Zweilous (Pokémon)

For Pokémon GO information on this species, see the game's section.
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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	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}}}	Weight 110.2 lbs. 50.0 kg Zweilous 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 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-type Dark/Dragon Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

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

Biology

Zweilous is a dark-blue, quadrupedal Pokémon 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. 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 eats far too much 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. However, Zweilous generally makes its habitat in caves.

Evolution

Zweilous evolves from Deino and evolves into Hydreigon.

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

Unevolved Deino  Dark  Dragon

→

First Evolution Zweilous  Dark  Dragon

→

Second Evolution Hydreigon  Dark  Dragon

Game data

Pokédex entries

Zweilous in the Paldea Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

In events

Wild Area News

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

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 gets STAB 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

By breeding

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 be chain bred onto Zweilous 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 Egg moves from other generations

By a prior Evolution

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Feed an Apple 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 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
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

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 see Zweilous images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

In animation

Zweilous in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

Major appearances

Zweilous made its animated series debut in A Village Homecoming!, where two of them were owned by Iris's friend Shannon. The older of the two eventually evolved into Hydreigon.

In Aiming for the Top Floor!, Ryuki first used a Zweilous during his battle against Kiawe. It easily defeated Marowak after the latter got distracted by Ryuki's music. Zweilous was then used in a Double Battle alongside Druddigon, going up against Ash's Rowlet and Meltan, but both were soon defeated.

Minor appearances

Zweilous debuted in Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice during the World of Pokémon introduction.

A Trainer's Zweilous appeared in Settling the Scorbunny!.

A Trainer's Zweilous appeared in Secrets of the Jungle.

A Zweilous appeared in Trial on a Golden Scale! under the ownership of one of Nito’s henchmen.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Zweilous in Pokémon Adventures

Pocket Monsters XY: The Legend of the Pokémon Dragon King

A Zweilous appeared in LDK1.

Pokémon Adventures

A Trainer's Zweilous appeared in Dream a Little Dream.

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

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

In the TCG

Main article: Zweilous (TCG)

Trivia

• Of all the Pokémon that evolve by leveling up, Zweilous evolves into its final form, Hydreigon, starting at the highest level, evolving at level 64.
• According to interviews with Ken Sugimori in Nintendo Dream, Zweilous and its evolutionary line were originally intended to have aspects of tanks. These Pokémon were scrapped until late in development, when they were revived and remade to be based on Yamata no Orochi. The tank tread-like markings on Zweilous's underbelly are a remnant of this design.^[1]
• Zweilous shares its category with Red- and Blue-Striped Basculin. They are all known as the Hostile Pokémon.
• Zweilous and Deino are the only Pokémon who have Hustle as their only Ability.

Origin

Zweilous seems to be based on many-headed antagonistic dragons or serpents in various Asian and European mythologies, such as the Yamata no Orochi, the Lernaean Hydra, or the Zmei Gorynych; the latter in particular is known to be deceptive, as well as being described as having green scales, which may inspire Zweilous's Shiny coloration. Due to its apparent blindness and only being found in caves, Zweilous may also be based on a cave 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 of zwei (German for two) and jealous (as the heads always fight over food) or zealous (reflecting Zweilous's voracious appetite and intensely competitive nature).

Dihead may be a combination of di- (Greek prefix for two) or 二 ji (two) and head.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ジヘッド Dihead From di- or 二 ji and head French Diamat From di- and Tiamat Spanish Zweilous Same as English name German Duodino From Duo and Dino Italian Zweilous Same as English name Korean 디헤드 Dihead Transliteration 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 ड्रैडोसिर Dradosir From dragon, दो do, and सिर sir Russian Цвайлос Tsvaylos Transcription of English name Thai จิเฮด Chihet Transcription of Japanese name

References

External links

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