Biology
Noivern is a large bat-like Pokémon with enormous ears suited for precise hearing. It has a mane of white fur sprouting around its neck and upper back. Noivern has two black wings lined with a dusky purple and has maroon grasping claws. A teal membrane fans between its ribcage and wings. When its mouth is open, two pointed teeth can be seen on its lower jaw.
From its ears, Noivern releases ultrasonic waves, which can be strong enough to shatter a large boulder. It uses these waves to freely navigate through darkness, allowing it to easily ambush prey under cover of night. Noivern is known to be extremely combative toward anything that wanders too close to it. It loves eating fruit; thus, approaching it with fruit helps to keep it calm.[1]
In the anime
In the main series
Major appearances
Ash's Noibat evolved into a Noivern while saving Hawlucha and battling Zapdos in An Electrifying Rage!.
Other
Noivern debuted in Celebrating the Hero's Comet!, under the ownership of Alexa. Alexa's Noivern reappeared in The Dream Continues!, where it gave Professor Oak a chance to examine Noivern; and in A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle! and Battling on Thin Ice!, where it helped prepare Ash's Pikachu and Fletchling prepare for their rematch against Viola.
A Noivern appeared in the Hoopa's Surprise Ring Adventures short Wake Up, where it was among the Pokémon summoned by Hoopa to use their sound-based attacks to wake Ash, but to no avail. Two other Noivern appeared in the short In the Dark, where they were among the Pokémon rudely awakened by Hoopa's summoning of multiple Litwick.
A Noivern will appear in SM087.
Minor appearances
A Noivern appeared in A Conspiracy to Conquer!, where it was being controlled by an evil, psychopathic Malamar.
A Noivern appeared in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction as a resident of Allearth Forest.
Pokédex entries
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Entry
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XY110
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Noivern
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Ash's Pokédex
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Noivern, the Sound Wave Pokémon. The ultrasonic waves Noivern releases from its ears are powerful enough to crush a boulder.
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In Pokémon Generations
A wild Noivern appeared inside Terminus Cave in The Adventure, attacking Red and his Pikachu.
A Noivern appeared during a flashback in The Redemption as one of the many Pokémon fighting in the great war of Kalos, 3,000 years previously.
In the mangaIn the TCGGame data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
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Generation VI
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X
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They fly around on moonless nights and attack careless prey. Nothing can beat them in a battle in the dark.
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Y
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The ultrasonic waves it emits from its ears can reduce a large boulder to pebbles. It swoops out of the dark to attack.
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Omega Ruby
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They fly around on moonless nights and attack careless prey. Nothing can beat them in a battle in the dark.
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Alpha Sapphire
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The ultrasonic waves it emits from its ears can reduce a large boulder to pebbles. It swoops out of the dark to attack.
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Generation VII
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Ultra Sun
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Although it has a violent disposition, if you give it a nice ripe fruit that it loves, Noivern will suddenly become tame.
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Ultra Moon
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This hot-blooded Pokémon attacks anything it sees with ultrasonic waves that can crush boulders.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
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In side games
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
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Stats
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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85
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145 - 192
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280 - 374
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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97
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91 - 163
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179 - 322
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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123
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115 - 192
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225 - 379
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Total: 535
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Noivern
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Noivern
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Noivern
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Noivern
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Noivern in Generation VII
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Noivern in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Noivern
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Noivern
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Noivern can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Noivern cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Noivern
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Noivern
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Noivern
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Noivern
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
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Trivia
- Noivern and its pre-evolution, Noibat, are the only dual Flying-type Pokémon to have Flying as their primary type.
- Noivern can be seen as a parallel to Crobat. Both are Flying-type Pokémon based on bats that have Infiltrator as a possible Ability. They have the same base stat total and the same base HP, Defense, and Special Defense.
Origin
Noivern seems to be based on a combination of wyvern, a long-eared bat, fruit bat or a leaf-nosed bat, and loudspeaker or tweeter. Inspiration for its design may also have been drawn from gargoyles.
Name origin
Noivern may be a combination of noise and wyvern.
Onvern may be a combination of 音 on (sound), 音波 onpa (sound wave), and ワイバーン wyvern.
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