Porygon2 (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Porygon2 (disambiguation).

Porygon2 Virtual Pokémon ポリゴン２ Porygon2 #0233 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Normal Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Trace or DownloadGen IV+ Cacophony Cacophony Analytic Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Mineral Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 2′00″ 0.6 m Porygon2 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 71.7 lbs. 32.5 kg Porygon2 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 180 Gen. II-IV Unknown IV 180 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Porygon2 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 2 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Red	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Porygon2 (Japanese: ポリゴン２ Porygon2) is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation II.

It evolves from Porygon when traded while holding an Upgrade, and evolves into Porygon-Z when traded while holding a Dubious Disc.

(Specifics may differ in past games. Refer to Game data→Evolution data for more details.)

Biology

Porygon2 is a rounded, magenta, artificial Pokémon that shows similarities to a drinking bird. It has a relatively flat bill and large, round eyes. Its legs are simple ovoid growths along its sides, and its tail widens towards the middle. Its bill, legs, tail, and underside are blue.

Porygon2's Evolution from Porygon was the result of it being upgraded from the most cutting-edge technology available. It was upgraded to work in space for planetary development reasons, although its inability to fly limits this ability. It is artificially intelligent and capable of learning new behaviors on its own, including information it does not need to know. It can also speak a strange language only other Porygon2 can understand. As a result, it will sometimes perform motions or abilities that are not in its programming. It is generally found in computers or in labs and other buildings working with people. It can survive in a space vacuum, though cannot move very well in zero gravity. In ancient Hisui, people were confused about Porygon2 and its evolutionary relatives due to them arriving through space-time distortions and being the product of far more advanced technology than what was available at the time.

Porygon2 and its evolutionary relatives are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the moves Conversion and Conversion 2. Additionally, prior to Generation V and in Generation IX, Porygon2 and its evolutionary relatives are the only known Pokémon that can have Download as an Ability.

Evolution

Porygon2 evolves from Porygon and evolves into Porygon-Z.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Porygon  Normal

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First Evolution  Normal

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Second Evolution Porygon-Z  Normal

Game data

Pokédex entries

Porygon2 in the Alola Pokédex	Porygon2 in the Blueberry Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

Porygon2 will not appear in the wild in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team until a rescue mission involving it has been completed, using a Wonder Mail code such as the following:

F ? 5 N - Q F ? ? + 6 !

? H ? ? F ? 6 R 6 9 ? W

Objective: Rescue Porygon2 on floor 2 of Tiny Woods.

In events

Poké Portal News

Held items

Games		Held items
Legends: Arceus		Normal Sky Tumblestone (35%) Ball of Mud (15%) Grit items by level Alpha Exp. Candy M (100%) Seed of Mastery (20%) Grit items by level

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Porygon2 is available in Scarlet and Violet Version 3.0.0+.

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM004 TM004 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM016 TM016 Psybeam Psychic Special 06565 100}}100% 20 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM023 TM023 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM034 TM034 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM054 TM054 Psyshock Psychic Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM062 TM062 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM082 TM082 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM096 TM096 Eerie Impulse Electric Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM109 TM109 Trick Psychic Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM114 TM114 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM120 TM120 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM126 TM126 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM135 TM135 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM143 TM143 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM161 TM161 Trick Room Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM166 TM166 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM168 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM173 TM173 Charge Electric Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM178 TM178 Gravity Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM211 TM211 Electroweb Electric Special 05555 095}}95% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Porygon2 Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Porygon2 Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

By a prior Evolution

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 10% Friend Area: Decrepit Lab Phrases 51%-100% HP I can perform actions beyond my programmed parameters. 26%-50% HP My energy level has been reduced to approximately 50 percent. 1%-25% HP System overload... My system is on the verge of crashing... Level up Leveled up! All programs operating error free.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 5% IQ group: E
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Traveling Pokémon Connected to: Unown Z Connection Orb Set: 24 Phrases Normal I can go anywhere, be it vacuum or even space! Low HP (< 50%) My programs won't run...
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Normal Poké Assist: (present) Normal Field move: (present) (Crush ×2) Not available in the past. Browser entry R-118 It lets loose shock waves to attack.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds Base HP: 56 Base Attack: 80 Base Defense: 58 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Normal Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Normal Attack Power: 70 - 125 10 #399 Crowd Power Increases damage when there are more Porygon2 in the puzzle area. Swappable Skill(s): Cross Attack+
Pokémon GO Base HP: 198 Base Attack: 198 Base Defense: 180 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 100 + 1 Fast Attacks: Hidden Power, Charge Beam, Lock-On* Charged Attacks: Solar Beam, Hyper Beam, Zap Cannon, Tri Attack*, Frustration, Return

Evolution data

Porygon2 evolves from Porygon when traded while holding an Upgrade, and evolves into Porygon-Z when traded while holding a Dubious Disc. Porygon cannot evolve into Porygon2 in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen until the player obtains the National Pokédex, as its Evolution will be interrupted. Porygon also cannot evolve into Porygon2 in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, as Porygon2 is not present in those games. In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Porygon2 evolves from Porygon when exposed to an Upgrade, and evolves into Porygon-Z when exposed to a Dubious Disc.

