Zweilous (Pokémon)

Total: 2
Zweilous
0 HP	2 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

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

Shape

Footprint

Pokédex color

Blue

Base friendship

35

External Links

On Smogon Pokédex:
Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

It evolves from Deino starting at level 50 and evolves into Hydreigon starting at level 64.

Biology

Zweilous is a dark-blue, quadrupedal Pokémon with two heads and black fur covering its necks and back. Its front legs are muscular with two claws on each foot, but its rear legs are less defined and have two small, backward-pointing toes without claws. There are tufts of fur over its heads with rounded points at the top. It has two thin wings on its back, each ending in two points. The fur stops at the chest and opens up to fuchsia striped bands on the side of its legs. Though it appears to lack eyes, it is unknown if Zweilous is blind.

Zweilous has the vigor and energy to eat and bite constantly without stopping. Its heads dislike each other and are very hostile. As a result, the heads often turn eating into a competition, each head trying to claim leadership by eating more than the other. Because of this, Zweilous always eats far too much and is covered in scars, even without opponents to fight. It is a nomadic Pokémon; it migrates once it has eaten all the prey in an area.

In the anime

Zweilous in the anime

Major appearances

Zweilous made its main series debut in A Village Homecoming!, where two of them were owned by Iris's friend Shannon. The older of the two eventually evolved into Hydreigon.

In Aiming for the Top Floor!, Ryuki first used a Zweilous during his battle against Kiawe. It easily defeated Marowak after the latter got distracted by Ryuki's music. Zweilous was then used in a Double Battle alongside Druddigon, going up against Ash's Rowlet and Meltan, but both were soon defeated.

Minor appearances

Zweilous debuted in Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice during the World of Pokémon introduction.

A Trainer's Zweilous appeared in Settling the Scorbunny!.

A Trainer's Zweilous appeared in Secrets of the Jungle.

A Zweilous appeared in Trial on a Golden Scale! under the ownership of one of Nito’s henchmen.

Pokédex entries

Episode	Pokémon	Source	Entry
BW100	Zweilous	Ash's Pokédex	Zweilous, the Hostile Pokémon and the evolved form of Deino. Zweilous always eats more than it should, moving to a new home after eating all the food it can find.

Episode	Pokémon	Source	Entry
SM118	Zweilous	Rotom Pokédex	Zweilous, the Hostile Pokémon. A Dark and Dragon type. Its two heads do not get along, so each tries to assert its dominance by eating more than the other.

In the manga

Zweilous in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon - The Legend of the Dragon King

A Zweilous appeared in LDK1.

Pokémon Adventures

A Trainer's Zweilous appeared in Dream a Little Dream.

A Zweilous was used by one of the Seven Sages to fend off several Trainers that were trying to rescue the captured Gym Leaders in Triple Threat.

Leo's Deino was revealed to have evolved into a Zweilous sometime prior to Deduction Time.

In the TCG

Main article: Zweilous (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.

Generation V

Unova
BW: #140

Unova
B2W2: #274

White 2
Black	After it has eaten up all the food in its territory, it moves to another area. Its two heads do not get along.
White	Since their two heads do not get along and compete with each other for food, they always eat too much.
Black 2	The two heads do not get along. Whichever head eats more than the other gets to be the leader.

Generation VI

Kalos
Mountain #143

Hoenn
#—

X	The two heads do not get along. Whichever head eats more than the other gets to be the leader.
Y	After it has eaten up all the food in its territory, it moves to another area. Its two heads do not get along.
Omega Ruby	The two heads do not get along. Whichever head eats more than the other gets to be the leader.
Alpha Sapphire	After it has eaten up all the food in its territory, it moves to another area. Its two heads do not get along.

Generation VII

Alola
#—

Kanto
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Generation VII.

Generation VIII

Galar
#387

Galar
Crown Tundra #137

Sinnoh
#—

Hisui
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus.
Sword	While hunting for prey, Zweilous wanders its territory, its two heads often bickering over which way to go.
Shield	Their two heads will fight each other over a single piece of food. Zweilous are covered in scars even without battling others.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.

Generation V

Generation VI

Generation VII

Unobtainable

Generation VIII

Sword

Lake of Outrage
Dusty Bowl, Giant's Mirror, Bridge Field (Max Raid Battle)

Unobtainable

Unobtainable

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.

Generation V

Rumble Blast

Tower: World Axle - B2F

Conquest

Yaksha, Dragnor

MD GTI

Glacier Palace - Great Spire (1F-5F), Worldcore (1F-13F), Rusty Mountain (Gilded Hall), Jaws of the Abyss (Uncharted Road, Gilded Hall), Smoking Mountain (Uncharted Road, Gilded Hall)

Rumble U

Adventure Area: Unexpected Land, Vehicle Gallery: Spike Ball Alert!

