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noivern
Generation VI · #0715 — Sound Wave Pokémon
Noivern, known as the Sound Wave Pokémon, is a dual-type Flying/Dragon Pokémon introduced in Generation VI. This formidable creature stands at 1.5 meters tall and weighs 85 kilograms, making it a sizable aerial predator. With a base stat total of 535, Noivern excels in special attack and speed, boasting a special attack base of 97 and an exceptional speed stat of 123, making it one of the faster Pokémon in the Kalos region. Its distinctive design features a primarily black coloration with purple underparts and striking turquoise wing membranes, complemented by large, teardrop-shaped ears that function as biological loudspeakers. Noivern can be encountered in various Pokémon games across multiple generations, with its primary ability being Frisk, which reveals an opponent's held item upon entering battle, while its hidden ability Telepathy allows it to avoid damage from allied Pokémon's moves during double battles.
Base Stats
Height
1.5m
Weight
85.0kg
Category
Sound Wave Pokémon
Gender
Male 50% / Female 50%
Color
purple
Shape
wings
Abilities
Reveals an opponent's held item upon entering battle.
Bypasses light screen, reflect, and safeguard.
Protects against friendly Pokémon's damaging moves.
Noivern Biology & Physical Characteristics
Noivern is a large, draconic bat-like Pokémon with a distinctly aggressive appearance befitting its volatile nature. Its body is predominantly black with a vibrant purple lower jaw and a striking red, V-shaped nose marked by two fang-like projections on its upper lip. Its eyes are a piercing yellow, with a small turquoise patch positioned between its eyes and nose that aids in its distinctive appearance. The most defining features are its enormous teardrop-shaped ears with thin black rings on their interiors, which resemble loudspeakers and serve as the primary source of its devastating ultrasonic capabilities. Around its neck flows a fluffy mane of white fur that extends longer down its back, giving it a somewhat majestic appearance despite its predatory nature. Its wings are segmented by two black wing fingers with three red claws on the middle joint, and the final segment on the back of each wing displays a deep purple coloration. The creature's feet have two toes each with red, claw-like growths, and a long, whip-like tail featuring a turquoise underside and two defensive spines near the tip completes its fearsome form.
Pokedex Numbers
Training
Breeding
Noivern Breeding, Gender Ratio & Egg Groups
Noivern exhibits a perfectly balanced gender ratio of 50% male and 50% female, allowing equal breeding opportunities regardless of which sex is captured or trained. This Pokémon belongs to both the Flying and Dragon egg groups, offering versatile breeding possibilities with a wide array of compatible Pokémon from either classification. The breeding process requires a hatch counter of 20 cycles, which translates to approximately 4,884 to 5,140 steps before an egg produces a baby Noibat, making it a moderately time-intensive breeding project for dedicated trainers. The base happiness value of 70 (increased from the database value of 70 in earlier generations, with some sources indicating it was reduced to 50 in later generations) means that newly hatched Noibat from breeding will have a reasonably good initial relationship with their trainer, though not maximized affection. Trainers seeking to breed Noivern must first evolve a Noibat to level 48, as only fully evolved Noivern are capable of participating in the breeding process, though the resulting offspring will always be the pre-evolved Noibat form regardless of parent evolution status.
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TMs & HMs
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black white
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black 2 white 2
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omega ruby alpha sapphire
tm01
x y
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yellow
tm02
red blue
tm02
emerald
tm02
firered leafgreen
tm02
ruby sapphire
tm02
black white
tm02
heartgold soulsilver
tm02
platinum
tm02
colosseum
tm02
diamond pearl
tm02
black 2 white 2
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sun moon
tm02
omega ruby alpha sapphire
tm02
x y
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xd
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lets go pikachu lets go eevee
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noivern's Evolution Chain
Noivern Evolution, Mega Evolution & Special Forms
Noivern evolves from Noibat when the latter reaches level 48, marking a dramatic transformation from the smaller, less developed form. During this evolution, Noibat transforms into the apex aerial predator, gaining significant improvements across all stat categories. The special attack stat jumps from Noibat's 70 to Noivern's 97, while the speed stat increases from 71 to Noivern's impressive 123, making it one of the fastest Pokémon capable of striking first in most scenarios. All other stats see corresponding increases, with hit points rising to 85, defense to 80, and special defense to 80, creating a more well-rounded but still speed and special attack-oriented creature. Beyond purely numerical improvements, Noivern gains a more mature appearance with its iconic ear-speakers fully developed, its distinctive white neck mane fully formed, and its overall frame becoming more imposing and predatory. The evolution represents not just physical growth but a fundamental shift in capability, transforming a promising young bat Pokémon into a fearsome nocturnal apex predator capable of dominating aerial combat in darkness.
