Biology
Xurkitree is a very tall Ultra Beast that resembles a vaguely humanoid mass of electrical wiring. Its "head" a white, brightly glowing electric spark with numerous points and no visible face. Below its head is a mass of black cables for its torso and limbs; there are white bands resembling zip ties throughout its body as well. Its arms have ties where its shoulders, elbows, and wrists would be. The upper arms have two cables, while the lower have three. At the ends of its arms are copper structures that resemble hands, each with six flat "fingers". The legs have ties at the hips, knees, and ankles and are composed of four cables fused together for the whole length. The feet have four toes possessing "claws" of exposed copper; each foot has two fused toes pointing forward and two separate toes pointing backward. Finally, its tail has three ties and four cables, one of them loose in two sections. The tail ends in what resembles a three-pronged plug. It is the tallest Electric-type Pokémon.
Because this Ultra Beast reportedly raided a power plant, it is speculated to sustain itself with electricity. This is supported by observations that it will "plug" its limbs and tail into the ground when it is low on energy and enter a tree-like state to absorb electricity from the earth. Witnesses claim that its entire body crackles with astonishing electrical power. According to Wicke from the Aether Foundation, the cables that make up its body have been noted as being made of the same material as electrical wiring, and as such are highly efficient conductors of electricity. Its body contains an organ that produces energy, and it can discharge up to 1,000,000 volts at once.
In the anime
Major appearances
Xurkitree debuted in Twirling with a Bang!, where it first emerged from an Ultra Wormhole on Melemele Island. The next day, the Ultra Guardians set out to return it home, only for it to wind up clashing with a Blacephalon. After distracting both Xurkitree and Blacephalon, the Ultra Guardians managed to weaken and catch both Pokémon at the same time, allowing them to be sent back home. It reappeared in a flashback in Securing the Future!.
Minor appearances
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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SM078
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Xurkitree
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Lusamine
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Xurkitree is the Glowing Pokémon, and as you can tell by the look, it's an Electric type that unleashes powerful electric shocks using stored electricity.
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In the mangaIn the TCGGame data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
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Generation VII
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Alola SM: #296
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Alola USUM: #396
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Sun
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One of the mysterious life-forms known as Ultra Beasts. Astonishing electric shocks emanate from its entire body, according to witnesses.
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Moon
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It appeared from the Ultra Wormhole. It raided a power plant, so people think it energizes itself with electricity.
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Ultra Sun
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Although it's alien to this world and a danger here, it's apparently a common organism in the world where it normally lives.
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Ultra Moon
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They've been dubbed Ultra Beasts. Some of them stand unmoving, like trees, with their arms and legs stuck into the ground.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
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In side games
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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83
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143 - 190
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276 - 370
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89
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84 - 155
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164 - 304
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71
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68 - 135
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132 - 265
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173
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160 - 247
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315 - 489
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71
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68 - 135
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132 - 265
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83
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79 - 148
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153 - 291
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Total: 570
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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 Xurkitree
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Xurkitree
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Xurkitree
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Xurkitree
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Xurkitree 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 Xurkitree in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Xurkitree
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Xurkitree
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Xurkitree can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Xurkitree cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Xurkitree
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Xurkitree
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
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Trivia
Origin
Xurkitree appears to be based on sparking electrical wires and power-lines. Its design also shares some small aspects of a tree, especially Christmas trees; its head resembles a Moravian star or a tree-topper.
Name origin
Xurkitree may be a combination of a corruption of circuitry and tree.
Denjyumoku may be a combination of 電気 denki (electricity) or 電磁 denji (electromagnetism) and 樹木 jumoku (tree).
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