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#718 Zygarde (50% Forme)
718Zygarde
Zygarde 50% Forme's artwork for Pokémon X and Y.
Category Order Pokémon
Original Region Kalos
National Dex Nr. #718
Kalos Dex Nr. #150 (Mountain)
Generation 6
Pokémon Color Green
First Appearance Pokémon X And Y
Latest Appearance Pokémon Sword and Shield
Type(s) Dragon/Ground
Ability/ies Aura Break
(Hidden: Power Construct)
Average Height 16'05"
Average Weight 672.4 lbs.

#718 Zygarde (10% Forme)
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Zygarde 10% Forme's artwork for Pokémon Sun and Moon.
Category Order
Original Region Kalos
National Dex Nr. #718
Kalos Dex Nr. #150 (Mountain)
First Appearance Pokémon Z (fanon)
Pokémon Sun and Moon (canon)
Type(s) Dragon/Ground
Ability/ies Aura Break
(Hidden: Power Construct)
Requirement(s) Requires 10% of all Zygarde Cells
To Revert Changes to 50% Forme when at 50% health and to Complete Forme when at low health (If Zygarde has Power Construct)

#718 Zygarde (Complete Forme)
718ZygardeComplete
Zygarde Complete Forme's artwork for Pokémon Sun and Moon.
Category Order
Original Region Kalos
National Dex Nr. #718
Kalos Dex Nr. #150 (Mountain)
First Appearance Pokémon Z (fanon)
Pokémon Sun and Moon (canon)
Type(s) Dragon/Ground
Ability/ies Aura Break
(Hidden: Power Construct)
Requirement(s) Requires all Zygarde Cells. When Zygarde has Power Construct, Cells will form to Zygarde when at low health

#718 Zygarde Core
718ZygardeCore
Zygarde Core artwork for Pokémon Sun and Moon.
Category Order
Original Region Kalos
National Dex Nr. #718
Kalos Dex Nr. #150 (Mountain)
First Appearance Pokémon Z (fanon)
Pokémon Sun and Moon (canon)
Requirement(s) The Core is already the initial forme, but cannot battle
To Revert Requires Zygarde Cells to become either 10%, 50% or Complete

#718 Zygarde Cell
718ZygardeCell
Zygarde Cell artwork for Pokémon Sun and Moon.
Category Order
Original Region Kalos
National Dex Nr. #718
Kalos Dex Nr. #150 (Mountain)
First Appearance Pokémon Z (fanon)
Pokémon Sun and Moon (canon)
Requirement(s) The Cells are already initial formes, but cannot fight unformed
To Revert Requires a Zygarde Core and a certain mass to become either 10%, 50% or Complete

#718 Mega Zygarde
718Mega Zygarde
Mega Zygarde artwork for Pokémon Z.
Category Order
Original Region Kalos
National Dex Nr. #718
Kalos Dex Nr. #150 (Mountain)
First Appearance Pokémon Z
Requirement(s) Zygardite
To Revert Returns to 50% Forme when the battle is over, or when Mega Zygarde switches out or faints.

#718 Arrow Zygarde
718Arrow Zygarde
Arrow Zygarde artwork for Pokémon ZX and ZY.
Category Order
Original Region Kalos
National Dex Nr. #718
Kalos Dex Nr. #150 (Mountain)
First Appearance Pokémon ZX and ZY (scrapped)
Pokémon W
Requirement(s) Enforcer Arrow
To Revert Returns to 50% Forme when the battle is over, or when Arrow Zygarde loses the Enforcer Arrow.

#718 Wave Zygarde
718Wave Zygarde
Wave Zygarde artwork for Pokémon ZX and ZY.
Category Order
Original Region Kalos
National Dex Nr. #718
Kalos Dex Nr. #150 (Mountain)
First Appearance Pokémon ZX and ZY (scrapped)
Pokémon W
Requirement(s) Enforcer Wave
To Revert Returns to 50% Forme when the battle is over, or when Wave Zygarde loses the Enforcer Wave.


Zygarde (Japanese: ジガルデ Zygarde) is a dual-type Dragon/Ground Legendary Pokémon. It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, but it does have several formes: two of them (Cells and Cores) exist in multiples and can merge to form the remaining three formes, depending on the amounts used.

The Zygarde Cell resembles a flattened Zygarde Core and make up most of Zygarde's body. They lack will or thought process and accordingly listens to the Core's orders. Zygarde Cells also lack the power to use moves like any other Pokémon, so it's debatable whether they are actually Pokémon or not.

The Zygarde Core is a small, blob-like creature that represents part of Zygarde's brains. Cores are self-aware and can communicate with Cells and other Cores by using telepathy. Cores usually take action when sensing a disturbance in the ecosystem.

Zygarde 50% Forme is what was thought to be the initial and only forme, and resembles a snake-like creature. Forming a trio with Xerneas and Yveltal, Zygarde controls the local ecosystem on its own. It's discovered recently that this Zygarde only has half of its Cells in its body, hence the name.

