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Zweilous Hostile Pokémon ジヘッド Dihead #0634 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Dark Dragon Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Hustle Cacophony Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male,50% female	Catch rate 45(11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Dragon Hatch time 40 cycles
Height 4'07" 1.4 m Zweilous 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form5}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form6}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form7}}}	Weight 110.2 lbs. 50.0 kg Zweilous 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form5}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form6}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form7}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 147	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 2 Zweilous 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 {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Blue	Base friendship 35
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-typeDark/DragonPokémon introduced inGeneration V.

Itevolves fromDeino starting atlevel 50 and evolves intoHydreigon starting at level 64.

Biology

Zweilous is a dark-blue, quadrupedalPokémon with two heads and black fur covering its necks and back. Its front legs are muscular with two claws on each foot, but its rear legs are less defined and have two small, backward-pointing toes without claws. There are tufts of fur over its heads with rounded points at the top. It has two thin wings on its back, each ending in two points. The fur stops at the chest and opens up to fuchsia striped bands on the side of its legs. Though it appears to lack eyes, it is unknown if Zweilous is blind.

Zweilous has the vigor and energy to eat and bite constantly without stopping. Its heads dislike each other and are very hostile. If neither head is given equal attention by someone, they will fight out of envy. Each head has their own likes and dislikes. As a result, the heads often turn eating into a competition, each head trying to claim leadership by eating more than the other. Because of this, Zweilous always ends up overeating and is covered in scars, even without opponents to fight. This allows Zweilous to become stronger without any allies helping it. It is a nomadic Pokémon; it migrates once it has eaten all the prey in an area, its two heads arguing over directions. However, Zweilous generally makes its habitat in caves.

Evolution

Zweilous evolves fromDeino and evolves intoHydreigon.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer toGame data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Deino  Dark  Dragon

→

First Evolution Zweilous  Dark  Dragon

→

Second Evolution Hydreigon  Dark  Dragon

Game data

Pokédex entries

Zweilous in thePaldea Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

In events

Wild Area News

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Zweilous is available inScarlet and Violet.

Byleveling up

ByTM

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

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM008 TM008 Fire Fang Fire Physical 06565 095}}95% 15 TM009 TM009 Thunder Fang Electric Physical 06565 095}}95% 15 TM010 TM010 Ice Fang Ice Physical 06565 095}}95% 15 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM030 TM030 Snarl Dark Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM044 TM044 Dragon Tail Dragon Physical 06060 090}}90% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM082 TM082 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM084 TM084 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM087 TM087 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM094 TM094 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM108 TM108 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM115 TM115 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 08585 100}}100% 10 TM117 TM117 Hyper Voice Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM133 TM133 Earth Power Ground Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM140 TM140 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM156 TM156 Outrage Dragon Physical 120120 100}}100% 10 TM169 TM169 Draco Meteor Dragon Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM172 TM172 Roar Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM177 TM177 Spite Ghost Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM199 TM199 Lash Out Dark Physical 07575 100}}100% 5 TM203 TM203 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM226 TM226 Dragon Cheer Dragon Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15

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

Bybreeding

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

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Astonish Ghost Physical 30 100% 15 Belch Poison Special 120 90% 10 Double Hit Normal Physical 35 90% 10 Head Smash Rock Physical 150 80% 5

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must bechain bred onto Zweilous Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB 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 Egg moves from other generations

By a priorEvolution

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Feed anApple to in a dungeon Connected to:Electabuzz Connection Orb Set: 3 Phrases Normal First head: Don't go that way! Second head: What? Where should we go? Low HP (< 50%) First head: Hey, why are you so wobbly? Second head: Hey, I just took damage, OK?
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.4 seconds Base HP: 54 Base Attack: 75 Base Defense: 53 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Conquest HP: ★★★ Move:Crunch Attack: ★★★ Ability 1:Hero Ability 2:Pride Ability 3:Celebrate Defense: ★★★ Speed: ★★ Evolves fromDeino when its Attack is 72 or higher Evolves intoHydreigon when its Attack is 143 or higher Range: 3 Perfect Links:Gotoku,Hisahide, andNaoie
Pokémon Battle Trozei Dark Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Dark Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #557 Dancing Dragons Increases damage done by any Dragon types in the combo.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 176 Base Attack: 159 Base Defense: 135 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: 100 Fast Attacks:Bite,Dragon Breath Charged Attacks:Dragon Pulse,Dark Pulse,Body Slam,Frustration,Return

Evolution data

Unevolved Deino  Dark  Dragon

Level 50 →

First Evolution Zweilous  Dark  Dragon

Level 64 →

Second Evolution Hydreigon  Dark  Dragon

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
Generation VIII Sword Shield
Cross-Generation HOME

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

In animation

Major appearances

Zweilous made its animated series debut inA Village Homecoming!, where two of them were owned byIris's friendShannon. The older of the two eventually evolved intoHydreigon.

