Elgyem (Pokémon)

Total: 1
Elgyem
0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	1 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

Shape

Footprint

Pokédex color

Blue

Base friendship

70

External Links

On Smogon Pokédex:
Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

It evolves into Beheeyem starting at level 42.

Biology

Elgyem is a light blue extraterrestrial Pokémon with an oblong head with depressions on either side. It has black, symmetrical lines going down the front of its head. On the front of its head are shiny, green button-like eyes. Its hands have three finger-like digits: one red, one green, and one yellow. It has short, stubby legs and a small tail. Elgyem controls incredible psychic power, which it uses to squeeze its opponent's brains, causing them headaches. Its origin is said to be linked with a UFO crash site that appeared 50 years ago.

Overall, Elgyem has quite the welcoming and informative behavior. It is willing to help in stressful and otherwise difficult situations. However, Elgyem can become fully involved in something it feels to be important and protect that with its life. If Elgyem stands near a television, strange scenery will start appearing on the screen, which is said to be its home.

In the anime

Elgyem in the anime

Major appearances

Elgyem debuted in A UFO for Elgyem! as the friend of Professor Icarus. It tried to help others by giving them visions of impending danger to help prevent the accident from occurring, but this only caused suspicion and drew attention to Professor Icarus's household. It befriended Ash and his friends when they too came to investigate and even saved Ash's life after showing them a vision of him falling through a weak board on a bridge. It was later kidnapped by Team Rocket, but Ash, Iris, and Cilan came to its rescue and reunited it with Professor Icarus.

In Climbing the Tower of Success!, Ricky used an Elgyem's Psychic powers for the Wishing Bell Festival contest. However, it was sometimes used to cheat.

Minor appearances

In A Maractus Musical!, an Elgyem was participating in the Pokémon Performance Competition alongside a Bouffalant. Another Elgyem appeared in a flashback.

An Elgyem appeared in a fantasy in Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals!.

Pokédex entries

Episode	Pokémon	Source	Entry
BW030	Elgyem	Ash's Pokédex	Elgyem, the Cerebral Pokémon. Nobody had ever seen an Elgyem before it made its sudden appearance in the desert.
BW069	Elgyem	Ash's Pokédex	Elgyem, the Cerebral Pokémon. Elgyem was first discovered when it emerged from deep within the desert 50 years ago.

In the manga

Elgyem in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

In Big City Battles, an Elgyem was briefly seen under the ownership of one of Castelia City's residents.

In Special Delivery, an Elgyem competed in Nimbasa's Pokémon Musical.

In the TCG

Main article: Elgyem (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.

Generation V

Unova
BW: #111

Unova
B2W2: #188

White 2
Black	It uses its strong psychic power to squeeze its opponent's brain, causing unendurable headaches.
White	This Pokémon had never been seen until it appeared from far in the desert 50 years ago.
Black 2	Rumors of its origin are linked to a UFO crash site in the desert 50 years ago.

Generation VI

Kalos
#—

Hoenn
#—

X	It uses its strong psychic power to squeeze its opponent's brain, causing unendurable headaches.
Y	Rumors of its origin are linked to a UFO crash site in the desert 50 years ago.
Omega Ruby	It uses its strong psychic power to squeeze its opponent's brain, causing unendurable headaches.
Alpha Sapphire	Rumors of its origin are linked to a UFO crash site in the desert 50 years ago.

Generation VII

Alola
USUM: #275

Kanto
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Sun, Moon, Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!‎.
Ultra Sun	It controls tremendous psychic power. Most reports of alien sightings are actually just people mistaking Elgyem for an alien.
Ultra Moon	This Pokémon is shrouded in mystery. It's said to have appeared from a UFO that fell from the sky about 50 years ago.

Generation VIII

Galar
#277

Sinnoh
#—

Hisui
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus.
Sword	If this Pokémon stands near a TV, strange scenery will appear on the screen. That scenery is said to be from its home.
Shield	This Pokémon was discovered about 50 years ago. Its highly developed brain enables it to exert its psychic powers.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.

Generation V

Generation VI

Route 121, Mt. Pyre (hidden Pokémon*)

Generation VII

Unobtainable

Generation VIII

Sword

Shield

Bridge Field
Watchtower Ruins, Stony Wilderness (Max Raid Battle)

Brilliant Diamond

Shining Pearl

Unobtainable

Legends: Arceus

Unobtainable

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.