Generation VI

Battle Trozei

Sacred Plains: Stage 3

Shuffle

Violeta Palace: Stage 372

Rumble World

Black Realm: Grim Rendezvous (All Areas, Entrance Boss)

Generation VII

Rumble Rush

Pinsir Sea, Gengar Sea, Zygarde Sea, Greninja Sea, Zygarde Sea^Final

Wild Area News

Games	Event	Gigantamax	Location	Level	Distribution period
SwSh	Wild Area News	No	hide	50	October 1 to 31, 2020

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 72		132 - 179	254 - 348
Attack: 85		81 - 150	157 - 295
Defense: 70		67 - 134	130 - 262
Sp. Atk: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Sp. Def: 70		67 - 134	130 - 262
Speed: 58		56 - 121	108 - 236
Total: 420	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×

Weak to:

Fighting

2×

Bug

2×

Ice

2×

Dragon

2×

Fairy

4×

Immune to:

Psychic

0×

Resistant to:

Ghost

½×

Fire

½×

Water

½×

Grass

½×

Electric

½×

Dark

½×

Notes:

If Miracle Eye is used by an opponent or this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of Psychic-type moves is 1×.

Learnset

Zweilous is available in Sword and Shield.

By leveling up

Generation VIII

Other generations:
V - VI - VII

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
011	Double Hit	Normal	Physical	03535	09090%	10
011	Tackle	Normal	Physical	04040	100100%	35
011	Focus Energy	Normal	Status	0000—	00——%	30
011	Dragon Breath	Dragon	Special	06060	100100%	20
011	Bite	Dark	Physical	06060	100100%	25
1212	Roar	Normal	Status	0000—	00——%	20
1616	Assurance	Dark	Physical	06060	100100%	10
2020	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	07070	100100%	15
2424	Work Up	Normal	Status	0000—	00——%	30
2828	Slam	Normal	Physical	08080	07575%	20
3232	Crunch	Dark	Physical	08080	100100%	15
3636	Scary Face	Normal	Status	0000—	100100%	10
4040	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	08585	100100%	10
4444	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	08585	100100%	15
4848	Hyper Voice	Normal	Special	09090	100100%	10
5454	Dragon Rush	Dragon	Physical	100100	07575%	10
6060	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	0000—	00——%	20
6666	Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120120	100100%	10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Zweilous
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Zweilous
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
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
TM26	TM26	Scary Face	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	10
TM31	TM31	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
TM33	TM33	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
TM34	TM34	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
TM37	TM37	Beat Up	Dark	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	10
TM39	TM39	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM41	TM41	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TM58	TM58	Assurance	Dark	Physical	06060	100}}100%	10
TM66	TM66	Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	06565	095}}95%	15
TM67	TM67	Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	06565	095}}95%	15
TM68	TM68	Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	06565	095}}95%	15
TM76	TM76	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
TR01	TR01	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	08585	100}}100%	15
TR13	TR13	Focus Energy	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	30
TR20	TR20	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR24	TR24	Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120120	100}}100%	10
TR26	TR26	Endure	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR27	TR27	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR32	TR32	Crunch	Dark	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
TR35	TR35	Uproar	Normal	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR37	TR37	Taunt	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
TR39	TR39	Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120120	100}}100%	5
TR42	TR42	Hyper Voice	Normal	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR58	TR58	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TR62	TR62	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	08585	100}}100%	10
TR67	TR67	Earth Power	Ground	Special	09090	100}}100%	10
TR68	TR68	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TR69	TR69	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	08080	090}}90%	15
TR85	TR85	Work Up	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	30

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Zweilous
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Zweilous
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
Belch*	Poison	Special	120	90%	10
Double Hit	Normal	Physical	35	90%	10
Head Smash	Rock	Physical	150	80%	5

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Zweilous 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 Zweilous in that game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Zweilous
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Zweilous
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	Draco Meteor	Dragon	Special	130	90%	5

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

By a prior evolution

Generation VIII

Other generations:
V - VI - VII

Stage	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior evolutions.

