Crystode (Pokémon)

**Crystode** (Japanese: **セキュロマ** *Sekyuroma*) is a dual type Rock/Normal Pokémon introduced in Generation AN-I.

It evolves into Quartzlem when leveled up to Level 27, and is the first form of Dyodetza.

## Biology

Crystode is a small roughly spherical Pokémon found in caves. It consists of a hard rocky "shell", fragile crystalline "filaments" and a small "core." The shell is meant to protect the Pokémon from breaking apart completely when bumped or thrown. The filaments can break apart without much pain to the Crystode, however, and in fact, when they do, they grow back bigger than they were before - the breaking of these filaments helps the Crystode grow bigger and stronger.

There are nineteen different variants of Crystode, which all take on different colors and have differing types. While most Crystode cannot change their type, some, known as *Resonating Crystode*, are able to change their type to any of the nineteen types upon exposure to that type using the Spectral Copy signature Ability. However, the form name Resonating Crystode is never used in the Pokédex for Crystode with this Ability, because a Resonating Crystode takes on the same forms normal Crystode can be obtained in, simply being able to switch between them.

Normal Crystode can also change form, but only to its temporary *Clear Body* form after using Chroma Blast, or to the relevant form when its type is modified (except via tertiary type moves like Trick-or-Treat). This is not linked to Crystode's specific Ability, hence the signature moves and Abilities of this Pokémon are not dependent on this Pokémon's gimmick of having multiple forms.

Crystode prefers damp environments, as they are conducive to crystal growth. They are known to have a symbiotic relationship with Pebbleak, whose propensity to hurl rocks at targets allows for Crystode to grow faster (due to the crystals being more likely to break when thrown), while Crystode's pointy crystals are naturally dangerous to be struck with.

Crystode and its Evolutions are the only known Pokémon capable of using Chroma Shine and Chroma Blast.

## Game data

### Stats

#### Base stats

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

### Held items

 Sage |  Normal Gem (5%)

* If a Crystode is holding a Gem, its Gem will match its form (its initial form if it has Spectral Copy).

### Learnable moves

#### By level up

 * **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Crystode
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or alternate form of Crystode

## Gallery

Normal Crystode iconFighting Crystode iconFlying Crystode iconPoison Crystode iconGround Crystode iconBug Crystode iconGhost Crystode iconSteel Crystode iconFire Crystode iconWater Crystode iconGrass Crystode iconElectric Crystode iconPsychic Crystode iconIce Crystode iconDragon Crystode iconDark Crystode iconFairy Crystode iconClear Crystode iconCelestial Crystode iconGlitch Crystode iconSpr 5 L057.pngNormal Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057.pngNormal Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Fig.pngFighting Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Fig.pngFighting Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Fly.pngFlying Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Fly.pngFlying Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Poi.pngPoison Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Poi.pngPoison Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Gro.pngGround Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Gro.pngGround Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Bug.pngBug Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Bug.pngBug Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Gho.pngGhost Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Gho.pngGhost Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Ste.pngSteel Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Ste.pngSteel Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Fir.pngFire Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Fir.pngFire Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Wat.pngWater Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Wat.pngWater Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Gra.pngGrass Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Gra.pngGrass Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Ele.pngElectric Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Ele.pngElectric Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Psy.pngPsychic Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Psy.pngPsychic Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Ice.pngIce Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Ice.pngIce Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Dra.pngDragon Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Dra.pngDragon Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Dar.pngDark Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Dar.pngDark Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Fai.pngFairy Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Fai.pngFairy Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Roc.pngClear Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Roc.pngClear Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Cel.pngCelestial Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Cel.pngCelestial Crystode back spriteSpr 5 L057Gli.pngGlitch Crystode front spriteSpr b 5 L057Gli.pngGlitch Crystode back sprite
## Trivia

* Despite the fact that it has a persistent form difference, Crystode (along with its Evolutions) does not have a seperate party icon for its forms.
	+ In fact, said party icon has white crystals and black eyes, which is how Crystode appear in their Shiny form. That being said, the Shiny form keeps the crystal white for all colors and changes the rock color instead, making this appearance most closely resemble shiny Steel Crystode.
* Crystode and its Evolutions have a modified chance of having their hidden Ability in Pokémon Azure, Rose, and Sage: instead of a 1/512 chance, it is a 1/64 chance.

### Origin

Crystode is based on a geode. Its crystals are based on quartz, a mineral which can form in practically any color based on exposure to other elements, much like Crystode.

Crystode's ability to change its type (using its Hidden Ability Spectral Copy) is based on piezoelectricity, a property which quartz has, which is a property of a material where force applied to it causes it to build up an electrical charge. However, the resulting color change may be related to light-emitting diodes, which are diodes that emit light when exposed to current. While no single LED can produce the full spectrum of visible light, some contain independently controlled red, green, and blue lights to do just that.

### Name origin

Crystode comes from *crystal* and *geode*. It could also involve *diode*.

Sekyuroma comes from 石英 *seki-ei* (quartz) and *chroma*, meaning color.