Porygon-Z (Pokémon)

Total: 3
Porygon-Z
0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	3 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

Red

Base friendship

70

External Links

On Smogon Pokédex:
Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

It evolves from Porygon2 when traded while holding a Dubious Disc. It is the final form of Porygon.

Biology

Although technically a virtual, manmade Pokémon, Porygon-Z does have a physical body. Its head is fuchsia and ovoid in shape with a short, blunt antenna protruding upwards and a blue bill similar to that of a duck. Its eyes are yellow and have black rings, similar to a bulls-eye. The head is completely detached from the body and floats slightly above it. Its smooth, ovoid body is fuchsia with a blue ring connecting its arms. Two arms are loosely connected to their upper body and, other than their blue color, have no features. The tail is also blue and featureless but slightly resembles a paddle.

Porygon-Z was given additional software in order to increase its abilities. The initial idea was to give it the ability to travel through alien dimensions, though it did not work as planned. Instead, the Pokémon began showing highly erratic, unstable behavior and twitchy movements, making it difficult to work with for research. As a result, it is believed the experiment to create Porygon-Z was a failure. This has been attributed to the incompetence of the engineer improperly updating its programming. Because the update caused instability, academics can't seem to agree on whether Porygon-Z should be considered a true Evolution of Porygon2.

Porygon-Z and its pre-evolved forms are the only known Pokémon that can learn Conversion and Conversion 2.

In the anime

Porygon-Z in the "World of Pokémon" opening of Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice

Porygon-Z's only appearance in the anime was a cameo in the "World of Pokémon" opening of Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice, in which every Pokémon from the first five generations (apart from Genesect) appeared.

It is currently believed that Porygon-Z will not properly appear and will not be mentioned in the anime as a result of the EP038 incident, and it is the only Generation IV Pokémon not to appear. Along with its pre-evolved form, it is also the only Pokémon prior to Generation VIII that is neither Legendary nor Mythical to not appear in the anime.

In the manga

Porygon-Z in Pokémon 7

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

Io has a Porygon-Z, which is her main battler and only known Pokémon. She first used it to attack the Galactic Number 2 in Into The Hands Of Evil?!.

Platinum chapter

In Deprogramming Porygon-Z, a Trainer's Porygon-Z battled Platinum's Empoleon at the Battle Castle.

In the TCG

Main article: Porygon-Z (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Porygon-Z trophy in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS

Porygon-Z appears as a trophy exclusive to the 3DS version of the game.

Trophy information

NA: Porygon is an artificial Pokémon created by humans. Given an Up-Grade, it becomes Porygon2. Then another mod turns it into Porygon-Z. You'd think two upgrades would make Porygon-Z the perfect Pokémon, but actually, the Dubious Disc used to make Porygon2 evolve seems to have introduced some bugs. Maybe a patch is in the works?

PAL: Porygon is an artificial Pokémon created by humans. Given an Up-Grade, it becomes Porygon2. Then another mod turns it into Porygon-Z. You'd think two upgrades would make Porygon-Z the perfect Pokémon, but actually, the Dubious Disc used to make Porygon2 evolve makes it a bit glitchy. Maybe there's a patch in the works...

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.

Generation IV

Sinnoh
Pt: #194

Johto
#—

Pearl
Diamond	Additional software was installed to make it a better Pokémon. It began acting oddly, however.
Platinum	Its programming was modified to enable work in alien dimensions. It did not work as planned.
HeartGold	Its programming was modified to enable it to travel through alien dimensions. Seems there might have been an error...
SoulSilver

Generation V

Unova
#—

White
Black	Its programming was modified to enable work in alien dimensions. It did not work as planned.
Black 2	Its programming was modified to enable work in alien dimensions. It did not work as planned.
White 2

Generation VI

Kalos
#—

Hoenn
#—

X	Additional software was installed to make it a better Pokémon. It began acting oddly, however.
Y	Its programming was modified to enable it to travel through alien dimensions. Seems there might have been an error...
Omega Ruby	Additional software was installed to make it a better Pokémon. It began acting oddly, however.
Alpha Sapphire	Its programming was modified to enable it to travel through alien dimensions. Seems there might have been an error...

Generation VII

Alola
SM: #219

Alola
USUM: #283

Kanto
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!‎.
Sun	In order to create a more advanced Pokémon, an additional program was installed, but apparently it contained a defect that makes it move oddly.
Moon	Its program was modified to facilitate extra-dimensional activities, but that led to noticeably strange behavior.
Ultra Sun	Its behavior is noticeably unstable, which is apparently due to the incompetence of the engineer who updated its programming.
Ultra Moon	A faulty update was added to its programming. Its behavior is noticeably strange, so the experiment may have been a failure.