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Zweilous
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Zweilous
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see 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	Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	09090	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	Dragon Rage ×	Dragon	Special	0000—	100}}100%	10
V	VI	VII	Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	06060	090}}90%	10
V	VI	VII	Frustration ×	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
V	VI	VII	Hidden Power ×	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
V	VI	VII	Incinerate	Fire	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
V	VI	VII	Psych Up	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
V	VI	VII	Return ×	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
V	VI	VII	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	04040	100}}100%	15
V	VI	VII	Secret Power ×	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
V	VI	VII	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	06060	00—}}—%	20
V	VI	VII	Spite	Ghost	Status	0000—	100}}100%	10
V	VI	VII	Strength	Normal	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
V	VI	VII	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	085}}85%	15
V	VI	VII	Torment	Dark	Status	0000—	100}}100%	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 Zweilous
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Zweilous
× 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

TCG-only moves

Move	Card
Dragon Claw	Zweilous (Dragons Exalted 95)

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Blast

Attack	●●●
Defense	●●●
Speed	●●●

Pokémon Rumble Rush

	Walking Speed: 2.4 seconds	Base HP: 54
	Base Attack: 75	Base Defense: 53	Base Speed: 60

Pokémon Conquest

	HP:	★★★	Move: Crunch
	Attack:	★★★	Ability 1: Hero Ability 2: Pride Ability 3: Celebrate
	Defense:	★★★
	Speed:	★★
	Evolves from Deino when its Attack is 72 or higher Evolves into Hydreigon when its Attack is 143 or higher
Range: 3	Perfect Links: Gotoku, Hisahide, and Naoie

Pokémon Battle Trozei

Dark

Attack Power:

★★★★★

Pokémon Shuffle

Dark

Attack Power: 60 - 105

5

#557

Dancing Dragons

Increases damage done by any Dragon types in the combo.

Pokémon GO

Base Stamina: 176	Base Attack: 159	Base Defense: 135
Egg Distance: N/A	Buddy Distance: 5 km	Evolution Requirement: 100
Fast Attacks: Bite, Dragon Breath
Charged Attacks: Dragon Pulse, Dark Pulse, Body Slam

Evolution

Unevolved

Deino
Dark Dragon

Level 50
→

First evolution

Zweilous
Dark Dragon

Level 64
→

Second evolution

Hydreigon
Dark Dragon

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 Zweilous images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Of all the Pokémon that evolve by level alone, Zweilous can evolve into its final form, Hydreigon, later than any other Pokémon, evolving at level 64.
According to interviews with Ken Sugimori in Nintendo Dream, Zweilous and its evolutionary family were originally intended to be cyborg dragons with aspects of tanks. The Pokémon were scrapped until late in development when they were revived and remade to be based on Yamata no Orochi. The tank tread-like markings on Zweilous's underbelly are a remnant of this design.
Zweilous shares its category with Basculin. They are both known as the Hostile Pokémon.
Zweilous and Deino are the only Pokémon who have Hustle as their only Ability.

Origin

Zweilous seems to be based on the Yamata no Orochi. Its multiple heads and Shiny coloration resemble the Zmey Gorynych, and it may also incorporate elements of the Lernaean Hydra. These mythological serpents may have inspired Hydreigon's Dark typing, as all three are deadly antagonists, with the Zmey Gorynych in particular shown to be deceptive. Due to its apparent blindness and only being found in certain caves, Zweilous may also be based on a cave salamander.

Name origin

Zweilous may be a combination of zwei (German for two) and jealous (as the heads always fight over food). It may also derive from zealous, which reflects Zweilous's voracious appetite and intensely competitive nature.

Dihead is a combination of di (Greek for two) and head.

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Japanese	ジヘッド Dihead	From 二 ji or di- and head
French	Diamat	From di- and Tiamat
Spanish	Zweilous	Same as English name
German	Duodino	From duo and dino
Italian	Zweilous	Same as English name
Korean	디헤드 Dihead	From di- and head
Cantonese Chinese	雙首暴龍 Sēungsáubouhlùhng* 雙頭龍 Sēungtàuhlùhng*	From 雙 sēung, 首 sáu, 暴 bouh, 龍 lùhng, and 暴龍 bouhlùhng From 雙 sēung, 頭 tàuh, and 龍 lùhng
Mandarin Chinese	雙首暴龍 / 双首暴龙 Shuāngshǒubàolóng* 雙頭龍 / 双头龙 Shuāngtóulóng*	From 雙 / 双 shuāng, 首 shǒu, 暴 bào, 龍 / 龙 shǒulóng, and 暴龍 / 暴龙 bàolóng From 雙 / 双 shuāng, 頭 / 头 tóu, and 龍 / 龙 shǒulóng

More languages
Russian	Цвайлос Tsvaylos	Transcription of English name
Thai	จิเฮด Chihet	Transcription of Japanese name

Notes

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