List of Pokémon with branched Evolutions

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Wurmple can evolve into either Silcoon or Cascoon.

This is a list of Pokémon whichevolve differently depending on certainconditions.

The branched Evolutions of an evolutionary line often have different strengths in theirbase stats. In some cases, certain stats may be exactly the same, with the rest being distributed differently depending on the branch. One example of this isGardevoir, with 65 for its baseAttack and 125 for its baseSpecial Attack, whileGallade's Attack and Special Attack are instead 125 and 65; the rest of their stats are exactly the same. A broader example is theEeveelutions, whose stats all use the same numbers in different orders.

The majority of evolutionary lines that have a branched Evolution have only two evolutionary stages. Many evolutionary lines with branched Evolutions only gained a branched Evolution in ageneration after the line was introduced; for example,Kirlia was introduced inGeneration III along with its EvolutionGardevoir, and Kirlia's alternate EvolutionGallade was introduced inGeneration IV.

Pokémon with branched Evolutions into different species

These Pokémon evolve into differentspecies.

Basic form	Evolution method	Middle form	Evolution method	Final form	Stat comparison
Oddish Grass Poison	Level 21+ →	Gloom Grass Poison	Leaf Stone →	Vileplume Grass Poison	Higher Special Attack
Oddish Grass Poison	Level 21+ →	Gloom Grass Poison	Sun Stone →	Bellossom Grass	Higher Special Defense
Poliwag Water	Level 25+ →	Poliwhirl Water	Water Stone →	Poliwrath Water Fighting	Higher physical stats
Poliwag Water	Level 25+ →	Poliwhirl Water	+ Trade (holdingKing's Rock) →	Politoed Water	Higher special stats
Slowpoke Water Psychic	Level 37+ →			Slowbro Water Psychic	Higher Defense
Slowpoke Water Psychic	+ Trade (holdingKing's Rock) →			Slowking Water Psychic	Higher Special Defense
Slowpoke Galarian Form Psychic	Galarica Cuff →			Slowbro Galarian Form Poison Psychic	Higher physical stats
Slowpoke Galarian Form Psychic	Galarica Wreath →			Slowking Galarian Form Poison Psychic	Higher special stats
Scyther Bug Flying	+ Trade (holdingMetal Coat) →	or	Metal Coat →^LA	Scizor Bug Steel	Higher Defense and Special Defense
Scyther Bug Flying	Black Augurite →			Kleavor Bug Rock	Higher Attack and Speed
Eevee Normal (details)	Water Stone →			Vaporeon Water	Higher HP and Special Attack
	Thunder Stone →			Jolteon Electric	High Speed and Special Attack
	Fire Stone →			Flareon Fire	High Attack and Special Defense
	+ + Level up (with highfriendship; during thedaytime) →	or	+ Level up (with highfriendship and aSun Shard in the Bag) →^XD	Espeon Psychic	High Special Attack and Speed
	+ + Level up (with highfriendship; during thenighttime) →	or	+ Level up (with highfriendship and aMoon Shard in the Bag) →^XD	Umbreon Dark	High defenses
