Zubat

Zubat
Generation	Generation I
Generation	Generation I
Evolutionary Line
Evolutionary Line
Type(s)
Species	Bat Pokémon
Abilities	Inner Focus
Pokédex
Previous	Wigglytuff
Previous	Wigglytuff
Index	041
Index	041
Next	Golbat
Next	Golbat
Kanto	041
Kanto	041
Johto	037
Johto	037
Hoenn	063/065
Hoenn	063/065
Sinnoh	028
Sinnoh	028
Unova	061
Unova	061
Central Kalos	145
Central Kalos	145
Alola	068
Alola	068
Galar	N/A
Galar	N/A
Paldea	N/A
Paldea	N/A
Evolves
From	None
Into	Golbat
Gender	50% ♂ 50 % ♀
Gender	50% ♂ 50 % ♀
Weight	16.5 lbs. 7.5 kg
Weight	16.5 lbs. 7.5 kg
Height	2'07" 0.6 m
Height	2'07" 0.6 m
Pokédex color	Purple
Pokédex color	Purple
Egg group	Flying
Egg group	Flying
Shape
Shape
Footprint
Footprint
Cry
Cry

Zubat (Japanese: ズバット Zubatto) is a Poison/Flying-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

Biology

Physiology

Zubat resembles a blue bat. It has a short, round body, purple wings, and slim legs missing feet. Zubat has no eyes, so it uses sound waves (echolocation) to navigate, like a real bat does. A female Zubat has smaller teeth than those of a male's. Strangely, it can use the move Mean Look, despite not having any eyes.

Natural abilities

Zubat has the ability Inner Focus and the hidden ability Infiltrator. Inner Focus prevents Zubat from flinching. Infiltrator prevents the effects of Reflect, Magic Coat, and Light Screen to work.

Gender differences

Male Zubat have bigger fangs then the female ones.

Evolution

Zubat evolves into Golbat at level 22, which evolves into Crobat via max Happiness.

Game info

Game locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Red and Blue	Mt. Travail, Rock Tunnel, Seafoam Islands, and Victory Road	Common
Yellow	Mt. Travail, Rock Tunnel, Seafoam Islands, and Victory Road	Common
Gold and Silver	Routes 3, 4, 10, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 42, Rock Tunnel, Whirl Islands, Ilex Forest, Mt. Travail, Dark Cave, Ice Path, Mt. Travail, Union Cave, Tohjo Falls, Burned Tower, Slowpoke Well	Common
Crystal	Routes 3, 4, 9, 10, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 42, Rock Tunnel, Whirl Islands, Ilex Forest, Mt. Travail, Dark Cave, Ice Path, Mt. Travail, Union Cave, Tohjo Falls, Burned Tower, Slowpoke Well	Common
Ruby and Sapphire	Cave of Origin, Granite Cave, Meteor Falls, Seafloor Cavern, Shoal Cave, Victory Road	Common
FireRed and LeafGreen	Mt. Travail, Rock Tunnel, Seafoam Islands, Victory Road, Icefall Cave, Lost Cave	Common
Emerald	Altering Cave, Cave of Origin, Granite Cave, Meteor Falls, Seafloor Cavern, Shoal Cave, Victory Road	Common
Diamond and Pearl	Iron Island, Ravaged Path, Oreburgh Gate, Oreburgh Mine, Wayward Cave, Mt. Travail, Lost Tower (all times), Routes 203, 204, 206, 207, 208, 209, 211, 216, 217, and Acuity Lakefront (night)	Common
Platinum	Iron Island, Ravaged Path, Oreburgh Gate, Oreburgh Mine, Wayward Cave, Mt. Travail, Lost Tower (all times), Routes 203, 204, 206, 207, 208, 209, 211, 214, 216, and Acuity Lakefront (night)	Common
HeartGold and SoulSilver	Dark Cave, Union Cave, Slowpoke Well, Ilex Forest, Burned Tower, Mt. Travail, Ice Path, Whirl Islands (all times), Routes 32 and 33 (night)	Common
Black and White	Trade	None
X and Y	Connecting Cave	Common

Side game locations

Locations
Game(s)	Area(s)
Pokémon Snap	Tunnel
Pokémon Channel	Ruins of Truth
Pokémon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire	Hatch an egg
Pokémon Trozei!	Phobos Drill, Endless Level 19, Trozei Battle, Mr. Fuji (Adventures)
Red Rescue Team & Blue Rescue Team	Lapis Cave (1-3F), Murky Cave (1-5F)
Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness	Aegis Cave
Pokémon Ranger	Krokka Tunnel
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Ranger School, Marine Cave
Pokémon Rumble	Rocky Cave
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure	Cavern Zone
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs	Rasp Cavern, Fire Temple

Pokédex entries

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Stats

Stats
HP	40
Attack	45
Defense	35
Sp. Atk	1
Sp. Def	1
Speed	55
Total	177

Learnset

Leveling

• Gen VII
• Gen VI (ORAS)
• Gen VI (XY)
• Gen V (BW2)
• Gen V (BW)
• Gen IV
• Gen III
• Gen II
• Gen I

