Sigilyph (Pokémon)

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Sigilyph (Japanese: シンボラー Symboler) is a dual-type introduced in Generation V.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
==Biology==
Sigilyph is a multicolored, -like , possessing a single cyan eye on its black head, as well as two similar-looking eyespots (distinguishable as such because they never blink) on its body. Its base is mostly black, with a green zigzag pattern in the middle and a black pattern surrounded by green. Sigilyph has a pair of wings and a long tail-like appendage that are yellow with blue and red stripes on each of the "feathers". It has two black "feet" with three toes each and two small spikes at its base. Sigilyph's psychic powers grant it the ability to levitate constantly.
Sigilyph will use its psychic powers to attack anyone who invades its territory. Due to it retaining memories from when it guarded an ancient city or served as the guardians' emissaries, it apparently flies along the same route constantly. Sigilyph lives in deserts and rocky environments.
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond: Sigilyph is in charge of Wish Park's Flight Zone and the Attraction.
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===Held items===
===Stats===
====Base stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Sigilyph is available in .
====By leveling up====
====By TM/TR====
====By ====
====By tutoring====
====By transfer from another generation====
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
Sigilyph debuted in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram, under the ownership of Damon. He used its power to activate the energy harnessed by the and in the Sword of the Vale so he could lift it into the sky.
Sigilyph made its animated series debut in Explorers of the Hero's Ruin!, where it was one of the guardians of the Hero's Ruin.
In Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!, used a Sigilyph to attack Professor Sycamore and his assistants Sophie and Cosette, and then to battle . She operated under the belief that they were all the threat to Kalos that Olympia had predicted.
====Minor appearances====
Multiple Sigilyph appeared in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram. One appeared in the opening sequences of both s, while the others appeared in a flashback as former residents of the now-relocated Sword of the Vale.
A Sigilyph appeared in Getting More Than You Battled For!.
A Trainer's Sigilyph appeared in It's... Champion Time!.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Generations===
In The Uprising, s used multiple Sigilyph to battle Iris and the Unova Gym Leaders at N's Castle.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
A Sigilyph was among several Pokémon attracted to Alder's wrestling match with his in Nimbasa City in A New Perspective.
A Trainer's Sigilyph appeared in Drawing Bridges and The Final Battle.
A Sigilyph appears under the ownership of an unknown Trainer in The Transfer Student where it battled with 's Foongy.
's Sigilyph first appeared in Giant Chasm.
A Sigilyph appeared in a flashback in Epilogue.
===Pokémon RéBURST===
A Sigilyph appears as a Burst form of Sabin.
===Movie adaptations===
Damon's Sigilyph appears in the manga adaptation of . It is used by its trainer to trap inside the Sword of the Vale.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Sigilyph is the only Pokémon that can have the Ability which does not have it as a Hidden Ability.
* Excluding Flying-type , Sigilyph is the only Pokémon that can learn by leveling up and can effectively ground itself with this move.
* Sigilyph was designed by Keiko Moritsugu.Archive of deleted tweet by Keiko Moritsugu
* Sigilyph's English , "Avianoid", may be a combination of avian (pertaining to birds) and -oid (suffix derived from an Ancient Greek word meaning "form" or "likeness"). The name can be taken to mean "bird-like creature".
===Origin===
Sigilyph appears to have been inspired by the , specifically the avian figures, and . Like Sigilyph, the Nazca Lines are found in a desert. It also resembles a or a ; the latter of which is found throughout the and .
====Name origin====
Sigilyph may be a combination of and . It may also draw its name from , a mythological spirit of the air.
Symboler may be a combination of symbol and the agentive suffix -er. It may also involve (a type of wind) or (the Ancient Egyptian falcon-headed sun god).
==In other languages==
==References==
==External links==
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zh:象征鸟