Decidueye

Decidueye
Current
Information
Type	Grass /  Ghost
Gender	87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Abilities	Regular Overgrow
Species	Arrow Quill Pokémon Pokémon
Introduced in	Generation I
Body, Footprint, Color, Egg group, and Cry	Body Color Brown Cry
Pokédex
National Pokédex	0724
Kanto	N/A / N/A (PE)
Johto	N/A / N/A (HGSS)
Hoenn	N/A / N/A (ORAS)
Sinnoh and Hisui	Sinnoh N/A / N/A (Pt) Hisui N/A
Unova	N/A / N/A (B2W2)
Kalos	Central Kalos N/A Coastal Kalos N/A Mountain Kalos N/A
Alola	N/A / N/A (USUM)
Galar	N/A / N/A (TIoA) / N/A (TCT)
Paldea, Kitakami and Blueberry	Paldea N/A Kitakami N/A Blueberry N/A
In other languages
Japanese	Name ジュナイパー
Japanese	Name ジュナイパー
English	Name Decidueye
English	Name Decidueye
Decidueye
Information
Type	Grass /  Fighting
Gender	87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Abilities	Regular [[Overgrow Long Reach Scrappy (TTM-present)]] [[Category:Pokemon with the Ability Overgrow Long Reach Scrappy (TTM-present)]]
Introduced in	Generation I
Body, Footprint, Color, Egg group, and Cry	Body Footprint File:.png Cry
Pokédex
National Pokédex	0724A
Kanto	N/A / N/A (PE)
Johto	N/A / N/A (HGSS)
Hoenn	N/A / N/A (ORAS)
Sinnoh and Hisui	Sinnoh N/A / N/A (Pt) Hisui 003
Unova	N/A / N/A (B2W2)
Kalos	Central Kalos N/A Coastal Kalos N/A Mountain Kalos N/A
Alola	N/A / N/A (USUM)
Galar	N/A / N/A (TIoA) / N/A (TCT)
Paldea, Kitakami and Blueberry	Paldea N/A Kitakami N/A Blueberry N/A

Decidueye (Japanese: ジュナイパー, Hepburn: Junaipaa) (deh-SIH-joo-eye) is a Grass/Ghost-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VII. It is the final evolved form of Rowlet.

It has a Grass/Fighting Hisuian form introduced in Generation VIII.

Biology

Physiology

Alolan

Decidueye is a tall, avian Pokémon that resembles an owl. The upper segment of its face is black with a thin, orange cover like a mask circling its eyes. It has orange pupils and a green hooked beak. The feathers covering its wings and back are light brown, while its body is fundamentally white with the appearance of a six-pack. The three plumes at the tip of each wing are organized like fingers and have lighter tips. It has long legs, feet with two toes confronting forward and two in reverse, and short dim green claws. Its tail comprises three long, green leaves. On the front of its wings is a line of orange upside-down triangles pointing downward. It has a green leafy hood that covers its head and shoulders. Around the head, the hood shapes many pointed projections that stretch out over its face. It has a white plume with a red base that reaches out from the highest point of its hood. On its chest is an orange X-shaped marking made out of dead leaves with two vines. Pulling on the vines shuts the hood over Decidueye's face similar to a hoodie.

Hisuian

Hisuian Decidueye has a smaller wing area and thicker legs. The plumes around its ankles are longer, and its feet are black with white talons. Its tail feathers are red, as are its head and neck covering, with orange and white accents, and together they resemble an ayaigasa. Its wings appear to have more layers, allowing the rachises of its feathers to insulate it from the harsh conditions of the Hisui region.

Behavior

Alolan

Decidueye are normally calm and collected but panic easily when taken by surprise. One will tug at its "hoodie" if missing a very important or accurate shot. When a Decidueye decides upon a target, it will seemingly disappear from view as it begins to stalk it from afar. Once its victim completely loses track of it, it will strike with a single arrow quill, plucking it from within its wing and stringing it on its vine-like tassels. Many trainers still admire Decidueye for their spectacular precision and stealth, making them one of the most popular starters in Alola.

Hisuian

While Hisuian Decidueye still maintain the ability to fire off their arrow-like feathers from a distance, they generally prefer physical fighting. In Sinnohan mythology, they are fierce and stalwart fighters, who are heavily associated with honorable combat. Hisuian Decidueye are solitary wanderers that never sleep in the same place two nights in a row, and never have a set of territory. They are said to follow their own personal codes of honor, defending those who they see are in need before leaving as quickly as they appeared. Local village legends commonly tell the tales of individual Hisuian Decidueye who helped the locals in some way. Even today, novels and films that depict these Pokémon are quite popular in Sinnoh and other regions.

Although mostly deliberately engaging in close-range combat to overpower opponents, they can still tolerate ones that display no hostility towards them.