InAiming for the Top Floor!,Ryuki first used a Zweilous during hisbattle againstKiawe. It easily defeatedMarowak after the latter got distracted by Ryuki's music. Zweilous was then used in aDouble Battle alongsideDruddigon, going up againstAsh's Rowlet andMeltan, but both were soon defeated.

Minor appearances

Zweilous debuted inKyurem VS. The Sword of Justice during theWorld of Pokémon introduction.

ATrainer's Zweilous appeared inSettling the Scorbunny!.

A Trainer's Zweilous appeared inSecrets of the Jungle.

A Zweilous appeared inTrial on a Golden Scale! under the ownership of one ofNito’s henchmen.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pocket Monsters XY: The Legend of the Pokémon Dragon King

A Zweilous appeared inLDK1.

Pokémon Adventures

ATrainer's Zweilous appeared inDream a Little Dream.

A Zweilous was used by one of theSeven Sages to fend off several Trainers that were trying to rescue the captured Gym Leaders inTriple Threat.

Leo's Deino was revealed to have evolved into a Zweilous sometime prior toDeduction Time.

In the TCG

Main article:Zweilous (TCG)

Trivia

• Of all thePokémon thatevolve byleveling up, Zweilous evolves into its final form,Hydreigon, starting at the highest level, evolving at level 64.
• Zweilous has exactly 20 more points in each of its base stats thanDeino.
• According to interviews withKen Sugimori inNintendo Dream, Zweilous and its evolutionary line were originally intended to have aspects oftanks. These Pokémon were scrapped until late in development, when they were revived and remade to be based onYamata no Orochi. The tank tread-like markings on Zweilous's underbelly are a remnant of this design.^[1]
• Zweilous shares itscategory with Red- and Blue-StripedBasculin. They are all known as the Hostile Pokémon.
• Zweilous and Deino are the only Pokémon who haveHustle as their onlyAbility.

Origin

Zweilous seems to be based on many-headed antagonistic dragons or serpents in various Asian and European mythologies, such as theYamata no Orochi, theLernaean Hydra, or theZmei Gorynych; the latter in particularis known to be deceptive, as well as being described as having green scales, which may inspire Zweilous'sShiny coloration. Due to its apparent blindness and only being found in caves, Zweilous may also be based on acave salamander. The tank tread-like markings on Zweilous's body appears to be a remnant of when its evolutionary line were originally designed after tanks.^[2]

Name origin

Zweilous may be a combination ofzwei (German for two) andjealous (as the heads always fight over food) orzealous (reflecting Zweilous's voracious appetite and intensely competitive nature).

Dihead may be a combination ofdi- (Greek prefix for two) or 二ji (two) andhead.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ジヘッドDihead Fromdi- or二ji andhead French Diamat Fromdi- andTiamat Spanish Zweilous Same as English name German Duodino FromDuo andDino Italian Zweilous Same as English name Korean 디헤드Dihead Transcription of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 雙首暴龍 / 双首暴龙Shuāngshǒubàolóng* 雙頭龍 / 双头龙Shuāngtóulóng* From雙 / 双shuāng,首shǒu,暴bào,龍 / 龙lóng, and暴龍 / 暴龙bàolóng From雙 / 双shuāng,頭 / 头tóu, and龍 / 龙lóng Cantonese Chinese 雙首暴龍Sēungsáubouhlùhng* 雙頭龍Sēungtàuhlùhng* From雙sēung,首sáu,暴bouh,龍lùhng, and暴龍bouhlùhng From雙sēung,頭tàuh, and龍lùhng

More languages Hindi ड्रैडोसिरDradosir Fromdragon,दोdo, andसिरsir Russian ЦвайлосTsvaylos Transcription of English name Thai จิเฮดChihet Transcription of Japanese name

References

External links

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