Biology
Vibrava is a dragonfly-like Pokémon. It has a small head with two yellow antennae and green bulging eyes with black oval-shaped pupils. Its mouth has two large white teeth protruding from each side. It has a skinny yellow body, four skinny black legs with slender feet, and four green, rhombus-shaped wings with black edges. There are similarly-colored rhombus shapes at the end of its tail.
Vibrava's wings are not fully developed, so it is unable to fly very far. However, it is able to create vibrations and ultrasonic waves with its wings. Humans get headaches from these waves. After causing prey to faint, as a saprotroph, it spits stomach acid to melt its prey before consumption. It continues this eating process everyday to help its wings glow. Vibrava calls the desert home and is also known to preserve its captured prey in the desert's hot sands.
In the animeIn the mangaIn the TCGGame data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
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Generation III
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Hoenn #117
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Kanto #—
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Ruby
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To make prey faint, Vibrava generates ultrasonic waves by vigorously making its two wings vibrate. This Pokémon's ultrasonic waves are so powerful, they can bring on headaches in people.
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Sapphire
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Vibrava's wings have not yet completed the process of growing. Rather than flying long distances, they are more useful for generating ultrasonic waves by vibrating.
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Emerald
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It looses ultrasonic waves by rubbing its wings together. Since a Vibrava's wings are still in the process of growing, it can only fly short distances.
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FireRed
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It generates ultrasonic waves by violently flapping its wings. After making its prey faint, it melts the prey with acid.
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LeafGreen
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Generation IV
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Sinnoh #—
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Johto #—
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Diamond
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It violently shudders its wings, generating ultrasonic waves to induce headaches in people.
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Pearl
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Platinum
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HeartGold
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It vibrates its wings vigorously, creating ultrasonic waves that cause serious headaches.
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SoulSilver
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Generation V
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Unova B2W2: #122
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Black
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It violently shudders its wings, generating ultrasonic waves to induce headaches in people.
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White
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Black 2
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The ultrasonic waves it generates by rubbing its two wings together cause severe headaches.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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Kalos Mountain #004
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Hoenn #122
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X
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The ultrasonic waves it generates by rubbing its two wings together cause severe headaches.
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Y
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It generates ultrasonic waves by violently flapping its wings. After making its prey faint, it melts the prey with acid.
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Omega Ruby
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To make prey faint, Vibrava generates ultrasonic waves by vigorously making its two wings vibrate. This Pokémon's ultrasonic waves are so powerful, they can bring on headaches in people.
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Alpha Sapphire
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Vibrava's wings have not yet completed the process of growing. Rather than flying long distances, they are more useful for generating ultrasonic waves by vibrating.
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Generation VII
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Alola SM: #236
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Alola USUM: #305
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Kanto #—
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This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
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Sun
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Rather than using its underdeveloped wings for flight, it rubs them together, producing ultrasonic waves to attack its enemies.
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Moon
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To help make its wings grow, it dissolves quantities of prey in its digestive juices and guzzles them down every day.
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Ultra Sun
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It vibrates its wings to generate ultrasonic waves, causing its prey to faint. Then it buries the prey alive in the sand to preserve it.
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Ultra Moon
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It vibrates its wings to send out odd sound waves. Trainers who are with it need earplugs.
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Generation VIII
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Galar #322
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Sword
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The ultrasonic waves it generates by rubbing its two wings together cause severe headaches.
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Shield
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To help make its wings grow, it dissolves quantities of prey in its digestive juices and guzzles them down every day.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
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In side games
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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50
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110 - 157
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210 - 304
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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70
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67 - 134
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130 - 262
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Total: 340
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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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Pokéathlon stats
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 Vibrava
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Vibrava
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Vibrava
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Vibrava
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Vibrava in Generation VIII
- 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 Vibrava in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Vibrava
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Vibrava
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Vibrava
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Vibrava
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Vibrava
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Vibrava
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
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Trivia
- Vibrava shares its category with Palpitoad and Seismitoad. They are all known as the Vibration Pokémon.
- Vibrava and its evolution are the only Dragon-type Pokémon belonging in the Bug Egg Group.
- As of Generation VIII, Vibrava and its evolutionary relatives are the only Pokémon that are in the Bug and Dragon egg groups.
- Vibrava's base Attack stat is lower than that of its pre-evolution, but it returns to the original stat when it evolves into Flygon.
- Vibrava is the only Pokémon to gain the Dragon-type upon evolution and still be able to evolve.
Origin
Bulbanews has an article related to this subject:
Vibrava represents the adult stage of an antlion, though it seems to draw more visual inspiration from mayflies, possibly nodding to the Japanese word for an adult antlion, usuba-kagerou, or "thin-winged mayfly". Combined with an antlion's resemblance to a dragonfly, Vibrava's typing suggests that it may also draw inspiration from sanddragons. Its tendencies to create harsh noises with its wings is similar to that of a cicada.
Name origin
Vibrava may be a combination of vibrate (to shake rapidly) and larva. It may also derive from Vibra.
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