Where to Find
resolution cave
alola
Noivern Behaviour and Natural Habitat
Despite its generally violent and aggressive disposition, Noivern has been observed to become remarkably tame when presented with ripe fruit that it favors, suggesting a surprisingly nuanced temperament beneath its ferocious exterior. According to Pokédex entries across multiple generations, Noivern is most active during moonless nights when it hunts careless prey, establishing itself as an apex predator of the nighttime skies. In darkness, nothing can match Noivern in battle, as it possesses supreme confidence and dominance in low-light conditions. However, this dominance inverts dramatically when exposed to bright light, at which point Noivern becomes notably timid and avoids confrontation altogether. The creature uses its incredible ultrasonic wave generation not only as a devastating weapon capable of reducing large boulders to pebbles but also for echolocation, allowing it to navigate freely through even the darkest nights without visual reference. Pokédex entries describe it as ruthlessly tormenting enemies that are helpless in darkness, particularly those like Hydreigon, which despite their own dragon-type prowess are terrified of Noivern when unable to see. Its cruel hunting strategy involves weakening prey with ultrasonic waves before delivering the final blow with its sharp fangs.
Pokedex Entries
Generation VI
They fly around on moonless nights and attack careless prey. Nothing can beat them in a battle in the dark.
The ultrasonic waves it emits from its ears can reduce a large boulder to pebbles. It swoops out of the dark to attack.
They fly around on moonless nights and attack careless prey. Nothing can beat them in a battle in the dark.
The ultrasonic waves it emits from its ears can reduce a large boulder to pebbles. It swoops out of the dark to attack.
Generation VII
Although it has a violent disposition, if you give it a nice ripe fruit that it loves, Noivern will suddenly become tame.
This hot-blooded Pokémon attacks anything it sees with ultrasonic waves that can crush boulders.
Generation VIII
Aggressive and cruel, this Pokémon will ruthlessly torment enemies that are helpless in the dark.
Flying through the darkness, it weakens enemies with ultrasonic waves that could crush stone. Its fangs finish the fight.
Noivern Name Origin & Design Inspiration
The name Noivern derives from a combination of linguistic elements reflecting its nature as a sound-based creature. The "Noiv" component comes from the French word "noix," meaning nut, while also evoking "noir" meaning black, both references to its dark coloration. The suffix "vern" likely originates from "verna," relating to spring or the vernacular, though it also echoes "tern" from various bat-related words. In Japanese, it is called Onvern, which combines "on" (音, meaning sound) with the aforementioned "vern," making the Japanese name more explicitly referential to its sound-based abilities. The design itself draws heavy inspiration from real-world bats, particularly megabats or flying foxes, with its large ears clearly modeled after the sonar-emitting capabilities of echolocating species. The loudspeaker-like appearance of its ears is deliberately stylized to represent the amplification and projection of sound, while the overall silhouette maintains the mammalian grace of bats despite the draconic elements added by its dragon typing and predatory fangs.
Learnable Moves
Noivern can learn 86 moves:
Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| absorb | grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 |
| acrobatics | flying | Physical | 55 | 100 | 15 |
| aerial ace | flying | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| agility | psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| air cutter | flying | Special | 60 | 95 | 25 |
| air slash | flying | Special | 75 | 95 | 15 |
| attract | normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| bite | dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| body slam | normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 |
| boomburst | normal | Special | 140 | 100 | 10 |
| breaking swipe | dragon | Physical | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| brick break | fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| confide | normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| cut | normal | Physical | 50 | 95 | 30 |
| dark pulse | dark | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| defog | flying | Status | — | — | 15 |
| double team | normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| double edge | normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
| draco meteor | dragon | Special | 130 | 90 | 5 |
| dragon cheer | dragon | Status | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| dragon claw | dragon | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| dragon dance | dragon | Status | — | — | 20 |
| dragon pulse | dragon | Special | 85 | 100 | 10 |
| dragon tail | dragon | Physical | 60 | 90 | 10 |
| dream eater | psychic | Special | 100 | 100 | 15 |
| dual wingbeat | flying | Physical | 40 | 90 | 10 |
| echoed voice | normal | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| endure | normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| facade | normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| flamethrower | fire | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| fly | flying | Physical | 90 | 95 | 15 |
| focus blast | fighting | Special | 120 | 70 | 5 |
| frustration | normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| giga impact | normal | Physical | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| gust | flying | Special | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| heat wave | fire | Special | 95 | 90 | 10 |
| hidden power | normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| hone claws | dark | Status | — | — | 15 |
| hurricane | flying | Special | 110 | 70 | 10 |
| hyper beam | normal | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 |
| hyper voice | normal | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| iron tail | steel | Physical | 100 | 75 | 15 |
| laser focus | normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| leech life | bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| moonlight | fairy | Status | — | — | 5 |
| outrage | dragon | Physical | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| protect | normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| psychic | psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| psychic noise | psychic | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| razor wind | normal | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| rest | psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| return | normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| roost | flying | Status | — | — | 5 |
