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Veluza (Japanese: ミガルーサ Migalusa) is a dual-type Water/Psychic Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

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Biology

Veluza after shedding its own flesh

Veluza is a fishlike Pokémon with a gray body; pointy, translucent, bright magenta fins; and red eyes. It has thin blue lines running the length of its body from its eyes, and its mouth is typically open, displaying several sharp teeth. Veluza's fins extend underneath its flesh, to the center of its body; inside is also a row of diamond-shaped spikes similar to a backbone on either side, with three of these spikes being longer and protruding out from Veluza's flesh.

Veluza's main method of hunting comes from its ability to shed its own flesh, via its signature move Fillet Away. This boosts its offensive prowess and psychic power, as well as its agility, giving it an easier time when chasing down and tearing apart prey. It can grow back its lost flesh due to its excellent regenerative capabilities. The discarded flesh has a mild yet delicious flavor.

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Generation IX Paldea#373 Kitakami#— Blueberry#—
Scarlet When Veluza discards unnecessary flesh, its mind becomes honed and its psychic power increases. The spare flesh has a mild but delicious flavor.
Violet Veluza has excellent regenerative capabilities. It sheds spare flesh from its body to boost its agility, then charges at its prey.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Generation IX

In side games

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
Damagednormally by:
Immune to:
Resistant to:

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation IX
Other generations:
None
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Veluza
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Veluza

By TM

Generation IX
Other generations:
None
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Veluza
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Veluza

By breeding

Generation IX
Other generations:
None
  • Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Veluza
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Veluza
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Veluza

Special moves

Generation IX
Other generations:
None
  • A superscript level indicates that Veluza can learn this move normally in Generation IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Veluza
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Veluza

Side game data

Evolution data

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Cross-Generation

In the anime

Major appearances

Minor appearances

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Veluza (TCG)

Trivia

Origin

Veluza's name and appearance suggest inspiration from hakes, especially of the Merlucciidae family. Hake is an important fish in Spanish cuisine — Spain is the biggest consumer of hake in the world, accounting for around half of all hakes consumed in Europe alone.

Name origin

Veluza may be a combination of veloz (Spanish and Portuguese for fast) and merluza (Spanish for hake).

Migalusa may be a combination of 身軽 migaru (nimble) and merluza.

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