Generation VIII

Galar
Isle of Armor #210

Sinnoh
#—

Hisui
#135

Shining Pearl
Sword	Porygon-Z had a program installed to allow it to move between dimensions, but the program also caused instability in Porygon-Z's behavior.
Shield	Some say an additional program made this Pokémon evolve, but even academics can't agree on whether Porygon-Z is really an evolution.
Brilliant Diamond	Additional software was installed to make it an even better Pokémon. It began acting oddly, however.
Legends: Arceus	A curious item induced this evolution. The Pokémon's offensive capabilities have greatly increased, but the strangeness of its behavior has magnified in equal measure. This worries me.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.

Generation IV

Generation V

Generation VI

Generation VII

Unobtainable

Generation VIII

Sword

Shield

Trade^{Version 1.2.0+}

Space-Time Distortion (Crimson Mirelands)

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.

Generation IV

Sky Fortress, Thunder Temple

Generation V

Rumble Blast

Factory: Sunny Seashore

Rumble U

Conductor Room: Rumbling Magnetic Motors

Generation VI

Battle Trozei

Mysterious Fountain: Stage 6

Shuffle

Expert Stage: Stage EX35
Event: Porygon-Z Appears

Rumble World

Gold Plateau: Tricky Factory (Back Boss)

Generation VII

Rumble Rush

Gengar Sea, Aegislash Sea, Arceus Sea, Garchomp Sea^Final

In events

Games	Event	Language/Region	Location	Level	Distribution period
SwSh	Jeong Sang-yoon's Porygon-Z	All	Online	50	August 21 to 22, 2021

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 85		145 - 192	280 - 374
Attack: 80		76 - 145	148 - 284
Defense: 70		67 - 134	130 - 262
Sp. Atk: 135		126 - 205	247 - 405
Sp. Def: 75		72 - 139	139 - 273
Speed: 90		85 - 156	166 - 306
Total: 535	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.

Pokéathlon stats

Speed
4/4	★★★★

Power
4/5	★★★★☆

Skill
2/5	★★☆☆☆

Stamina
1/1	★

Jump
4/4	★★★★

Total
15/19	★★★

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×

Bug

1×

Steel

1×

Fire

1×

Water

1×

Grass

1×

Electric

1×

Psychic

1×

Ice

1×

Dragon

1×

Dark

1×

Fairy

1×

Weak to:

Fighting

2×

Immune to:

Ghost

0×

Resistant to:

None

Notes:

If this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of Ghost-type moves is 1×.

Learnset

Porygon-Z is available in Sword and Shield Version 1.2.0+, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, and Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

By leveling up

SwShBDSP

Generation VIII

Other generations:
IV - V - VI - VII

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
011	Trick Room	Psychic	Status	0000—	00——%	5
011	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	0000—	00——%	20
011	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	0000—	00——%	40
011	Tackle	Normal	Physical	04040	100100%	35
011	Conversion	Normal	Status	0000—	00——%	30
011	Recycle	Normal	Status	0000—	00——%	10
011	Magnet Rise	Electric	Status	0000—	00——%	10
1515	Thunder Shock	Electric	Special	04040	100100%	30
2020	Psybeam	Psychic	Special	06565	100100%	20
2525	Conversion 2	Normal	Status	0000—	00——%	30
3030	Agility	Psychic	Status	0000—	00——%	30
3535	Recover	Normal	Status	0000—	00——%	10
4545	Tri Attack	Normal	Special	08080	100100%	10
5050	Magic Coat	Psychic	Status	0000—	00——%	15
5555	Lock-On	Normal	Status	0000—	00——%	5
6060	Zap Cannon	Electric	Special	120120	05050%	5
6565	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	09090%	5

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

LA

Generation VIII

Other generations:
IV - V - VI - VII

Learn	Mastery	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
1	9	Tackle	Normal	Physical	40	100%	30
5	14	Thunder Shock	Electric	Special	40	100%	25
9	18	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	90%	20
15	25	Spark	Electric	Physical	65	100%	20
21	31	Tri Attack	Normal	Special	80	100%	10
29	40	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	80	100%	10
37	48	Recover	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
47	59	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	120	90%	5

