Mightyena

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**Mightyena** (Japanese: **グラエナ** *Guraena*) is a Dark Pokémon introduced in Generation III.

It evolves from Poochyena starting at level 18.

## Biology

Mightyena is a quadruped Pokémon that is based on a hyena. Its fur is mostly short and gray, but there is shaggy black fur on its lower legs, tail, and in two thick strips starting behind its eyes and running the length of its body. It has dark, triangular streak patterns below its eyes, which are red with yellow sclerae. Its ears are rhombus-shaped with dark insides, its nose is red, and it has gray paw pads.

Mightyena lives in a pack in the wild. As a member of this pack follows the orders of its leader and chases down prey. It gives obvious signals when it is about to attack, as it starts to growl deeply and flattens its body. Mightyena defeats foes with perfectly coordinated teamwork. If its Trainer is very experienced, it will always obey their orders. As depicted in the anime, Mightyena is prone to licking the faces of the people of which it is fond. This species lives in grassland areas.

## In the anime

#### Major appearances

Mightyena debuted in *A Bite to Remember*, when it evolved from a Poochyena that was befriended by Max.

Butch of Team Rocket owns a Mightyena, which debuted in *Oaknapped!*.

Mightyena have been used by many Team Magma Grunts. Their debut appearance was in *A Three Team Scheme!*.

A Mightyena appeared in *Jirachi: Wish Maker*, under the ownership of Butler. He used it during his magic show in the Millennium Festival. Mightyena later helped attach a tracking device to a van Template:Ash and Template:Ashfr were using to evade Butler and go to Forina.

A Mightyena appeared in *Zoroark: Master of Illusions*, under the ownership of Joe, Karl's grandfather. It worked alongside Tammy's Tangrowth to catch Zorua, and participated in the final battle against Grings Kodai.

#### Minor appearances

A Mightyena appeared in the opening sequence of *Destiny Deoxys*.

A Mightyena appeared in *All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go!*, where it was seen competing in the Pokémon Dress-Up Contest.

A Mightyena appeared in *Camping It Up!*.

A group of Mightyena appeared in *Historical Mystery Tour!*.

A Coordinator's Mightyena appeared in *Playing the Performance Encore!*. It was used alongside a Houndoom in the Battle Stage of the Daybreak Contest.

A Mightyena appeared in *A Performance Pop Quiz!*, under the ownership of a Pokémon Performer participating in the Anistar City Pokémon Showcase. It reappeared in *A Dancing Debut!*, where it was used in the Couriway Showcase; and *Master Class is in Session!*, where it was used in the Master Class Showcase in Gloire City.

A Trainer's Mightyena appeared in *I Choose You!*.

#### Pokédex entries

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### In Pokémon Generations

A Mightyena appeared in *The Vision*, under the ownership of a Team Magma Grunt. It was defeated by Brendan's Sceptile during the pair's intrusion of the Team Magma Hideout.

### In the Pokémon Adventures manga

*Main article: Nana*
In *Making Mirth with Mightyena*, several wild Mightyena were seen being the Pokémon that attacked Professor Birch. The shiny gleam on their fur had the Contest-obsessed boy jealous.

Ruby's Poochyena, Nana, evolved into Mightyena in *Guile from Mawile* as the boy met up with Template:Steven. With her increased strength and capacity for better handling advanced techniques such as Hyper Beam, she proved to become a force to be reckoned with, able to defend the boy against his powerful father Norman, and outdo Sapphire's Rono when he was attacked by surprise.

Team Flare owns multiple Mightyena, which first appeared in *Rhyhorn Charges*.

### In the Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪ manga

*Main article: Mightyena (CCP)*
Mightyena is Template:TP's older brother.

### Pokédex entries

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## In the TFG

One Mightyena figure has been released.

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## Game data

### Held items

 Diamond | Pearl | Pecha Berry Pecha Berry (5%)

### Stats

#### Base stats

##### Generation III-VI

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

##### Generation VII onward

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

### Learnset

#### By a prior evolution

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

### Side game data

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### Sprites

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## Trivia

### Origin

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It shares some similarities with both wolves and hyenas. The design may have been influenced by domestic breeds like the German Shepherd Dog, a breed with personalities that are heavily influenced by their owners. German shepherds also commonly come in black and gray colorations. Its appearance may also be based on a brown hyena. Mightyena's shiny appearance as well as the fact that it is a pack animal is reminiscent of a spotted hyena.

#### Name origin

Mightyena may be a combination of *mighty* and *hyena*.

Guraena may be a combination of *growl* and *hyena*.

## Related articles

* Mightyena (CCP)
* Nana

## External links

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