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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, seeYveltal (disambiguation).

Yveltal Destruction Pokémon イベルタル Yveltal #0717 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Dark Flying Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Dark Aura Cacophony Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 45(11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group No Eggs Discovered Hatch time 120 cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 19'00" 5.8 m Yveltal 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 447.5 lbs. 203.0 kg Yveltal 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 306	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Yveltal 3 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 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Red	Base friendship 0
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Yveltal (Japanese:イベルタルYveltal) is a dual-typeDark/FlyingLegendary Pokémon introduced inGeneration VI.

It is not known toevolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Along withChespin,Fennekin,Froakie, andXerneas, Yveltal was one of the firstGeneration VI Pokémon to be revealed to the public on January 8, 2013, as part of thePokémon Direct broadcast.

Yveltal is thegame mascot ofPokémon Y, appearing on its boxart. Yveltal,Xerneas, andZygarde are often collectively referred to as theAura trio by fans.

Biology

Yveltal is a largePokémon with both avian and draconic traits. The back of its body is black with white spots along the wings and back; its front, head, and neck are bright red with branching, black lines throughout. It has a pointed, beak-like snout, bright blue eyes, a black, forward-curving horn over each eye, and a thin, antenna-like growth behind each eye. A feathery gray ruff encircles its neck and billows out over its back. Yveltal's wings each have three spikes along the bottom edge near the body and five large, black claws on the tip. It has small, birdlike legs with gray talons. Each foot has two toes facing forward and one pointing backward. Its tail is similar in structure to its wings, including the five claws on the tip.

Yveltal has the power to absorb life energy by spreading its wings and tailfeathers. According to legend, Yveltal does this in order to power up its own energy. It is highly feared by the ancient people of Kalos because of this. Yveltal is known to appear during a conflict, draining the life energy of any person or Pokémon that it encounters. Upon reaching the end of its lifespan, Yveltal steals the life energy of everything around it, then encases itself in a cocoon and falls into a deep slumber. Yveltal along with Xerneas have the power to transformEvolution stones intoMega Stones as seen with theultimate weapon's blast shot byAZ 3000 years ago. Both are in charge of taking care of the land in a delicate balance between life and death. Yveltal's power can be used to power up machines as seen with the ultimate weapon. It can alsoabsorb its target's energy, restoring its vitality as a result. Said attack can also burn the ground it hits in the process.^[1]

As shown inPokémon the Series, any living creatures drained by Yveltal will turn into petrified stone, though it is unknown whether this action is intentionally malicious or not. As depicted inDiancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, Yveltal can be very vengeful to anyone who disturbs its sleep and will seek to destroy it. Its counterpartXerneas has the power to cure Yveltal's victims by filling them with life energy, but as seen inThe Legend of X, Y, and Z!, it couldn't undoAila's case for unknown reasons. Xerneas is also shown capable of calming Yveltal should it get enraged. InSylveon Enchants, Yveltal was shown making plants wither away by simply touching them. In thePokémon Adventures manga and inPokémon the Series, it has been referred to as "Y".

Yveltal is theonly known Pokémon capable of learning the moveOblivion Wing. Yveltal is also the only known Pokémon capable of learning the moveFocus Blast by leveling up. Additionally, Yveltal is theonly known Pokémon that can haveDark Aura as anAbility.

Game data

NPC appearances

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

• Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon:Yveltal is one of the main antagonists of the game. It first appears onRevelation Mountain, turning theplayer, partner,Raikou, andEntei to stone. Later, Yveltal and the other Pokémon possessed byDark Matter attack the group again at theRoad to Primeval Forest. Once freed from its possession, Yveltal feels deep regret for its actions, despite having been under the control of something else, and tries to make amends by attacking Dark Matter later on, only to be turned to stone itself.