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

By TM/TR

SwSh

Generation VIII

Other generations:
IV - V - VI - VII

	TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM08	TM08	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	090}}90%	5
TM09	TM09	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
TM11	TM11	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
TM14	TM14	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	0000—	090}}90%	20
TM21	TM21	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	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
TM27	TM27	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	05555	095}}95%	15
TM33	TM33	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
TM34	TM34	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
TM39	TM39	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM40	TM40	Swift	Normal	Special	06060	00—}}—%	20
TM60	TM60	Power Swap	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM61	TM61	Guard Swap	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM62	TM62	Speed 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
TM82	TM82	Electroweb	Electric	Special	05555	095}}95%	15
TM93	TM93	Eerie Impulse	Electric	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
TR05	TR05	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR06	TR06	Blizzard	Ice	Special	110110	070}}70%	5
TR08	TR08	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	09090	100}}100%	15
TR09	TR09	Thunder	Electric	Special	110110	070}}70%	10
TR11	TR11	Psychic	Psychic	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR12	TR12	Agility	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	30
TR19	TR19	Tri Attack	Normal	Special	08080	100}}100%	10
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
TR31	TR31	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100100	075}}75%	15
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
TR58	TR58	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TR68	TR68	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TR69	TR69	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	08080	090}}90%	15
TR81	TR81	Foul Play	Dark	Physical	09595	100}}100%	15
TR83	TR83	Ally Switch	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	15

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

BDSP

Generation VIII

Other generations:
IV - V - VI - VII

	TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM11	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
TM13	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TM14	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	110110	070}}70%	5
TM15	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	090}}90%	5
TM17	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM18	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
TM22	TM22	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
TM23	TM23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100100	075}}75%	15
TM24	TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	09090	100}}100%	15
TM25	TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	110110	070}}70%	10
TM29	TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TM30	TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TM32	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
TM34	TM34	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	06060	—}}—%	20
TM40	TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	06060	—}}—%	20
TM42	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM44	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM46	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	06060	100}}100%	25
TM57	TM57	Charge Beam	Electric	Special	05050	090}}90%	10
TM58	TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM63	TM63	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	0000—	—}}—%	20
TM67	TM67	Recycle	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM68	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
TM70	TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
TM73	TM73	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	0000—	090}}90%	20
TM77	TM77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM79	TM79	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TM82	TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM85	TM85	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100100	100}}100%	15
TM87	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	085}}85%	15
TM90	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
TM92	TM92	Trick Room	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5

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

By breeding

Generation VIII

Other generations:
IV - V - VI - VII

Parent	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon learns no moves by breeding.

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

By tutoring

SwShBDSP

Generation VIII

Other generations:
IV - V - VI - VII

Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.

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

LA

Generation VIII

Other generations:
IV - V - VI - VII

Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—%	20
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—%	20
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Tri Attack	Normal	Special	80	100%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Power Shift	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	5
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Charge Beam	Electric	Special	50	90%	15
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	60	95%	20
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	120	90%	5
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	120	90%	5
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	80	100%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	80	100%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Psychic	Psychic	Special	80	100%	10
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	—%	10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Porygon-Z
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Porygon-Z
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:
IV - V - VI - VII

Gen.							Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	06060	00—}}—%	20
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Barrier ×	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Bide ×	Normal	Physical	0000—	00—}}—%	10
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Charge Beam	Electric	Special	05050	090}}90%	10
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Confide	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Curse	Ghost	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	15
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120120	100}}100%	15
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100100	100}}100%	15
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Embargo ×	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Flash ×	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Frustration ×	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Gravity	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	15
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Hidden Power ×	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Last Resort	Normal	Physical	140140	100}}100%	5
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Mimic	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Natural Gift ×	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	15
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Nightmare ×	Ghost	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Pain Split	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Psych Up	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Psywave ×	Psychic	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Rage ×	Normal	Physical	02020	100}}100%	20
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Reflect	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Return ×	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Secret Power ×	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Sharpen ×	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	30
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	06060	00—}}—%	20
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Signal Beam ×	Bug	Special	07575	100}}100%	15
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	130130	100}}100%	10
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	085}}85%	15
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Take Down	Normal	Physical	09090	085}}85%	20
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Telekinesis ×	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	15
I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	Teleport	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
I	II	III	IV	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 Porygon-Z
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Porygon-Z
× 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 Mystery Dungeon
Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky

	Body size: 1
	Recruit rate: -4.5%
	IQ group: E

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

Group:

Normal

Poké Assist:

Normal

Field move:

(Crush ×3)

Browser entry R-262

It protects itself with a strange barrier. It attacks by discharging electric bolts.

Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs

Group:

Normal

Poké Assist:
(present)

Normal

Field move:
(present)

(Crush ×3)

Poké Assist:
(past)

Normal

Field move:
(past)

(Crush ×1)

Browser entry R-119/N-182

It lets loose shock waves to attack.

Pokémon Rumble

Attack	●●●●●
Defense	●●●
Speed	●●●

Pokémon Rumble Blast

Attack	●●●●●
Defense	●●●
Speed	●●●

Pokémon Rumble Rush

	Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds	Base HP: 56
	Base Attack: 82	Base Defense: 54	Base Speed: 60

PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure

	PokéPark Pad entry:
	Porygon-Z gave you a Secret Word in the Granite Zone. He's a star at Rotom's Spooky Shoot-'em-Up.

Pokémon Battle Trozei

Normal

Attack Power:

★★★★★

Pokémon Shuffle

Normal

Attack Power: 70 - 130

15

#400

Shock Attack

Leaves the foe paralyzed for a longer period of time.

Skill Swapper: Hitting Streak+

Pokémon GO

Base Stamina: 198	Base Attack: 264	Base Defense: 150
Egg Distance: N/A	Buddy Distance: 3 km	Evolution Requirement: N/A
Fast Attacks: Hidden Power, Charge Beam, Lock-On*
Charged Attacks: Solar Beam, Hyper Beam, Zap Cannon, Blizzard*, Frustration‡, Return‡, Tri Attack†

Evolution

Unevolved

Porygon
Normal

+

Trade
holding Upgrade
→

First evolution

Porygon2
Normal

+

Trade
holding Dubious Disc
→

Second evolution

Porygon-Z
Normal

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.

Generation IV

Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver


Front	Back	Front	Back	Front	Back

Generation V

Black	White	Black 2	White 2


Front	Back	Front	Back

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Trivia

Porygon-Z is the only Pokémon whose Japanese name is spelled with a character from a foreign alphabet.
Porygon-Z weighs exactly as much as Dawn. It shares this similarity with Weavile.
The Dubious Disc's name implies that Porygon-Z, unlike its pre-evolution, was not authorized by Silph Co.
In PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure, Porygon-Z is referred to as a "he", even though the Porygon line is genderless.
- In addition, despite never having appeared in the anime outside of a brief cameo, it did receive an anime voice in the aforementioned game, like every other Pokémon in it.
Porygon-Z's pre-evolutions have their own signature Conversion move, but no new Conversion-style move was made for Porygon-Z.
Since no leveling up is required to evolve either Porygon or Porygon2, Porygon-Z is the only Pokémon to be evolved twice that can still be level 1.
Porygon-Z is the only Pokémon that evolves from a Pokémon that evolves via trading.
Porygon-Z is tied with Drampa and Mega Pidgeot for the highest base Special Attack stat of all Normal-type Pokémon.
Porygon-Z and its pre-evolutions are the only Pokémon where all three members of the evolutionary line can learn both Hyper Beam and Giga Impact. This is due to the fact that all three were fully evolved Pokémon at the time of their debut.

Origin

Porygon-Z seems to be based on a bird or paper crane that has been rendered using computer software. The head-tipping motion it displays in some games is reminiscent of a drinking bird toy. Because it resembles a deformed version of Porygon2, evolves using a Dubious Disc, and displays unpredictable behavior, it may be based a computer virus or an unauthorized software patch that causes bugs in a program. Its Pokédex entries imply a connection to artificial intelligence and robotic spacecraft. It also bears resemblance to a balloon animal.

Name origin

Porygon-Z may be a corruption of polygon and the letter Z (referring to either the Z axis in a 3D coordinate system or that fact that it is the final stage in its evolutionary line since Z is final letter in the Latin alphabet).

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Japanese	ポリゴンＺ Porygon-Z	From polygon and Z
French	Porygon-Z	Same as English/Japanese name
Spanish	Porygon-Z	Same as English/Japanese name
German	Porygon-Z	Same as English/Japanese name
Italian	Porygon-Z	Same as English/Japanese name
Korean	폴리곤Ｚ PorygonZ	Transliteration of Japanese name
Cantonese Chinese	立方獸Z Laahpfōngsau Z	Literally "Cube monster Z"
Mandarin Chinese	3D龍Z / 3D龙Z 3D Lóng Z	Literally "3D Dragon Z"

More languages
Hindi	परीगोन-Z Porygon-Z	Transliteration of English name
Thai	โพรีกอน-แซด Phorikon-Saet	Transcription of Japanese name

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Porygon-Z (Pokémon)

Biology

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In the manga

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

Platinum chapter

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Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

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