Natural abilities

By creating an elastic band from their wings, Decidueye can fire their feathers like arrows in a tenth of a second. Unfortunately, their bodies are so large that they can't fly very easily. Despite this, they are capable of striking a target that is more than a half a mile away.

Aside from being able to shoot their arrow-feathers, Hisuian Decidueye can use air inside their rachises to insulate them from the cold climate of Hisui. Their bodies are light enough to fly above water. They are also known for their mighty legs that are capable of delivering powerful blows aimed at their enemies, before further assailing the enemies with a flurry of their arrow quills.

Evolution

Decidueye is the evolved form of Dartrix as of level 34. It is also the final evolution of Rowlet.

Game info

Locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Sun and Moon	Evolve Dartrix	None
Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon	Evolve Dartrix	None
Sword and Shield	Evolve Dartrix	None

Pokédex entries

• Sun

  It fires arrow quills from its wings with such precision, they can pierce a pebble at distances over a hundred yards.

• Moon

  Although basically cool and cautious, when it’s caught by surprise, it’s seized by panic.

• Ultra Sun

  It nocks its arrow quills and shoots them at opponents. When it simply can’t afford to miss, it tugs the vine on its head to improve its focus.

• Ultra Moon

  Decidueye can nock and fire an arrow at an enemy in a tenth of a second, so its battles are decided in the blink of an eye.

• Sword

  As if wielding a bow, it launches the arrow quills hidden among the feathers of its wings. Decidueye's shots never miss.

• Shield

  In a tenth of a second, it can nock and fire an arrow quill, piercing an opponent's weak point before they notice what’s happening.

• Legends: Arceus

  The air stored inside the rachises of Decidueye's feathers insulates the Pokémon against Hisui's extreme cold. This is firm proof that evolution can be influenced by environment.

• Scarlet

  It cunningly conceals arrow quills in its wings. It launches these quills with such precision that they can pierce a pebble at over a hundred yards.

• Violet

  It nocks its arrow quills and looses them at opponents. When it needs to hit, it pulls the vines on its hood to narrow its view and focus.

Stats

• Normal
• Hisuian

Stats
HP	78
Attack	107
Defense	75
Sp. Atk	100
Sp. Def	100
Speed	70
Total	530

Stats
HP	88
Attack	112
Defense	80
Sp. Atk	95
Sp. Def	95
Speed	60
Total	530

Learnset

Leveling

LevelingGeneration VII
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
1	Spirit Shackle	80	100%	10	Ghost	Physical
1	U-turn	70	100%	20	Bug	Physical
1	Tackle	40	100%	35	Normal	Physical
1	Leafage	40	100%	40	Grass	Physical
1	Growl	—	—%	40	Normal	Status
1	Peck	35	100%	35	Flying	Physical
4	Growl	—	—%	40	Normal	Status
8	Peck	35	100%	35	Flying	Physical
11	Astonish	30	100%	15	Ghost	Physical
15	Razor Leaf	55	95%	25	Grass	Physical
19	Foresight	—	—%	40	Normal	Status
24	Pluck	60	100%	20	Flying	Physical
28	Synthesis	—	—%	5	Grass	Status
33	Fury Attack	15	85%	20	Normal	Physical
38	Sucker Punch	70	100%	5	Dark	Physical
44	Leaf Blade	90	100%	15	Grass	Physical
49	Feather Dance	—	100%	15	Flying	Status
55	Brave Bird	120	100%	15	Flying	Physical
60	Nasty Plot	—	—%	20	Dark	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.

TM

TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation VII
TM/HM/TR	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
TM01	Work Up	—	—%	30	Normal	Status
TM06	Toxic	—	90%	10	Poison	Status
TM10	Hidden Power	60	100%	15	Normal	Special
TM11	Sunny Day	—	—%	5	Fire	Status
TM16	Light Screen	—	—%	30	Psychic	Status
TM17	Protect	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM19	Roost	—	—%	10	Flying	Status
TM20	Safeguard	—	—%	25	Normal	Status
TM21	Frustration	—	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM22	Solar Beam	120	100%	10	Grass	Special
TM23	Smack Down	50	100%	15	Rock	Physical
TM27	Return	—	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM30	Shadow Ball	80	100%	15	Ghost	Special
TM32	Double Team	—	—%	15	Normal	Status
TM42	Facade	70	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM44	Rest	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status
TM45	Attract	—	100%	15	Normal	Status
TM47	Low Sweep	65	100%	20	Fighting	Physical
TM48	Round	60	100%	15	Normal	Special
TM49	Echoed Voice	40	100%	15	Normal	Special
TM51	Steel Wing	70	90%	25	Steel	Physical
TM53	Energy Ball	90	100%	10	Grass	Special
TM54	False Swipe	40	100%	40	Normal	Physical
TM62	Acrobatics	55	100%	15	Flying	Physical
TM65	Shadow Claw	70	100%	15	Ghost	Physical
TM68	Giga Impact	150	90%	5	Normal	Physical
TM75	Swords Dance	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
TM86	Grass Knot	—	100%	20	Grass	Special
TM87	Swagger	—	85%	15	Normal	Status
TM88	Sleep Talk	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM89	U-turn	70	100%	20	Bug	Physical
TM90	Substitute	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM96	Nature Power	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
TM100	Confide	—	—%	20	Normal	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.

