Umbreon (Pokémon)

Umbreon's rings glow when it sleeps in the moonlight

Umbreon is a mammalian Pokémon which has a sleek, black body with four slender legs and crimson eyes. It has two pairs of pointed teeth (one pair in each jaw) which are visible when its mouth is open. It has long, pointed ears and a bushy tail, each with a yellow band around them. Its forehead and legs have yellow rings on them.

Umbreon's evolution is the result of Eevee being exposed to the moonlight, which altered its genetic structure. Umbreon's yellow rings glow when it is excited, such as when it leaps to attack; or when exposed to the moon's aura, which fills it with a mysterious energy. Umbreon hunts at night and, as such, has well-developed eyes that can spot a prey even in darkness. Its black fur helps it blend into the night while waiting for the right moment to pounce. When it does, its rings emit a dim yet ominous glow, and it lunges for the prey's throat before eating it. Whenever angered or agitated, Umbreon sprays poisonous sweat secreted from its pores into the offender's eyes to protect itself. Umbreon primarily specializes in defensive prowess. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, Umbreon is known to be difficult to find while it sleeps during the night.^[1] The main reason is due to Umbreon being a nocturnal Pokémon.

This Pokémon is rare in the wild, instead being more commonly found in urban areas, under the ownership of other Trainers.

Evolution

Umbreon evolves from Eevee.

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

Unevolved Eevee  Normal

→

First Evolution Umbreon  Dark

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity: Umbreon is a major character in the game alongside Espeon. They join the player's team, where their knowledge of Entercards and Magnagates proves useful in reaching far-off places.

Pokédex entries

Umbreon in the Alola PokédexSM	Umbreon in the Alola PokédexUSUM	Umbreon in the Paldea Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

In events

Pokémon Global Link promotions

Held items

Games		Held items
Legends: Arceus		Normal Razz Berry (30%) Vivichoke (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

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 TM002 TM002 Charm Fairy Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM003 TM003 Fake Tears Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM005 TM005 Mud-Slap Ground Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM017 TM017 Confuse Ray Ghost Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM030 TM030 Snarl Dark Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM041 TM041 Stored Power Psychic Special 02020 100}}100% 10 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 TM055 TM055 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM062 TM062 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM074 TM074 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM082 TM082 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM087 TM087 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM094 TM094 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM098 TM098 Skill Swap Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM108 TM108 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM114 TM114 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM117 TM117 Hyper Voice Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM120 TM120 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM129 TM129 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM132 TM132 Baton Pass Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 40 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM172 TM172 Roar Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM175 TM175 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM177 TM177 Spite Ghost Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM193 TM193 Weather Ball Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM199 TM199 Lash Out Dark Physical 07575 100}}100% 5 TM203 TM203 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM221 TM221 Throat Chop Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM224 TM224 Curse Ghost Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM227 TM227 Alluring Voice Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10

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

By breeding

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

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Curse Ghost Status — —% 10 Detect Fighting Status — —% 5 Double Kick Fighting Physical 30 100% 30 Flail Normal Physical — 100% 15 Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100% 10 Tickle Normal Status — 100% 20 * Wish Normal Status — —% 10 * Yawn Normal Status — —% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Umbreon Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Umbreon Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Umbreon Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By a prior Evolution

Special moves

Animated series-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Transform Forest Phrases 51%-100% HP I can take foes down using poison! 26%-50% HP This looks bad... My health is halfway gone. 1%-25% HP I'm nearly done... My muscles are spent... Level up My level's up. My poison has intensified, too.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -12% IQ group: F

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Visit Flareon's secret base Connected to: Flareon, Espeon Connection Orb Set: 3 Phrases Normal I become more powerful with moonlight! Low HP (< 50%) It's hard, but I need to hang in there...

Pokémon Ranger Group: Dark Poké Assist: Dark Field move: None Loops: 7 Min. exp.: 75 Max. exp.: 89 Browser entry R-187 Umbreon is not only quick, it reduces visibility to make capture difficult.