	+ Level up (near aMoss Rock) →	or	Leaf Stone →^VIII+	Leafeon Grass	High physical stats
	+ Level up (near anIce Rock) →	or	Ice Stone →^VIII+	Glaceon Ice	High Special Attack and Defense
	+ + Level up (with 2 levels ofAffection; while knowing aFairy-type move) →^VI-VII	or	+ + Level up (with highfriendship; while knowing aFairy-type move) →^VIII+	Sylveon Fairy	High special stats
Tyrogue Fighting	+ Level 20+ (Attack >Defense) →			Hitmonlee Fighting	Higher Attack and Speed Most extreme stats of theHitmons
	+ Level 20+ (Attack <Defense) →			Hitmonchan Fighting	Slightly more balanced than Hitmonlee
	+ Level 20+ (Attack =Defense) →			Hitmontop Fighting	Most balanced stats of the Hitmons
Wurmple Bug	+ Level 7+ (Personality value) →	Silcoon Bug	Level 10+ →	Beautifly Bug Flying	Higher attacking stats
Wurmple Bug	+ Level 7+ (Personality value) →	Cascoon Bug	Level 10+ →	Dustox Bug Poison	Higher defenses
Ralts Psychic Fairy	Level 20+ →	Kirlia Psychic Fairy	Level 30+ →	Gardevoir Psychic Fairy	Higher Special Attack
Ralts Psychic Fairy	Level 20+ →	Kirlia Psychic Fairy	+ Dawn Stone (male only) →	Gallade Psychic Fighting	Higher Attack
Nincada Bug Ground	Level 20+ →			Ninjask Bug Flying	Higher Speed
Nincada Bug Ground	Appears whenNincada evolves (if there is aPoké Ball in the bag and an empty space in the player'sparty)			Shedinja Bug Ghost	Lower Speed and always has 1 HP, butWonder Guard nullifies any attacks that are not super effective
Snorunt Ice	Level 42+ →			Glalie Ice	Perfectly balanced stats
Snorunt Ice	+ Dawn Stone (female only) →			Froslass Ice Ghost	Higher Speed, lower defenses
Clamperl Water	+ Trade (holdingDeep Sea Tooth) →			Huntail Water	Higher Attack
Clamperl Water	+ Trade (holdingDeep Sea Scale) →			Gorebyss Water	Higher Special Attack
Burmy Bug	+ Level 20+ (female only;Plant Cloak) →			Wormadam Plant Cloak Bug Grass	Higher special stats
	+ Level 20+ (female only;Sandy Cloak) →			Wormadam Sandy Cloak Bug Ground	Higher physical stats
	+ Level 20+ (female only;Trash Cloak) →			Wormadam Trash Cloak Bug Steel	Balanced stats
	+ Level 20+ (male only; Any Cloak) →			Mothim Bug Flying	Higher HP, attacking stats, and Speed
Cosmog Psychic	Level 43+ →	Cosmoem Psychic	Level 53+ →^SUS^Sw^S	Solgaleo Psychic Steel	Higher physical stats
Cosmog Psychic	Level 43+ →	Cosmoem Psychic	Level 53+ →^MUM^Sh^V	Lunala Psychic Ghost	Higher special stats
Applin Grass Dragon	Tart Apple →			Flapple Grass Dragon	Higher Attack and Speed
	Sweet Apple →			Appletun Grass Dragon	Higher HP
	Syrupy Apple →	Dipplin Grass Dragon	+ (Level up while knowingDragon Cheer) →	Hydrapple Grass Dragon	Higher Defense and Special Attack
Charcadet Fire	Auspicious Armor →			Armarouge Fire Psychic	Higher Defense, Special Attack, and HP
Charcadet Fire	Malicious Armor →			Ceruledge Fire Ghost	Higher Attack, Special Defense, and Speed