LevelingGeneration VII
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
—	Absorb	20	100%	25	Grass	Special
5	Supersonic	—	55%	20	Normal	Status
7	Astonish	30	100%	15	Ghost	Physical
11	Bite	60	100%	25	Dark	Physical
13	Wing Attack	60	100%	35	Flying	Physical
17	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status
19	Air Cutter	60	95%	25	Flying	Special
23	Swift	60	—%	20	Normal	Special
25	Poison Fang	50	100%	15	Poison	Physical
29	Mean Look	—	—%	5	Normal	Status
31	Leech Life	20	100%	15	Bug	Physical
35	Haze	—	—%	30	Ice	Status
37	Venoshock	65	100%	10	Poison	Special
41	Air Slash	75	95%	15	Flying	Special
43	Quick Guard	—	—%	15	Fighting	Status
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration VI
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.	Contest Cat.	Appeal	Jam
—	Leech Life	20	100%	15	Bug	Physical		3 ♥	0 ♥
5	Supersonic	—	55%	20	Normal	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
7	Astonish	30	100%	15	Ghost	Physical		2 ♥	3 ♥
11	Bite	60	100%	25	Dark	Physical		2 ♥	3 ♥
13	Wing Attack	60	100%	35	Flying	Physical		4 ♥	0 ♥
17	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status		2 ♥	1 ♥
19	Air Cutter	60	95%	25	Flying	Special		4 ♥	0 ♥
23	Swift	60	—%	20	Normal	Special		2 ♥	0 ♥
25	Poison Fang	50	100%	15	Poison	Physical		4 ♥	0 ♥
29	Mean Look	—	—%	5	Normal	Status		2 ♥	0 ♥
31	Acrobatics	55	100%	15	Flying	Physical		1 ♥	0 ♥
35	Haze	—	—%	30	Ice	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
37	Venoshock	65	100%	10	Poison	Special		2 ♥	0 ♥
41	Air Slash	75	95%	15	Flying	Special		1 ♥	4 ♥
43	Quick Guard	—	—%	15	Fighting	Status		2 ♥	0 ♥
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration VI
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.	Contest Cat.	Appeal	Jam
—	Leech Life	20	100%	15	Bug	Physical		3 ♥	0 ♥
4	Supersonic	—	55%	20	Normal	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
8	Astonish	30	100%	15	Ghost	Physical		2 ♥	3 ♥
12	Bite	60	100%	25	Dark	Physical		2 ♥	3 ♥
15	Wing Attack	60	100%	35	Flying	Physical		4 ♥	0 ♥
19	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status		2 ♥	1 ♥
23	Swift	60	—%	20	Normal	Special		2 ♥	0 ♥
26	Air Cutter	60	95%	25	Flying	Special		4 ♥	0 ♥
30	Acrobatics	55	100%	15	Flying	Physical		1 ♥	0 ♥
34	Mean Look	—	—%	5	Normal	Status		2 ♥	0 ♥
37	Poison Fang	50	100%	15	Poison	Physical		4 ♥	0 ♥
41	Haze	—	—%	30	Ice	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
45	Air Slash	75	95%	15	Flying	Special		1 ♥	4 ♥
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration V
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
—	Leech Life	20	100%	15	Bug	Physical
4	Supersonic	—	55%	20	Normal	Status
8	Astonish	30	100%	15	Ghost	Physical
12	Bite	60	100%	25	Dark	Physical
15	Wing Attack	60	100%	35	Flying	Physical
19	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status
23	Swift	60	—%	20	Normal	Physical
26	Air Cutter	60	95%	25	Flying	Special
30	Acrobatics	55	100%	15	Flying	Physical
34	Mean Look	—	—%	5	Normal	Status
37	Poison Fang	50	100%	15	Poison	Physical
41	Haze	—	—%	30	Ice	Status
45	Air Slash	75	95%	15	Flying	Special
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration V
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
—	Leech Life	20	100%	15	Bug	Physical
5	Supersonic	—	55%	20	Normal	Status
9	Astonish	30	100%	15	Ghost	Physical
13	Bite	60	100%	25	Dark	Physical
17	Wing Attack	60	100%	35	Flying	Physical
21	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status
25	Air Cutter	60	95%	25	Flying	Special
29	Mean Look	—	—%	5	Normal	Status
33	Acrobatics	55	100%	15	Flying	Physical
37	Poison Fang	50	100%	15	Poison	Physical
41	Haze	—	—%	30	Ice	Status
45	Air Slash	75	95%	15	Flying	Special
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration IV
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.	Contest Cat.	Appeal
—	Leech Life	20	100%	15	Bug	Physical		2 ♥
5	Supersonic	—	55%	20	Normal	Status		2 ♥
9	Astonish	30	100%	15	Ghost	Physical		3 ♥
13	Bite	60	100%	25	Dark	Physical		3 ♥
17	Wing Attack	60	100%	35	Flying	Physical		3 ♥
21	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status		2 ♥
25	Air Cutter	60	95%	25	Flying	Special		3 ♥
29	Mean Look	—	—%	5	Normal	Status		2 ♥
33	Poison Fang	50	100%	15	Poison	Physical		2 ♥
37	Haze	—	—%	30	Ice	Status		2 ♥
41	Air Slash	75	95%	15	Flying	Special		2 ♥
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration III
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Contest Cat.	Appeal	Jam
—	Leech Life	20	100%	15	Bug		2 ♥	3 ♥
6RSE • 11FRLG	Supersonic	—	55%	20	Normal		3 ♥	0 ♥
6FRLG •11RSE	Astonish	30	100%	15	Ghost		2 ♥	3 ♥
16	Bite	60	100%	25	Dark		1 ♥	3 ♥
21	Wing Attack	60	100%	35	Flying		1 ♥	0 ♥
26	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost		3 ♥	0 ♥
31	Air Cutter	60	95%	25	Flying		2 ♥	1 ♥
36	Mean Look	—	—%	5	Normal		2 ♥	0 ♥
41	Poison Fang	50	100%	15	Poison		3 ♥	0 ♥
46	Haze	—	—%	30	Ice		3 ♥	0 ♥
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration II
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type
—	Leech Life	20	100%	15	Bug
6	Supersonic	—	55%	20	Normal
12	Bite	60	100%	25	Dark
19	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost
27	Wing Attack	60	100%	35	Flying
36	Scary Face	—	90%	10	Normal
46	Haze	—	—%	30	Ice
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration I
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type
—	Leech Life	20	100%	15	Bug
10	Supersonic	—	55%	20	Normal
15	Bite	60	100%	25	Normal
21	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost
28	Wing Attack	60	100%	35	Flying
36	Haze	—	—%	30	Ice
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

