List of Pokémon with branched evolutions

This is a list of Pokémon which evolve differently depending on certain conditions. It does not include Pokémon with gender differences which evolve differently depending on their gender (such as Espurr).

Wurmple can evolve into either Silcoon or Cascoon.

The branched evolutions of a family often have different strengths in their base 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 is Gardevoir, with 65 for its base Attack and 125 for its base Special Attack, while Gallade's Attack and Special Attack are instead 125 and 65; the rest of their stats are exactly the same. A broader example is the Eeveelutions, whose stats all use the same numbers in different orders.

The majority of evolutionary families that have a branched evolution have only two evolutionary stages. Many evolutionary families with branched evolutions only gained a branched evolution in a generation after the family was introduced; for example, Kirlia was introduced in Generation III along with its evolution Gardevoir, and Kirlia's alternate evolution Gallade was introduced in Generation IV.

Pokémon with branched evolutions into different species

These Pokémon evolve into different species.

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
			Sun Stone →	Bellossom  Grass	Higher Special Defense
Poliwag  Water	Level 25+ →	Poliwhirl  Water	Water Stone →	Poliwrath  Water  Fighting	Higher physical stats
			+ Trade (holding King's Rock) →	Politoed  Water	Higher special stats
Slowpoke  Water  Psychic	Level 37+ →			Slowbro  Water  Psychic	Higher Defense
	+ Trade (holding King's Rock) →			Slowking  Water  Psychic	Higher Special Defense
Slowpoke Galarian Form  Psychic	Galarica Cuff →			Slowbro Galarian Form  Poison  Psychic	Higher physical stats
	Galarica Wreath →			Slowking Galarian Form  Poison  Psychic	Higher special stats
Scyther  Bug  Flying	+ Trade (holding Metal Coat) →			Scizor  Bug  Steel	Higher Defense and Special Defense
	Black Augurite →			Kleavor  Bug  Rock	Higher Attack and Speed
Eevee  Normal	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 high friendship; during the daytime) →	or	+ Level up (with high friendship and a Sun Shard in the Bag) →XD	Espeon  Psychic	High Special Attack and Speed
	+ + Level up (with high friendship; during the nighttime) →	or	+ Level up (with high friendship and a Moon Shard in the Bag) →XD	Umbreon  Dark	High defenses
	+ Level up (near a Moss Rock) →	or	Leaf Stone →VIII+	Leafeon  Grass	High physical stats
	+ Level up (near an Ice Rock) →	or	Ice Stone →VIII+	Glaceon  Ice	High Special Attack and Defense
	+ + Level up (with 2 levels of Affection; while knowing a Fairy-type move) →VI-VII	or	+ + Level up (with high friendship; while knowing a Fairy-type move) →VIII+	Sylveon  Fairy	High special stats
Tyrogue  Fighting	+ Level 20+ (Attack > Defense) →			Hitmonlee  Fighting	Higher Attack and Speed Most extreme stats of the Hitmons
	+ 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
	+ 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
			+ Dawn Stone (male only) →	Gallade  Psychic  Fighting	Higher Attack
Nincada  Bug  Ground	Level 20+ →			Ninjask  Bug  Flying	Higher Speed
	Appears when Nincada evolves (if there is a Poké Ball in the bag and an empty space in the player's party)			Shedinja  Bug  Ghost	Lower Speed and always has 1 HP, but Wonder Guard nullifies any attacks that are not super effective
Snorunt  Ice	Level 42+ →			Glalie  Ice	Perfectly balanced stats
	+ Dawn Stone (female only) →			Froslass  Ice  Ghost	Higher Speed, lower defenses
Clamperl  Water	+ Trade (holding Deep Sea Tooth) →			Huntail  Water	Higher Attack
	+ Trade (holding Deep 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+ →SUSSwS	Solgaleo  Psychic  Steel	Higher physical stats
			Level 53+ →MUMShV	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 knowing Dragon Cheer) →	Hydrapple  Grass  Dragon	Higher Defense and Special Attack
Charcadet  Fire	Auspicious Armor →			Armarouge  Fire  Psychic	Higher Defense, Special Attack and HP
	Malicious Armor →			Ceruledge  Fire  Ghost	Higher Attack, Special Defense and Speed

Pokémon with branched evolutions into different forms of the same species

These Pokémon evolve into different non-interchangeable forms of the same species.

Basic form	Evolution method			Final form	Stat comparison
Dunsparce  Normal	+ + Level up (knowing Hyper Drill; with a certain encryption constant) →			Dudunsparce Two-Segment  Normal	No stat difference
	+ + Level up (knowing Hyper Drill; with a certain encryption constant) →			Dudunsparce Three-Segment  Normal	No stat difference
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
Rockruff  Rock	+ Level 25+ (during the daytime; not in MUM) →			Lycanroc Midday Form  Rock	Higher Speed
	+ Level 25+ (during the nighttime; not in SUS) →			Lycanroc Midnight Form  Rock	Balanced stats
	+ Level 25+ (Rockruff with Own Tempo only; during the evening, between 5:00 and 5:59 PM in-game in USUM, 7:00 and 7:59 PM real-time in SwSh, or lasting 3 minutes out of the 72 minute day/night cycle in SV →			Lycanroc Dusk Form  Rock	Higher Attack
Toxel  Electric  Poison	+ Level 30+ (with Hardy, Brave, Adamant, Naughty, Docile, Impish, Lax, Hasty, Jolly, Naive, Rash, Sassy, or Quirky Nature) →			Toxtricity Amped Form  Electric  Poison	No stat difference
	+ Level 30+ (with Lonely, Bold, Relaxed, Timid, Serious, Modest, Mild, Quiet, Bashful, Calm, Gentle, or Careful Nature) →			Toxtricity Low Key Form  Electric  Poison	No stat difference
Kubfu  Fighting	Interact with the Scroll of Darkness →			Urshifu Single Strike Style  Fighting  Dark	No stat difference
	Interact with the Scroll of Waters →			Urshifu Rapid Strike Style  Fighting  Water	No stat difference
Tandemaus  Normal	+ + Level 25+ (only in battle; with a certain encryption constant) →			Maushold Family of Four  Normal	No stat difference
	+ + Level 25+ (only in battle; with a certain encryption constant) →			Maushold Family of Three  Normal	No stat difference

