List of Pokémon with branched evolutions

This is a list of Pokémon which evolve differently depending on certain conditions. To date, no Pokémon whose pre-evolution has a branched evolution also has a branched evolution; Wurmple is the only Pokémon with a branched evolution whose evolutions can evolve again.

Gloom can evolve into either Vileplume or Bellossom through different methods.

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 that have branched evolution

Basic form	Evolution trigger	Middle evolution	Evolution trigger	Final evolution	Stat comparison
Oddish	Level 21	Gloom	Leaf Stone	Vileplume	Higher Special Attack
			Sun Stone	Bellossom	Higher Special Defense
Poliwag	Level 25	Poliwhirl	Water Stone	Poliwrath	Higher physical stats
			Trade holding King's Rock	Politoed	Higher special stats
Slowpoke	Level 37			Slowbro	Higher Defense
	Trade holding King's Rock			Slowking	Higher Special Defense
Exeggcute	Leaf Stone			Exeggutor	Slightly lower Attack, but higher Speed
	Leaf Stone in Alola			Exeggutor	Slightly lower Speed, but higher Attack
Cubone	Level 28			Marowak	No stat difference
	Level 28 in Alola during night			Marowak	No stat difference
Eevee	Water Stone			Vaporeon	High HP and Special Attack
	Thunder Stone			Jolteon	High Speed and Special Attack
	Fire Stone			Flareon	High Attack and Special Defense
	Level up with friendship during the day or Level up with friendship and a Sun Shard in the Bag			Espeon	High Special Attack and Speed
	Level up with friendship at night or Level up with friendship and a Moon Shard in the Bag			Umbreon	High defenses
	Level up near a Moss Rock			Leafeon	High physical stats
	Level up near an Ice Rock			Glaceon	High Special Attack and Defense
	Level up with 2 levels of Affection and knowing a Fairy-type move			Sylveon	High special stats
Pichu	Friendship	Pikachu	Thunder Stone	Raichu	Slightly higher physical stats
			Thunder Stone in Alola	Raichu	Slightly higher special stats
Tyrogue	Level 20 (Attack > Defense)			Hitmonlee	High Attack and Speed Most extreme stats of the Hitmons
	Level 20 (Attack < Defense)			Hitmonchan	Slightly more balanced than Hitmonlee
	Level 20 (Attack = Defense)			Hitmontop	Most balanced stats of the Hitmons
Wurmple	Level 7 (Personality value mod 10 < 5)	Silcoon	Level 10	Beautifly	High attacking stats
	Level 7 (Personality value mod 10 ≥ 5)	Cascoon	Level 10	Dustox	High defenses
Ralts	Level 20	Kirlia	Level 30	Gardevoir	High Special Attack
			Dawn Stone (male ♂ only)	Gallade	High Attack
Nincada	Level 20			Ninjask	High Speed
	Appears when Nincada evolves if there is a Poké Ball in the bag and an empty space in the player's party			Shedinja	Low Speed and always has 1 HP, but Wonder Guard nullifies any attacks that are not super effective
Snorunt	Level 42			Glalie	Balanced stats
	Dawn Stone (female ♀ only)			Froslass	High Speed
Clamperl File:WaterIC.gif	Trade holding Deep Sea Tooth			Huntail	High Attack
	Trade holding Deep Sea Scale			Gorebyss	High Special Attack
Burmy	Level 20 (female ♀, Plant Cloak)			Wormadam	High special stats
	Level 20 (female ♀, Sandy Cloak)			Wormadam	High physical stats
	Level 20 (female ♀, Trash Cloak)			Wormadam	Balanced stats
	Level 20 (male ♂)			Mothim	High HP, attacking stats and Speed
Rockruff	Level 25 in Pokémon Sun and Ultra Sun during the day			Lycanroc Midday Form	High Speed
	Level 25 in Pokémon Moon and Ultra Moon at night			Lycanroc Midnight Form	Balanced stats
	Level 25 between 5:00 and 5:59 PM (special Rockruff with Own Tempo only)			Lycanroc Dusk Form	High Attack
Cosmog	Level 43	Cosmoem	Level 53 in Pokémon Sun and Ultra Sun	Solgaleo	High physical stats
			Level 53 in Pokémon Moon and Ultra Moon	Lunala	High special stats

See also

• Eeveelutions
• Hitmons

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