'd
• Lancelot

Notes

External links

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