TM/HM

• Generation II
• Generation I

TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation II
TM/HM/TR	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type
TM03	Curse	—	—%	10	???
TM06	Toxic	—	85%	10	Poison
TM10	Hidden Power	—	100%	15	Normal
TM11	Sunny Day	—	—%	5	Fire
TM13	Snore	40	100%	15	Normal
TM17	Protect	—	—%	10	Normal
TM19	Giga Drain	60	100%	5	Grass
TM20	Endure	—	—%	10	Normal
TM21	Frustration	—	100%	20	Normal
TM27	Return	—	100%	20	Normal
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation I
TM/HM/TR	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type
TM02	Razor Wind	80	100%	10	Normal
TM04	Whirlwind	—	100%	20	Normal
TM06	Toxic	—	85%	10	Poison
TM09	Take Down	90	85%	20	Normal
TM10	Double-Edge	120	100%	15	Normal
TM20	Rage	20	100%	20	Normal
TM21	Mega Drain40	100	10%	Grass	Normal
TM31	Mimic	—	—%	10	Normal
TM32	Double Team	—	—%	15	Normal
TM34	Bide	—	—%	10	Normal
TM39	Swift	60	—%	20	Normal
TM44	Rest	—	—%	10	Psychic
TM50	Substitute	—	—%	10	Normal
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Side game data

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

No.	Pokémon	Group	Field Move	Poké Assist
R-014	Zubat	Flying	Cut 1	Flying
Capture Points	84	On Sight	Chases player.
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It flits around and releases supersonic waves to attack.
Notes

Sprites

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Appearances

Anime

File:IL006- Clefairy and the Moon Stone 11.png

Brock's Zubat

Main article: Brock's Zubat

Zubat first appeared in Clefairy and the Moon Stone under the ownership of Brock. Brock captured a Zubat when he spotted it on his way inside the cave but its capture was not seen on screen. He later sent out the Zubat to battle Team Rocket. He rarely used Zubat for direct combat, instead focusing on confusing opponents with Supersonic.

Zubats are commonly used by criminal organizations.

Trivia

• Despite not being based on a bird, it can learn Brave Bird.
• Zubat and its family, along with Woobat, are all known as the Bat Pokémon.
• No other Pokémon have the same type combination as the Zubat family.
• Zubat was the final name in the alphabetical listing of Pokémon until the introduction of Zweilous in Generation V.
  • Coincidentally, both are fanged, blue-skinned, cave-dwelling Pokemon that have no eyes.
  • As of Gen VII Zygarde now holds this title.
• Despite not having eyes, Zubat can learn Mean Look.
• Zubat is the subject of the internet meme "Repel's Effect Wore Off!" parodying the fact that Zubat are incredibly common and can become frustrating in caves as they appear non-stop.
  • A common prank on Wonder Trade is "Operation Zubat Storm" where on a specific date hundreds of players worldwide catch, breed and Wonder Trade as many Zubats as they possibly can.
• Zubat and its evolutions Golbat and Crobat are in every regional pokedex from Kanto to Alola.

Origins

Zubat appears to be based on a vampire bat, whilst its name is a parody on the Japanese name for bat.

Etymology

Zubat comes from 'bat' and zubatto (an onomatopoeia for a piercing sound).

Gallery

041Zubat Pokémon PokéPark.jpg

See also

• Pokémon.com Pokédex
• Legendary Pokémon data
• The Pokémon Database
• Pokémon Dream Pokédex data
• Psypokes Psydex data

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