Egg Moves

To see the Egg Moves that Decidueye can learn, refer to Rowlet.

Tutoring

Tutoring Generation VII
Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
Covet USUM	60	100%	25	Normal	Physical
Defog USUM	—	—%	15	Flying	Status
Frenzy Plant SMUSUM	150	90%	5	Grass	Special
Giga Drain USUM	75	100%	10	Grass	Special
Grass Pledge SMUSUM	80	100%	10	Grass	Special
Laser Focus USUM	—	—%	30	Normal	Status
Seed Bomb USUM	80	100%	15	Grass	Physical
Sky Attack USUM	140	90%	5	Flying	Physical
Snore USUM	50	100%	15	Normal	Special
Spite USUM	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status
Synthesis USUM	—	—%	5	Grass	Status
Tailwind USUM	—	—%	15	Flying	Status
Worry Seed USUM	—	100%	10	Grass	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.

Appearances

Hau's Decidueye.

Anime

Supporting

• Hau's Decidueye

Minor

• Trainer's Decidueye

Trivia

• Decidueye is the only fully evolved Starter Pokémon to have its pre-evolution's secondary type changed.
• Decidueye has the same base HP and Defense stats as its pre-evolution. This makes Decidueye the only fully evolved Starter Pokémon to have one or more stats unchanged from its middle stage.
  • This makes Rowlet's evolutionary line the starter Pokémon line with the smallest gap between the base HP stat of the pre-evolved stage and the fully evolved stage, at only 10 points (78 compared to 68).
• Despite official media stating its "surprising speed", Decidueye actually has one of the lowest Speed stats of fully evolved starters.
  • At 70, Decidueye's Speed also happens to be its lowest stat.
• Being based on the extinct Stilt-owl, Decidueye continues the trend of final evolved Grass-type starters being based on extinct animals:
  • Venusaur is based on a Beelzebufo.
  • Meganium is based on an Apatosaurus.
  • Sceptile is based on a Dilophosaurus.
  • Torterra is based on an Ankylosaurus.
  • Serperior is based on a Titanoboa.
  • Chesnaught is based on a Glyptodon.
  • Rillaboom is based on a Gigantopithecus.
  • Finally, Meowscarada is based on an Issoire Lynx.
• Decidueye is the first Grass/Ghost Pokémon not to have the Ghost type as the primary type.
• Decidueye is the lightest Grass type fully-evolved Starter Pokémon.
• On June 4, 2016, Decidueye, along with its fellow final Starter evolutions and Mallow, had their artwork leaked.
• Decidueye is the only Pokémon in the Flying egg group that is not part Flying type.
• Decidueye is the first Generation VII Pokémon to get a regional variant.
  • Its shiny Hisuian form has its Alolan form's color scheme.
• Both Hisuian Decidueye and Chesnaught have the most weaknesses of all fully-evolved Starter Pokémon, with those weaknesses being flying, poison, psychic, fire, ice, and fairy.

Origin

Decidueye is based on the Stilt-owl, an extinct Hawaiian owl, which its Ghost typing possibly alludes to. It may also take inspiration from the folklore character Robin Hood, a legendary outlaw who was known for his skill in archery and stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, or the Marvel superhero Hawkeye & DC Comics Superhero Green Arrow, archers with a predatory bird motif.

Its Hisuian form takes inspiration from rōnin ("drifters" or "wanderers"), the mostly master-less samurai, but many also take up duties voluntarily to protect proletarians from the tyranny of actively powerful and corrupted samurai.

Hisuian Decidueye's earthy coloring and comparatively shorter wings seem to draw inspiration from primarily ground-dwelling burrowing owls and possibly from the color change deciduous tree leaves experience during autumn, signifying its growth. It also shows some similarities with secretary birds. Its hat-like crown of feathers resembles a kasa (a traditional Japanese brimmed hat), perhaps the ayaigasa specifically worn by samurai archers for hunting or ceremonial purposes. It may also be inspired by Cikap-kamuy, the Ainu god of owls and the land.

Etymology

Decidueye may come from deciduous, referring to a type of forest and trees/plants whose leaves fall off seasonally, and deadeye, hawk-eye, or bullseye, marksmanship terms meaning someone/something is very accurate.

Its Japanese name, Junaipā, is derived from 樹 (ju, tree), juniper (a type of tree) and sniper (someone who fights with firearms or bows over long ranges or from concealed areas).

Gallery

Alolan Form

Decidueye using its Z-move, Sinister Arrow Raid

Hisuian Form