Regional forms

These Pokémon evolve into different regional forms of the same species. Typically, the methods of evolution for both branches are identical aside from the requirement to be in specific regions.

Basic form	Evolution method	Middle form	Evolution method	Final form	Stat comparison
Exeggcute  Grass  Psychic	Leaf Stone (outside of Alola) →			Exeggutor  Grass  Psychic	Slightly lower Attack, but higher Speed
	+ Leaf Stone (in Alola) →			Exeggutor Alolan Form  Grass  Dragon	Slightly lower Speed, but higher Attack
Cubone  Ground	Level 28+ (outside of Alola) →			Marowak  Ground	No stat difference
	+ + Level 28+ (during the nighttime; in Alola) →			Marowak Alolan Form  Fire  Ghost	No stat difference
Koffing  Poison	Level 35+ (outside of Galar) →			Weezing  Poison	No stat difference
	+ Level 35+ (in Galar) →			Weezing Galarian Form  Poison  Fairy	No stat difference
Cyndaquil  Fire	Level 14+/17+LA →	Quilava  Fire	Level 36+ (outside of Hisui) →	Typhlosion  Fire	Higher HP and Speed
			+ Level 36+ (in Hisui) →	Typhlosion Hisuian Form  Fire  Ghost	Higher Special Attack
Pichu  Electric	+ Level up (with high friendship) →	Pikachu  Electric	Thunder Stone (outside of Alola) →	Raichu  Electric	Slightly higher physical stats
			+ Thunder Stone (in Alola) →	Raichu Alolan Form  Electric  Psychic	Slightly higher special stats
Mime Jr.  Psychic  Fairy	+ Level up (knowing Mimic; outside of Galar) →	Mr. Mime  Psychic  Fairy	Does not evolve		Higher special stats
	+ + Level up (knowing Mimic; in Galar) →	Mr. Mime Galarian Form  Ice  Psychic	Level 42+ →	Mr. Rime  Ice  Psychic	Higher Speed
Oshawott  Water	Level 17+ →	Dewott  Water	Level 36+ (outside of Hisui) →	Samurott  Water	Higher HP, defensive stats, and Special Attack
			+ Level 36+ (in Hisui) →	Samurott Hisuian Form  Water  Dark	Higher Attack and Speed
Petilil  Grass	Sun Stone (outside of Hisui) →			Lilligant  Grass	Higher Special Attack
	+ Sun Stone (in Hisui) →			Lilligant Hisuian Form  Grass  Fighting	Higher Attack and Speed
Rufflet  Normal  Flying	Level 54+ (outside of Hisui) →			Braviary  Normal  Flying	Higher Attack, defensive stats, and Speed
	+ Level 54+ (in Hisui) →			Braviary Hisuian Form  Psychic  Flying	Higher HP and Special Attack
Goomy  Dragon	Level 40+ (outside of Hisui) →	Sliggoo  Dragon	+ Level 50+ (during rain or fog) →	Goodra  Dragon	Higher HP and Speed
	+ Level 40+ (in Hisui) →	Sliggoo Hisuian Form  Steel  Dragon	+ Level 50+ (during rain or fog) →	Goodra Hisuian Form  Steel  Dragon	Higher Defense
Bergmite  Ice	Level 37+ (outside of Hisui) →			Avalugg  Ice	Higher special stats
	+ Level 37+ (in Hisui) →			Avalugg Hisuian Form  Ice  Rock	Higher Attack and Speed
Rowlet  Grass  Flying	Level 17+ →	Dartrix  Grass  Flying	Level 34+ (outside of Hisui) →	Decidueye  Grass  Ghost	Higher special stats and Speed
			+ Level 36+ (in Hisui) →	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 and Goomy are the only Pokémon with a branched evolution whose evolutions can both evolve again.
  • Mime Jr. and Applin are the only Pokémon with a branched evolution where only one of the evolutions can evolve again.
• Applin's branched evolution family (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 and Rowlet are the only Pokémon with a branched evolution involving regional forms of the same species where the methods of evolution are not completely identical aside from the requirement to be in specific regions.
  • Galarian Slowpoke is the only regional form Pokémon with a branched evolution.
• Generation III introduced the most Pokémon with a branched evolution at the time of debut, with three (Wurmple, Nincada, and Clamperl).
• Tyrogue is the only Pokémon with a branched evolution where more than one evolution is introduced in a different generation at the time of debut.

See also

• Eeveelution
• Hitmons

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