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Dark Poké Assist: Dark Field move: (Cut ×3) Browser entry R-102 It attacks by releasing a dark pulse.

Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Dark Poké Assist: (present) Dark Field move: (present) (Cut ×3) Poké Assist: (past) Dark Field move: (past) (Cut ×1) Browser entry R-080/N-059 It releases dark pulses around itself that make Pokémon Tired.

Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●●●●● Speed ●●●

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.38 seconds Base HP: 58 Base Attack: 79 Base Defense: 63 Base Speed: 60

PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Umbreon often plays in the Haunted Zone. He's a good friend of Espeon's and his favorite Attraction is Dusknoir's Speed Slam!

PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond PokéPark Pad entry: He likes to create a racecourse and let someone run it. He creates it quickly and accurately.

Pokémon Conquest HP: ★★★★ Move: Assurance Attack: ★★ Ability 1: Shackle Ability 2: Melee Ability 3: Dodge Defense: ★★★★★ Speed: ★★★ Evolves from Eevee when it has a link of 70% or higher and is deployed in Yaksha Range: 4 Perfect Links: Hero/Heroine

Pokémon Battle Trozei Dark Attack Power: ★★★★★

Pokémon Shuffle Dark Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #028 Mega Boost Fills the Mega Gauge of a Pokémon of the same type. Swappable Skill(s): Eject+, Hammering Streak

Pokémon GO Base HP: 216 Base Attack: 126 Base Defense: 240 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Feint Attack, Snarl Charged Attacks: Dark Pulse, Foul Play, Last Resort†, Psychic†

New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #212 When Umbreon gets excited, the patterns on its body glow and give off energy. The one we saw in the ruins seems to hang out with Absol a lot.

Pokémon Sleep Sleep type: Dozing Pokémon type: Dark Points to befriend: 20 Specialty: Skills Berry: Wiki Berry ×1 Primary ingredient: Moomoo Milk ×1 Possible ingredients: Moomoo Milk Soothing Cacao Bean Sausage Main skill: Moonlight (Charge Energy S) Base carry limit: 14 Restores 12 Energy to the user. Sometimes also restores 6 Energy to a random Pokémon on your team. When exposed to the moon's aura at night, the rings on its body glow. It's said to be nocturnal, so it might be very difficult to find an Umbreon sleeping at night. Crescent Sleep Sitting Sleep Belly-Up Sleep Atop-Belly Sleep ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★

Costumes in Pokémon GO
Flower crown	Holiday hat	Cherry blossoms	Explorer hat	Night scarf

Evolution data

Umbreon evolves from Eevee when leveled up with high friendship (220 before Generation VIII or 160 since) during the night, except in areas with a Moss Rock or Ice Rock, or if the evolutionary conditions for it to evolve into Sylveon have also been met. Eevee will also never evolve into Umbreon in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, due to the absence of a day-night cycle, or in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, as Umbreon is not present in those games. In Pokémon XD only, Eevee will evolve if the player has a Moon Shard in their Bag.

Unevolved Eevee  Normal

+ + Level up with high friendship during the night (core series) → + + Level up with high friendship and a Moon Shard in the Bag (XD)

First evolution Umbreon  Dark

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 Umbreon images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Main series

Umbreon in Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Major appearances

Gary's Umbreon

Umbreon debuted in Power Play!, where it was revealed that Gary's Eevee had evolved into one.

Gladion's Umbreon

Gladion's Umbreon debuted in A Glaring Rivalry!, having evolved from an Eevee he had rescued as a toddler.

Other

In Trouble's Brewing and Espeon, Not Included, Tamao, one of the Kimono Sisters, owns an Umbreon. It rescued Sakura's Eevee from Team Rocket when they disrupted the Kimono Sisters' tea ceremony.