	Spoilers end here.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Games	Event	Region	Location	Level	Distribution period
XYORAS	XY&Z Yveltal	Japanese region	Online	100	November 5, 2015 to January 12, 2016
ORAS	XY&Z Yveltal	Korean region	Online	100	April 20 to June 30, 2016
XYORAS	Descartes Yveltal	PAL region	Online	100	May 5 to December 31, 2016
XYORAS	Pokémon the Series: XYZ Yveltal	American region	Online	100	May 20 to 26, 2016
S	Legendary Pokémon Celebration Yveltal	American region	Online	60	May 4 to August 28, 2018
US	Legendary Pokémon Celebration Yveltal	American region	Online	100	May 4 to August 28, 2018
S	Legendary Pokémon Celebration Yveltal	PAL region	Online	60	May 4 to August 28, 2018
US	Legendary Pokémon Celebration Yveltal	PAL region	Online	100	May 4 to August 28, 2018

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		Gold Bottle Cap (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Yveltal is available inSword and Shield Version 1.3.0+.

Byleveling up

ByTM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: VI - VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM06 TM06 Fly Flying Physical 09090 095}}95% 15 TM08 TM08 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM09 TM09 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM22 TM22 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM23 TM23 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 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 TM33 TM33 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM34 TM34 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM40 TM40 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM56 TM56 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM57 TM57 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM65 TM65 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 100}}100% 15 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM78 TM78 Acrobatics Flying Physical 05555 100}}100% 15 TM85 TM85 Snarl Dark Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM86 TM86 Phantom Force Ghost Physical 09090 100}}100% 10 TM95 TM95 Air Slash Flying Special 07575 095}}95% 15 TR01 TR01 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TR11 TR11 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 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 TR33 TR33 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR36 TR36 Heat Wave Fire Special 09595 090}}90% 10 TR37 TR37 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TR42 TR42 Hyper Voice Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR47 TR47 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR58 TR58 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR64 TR64 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 070}}70% 5 TR69 TR69 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TR81 TR81 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15 TR89 TR89 Hurricane Flying Special 110110 070}}70% 10

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

Bybreeding

Bytutoring

Bytransfer from another generation

Side game data

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size:Gigantic (9 tiles) How to Recruit: Meet up with at theBuried Ruins Connected to: None Connection Orb Set: None Phrases Normal I'm the taker of lives! But I'll join your adventure, for now! Low HP (< 50%) I'm immortal whether or not I make it through here.
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 0.82 seconds Base HP: 64 Base Attack: 86 Base Defense: 58 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Dark Attack Power: ★★★★★ Power of Five Increases the damage dealt by matching five Pokémon.
Pokémon Shuffle Dark Attack Power: 80 - 145 20 #157 Power of 5 Increases damage when you make a match of five. Swappable Skill(s): Block Smash+			Pokémon Shuffle Dark Attack Power: 80 - 115 5 #157 Hyper Drain Damage varies depending on the opponent's remaining HP.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 246 Base Attack: 250 Base Defense: 185 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 20 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks:Gust,Sucker Punch,Snarl Charged Attacks:Dark Pulse,Hurricane,Psychic,Hyper Beam,Focus Blast,Oblivion Wing†

Evolution data

Unevolved Yveltal  Dark  Flying

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

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

In animation

Main series

Major appearances

Yveltal (M17)

Yveltal debuted inDiancie and the Cocoon of Destruction. It was first seen in a flashback destroying theAllearth Forest before transforming into a cocoon and slumbering. Years later, it reawakened and attempted to destroy the Allearth Forest again, turningArgus andMillis Steel,Merilyn,Riot, andAsh's Pikachu to stone in the process. It was then calmed byXerneas'sFairy Aura and flew away peacefully.

Other

Yveltal made its animated series debut inThe Legend of X, Y, and Z! during a flashback, where it unleashed trouble on a kingdom, turning people and Pokémon to stone such asAila. Its attack promptedJan to embark on a quest to findXerneas and have it restore the land and Aila.

Minor appearances

Pokémon Generations

Team Flare captured Yveltal inThe Beauty Eternal so they could begin the next phase of their plans, which they titled "Project Y".

GOTCHA!

A Yveltal briefly appeared as a silhouette inGOTCHA!.

