Azelf

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**Azelf** (Japanese: **アグノム** *Agnome*) is a Psychic Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Along with Uxie and Mesprit, Azelf is a member of the lake guardians, the Sinnoh region's Psychic Legendary Pokémon trio.
Azelf is the bringer of willpower.

## Biology

Azelf is a small, gray-blue, fairy-like Pokémon. It has two tails that each have a red jewel on them. These are, presumably, two of the jewels which complement the Red Chain. Azelf has a partially cyan face with another red gem encrusted into its forehead. Azelf has a cone-shaped head with elf ear-like protrusions on each side. Its spirit can leave its body without dying, and can return to the body at will. It can control an individual's will or enter the body of an individual. Legends say that if Azelf is harmed, it can cause humans to lose all will inside of them, making them completely immobile for all eternity. It was shown in *The Needs of the Three!* and *The Battle Finale of Legend!* that it can teleport itself, as well as other Pokémon and humans. Azelf can be very cautious around people and Pokémon. However, if threatened, it will reveal its bold side.

### Major appearances

#### Azelf (anime)

Azelf's "soul" appeared to Template:Ash, much like what Mesprit did to Template:An in *Following a Maiden's Voyage!*, in *Pruning a Passel of Pals!*.

Azelf physically debuted in *The Needs of the Three!*, where it was the first to be captured by J and Team Galactic. It was then controlled by Team Galactic to help fulfill its goal. In *The Battle Finale of Legend!*, after breaking from their control with the help of Ash's Pikachu and Staraptor, it helped in stopping Cyrus's plot to use Dialga and Palkia.

#### Other

An Azelf appeared in PK21 alongside Uxie and Mesprit, serving Pikachu and his friends some apples.

### Minor appearances

An Azelf, along with the other members of its trio, briefly appeared in *Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness* as the protectors of the Time Gear.

### In the Pokémon Adventures manga

*Main article: Lake guardians (Adventures) → Azelf*
In the Template:Chap, Azelf was to be captured as part of Team Galactic's plans. Commander Saturn led the operation to capture Azelf, and succeeded; despite the resistance of Pearl. Azelf connected with Pearl the most, as he had great determination; Pearl had been at the center of Lake Valor and saw Azelf on his last visit there. It first appeared in *Tackling Tangrowth*.

### In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Along with Uxie and Mesprit, Azelf was captured by Team Galactic to create the Red Chain so that they can control the legendary Dialga. It was eventually freed and helped stop Dialga by breaking the Red Chain. It first appeared in *The Legendary Pokémon, Captured*.

### In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Azelf appeared in PMDP13 along with the other members of the Lake guardians.

## Other appearances

### In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

On the Template:St stage, occasionally the lake guardians make surprising "cameo" appearances during the fight; however, they do nothing.

#### Trophy information

*A Willpower Pokémon. Born from the same Egg as Uxie and Mesprit, this Pokémon maintains the balance of things in the world from the bottom of Lake Valor. Some say that anyone who injures it will become unable to perform any kind of action after seven days. It wields many strong attacks, like the devastating Last Resort. It can also protect itself from sleep attacks with Uproar.*

## Game data

### NPC appearances

* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Azelf is the guardian of the Time Gear of Crystal Crossing. When the player and partner arrived, Azelf had been defeated by Template:Mdc but Azelf put up a barrier to protect the time gear from being stolen.

### Pokédex entries

 Alpha Sapphire  | It is thought that Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf all came from the same egg.

### Stats

#### Base stats

##### Azelf

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

##### Mega Azelf

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

### Learnset

#### By breeding

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

### Side game data

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### Sprites

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## Trivia

### Origin

Azelf appears to be a pixie or a fairy, although its Japanese name suggests that it's a gnome. Azelf and the rest of the trio could possibly have originated from the Imperial Regalia of Japan, which are also called the Three Sacred Treasures. Azelf would be the Kusanagi, which embodies valor.

#### Name origin

Azelf may be a combination of *azure* or *us* and *elf*. It could also be a corruption of *self*.

Agnome may be a combination of *agnosticism* (gnosis; Greek for *knowledge*) and *gnome*.

## Related articles

* Lake guardians (anime)
* Lake guardians
* Lake guardians (Adventures)

## External links

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