Sylveon (Pokémon)

This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Sylveon (disambiguation).

**Sylveon** (Japanese: **ニンフィア** *Nymphia*) is a Fairy-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VI.

It evolves from Eevee when leveled up knowing a Fairy-type move and having at least two levels of Affection (in Generations VI and Template:Gen) or high friendship (in Generation VIII). It is one of Eevee's final forms, the others being Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, and Glaceon.

## Biology

Sylveon is a quadruped, mammalian Pokémon covered with pale cream-colored fur with pink feet, ears, and tail. It has light blue eyes, long ears with blue interiors and thicker fur, a tiny nose, and two stray tufts of fur on top of its head. There are two bows on its body: one at the base of its left ear and one on its neck. Each bow is pale cream with a pink center and trails a pair of ribbon-like feelers. The feelers are pale cream with light blue tips. Before the tip of each feeler is a pink and then a dark blue stripe. It has slender legs with small, three-toed paws and a fluffy, slightly curved tail.

Sylveon's ribbon-like feelers emit a soothing aura. When hunting, it swirls its feelers as a distraction while the aura weakens feelings of hostility in its prey. It will also wrap its feelers around the arm of its Template:Pkmn, which allows it to read their feelings.

### Major appearances

#### Serena's Sylveon

Template:An's Eevee evolved into a Sylveon in *Party Dancecapades!* during a Tag Battle alongside Ash's Pikachu, where they faced off against Miette's Slurpuff and James's Inkay.

#### Other

Sylveon debuted in *Eevee & Friends*, where it showed Template:AP and his friends around its home, and introduced them to Eevee and its fellow Eeveelutions.

Sylveon made its main series debut in *Kindergarten Chaos!*, under the ownership of Penelope. It was used in a battle against Ash's Froakie and defeated it with Attract. Later on, it was captured by Template:TRT, but later rescued.

A Sylveon appeared in *A Fashionable Battle!* and *Fairy-Type Trickery!*, under the ownership of Valerie. It was used in a Gym Template:Pkmn against Template:Ash, but it was defeated by Template:AP.

A Template:Pkmn2 Sylveon appeared in *Turning Heads and Training Hard!*, where it was summoned to help Ilima's Eevee perform Extreme Evoboost. It reappeared in the Poké Problem segment of the next episode, where it saw Ilima and Eevee off.

### Minor appearances

A Template:Pkmn's Sylveon appeared in *A Showcase Debut!*, where it participated in the Template:Ci Template:Pkmn Rookie Class.

A Sylveon appeared in a fantasy in *Tag Team Battle Inspiration!*, where Template:An imagined what her Template:TP could evolve into.

A Sylveon appeared as an image in *A Performance Pop Quiz!*.

A Sylveon appeared in *Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel*.

### Pokédex entries

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### In the Pokémon Adventures manga

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## Other appearances

### Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U

Sylveon appears as a trophy in the 3DS and Wii U versions of the game.

#### Trophy information

*Sylveon is one of Eevee's various final evolutions. It has a lot of great attacks to use in battle, but it actually seems to be a peace-loving sort of Pokémon. Case in point, it can completely stop the flow of battle by moving its ribbonlike feelers in a way that charms its opponents into not wanting to fight anymore.*

## Game data

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### Learnset

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#### By leveling up

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#### By TM/TR

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#### By Template:Pkmn

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#### By tutoring

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### Evolution

* Even if all criteria to evolve Eevee into Sylveon are fulfilled in Generation VI and VII, it will always evolve into Leafeon near a Moss Rock, or Glaceon near an Ice Rock, regardless of the other conditions when leveled up.

## Template:Spritebox/NATemplate:Spritebox/6Template:Spritebox/7Template:Spritebox/FooterTrivia

* According to a *Famitsu* magazine interview with Ken Sugimori, Sylveon was designed by Atsuko Nishida.Template:Fact
* Sylveon is the only cross-generational evolutionary relative introduced in Generation VI.
	+ It is also the only Generation VI Pokémon obtainable in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX.
* Sylveon and Mr. Rime are the only Pokémon introduced after Generation V that can have no origin mark.
* Sylveon is the only Eeveelution to be introduced in a generation that did not introduce any other Eeveelutions.
	+ Sylveon is also the only Eeveelution to not resist its own type.
* If Eevee meets the conditions for evolving into Sylveon while also meeting the conditions for evolving into Espeon or Umbreon, Eevee will evolve into Sylveon regardless.
* Sylveon is tied with Umbreon for the highest base Template:Stat stat of all Eeveelutions.
* Sylveon has the lowest base Template:Stat stat of all Eeveelutions.

### Origin

In contrast to the rest of the Eeveelutions' pointed ears, Sylveon's ears are large and rounded, giving it a resemblance to Template:Wp. Fairies were thought to be particularly active under the light of the full moon; because of this and the rabbit association, Sylveon could be based on the mythical Asian Template:Wp. The moon rabbit is often portrayed as a companion of the Chinese moon goddess Template:Wp, who is frequently depicted wearing a robe adorned in many ribbons, this is likely referenced with Sylveon's feelers. In addition, Sylveon's tail has some resemblance to the tail of a Template:Wp. It also has a mix of other mammalian traits, such as those of Template:Wps and Template:Wpes.

#### Name origin

Sylveon may be a combination of *Template:Wp*, a mythological creature described as invisible beings of the air, or *sylvan*, a word referring to an association with woodlands or forests (where fairies are often depicted), and *eon* (an immeasurably long period of time, possibly referring to how long evolution takes naturally). *Eon* is a suffix all Eevee evolutions share and was Eevee's English prototype name.

Nymphia is derived from *Template:Wp*, a deity existing in Greek Mythology associated with a particular location or landform.

## Related articles

* Serena's Sylveon
* Eeveelution

## External links

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