Unevolved Porygon  Normal

+ Trade holding Upgrade →

First Evolution  Normal

+ Trade holding Dubious Disc →

Second Evolution Porygon-Z  Normal

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Generation II Gold Silver Crystal Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Generation VIII Sword Shield Legends: Arceus
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Porygon2 images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

In animation

Porygon2 made its unofficial animated series debut in the English dub via stock art in the Johto Pokérap.

Porygon2's lone physical appearance was in Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice's "World of Pokémon" opening, which featured every Pokémon from the first five generations revealed to that point.

Due to the EP038 incident, Porygon2 has not appeared in an episode of the animated series, and it is the only Generation II Pokémon not to appear. Along with its evolved form, Porygon-Z, it is also the only Pokémon prior to Generation VIII that is neither Legendary nor Mythical to not appear in an episode of the animated series.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Main article: Blue's Porygon2

In Forretress of Solitude, the Pokémon Association used a Porygon2 to test Red to become Viridian City's Gym Leader.

In Playful Porygon2, it was revealed that Blue's Porygon evolved into Porygon2, as it battled with Silver's Sneasel.

In Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down, a Roughneck's Porygon2 was at the Safari Zone.

Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!

A Porygon2 appeared in GDZ56.

Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver: Pokédex Completion Comic

A Porygon2 appeared in Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver: Pokédex Completion Comic.

In the TCG

Main article: Porygon2 (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Melee

When released from a Poké Ball, Porygon2 will immediately use a powerful Tackle attack that sends opponents flying. The attack cannot be escaped due to the speed in which it happens but Porygon2 is harmless once the attack has finished.

Trophy information

Representing the next step in technological progress, this Virtual Pokémon is a higher-powered version of the man-made Pokémon, Porygon. Compared to the sharp edges of its relative, Porygon2's body is extremely smooth and rounded. In battle, it utilizes a special move called Conversion 2 to alter its type.

Trivia

• Porygon2 is the only Pokémon with a numeral in its name.
  • In the Generation II games, it is impossible to return a nicknamed Porygon2 to its species name, because numbers are not available for nicknames.
• Porygon's evolutionary line has several unique attributes:
  • They are the only three-stage evolutionary line whose members were all considered fully evolved during their respective debut generations. For this reason, they are the only Pokémon that are part of a three-stage Evolution line to be capable of learning both Hyper Beam and Giga Impact.
  • They are the only Normal-type Pokémon in the Mineral Egg Group.
• Porygon2 is the only non-fully evolved Pokémon that evolves into and from another Pokémon by trading.
  • Furthermore, Porygon2, Chansey, and Dipplin are the only non-fully evolved Pokémon that evolve from another Pokémon through the use of an item.
• Porygon2 is the only non-fully evolved Pokémon used by opponents in Battle Subway Super Trains, Battle Maison Super Course challenges, and the Battle Tree, and consequently the only Pokémon in these battle facilities to hold an Eviolite.
• Porygon2 is the only member of its evolutionary line that has not received an animated series voice, as Porygon's voice was heard in EP038 and the Who's That Pokémon? segment for A Way Off Day Off, and Porygon-Z was given a voice for its appearance in PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure.
• All of Porgyon2's stats are exactly twenty points higher than its pre-Evolution's.

Origin

Porygon2 seems to be based on a bird or paper crane that has been rendered using computer software. The head-tipping motion it displays in some games is reminiscent of a drinking bird toy. Its rounder body compared to Porygon may represent the concept of subdivision in 3D computer graphics. As an upgraded version of Porygon, it may also reference software versioning. The fact that it's lighter than its previous form may be based on optimization. Its Pokédex entries imply a connection to artificial intelligence and robotic spacecraft.

Name origin

Porygon2 is a combination of Porygon and the number 2, referencing the Pokémon's status as the second Evolution of Porygon and it being intended as an upgraded "version 2" of Porygon.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ポリゴン２ Porygon2 From polygon and 2 French Porygon2 Same as English/Japanese name Spanish Porygon2 Same as English/Japanese name German Porygon2 Same as English/Japanese name Italian Porygon2 Same as English/Japanese name Korean 폴리곤2 Porygon2 Transcription of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 多邊獸Ⅱ / 多边兽Ⅱ Duōbiānshòu-II* 多边兽２型 Duōbiānshòu Èrxíng* 3D龍ＩＩ / 3D龙ＩＩ 3D Lóng II* From 多邊形 / 多边形 duōbiānxíng, 獸 / 兽 shòu, and the Roman numeral II From 多边形 duōbiānxíng, 兽 shòu, 2, and 型 xíng From 3D, 龍 / 龙 lóng, and the Roman numeral II Cantonese Chinese 多邊獸Ⅱ Dōbīnsau-II* 立方獸Ⅱ Laahpfōngsau II* From 多邊形 dōbīnyìhng, 獸 sau, and the Roman numeral II From 立方 laahpfōng, 獸 sau, and the Roman numeral II

More languages Hindi पोरिगॉन2 Porygon2 Transcription of English name Russian Поригон-2 Porigon-2 Transcription of English name Thai โพรีกอน2 Phorikon2 Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Blue's Porygon2
• Artificial Pokémon

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