Zweilous (Pokémon)

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#635: Hydreigon →

Zweilous ジヘッド Dihead #634
Art by Ken Sugimori from Black and White
Type Dark Dragon Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Hostile Pokémon
Ability Hustle ----- Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn — Sinnoh — Unova #140 #274 Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 4'07" Imperial 1.4 m Metric 4'07"/1.4 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 110.2 lbs. Imperial 50 kg Metric 110.2 lbs./50 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Blue	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Dragon group 41 cycles (10455 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 2 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 147 Battle Exp.: 1471*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Zweilous (Japanese: ジヘッド Dihead) is a dual-type Dark/Dragon Pokémon.

It evolves from Deino starting at level 50 and evolves into Hydreigon starting at level 64.

Biology

Physiology

Zweilous is a quadruped Pokémon that has muscular front legs with two claws on each foot, but rear legs that are less defined and have two small, backward-pointing toes without claws. Zweilous's fur is a gray-black while the body is a dark blue. There are tufts of fur over two heads with rounded points at the top, and Zweilous appears to have no eyes. There are two thin wings on the black section. Each wing ends in two points. The fur stops at the chests and opens up to fuschia-colored striped bands on the side of Zweilous's legs. It is unknown if Zweilous is blind, like its pre-evolution.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

Zweilous's heads dislike each other. As a result the heads often turn eating into a competition.

Habitat

Zweilous are nomadic; they migrate once they have eaten all the prey in an area.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Zweilous are carnivorous, and always eat far too much, as the heads constantly turn eating into a competition.

In the anime

Zweilous in the anime

Major appearances

Zweilous made its anime debut in A Village Homecoming!. Two individuals appeared, with one of them eventually evolving into a Hydreigon.

Minor appearances

A Zweilous made a cameo appearance in Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice during the World of Pokémon introduction.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

One of the Team Plasma sages used a Zweilous in the battle against the normal trainers in the Black & White arc.

In the TCG

Main article: Zweilous (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 V Other generations: VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM05	Roar	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM12	Taunt	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM41	Torment	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	04040	100}}100%	10
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
	TM59	Incinerate	Fire	Special	03030	100}}100%	15
	TM73	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM82	Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	06060	090}}90%	10
	TM83	Work Up	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	30
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	090}}90%	15
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	04040	100}}100%	15
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Zweilous Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Zweilous

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Assurance	Dark	Physical	50	100%	10
	Astonish	Ghost	Physical	30	100%	15
	Dark Pulse‡	Dark	Special	80	100%	15
	Double Hit	Normal	Physical	35	90%	10
	Earth Power‡	Ground	Special	90	100%	10
	Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95%	15
	Head Smash	Rock	Physical	150	80%	5
	Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95%	15
	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85%	40
	Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	65	95%	15
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Zweilous in Generation V 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 Zweilous in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Zweilous Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Zweilous

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Generation V Other generations: VI - VII - VIII - IX
Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Tackle	Normal	Physical	50	100%	35
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Zweilous Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Zweilous Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Pinball RS  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Trozei!  N/A  Not available
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0% Friend Area: Beau Plains Phrases 51%-100% HP My HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP My HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP My HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up. Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I leveled up.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 0% IQ group: A
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Normal  None Past ( Normal ) None Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●● Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed Attack Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: ★★★ Move: Crunch Attack: ★★★ Ability 1: Hero Defense: ★★★ Ability 2: Pride Speed: ★★ Ability 3: Celebrate Evolves from Deino when its Attack is 72 or higher Evolves into Hydreigon when its Attack is 143 or higher Range: 3 Perfect Links: Gotoku, Hisahide, and Naoie

Evolution

Unevolved Deino  Dark  Dragon

Level 50 →

First evolution Zweilous  Dark  Dragon

Level 64 →

Second evolution Hydreigon  Dark  Dragon

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation IV.
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

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

Trivia

• Zweilous is the last Pokémon in alphabetical order.
• Of all the Pokémon that evolve by level alone, Zweilous can evolve into its final form, Hydreigon, later than any other Pokémon, evolving at level 64.
• No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Zweilous and its evolutionary relatives.
• Zweilous shares its species name with Basculin. They are both known as the Hostile Pokémon.
• In Black and White, Zweilous is one of five non-legendary Pokémon in the Unova Pokédex that is not used by any in-game Trainer outside of the Battle Subway and Battle Institute. The other four are Ferrothorn, Rufflet, Vullaby and Mandibuzz.

Origin

Zweilous draws inspiration from the Yamata no Orochi. It is also similar to Zmeys, a Slavic, winged, polycephal species of dragon. Its Shiny coloration may be a reference to the green colored Zmey Gorynych.

According to interviews with Sugimori in Nintendo Dream, Zweilous and its evolution family were originally intended to be cyborg dragons—part tank and part dragon. They were then scrapped until late in the game when they were revived and re-made to be based on Yamata no Orochi. The tank tread-like markings on Zweilous's underbelly are a remnant of this design.

Name origin

Zweilous may be a combination of zwei (German for two) and jealous (as the heads are always fighting each other for food). It may also derive from zealous, which reflects Zweilous's voracious appetite and intensely competitive nature.

Dihead is a combination of di (Greek for two) and head. It literally means "two head".

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ジヘッド Dihead From 二 ji and head French Diamat From the Greek prefix di and Tiamat Spanish Zweilous Same as English name German Duodino Combination of duo and dino Italian Zweilous Same as English name Korean 디헤드 Dihedeu Transliteration of Japanese name; from 디 di and 헤드 hedeu. The Korean words for "two" (이 i and 둘 dul) when combined, create 디 di. Mandarin Chinese 雙頭龍 / 双头龙 Shuāngtóulóng Literally "Double-headed dragon" Cantonese Chinese

More languages

Notes

External links

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