In Strategy Begins at Home!, Johanna used an Umbreon in a two-on-two Contest Battle alongside Glameow, where they went up against Dawn's Piplup and Pachirisu. In Challenging a Towering Figure!, it attended the start of the Festival Battle Challenge. In DPS01, it battled Piplup and Cyndaquil before the match was called off.

Virgil's male Umbreon debuted in Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!, along with an Eevee and her other evolutions at the time. In a flashback, it was revealed that he evolved from an Eevee when he and Virgil got lost in a forest and had to spend a night there. Umbreon reappeared in Lost at the League! and Strong Strategy Steals the Show!, and in a flashback in Curtain Up, Unova League!.

In Eevee & Friends, a mysterious Umbreon was with an Eevee and its evolved forms, including the newly introduced Sylveon. It is friends with a Weavile, Gible, Gothita, Gothorita, and Gothitelle.

In Turning Heads and Training Hard!, a Trainer's Umbreon was summoned to help Ilima's Eevee perform Extreme Evoboost. In the Poké Problem segment of the next episode, it saw Ilima and Eevee off.

An Umbreon appeared in Night and Day, You are the Ones!, under the ownership of Soleil, having evolved from her male Eevee. He reappeared in flashbacks in Reuniting for the First Time! and Infinite Possibilities!.

An Umbreon appeared in The Future I Choose, under the ownership of Spinel. It has since made further appearances in Pokémon Horizons: The Series.

Minor appearances

In Johto Photo Finish, Gary's demonstration featured an Umbreon evolving from an Eevee.

In A Bite to Remember, Brock's demonstration featured an Umbreon evolving from an Eevee.

An Umbreon appeared in A Fan with a Plan.

Multiple Umbreon appeared in Destiny Deoxys.

In Giratina and the Sky Warrior, an Umbreon was together with an Eevee and the other six Eeveelutions at the time.

In The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!, Ash called up the Pokédex entry for Umbreon, having mistaken a blackened-up Tepig, which broke out of a warehouse, for one.

In Tag Team Battle Inspiration!, Serena's fantasy featured an Umbreon as she imagined what her Eevee could evolve into.

Two Trainers' Umbreon appeared in The First Day of the Rest of Your Life!.

Three Umbreon appeared in The Power of Us, with one under the ownership of a Trainer, the second being wild, and the third appearing during a flashback.

In I Choose Paradise!, a Trainer's Umbreon was at the Pokémon Paradise Resort.

A Trainer's Umbreon appeared in We Know Where You're Going, Eevee!.

In To Train, or Not to Train!, an Umbreon was at the Eevee Evolution Lab. It reappeared in Infinite Possibilities!.

An Umbreon appeared in a fantasy in On Land, In the Sea, and to the Future!.

A Trainer's Umbreon appeared in The Future is Now, Thanks to Strategy!.

An Umbreon appeared in a fantasy in Infinite Possibilities!.

Pokédex entries

GOTCHA!

Umbreon in Pokémon Evolutions

An Umbreon briefly appeared in GOTCHA!, under the ownership of Karen.

Pokémon Evolutions

An Umbreon appeared in The Show, under the ownership of Zuki. It was used in the Kimono Girls' performance of the destruction of the Brass Tower, where it represented the night that fell before the incident.

Umbreon in Pokémon Adventures

Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure

An Umbreon appeared in JBA5, under the ownership of Karen.

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In The Last Battle VII, Karen owns an Umbreon that is the cornerstone of her team, as in the games. It apparently evolved from the Eevee she had since her childhood.

Emerald arc

Greta of the Battle Arena used an Umbreon in her battles with Guile Hideout and Emerald. It easily defeated his Dusclops before falling to his Sudowoodo, which went on to win the match, earning him the Guts Symbol. It first appeared in Swanky Showdown with Swalot.

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

An Umbreon appeared in Pleased as Punch With Parasect, under the ownership of a Kimono Girl.

X & Y arc

An Umbreon appeared in a fantasy in Sylveon Enchants.

Pokémon Colosseum Snatcher Leo

Similarly to the games, Wes owns an Umbreon, which debuted in CSL1.