Pokémon with branched Evolutions into different forms of the same species

Alternate forms

These Pokémon evolve into different non-interchangeableforms of the same species which differ by theirtype,stats, ormove availability.Vivillon,Toxtricity,Alcremie,Dudunsparce, andMaushold are also evolved Pokémon with multiple forms, however, they are purely aesthetic.

Basic form	Evolution method			Final form	Stat comparison
Burmy Bug	+ Level 20+ (female only;Plant Cloak) →			Wormadam Plant Cloak Bug Grass	Higher special stats
	+ Level 20+ (female only;Sandy Cloak) →			Wormadam Sandy Cloak Bug Ground	Higher physical stats
	+ Level 20+ (female only;Trash Cloak) →			Wormadam Trash Cloak Bug Steel	Balanced stats
Rockruff Rock	+ Level 25+ (during thedaytime; not inM UM) →			Lycanroc Midday Form Rock	Higher Speed
	+ Level 25+ (during thenighttime; not inS US) →			Lycanroc Midnight Form Rock	Balanced stats
	+ Level 25+ (Rockruff withOwn Tempo only; during theevening, between 5:00 and 5:59 PM in-game inUSUM, 7:00 and 7:59 PM real-time inSwSh, or lasting 3 minutes out of the 72 minute day/night cycle inSV →			Lycanroc Dusk Form Rock	Higher Attack
Espurr Psychic	+ Level 25+ (male only) →			Meowstic Male Psychic	No stat difference
Espurr Psychic	+ Level 25+ (female only) →			Meowstic Female Psychic	No stat difference
Kubfu Fighting	Interact with the Scroll of Darkness in theTower of Darkness →^SwSh	or	Scroll of Darkness →^SV	Urshifu Single Strike Style Fighting Dark	No stat difference
Kubfu Fighting	Interact with the Scroll of Waters in theTower of Waters →^SwSh	or	Scroll of Waters →^SV	Urshifu Rapid Strike Style Fighting Water	No stat difference
Basculin White-Striped Form Water	+ Lose at least 294HP from recoil damage (male only) →^LA	or	+ + Level up after losing at least 294HP from recoil damage (male only) →^SV	Basculegion Male Water Ghost	Higher Attack
Basculin White-Striped Form Water	+ Lose at least 294HP from recoil damage (female only) →^LA	or	+ + Level up after losing at least 294HP from recoil damage (female only) →^SV	Basculegion Female Water Ghost	Higher Special Attack
Lechonk Normal	+ Level 18+ (male only) →			Oinkologne Male Normal	Higher Attack and Defense
Lechonk Normal	+ Level 18+ (female only) →			Oinkologne Female Normal	Higher Special Defense and HP

Regional forms

These Pokémon evolve into differentregional forms of the same species. Typically, theMethods of Evolution for both branches are identical aside from the requirement to be in specificregions.

Basic form	Evolution method	Middle form	Evolution method	Final form	Stat comparison
Exeggcute Grass Psychic	Leaf Stone (outside ofAlola) →			Exeggutor Grass Psychic	Slightly lower Attack, but higher Speed
Exeggcute Grass Psychic	+ Leaf Stone (inAlola) →			Exeggutor Alolan Form Grass Dragon	Slightly lower Speed, but higher Attack
Cubone Ground	Level 28+ (outside ofAlola) →			Marowak Ground	No stat difference
Cubone Ground	+ + Level 28+ (during thenighttime; inAlola) →			Marowak Alolan Form Fire Ghost	No stat difference
Koffing Poison	Level 35+ (outside ofGalar) →			Weezing Poison	No stat difference
Koffing Poison	+ Level 35+ (inGalar) →			Weezing Galarian Form Poison Fairy	No stat difference
Cyndaquil Fire	Level 14+/17+^LA →	Quilava Fire	Level 36+ (outside ofHisui) →	Typhlosion Fire	Higher HP and Speed
Cyndaquil Fire	Level 14+/17+^LA →	Quilava Fire	+ Level 36+ (inHisui) →	Typhlosion Hisuian Form Fire Ghost	Higher Special Attack
Pichu Electric	+ Level up (with highfriendship) →	Pikachu Electric	Thunder Stone (outside ofAlola) →	Raichu Electric	Slightly higher physical stats
Pichu Electric	+ Level up (with highfriendship) →	Pikachu Electric	+ Thunder Stone (inAlola) →	Raichu Alolan Form Electric Psychic	Slightly higher special stats
Mime Jr. Psychic Fairy	+ Level up (knowingMimic; outside ofGalar) →	Mr. Mime Psychic Fairy	Does not evolve		Higher Special Defense and Speed
Mime Jr. Psychic Fairy	+ + Level up (knowingMimic; inGalar) →	Mr. Mime Galarian Form Ice Psychic	Level 42+ →	Mr. Rime Ice Psychic	Higher HP, physical stats, and Special Attack
Oshawott Water	Level 17+ →	Dewott Water	Level 36+ (outside ofHisui) →	Samurott Water	Higher HP, defensive stats, and Special Attack
Oshawott Water	Level 17+ →	Dewott Water	+ Level 36+ (inHisui) →	Samurott Hisuian Form Water Dark	Higher Attack and Speed
Petilil Grass	Sun Stone (outside ofHisui) →			Lilligant Grass	Higher Special Attack
Petilil Grass	+ Sun Stone (inHisui) →			Lilligant Hisuian Form Grass Fighting	Higher Attack and Speed
Rufflet Normal Flying	Level 54+ (outside ofHisui) →			Braviary Normal Flying	Higher Attack, defensive stats, and Speed
Rufflet Normal Flying	+ Level 54+ (inHisui) →			Braviary Hisuian Form Psychic Flying	Higher HP and Special Attack
Goomy Dragon	Level 40+ (outside ofHisui) →	Sliggoo Dragon	+ Level 50+ (duringrain) →	Goodra Dragon	Higher HP and Speed
Goomy Dragon	+ Level 40+ (inHisui) →	Sliggoo Hisuian Form Steel Dragon	+ Level 50+ (duringrain) →	Goodra Hisuian Form Steel Dragon	Higher Defense
Bergmite Ice	Level 37+ (outside ofHisui) →			Avalugg Ice	Higher special stats
Bergmite Ice	+ Level 37+ (inHisui) →			Avalugg Hisuian Form Ice Rock	Higher Attack and Speed
Rowlet Grass Flying	Level 17+ →	Dartrix Grass Flying	Level 34+ (outside ofHisui) →	Decidueye Grass Ghost	Higher special stats and Speed
Rowlet Grass Flying	Level 17+ →	Dartrix Grass Flying	+ Level 36+ (inHisui) →	Decidueye Hisuian Form Grass Fighting	Higher physical stats and HP