In the manga

Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game XY!

Hiroshi used a Yveltal inLet's Play the Pokémon Card Game XY!.

Movie adaptations

Main article:Yveltal (M17)

Yveltal appears in themanga adaptation of the firstPokémon the Series: XYmovie,Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.

Pokémon Adventures

Yveltal debuted inAn X-cuse to Come Out and Play, alongsideXerneas. The two faced each other in a battle, which caused chaos and destruction inVaniville Town. The two eventually stopped fighting and returned to their dormant cocoon and tree states, which are being sought after byTeam Flare to power theultimate weapon. Yveltal was later captured byMalva, who revealed that it had been resting in the ground under the tree form Xerneas the entire time. InXerneas Gives, both Yveltal and Xerneas returned to their dormant states once again, choosing to do so in order to preventLysandre from usingZygarde to his own deeds.

In the TCG

Main article:Yveltal (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Yveltal sometimes appears in the background of thePrism Tower stage.

Yveltal also appears as a trophy exclusive to the 3DS version.

Trophy information

NA:With its wings spread wide, this Legendary Pokémon looks just like the letter Y. Since its name also starts with the same letter, it's difficult to imagine a more appropriate mascot for Pokémon Y. Apparently, when Yveltal's life comes to an end, it will absorb the life force of all living things— here's to a long and healthy life!

PAL:With its wings spread wide, this Legendary Pokémon looks just like the letter Y. Since its name also starts with the same letter, it's difficult to imagine a more appropriate mascot for Pokémon Y. Apparently when Yveltal's life comes to an end, it will absorb the life force of all living things, so here's hoping it stays strong and healthy!

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Yveltal appears as aSpirit.

Trivia

• Yveltal has the same stat distribution asXerneas.
• Yveltal, along with Xerneas, was designed by art designersKen Sugimori andYusuke Ohmura. The initial designs for the twoLegendary Pokémon were started by Sugimori, but he encountered "artist's block", having a hard time coming up with concepts. For the first time, he gave the work over to another designer, Ohmura. Ohmura furthered the designs, after which Sugimori resumed to finish them.^[2]
• Yveltal, along with Xerneas, are the onlygame mascots who are unobtainable throughtransferring inPokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Origin

Yveltal was designed so that its silhouette resembles the letterY.^[3] Appearance-wise, Yveltal resembles birds such as thelong-tailed widowbird, orcarrion birds such ascrows andvultures.

Yveltal may also be based on any number of avian-related figures from mythology, such as the Celtic death-goddessMorrigan, which often takes the form of a raven; or Norse mythological figures such asHræsvelgr, which takes the form of an eagle and sits at the end of the world, or the hawkVeðrfölnir or the unnamed eagle that resides at the top of the world treeYggdrasil. Additionally, it bears a striking resemblance to a species of fungus known as "devil's fingers."

Name origin

Yveltal begins with the letterY. It may be derived fromyvel (aMiddle English spelling ofevil) andquetzal ortalon.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese イベルタルYveltal FromY,yvel, andquetzal ortalon French Yveltal Same as English/Japanese name Spanish Yveltal Same as English/Japanese name German Yveltal Same as English/Japanese name Italian Yveltal Same as English/Japanese name Korean 이벨타르Yveltal Same as English name Mandarin Chinese 伊裴爾塔爾 / 伊裴尔塔尔Yīpéi'ěrtǎ'ěr Transcription of Japanese name Cantonese Chinese 伊裴爾塔爾Yīpùihyíhtaapyíh* 伊秘魯塔路Yībeilóuhtaaplouh* Mandarin-based transcription of Japanese name Transcription of Japanese name

More languages Hindi इवेल्टालYveltal Transcription of English/Japanese name Russian ИвелталIveltal Transcription of English name Thai อีเวลทอลIwenthon Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Aura trio
• Yveltal (M17)
• Yveltal (Super Mystery Dungeon)
• Legendary Pokémon

References

External links

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See also:Mythical Pokémon

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