Generation V

Rumble Blast

Tower: Frozen Tundra

Rumble U

Melodious Woodland: A Lively Concert, Chill Battle: Unidentified Flying Objects

Generation VI

Battle Trozei

Safari Jungle: Stage 3 ^Th

Shuffle

Marron Trail: Stage 677
Event: Pokémon Safari (Ninth release)

Rumble World

Origin Hideaway: Super Gene Laboratorium (All Areas)

Generation VII

Rumble Rush

Celebi Sea, Celebi Sea^Final

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 55		115 - 162	220 - 314
Attack: 55		54 - 117	103 - 229
Defense: 55		54 - 117	103 - 229
Sp. Atk: 85		81 - 150	157 - 295
Sp. Def: 55		54 - 117	103 - 229
Speed: 30		31 - 90	58 - 174
Total: 335	Other Pokémon with this total
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.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is:

Damaged
normally by:

Normal

1×

Flying

1×

Poison

1×

Ground

1×

Rock

1×

Steel

1×

Fire

1×

Water

1×

Grass

1×

Electric

1×

Ice

1×

Dragon

1×

Fairy

1×

Weak to:

Bug

2×

Ghost

2×

Dark

2×

Immune to:

None

Resistant to:

Fighting

½×

Psychic

½×

Learnset

Elgyem is available in Sword and Shield.

By leveling up

Generation VIII

Other generations:
V - VI - VII

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
011	Confusion	Psychic	Special	05050	100100%	25
011	Growl	Normal	Status	0000—	100100%	40
066	Imprison	Psychic	Status	0000—	00——%	10
1212	Teleport	Psychic	Status	0000—	00——%	20
1818	Psybeam	Psychic	Special	06565	100100%	20
2424	Power Split	Psychic	Status	0000—	00——%	10
2424	Guard Split	Psychic	Status	0000—	00——%	10
3030	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	07070	100100%	15
3636	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	08080	09090%	15
4343	Recover	Normal	Status	0000—	00——%	10
4848	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	0000—	00——%	20
5454	Wonder Room	Psychic	Status	0000—	00——%	10
6060	Psychic	Psychic	Special	09090	100100%	10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Elgyem
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Elgyem
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/TR

Generation VIII

Other generations:
V - VI - VII

	TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM14	TM14	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	0000—	090}}90%	20
TM16	TM16	Screech	Normal	Status	0000—	085}}85%	40
TM17	TM17	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	30
TM18	TM18	Reflect	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TM19	TM19	Safeguard	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	25
TM21	TM21	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM22	TM22	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	07575	090}}90%	10
TM23	TM23	Thief	Dark	Physical	06060	100}}100%	25
TM24	TM24	Snore	Normal	Special	05050	100}}100%	15
TM25	TM25	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM30	TM30	Steel Wing	Steel	Physical	07070	090}}90%	25
TM31	TM31	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
TM33	TM33	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
TM39	TM39	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM44	TM44	Imprison	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM48	TM48	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	06060	095}}95%	15
TM60	TM60	Power Swap	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM61	TM61	Guard Swap	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM70	TM70	Trick Room	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
TM71	TM71	Wonder Room	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM76	TM76	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
TR08	TR08	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	09090	100}}100%	15
TR11	TR11	Psychic	Psychic	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR12	TR12	Agility	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	30
TR20	TR20	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR25	TR25	Psyshock	Psychic	Special	08080	100}}100%	10
TR26	TR26	Endure	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR27	TR27	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR33	TR33	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TR35	TR35	Uproar	Normal	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR38	TR38	Trick	Psychic	Status	0000—	100}}100%	10
TR40	TR40	Skill Swap	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR44	TR44	Cosmic Power	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TR49	TR49	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TR58	TR58	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TR65	TR65	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR68	TR68	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TR69	TR69	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	08080	090}}90%	15
TR82	TR82	Stored Power	Psychic	Special	02020	100}}100%	10
TR83	TR83	Ally Switch	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Elgyem
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Elgyem
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VIII

Other generations:
V - VI - VII

Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Astonish	Ghost	Physical	30	100%	15
Destiny Bond*	Ghost	Status	—	—%	5
Disable	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Elgyem 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 Elgyem in that game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Elgyem
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Elgyem
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation VIII

Other generations:
V - VI - VII

Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Expanding Force	Psychic	Special	80	100%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Meteor Beam	Rock	Special	120	90%	10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Elgyem
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Elgyem
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