Trivia

To date, no Pokémon whose pre-Evolution has a branched Evolution also has a branched Evolution.
- Wurmple andGoomy are the only Pokémon with a branched Evolution whose Evolutions can both evolve again.
- Mime Jr. andApplin are the only Pokémon with a branched Evolution where only one of the Evolutions can evolve again.
Eevee has the most branched Evolutions of any Pokémon, witheight. There are no Pokémon that have exactly four, five, six, or seven branched Evolutions, though Eevee had exactly five prior to the introduction ofLeafeon andGlaceon, and exactly seven prior to the introduction ofSylveon.
InGeneration I, Eevee was the only Pokémon with a branched Evolution.
Applin's branched Evolution line (2 branches of a two-stage evolutionary line and 1 branch of a three-stage evolutionary line) is unique.
Burmy is the only Pokémon that can evolve both into different species and into different non-interchangeable forms of the same species.
Cubone andRowlet are the only Pokémon with a branched Evolution involvingregional forms of the same species where themethods of Evolution are not completely identical aside from the requirement to be in specificregions.
- Galarian Slowpoke is the only regional form with a branched Evolution.
Generation III introduced the most Pokémon with a branched Evolution at the time of debut, with three (Wurmple,Nincada, andClamperl).
Tyrogue is the only Pokémon with a branched Evolution where more than one Evolution was introduced in a different generation at the time of debut.

Evolution
Game mechanics	Evolution prevention •Devolution •Evolution move

Methods of Evolution	Level-based Evolution •Evolution item (Evolution stone) •Trade Evolution •Friendship Evolution Time-based Evolution •Gender-based Evolution •Move-based Evolution Location-based Evolution •Region-based Evolution •Game-based Evolution

Lists of Pokémon	Evolutionary line (GO) •No evolutionary line •Branched •Cross-generation •Levels Methods of Evolution byindex number (Gen I •Gen II •Gen III •Gen IV •Gen V •Gen VI •Gen VII •Gen VIII •Gen IX)

Inspin-off games	Evolution in Mystery Dungeon (items) •Evolution in Pinball (items)

Data structures	Pokémon Evolution data structure (Gen III •Gen IV)