Zygarde 10% Forme is the forme a Zygarde Core takes when it gathers only 10% of the Cells. This forme resembles a Dobermann and can run up to 60 mph, or 10 km/h. It defeats its enemies by using its speed and its sharp fangs.

Zygarde Complete Forme is the forme that takes shape when all of the Zygarde Cells have gathered. When the ecosystem is threatened, the Zygarde Core decides that the 50% forme is not enough to deal with the threat, and resorts to this forme instead. This form is said to be more powerful than Xerneas and Yveltal themselves.

In HammerBro101 Incorporated's Pokémon games, Zygarde is the version mascot of Pokémon Z, appearing on the boxart in its 50% Forme.

Biology[]

Zygarde has a serpent-like body with a green and black pattern on it. There are black frills on the back of its head like a frilled lizard. Its eyes comprise four green hexagons like the compound eyes of of an insect. More green hexagons are on the front and back of its frills. These hexagons glow in certain patterns like a computer processing information. Its tail is flat and is black on top and green on the bottom. Its tail ends with five separate green tendrils. It is said to monitor the ecosystem, and if the ecosystem falls into disarray, it appears and reveals its power. Zygarde is the only known Pokémon that can learn Land's Wrath.

Trivia[]

  • Zygarde is currently the last Pokémon in alphabetical order.
  • Zygarde has the highest base Defense of all Dragon types.

Origin[]

Zygarde's appearance is based on a serpent in the shape of the letter Z. It may also draw inspiration from both the Níðhöggr and the Jörmungandr. Jörmungandr, often written Jormungand, or Jörmungand and also known as the Midgard Serpent (Old Norse: Midgarðsormr), or World Serpent, is a sea serpent, the middle child of the giantess Angrboða and Loki. According to the Prose Edda, Jörmungandr is punished by Odin by tossing it into the great ocean that encircles Midgard. The serpent grew so large that he was able to surround the earth and grasp his own tail. Níðhöggr is the serpent from the Poetic Edda which resided at the bottom of the world tree Yggdrasill and gnawed at its roots. The patterns spread upon Zygarde's body are very similar to and may be based upon ribose and deoxyribose molecules. Its tail is possibly based in shape on base pair codons, the essential building blocks of the DNA double helix.

Name origin[]

Zygarde comes from the letter Z. It may be derived from ζυγωτός zygōtos (Greek for joined), zygote, and garde (French for guard), and zygōtos and midgard (Old Norse: Miðgarðr).

Stats[]

Stat Range
At Lv. 50 At Lv. 100
HP: 108
168 - 215 326 - 420
Attack: 100
94 - 167 184 - 328
Defense: 121
113 - 190 222 - 375
Sp.Atk: 81
77 - 146 150 - 287
Sp.Def: 95
90 - 161 175 - 317
Speed: 95
90 - 161 175 - 317
Total: 600   Other Pokémon with this total  
  • The minimum stats were calculated with 0 EV's and IV's, plus a hindering Nature, if applicable.
  • The maximum stats are calculated with 252 EV's, 31 IV's, and a helpful Nature, if applicable.

Stat Range
At Lv. 50 At Lv. 100
HP: 108
168 - 215 326 - 420
Attack: 100
94 - 167 184 - 328
Defense: 91
86 - 157 168 - 309
Sp.Atk: 61
59 - 124 114 - 243
Sp.Def: 95
90 - 161 175 - 317
Speed: 125
117 - 194 229 - 383
Total: 580   Other Pokémon with this total  
  • The minimum stats were calculated with 0 EV's and IV's, plus a hindering Nature, if applicable.
  • The maximum stats are calculated with 252 EV's, 31 IV's, and a helpful Nature, if applicable.

Stat Range
At Lv. 50 At Lv. 100
HP: 108
168 - 215 326 - 420
Attack: 170
157 - 244 310 - 482
Defense: 121
113 - 190 222 - 375
Sp.Atk: 101
95 - 168 186 - 331
Sp.Def: 120
112 - 189 220 - 372
Speed: 80
76 - 145 148 - 284
Total: 700   Other Pokémon with this total  
  • The minimum stats were calculated with 0 EV's and IV's, plus a hindering Nature, if applicable.
  • The maximum stats are calculated with 252 EV's, 31 IV's, and a helpful Nature, if applicable.

Game Appearances[]

Greninja the Savior[]

Zygarde plays a major role in Greninja the Savior, first helping Greninja free Yveltal from Lysandre's mind control, and later helping him, Delphox, and Chesnaught defeat Kyuratina after Kyurem fuses with Giratina and threatens to destroy the world. Zygarde is considered a male, and only his 50% Form appears in the Wii U and 3DS versions. In the Nintendo Switch port, he gains two new Forms: his 10% Form and his 100% Form, both of which are made up of his Zygarde Cells and Zygarde Cores, the latter of which are codenamed Z1 (red), Z2 (blue), Z3 (orange), Z4 (cyan), and Z5 (white) by Team Flare.

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National Pokédex
Yveltal
← #717: Yveltal
Zygarde
#718: Zygarde
Diancie
#719: Diancie →
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