By transfer from another generation

Generation VIII

Other generations:
VI - VII

Gen.			Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
V	VI	VII	After You	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	15
V	VI	VII	Barrier ×	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
V	VI	VII	Charge Beam	Electric	Special	05050	090}}90%	10
V	VI	VII	Confide	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
V	VI	VII	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	15
V	VI	VII	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100100	100}}100%	15
V	VI	VII	Echoed Voice	Normal	Special	04040	100}}100%	15
V	VI	VII	Embargo ×	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
V	VI	VII	Flash ×	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
V	VI	VII	Frustration ×	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
V	VI	VII	Gravity	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
V	VI	VII	Heal Block ×	Psychic	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
V	VI	VII	Hidden Power ×	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
V	VI	VII	Magic Coat	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	15
V	VI	VII	Miracle Eye ×	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	40
V	VI	VII	Pain Split	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
V	VI	VII	Recycle	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
V	VI	VII	Return ×	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
V	VI	VII	Role Play	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
V	VI	VII	Secret Power ×	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
V	VI	VII	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	06060	00—}}—%	20
V	VI	VII	Signal Beam ×	Bug	Special	07575	100}}100%	15
V	VI	VII	Simple Beam	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
V	VI	VII	Snatch ×	Dark	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
V	VI	VII	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	085}}85%	15
V	VI	VII	Synchronoise ×	Psychic	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
V	VI	VII	Telekinesis ×	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	15
V	VI	VII	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10

A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Elgyem
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Elgyem
× indicates a move that cannot be used in Generation VIII
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see transfer-only moves for other generations

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Blast

Attack	●●
Defense	●●
Speed	●●●

Pokémon Rumble Rush

	Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds	Base HP: 49
	Base Attack: 71	Base Defense: 49	Base Speed: 60

Pokémon Battle Trozei

Psychic

Attack Power:

★★★★★

Pokémon Shuffle

Psychic

Attack Power: 50 - 120

15

#572

Block Smash

Clears one unbreakable-block disruption without fail.

Skill Swapper: Paralysis Combo

Pokémon GO

Base Stamina: 146	Base Attack: 148	Base Defense: 100
Egg Distance: 10 km	Buddy Distance: 3 km	Evolution Requirement: 50
Fast Attacks: Confusion, Astonish
Charged Attacks: Psybeam, Dark Pulse, Psychic

Evolution

Unevolved

Elgyem
Psychic

Level 42
→

First evolution

Beheeyem
Psychic

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.

Generation V

Black	White	Black 2	White 2


Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VI

X	Y	Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire


Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VII

Sun	Moon	Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon


Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation VIII

Sword	Shield


HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Elgyem images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Origin

Elgyem seems to be based on greys, one of the more popular kinds of alien. Its rocky physical appearance may be a reference to the stone circles of Europe, which were allegedly created by visiting extraterrestrials; or Japanese Dogū, statues which have often been confused for alien artifacts. The depressions in place of its ears look like craters on faraway planets. The round, colored fingers on its hands resemble the colorful faces of the invaders in the 1953 War of the Worlds film; however, the aliens in the film had green, blue, and red dots while Elgyem has red, green, and yellow. The flashing patterns of its fingers may have been inspired by the 1977 sci-fi film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, particularly the iconic scene where flashing color and sound patterns are used to communicate with the alien mothership.

Judging from its Pokédex entry, Elgyem and its evolved form may also be based on the Area 51 alien conspiracy theories or the Roswell incident. Considering its species names, physical appearance, and powers, it may also be based on a brain.

Name origin

Elgyem is a corruption of the abbreviation LGM (Little Green Men), a common term used to refer to extraterrestrials.

Ligray may be derived from greys (a commonly speculated type of extraterrestrial) and may also be a combination of light (as in light-grey) or little and grey (alternative spelling of gray). Alternatively, it may be a combination of little and a corruption of green, referring to the slang for aliens: "little green men."

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Japanese	リグレー Ligray	From greys; possibly also a contraction of リットルグリーンマン
French	Lewsor	A reversed corruption of Roswell
Spanish	Elgyem	Same as English name
German	Pygraulon	From Pygmäe, grau, and encephalon
Italian	Elgyem	Same as English name
Korean	리그레 Ligray	Transliteration of Japanese name
Cantonese Chinese
Mandarin Chinese	小灰怪 Xiǎohuīguài	Literally "Little grey freak". Possibly a reference to 小灰人 xiǎohuīrén

More languages
Russian	Элгием Elgiem	Transcription of English name
Serbian	Eldžijem	From English name
Thai	ลีเกรย์ Likre	Transcription of Japanese name

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