Minior

Species          Quote “Strong impacts can knock it out of its shell. This Pokémon was born from mutated nanoparticles.” — Minior's Pokédex entry[src]     C Minior   [Edit]   [Talk]

Minior<sup>(JPJapanese: メテノ

Romaji: Meteno)</sup> is a species of Pokémon of the series of the same name. It is a Rock and Flying Pokémon introduced in the seventh generation in Pokémon Sun and Moon. While it does not evolve, it reveals its core form when its health drops below 50%.

Physiology and Behavior[]

Minior is a spherical Pokémon with two forms: one form with a rocky outer coating and the other with its core exposed. When it sheds its rocky coating, its core form is both the lightest Rock-type and Flying-type Pokémon. Both of its forms tie with Carbink and Dwebble as the shortest Rock-type.

In its shielded form, Minior resembles a modestly sized rock. Its rocky exterior is formed by four large plates separated by two large cracks. The cracks encircle its body both horizontally and vertically. Five white spikes extend just above the rocky surface, giving it a star-shape. Two large, black spots on its front resemble eyes, and there is a third spot in the center of its back. Rings of dark brown triangles surround the holes its spikes protrude from and the spot on its back, pointing outward. One of the triangles surrounding the spot on its back is replaced with a small, brown dot. The eyespots have a half-ring of triangles resembling eyelashes. One eye has a small, brown dot in the corner. Even while apparently at rest, Minior tends to spin slowly in place.

In its core form, Minior loses its rocky shell and its body is exposed. The core is a bright, pastel color. Depending on the color of debris and food it absorbed and ate while in the stratosphere, Minior's core can be Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, or Violet. A handful of darker triangles are also visible on its body in random places. Minior's eyes and mouth are formed from energy that floats in front of its body like a two-dimensional mask. The eyes are two large swirls and the mouth a smaller line. Its face tends to stay level regardless of how Minior spins the rest of its body.

Minior forms in the stratosphere from an aggregation of mutated nanoparticles, where it absorbs particulate matter from which it builds its core and shell. Eventually, this process makes it too heavy and it falls towards the surface of the planet. When its shell breaks from landing, Minior becomes lighter and capable of attacking quickly. However, it cannot survive for long with its core exposed, and will eventually die if not placed inside a Poké Ball quickly enough. The cute, pastel coloring of Minior's core form often inspires designers to use it as a motif for clothing and accessories. While in the ozone layer, it serves as food to stronger Pokémon. Places where Minior fall are few, Alola being one of them.

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Form change[]

Minior	Activate Shields Down	Minior Core Form

Stats[]

Meteor[]

Core[]

Moveset[]

Main article: Minior/moveset

Gallery[]

Pokémon HOME wallpaper

Renders[]

Renders
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Renders
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Trivia[]

• Prior to the release of Pokémon HOME, Minior was tied with Alcremie as being under the most Pokédex color groupings, with a total of six. The distinction is now held by Vivillon, with nine Pokédex color groupings.
• Minior is the only Rock-type Pokémon introduced prior to the Eighth Pokémon generation that cannot be obtained in any Generation VIII game (not counting Mega Evolutions).