Pokémon Colosseum Snatchers

An Umbreon first appeared in PCS1, under the ownership of Wes.

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

In Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys, Bill has both an Umbreon and its counterpart Espeon.

Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!

An Umbreon appeared in GDZ47, under the ownership of a thief.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

An Umbreon appeared in A Challenge to the Elite Four, under the ownership of Karen.

Main article: Umbreon (TCG)

Umbreon in Pokémon UNITE

Pokémon UNITE

Main article: Umbreon (UNITE)

Umbreon is playable through obtaining a Unite License. It is a melee defender that starts as Eevee, which evolves into Umbreon at level 4.

• According to the Pokédex in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Umbreon, Glaceon, and Leafeon have identical footprints.
• Umbreon is the only non-Psychic-type Pokémon to be able to have the Synchronize Ability.
• Umbreon is the only Eeveelution:
  • To have a unique type combination in its debut generation.
  • To be immune to another Eeveelution's type; in this case, Espeon.
• Umbreon's English name was suggested by Jeff Kalles, who assisted in the naming of many Generation II Pokémon.^[2]
• In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga, Black's Umbreon does not have the signature yellow rings on its limbs.
• In the Pokémon of the Year poll held by The Pokémon Company in 2020, Umbreon was voted as both the most popular Generation II Pokémon and the most popular Eeveelution, receiving 67,062 votes. It was also voted as the fifth most popular Pokémon overall.
• Prior to 2023, the official romanization of Umbreon's Japanese name was "Blacky".^[3] The current official romanization, Bracky, was trademarked on December 19, 2022.^[4][5]
  • The romanization used on the Pokémon Center website changed sometime between June and August 2023.^[6][7]
• In Generation IX, prior to the Version 2.0.1 update of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Umbreon was unable to learn Mud-Slap via TM, while its pre-Evolution and all the other Eeveelutions could.

Concept and development

Umbreon's demo sprite

Umbreon was designed by Atsuko Nishida.^[8][9]

In the Pokémon Gold and Silver Spaceworld '97 demo, Umbreon was more purple in coloration and was Poison-type. Remnants of this design stage can be seen in several of Umbreon's Pokédex entries, which refer to it being capable of spraying "poisonous sweat".

Origin

Umbreon may be based on a black cat, which was considered to be an omen of bad luck (in most Western countries, contrary to Japan's viewpoint in which it is considered lucky) and can be interpreted as the reasoning behind the Dark typing. Its long ears are similar to those of a hare and may originate from the East Asian legends concerning a Moon rabbit. Given some versions of the Moon rabbit legend claim it brews elixirs, this could be one such reason for Umbreon's original Poison typing.

The rings on Umbreon's body resemble Egyptian lunar markings and jewelry that have been associated with animal sculptures, such as cat statues of the Egyptian goddess Bastet. While Bastet was originally a lioness warrior and the goddess of the sun, the Greeks occupying ancient Egypt toward the end of its civilization changed her into a cat and the goddess of the moon, possibly inspiring the Pokémon's lunar theme. Furthering the lunar theme, Metamorphoses is a narrative poem that involves the Roman Goddess of the moon, Diana, changing into the form of a cat as she flees to Egypt.

Additionally, Umbreon may be inspired by Tezcatlipoca, a central deity in Aztec religion who took the form of a black jaguar that had yellow horizontal bands, and was associated with the night sky.

Name origin

Umbreon may be a combination of umbra (darkest part of a shadow in an eclipse; Latin for shadow) and eon (an immeasurably long period of time, possibly referring to how long evolution takes naturally). Eon is a suffix all Eevee Evolutions share and was Eevee's English prototype name.

Bracky may be a combination of black and lucky or 月 tsuki (moon).

• Gary's Umbreon
• Gladion's Umbreon
• Umbreon and Espeon (Gates to Infinity)
• Umbreon (UNITE)