| round | normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| scary face | normal | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| screech | normal | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| secret power | normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| shadow ball | ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| shadow claw | ghost | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| sky attack | flying | Physical | 140 | 90 | 5 |
| sleep talk | normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| snatch | dark | Status | — | — | 10 |
| snore | normal | Special | 50 | 100 | 15 |
| solar beam | grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| steel wing | steel | Physical | 70 | 90 | 25 |
| substitute | normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| sunny day | fire | Status | — | — | 5 |
| super fang | normal | Physical | — | 90 | 10 |
| supersonic | normal | Status | — | 55 | 20 |
| swagger | normal | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| swift | normal | Special | 60 | — | 20 |
| tackle | normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| tailwind | flying | Status | — | — | 15 |
| take down | normal | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 |
| taunt | dark | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| tera blast | normal | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| thief | dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| torment | dark | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| toxic | poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| u turn | bug | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| uproar | normal | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| water pulse | water | Special | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| whirlwind | normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| wild charge | electric | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| wing attack | flying | Physical | 60 | 100 | 35 |
| x scissor | bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
Noivern Competitive Battle Guide
In competitive Pokémon battles, Noivern occupies an interesting niche as a fast, special attack-oriented flying-dragon hybrid with respectable coverage options. Its base speed of 123 allows it to outpace many common threats without requiring nature adjustments, while its special attack of 97 provides meaningful damage output with appropriate move selection and investment. The Frisk ability can be strategically valuable for gathering information about opponent held items, potentially informing switch decisions or predicting incoming threats, while Infiltrator offers utility against defensive team structures that rely on screens and safeguard. However, Noivern's defensive profile is notably frail, with moderate defenses of 80 in both categories and only 85 hit points, making it vulnerable to priority moves and faster threats despite its own considerable speed. Competitive sets typically emphasize special attack and speed investment, utilizing moves like Draco Meteor for devastating dragon-type coverage, Hurricane or Brave Bird for flying-type offense, and moves like Focus Blast or Flamethrower for supplementary coverage against threats like steel and ice types that resist its primary STAB options. The hidden ability Telepathy, while niche, can be valuable in double battle formats where friendly fire prevention provides significant strategic advantages for coordinated team strategies.
Commonly Asked Questions About Noivern
What type is Noivern?
Noivern is a flying and dragon type Pokemon.
What does Noivern evolve from?
Noivern evolved from noibat.
What are Noivern's weaknesses?
Noivern is weak to rock, ice, dragon and fairy type moves.
Where can I find Noivern?
Noivern can be found in resolution cave (alola).
Noivern Cultural Impact & Franchise History
Noivern has gained notable recognition within the Pokémon community since its introduction in Generation VI, becoming a memorable and popular flying-dragon type among both casual and competitive players. The Pokémon appeared prominently in the anime series, most notably as a significant member of Ash's team during the XY and XYZ series, where it demonstrated the creature's combative prowess and formed meaningful bonds with its trainer. Its distinctive design and powerful ability set have made it a fan favorite for team building, while its elegant yet fearsome aesthetic has inspired considerable fan art and merchandise. The dichotomy between its violent nature and its sudden docility when offered favorite fruits has become a notable character trait that adds depth to the species beyond mere combat statistics. Noivern's representation in competitive scenes has fluctuated across generations, with certain formats and metagames finding it particularly useful for its speed tier and damage output, while others have relegated it to more niche strategic roles as new Pokémon with superior stats or abilities have been introduced.
Where to Find Noivern in Every Pokémon Game
Noivern's availability varies significantly across different Pokémon game generations, with the easiest access typically occurring in the Kalos region games where it was originally introduced. In Pokémon X and Y, players can encounter Noibat in various locations and evolve them to Noivern at level 48, making it a legitimate team option for the main campaign. In subsequent generations including Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Sword and Shield, and more recent titles like Scarlet and Violet, Noivern maintains its availability though sometimes with more limited encounter rates or postgame access. The Pokédex indicates it receives local number designations in multiple regional Pokédexes, including Mountain Kalos in X and Y, the Alola region in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, and appearances in Crown Tundra and Teal Mask DLC content. For trainers seeking to add Noivern to their team through breeding, the requirement to first obtain and evolve a Noibat to level 48 remains consistent across generations. Trading from older generations via Pokémon Bank and Home services allows players in any generation to access Noivern if they have obtained it in previous games, ensuring dedicated collectors and team builders can reliably acquire this coveted flying-dragon type regardless of their current game version.