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Sylveon (Japanese: ニンフィア Nymphia) is a Fairy-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VI.

It evolves from Eevee when leveled up knowing a Fairy-type move and having at least two levels of Affection (in Generations VI and VII) or high friendship (in Generation VIII). It is one of Eevee's final forms, the others being Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, and Glaceon.

Biology

Sylveon is a quadruped, mammalian Pokémon covered with pale cream-colored fur with pink feet, ears, and tail. It has light blue eyes, long ears with blue interiors and thicker fur, a tiny nose, and two stray tufts of fur on top of its head. There are two bows on its body: one at the base of its left ear and one on its neck. Each bow is pale cream with a pink center and trails a pair of ribbon-like feelers. The feelers are pale cream with light blue tips. Before the tip of each feeler is a pink and then a dark blue stripe. It has slender legs with small, three-toed paws and a fluffy, slightly curved tail.

Sylveon's ribbon-like feelers emit a soothing aura. When hunting, it swirls its feelers as a distraction while the aura weakens feelings of hostility in its prey. It will also wrap its feelers around the arm of its Trainer, which allows it to read their feelings.

In the anime

Major appearances

Serena's Eevee evolved into a Sylveon in Party Dancecapades! during a Tag Battle alongside Ash's Pikachu, where they faced off against Miette's Slurpuff and James's Inkay.

Other

Sylveon debuted in Eevee & Friends, where it showed Pikachu and his friends around its home, and introduced them to Eevee and its fellow Eeveelutions.

Sylveon made its main series debut in Kindergarten Chaos!, under the ownership of Penelope. It was used in a battle against Ash's Froakie and defeated it with Attract. Later on, it was captured by Team Rocket, but later rescued.

A Sylveon appeared in A Fashionable Battle! and Fairy-Type Trickery!, under the ownership of Valerie. It was used in a Gym battle against Ash, but it was defeated by Fletchinder.

A wild Sylveon appeared in Turning Heads and Training Hard!, where it was summoned to help Ilima's Eevee perform Extreme Evoboost. It reappeared in the Poké Problem segment of the next episode, where it saw Ilima and Eevee off.

Minor appearances

A Performer's Sylveon appeared in A Showcase Debut!, where it participated in the Coumarine Showcase Rookie Class.

A Sylveon appeared in a fantasy in Tag Team Battle Inspiration!, where Serena imagined what her Eevee could evolve into.

A Sylveon appeared as an image in A Performance Pop Quiz!.

A Sylveon appeared in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry XY013 Sylveon Ash's Pokédex Sylveon, the Intertwining Pokémon and an evolved form of Eevee. Sylveon affectionately wraps its ribbon-like feelers around its Trainer's arm as they walk together. XY105 Sylveon Serena's Pokédex Sylveon, the Intertwining Pokémon. Sylveon affectionately wraps its ribbon-like feelers around its Trainer's arm as they walk together.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Y owns a Sylveon nicknamed Veevee. She evolved during a battle against Team Flare in PS553.

Pokédex entries

Manga Chapter Entry Pokémon Adventures PS553 It wraps its ribbonlike feelers around the arm of its beloved Trainer and walks with him or her.

In the TCG

Other appearances

Sylveon appears as a trophy in the 3DS and Wii U versions of the game.

Trophy information

Sylveon is one of Eevee's various final evolutions. It has a lot of great attacks to use in battle, but it actually seems to be a peace-loving sort of Pokémon. Case in point, it can completely stop the flow of battle by moving its ribbonlike feelers in a way that charms its opponents into not wanting to fight anymore.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

All damage-dealing Normal-type moves will get STAB if Sylveon has the Ability Pixilate.

Generation VIII Other generations: VI - VII Game Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP Sw Sh IoA Misty Explosion Fairy Special 100 100% 5 Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sylveon

indicates a move that gets when used by Sylveon Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sylveon

indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sylveon Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

By a prior evolution

Generation VIII Other generations: VI - VII Stage Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP † Celebrate Normal Status — —% 40 Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sylveon

indicates a move that gets when used by Sylveon Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sylveon

Side game data

Evolution

Even if all criteria to evolve Eevee into Sylveon are fulfilled in Generation VI and VII, it will always evolve into Leafeon near a Moss Rock, or Glaceon near an Ice Rock, regardless of the other conditions when leveled up.

Sprites

Trivia

Origin

In contrast to the rest of the Eeveelutions' pointed ears, Sylveon's ears are large and rounded, giving it a resemblance to rabbits. Fairies were thought to be particularly active under the light of the full moon; because of this and the rabbit association, Sylveon could be based on the mythical Asian moon rabbit. The moon rabbit is often portrayed as a companion of the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e, who is frequently depicted wearing a robe adorned in many ribbons, this is likely referenced with Sylveon's feelers. In addition, Sylveon's tail has some resemblance to the tail of a chinchilla. It also has a mix of other mammalian traits, such as those of cats and foxes.

Name origin

Sylveon may be a combination of sylph, a mythological creature described as invisible beings of the air, or sylvan, a word referring to an association with woodlands or forests (where fairies are often depicted), and eon (an immeasurably long period of time, possibly referring to how long evolution takes naturally). Eon is a suffix all Eevee evolutions share and was Eevee's English prototype name.

Nymphia is derived from nymph, a deity existing in Greek Mythology associated with a particular location or landform.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ニンフィア Nymphia From nymph. French Nymphali From nymph. Ends with -li like every Eeveelution in French. Spanish Sylveon Same as English name German Feelinara From Fee . Ends with -a like every Eeveelution in German. Italian Sylveon Same as English name Korean 님피아 Nymphia From nymph Cantonese Chinese 仙子伊貝 Sīnjíyībui Literally "Fairy Eevee". Ends with -伊貝 like every Eeveelution in Cantonese. Mandarin Chinese 仙子精靈 / 仙子精灵 Xiānzǐjīnglíng Means "Fairy spirit". Ends with -精靈 / -精灵 like every Eeveelution in Mandarin. More languages Hindi सिलवीओन Sylveon Transcription of English name Russian Сильвеон Sil'veon Transcription of English name Thai นิมเฟีย Nymphia Transcription of trademarked Japanese name





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