Victini (Japanese: ビクティニ Victini) is a dual-type Psychic/Fire Mythical Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

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

Biology

Victini is a small, rabbit-like Pokémon with large, pointed ears which form the letter V. It has large, blue eyes and a round, cream-colored head, which is comparatively large compared to its small, cream body, while the tops of its ears, crest, and extremities are all orange. Its bulbous arms and legs are rounded to make a sort of "cuff" before ending with small, three-fingered hands and two-toed feet. It has two pointed teeth that can be seen on its upper jaw. It also has two cream winglike tails, which allows it to fly. Though timid, it is a caring Pokémon; it will fight if its friends are in danger.

Victini is said to bring victory to the Trainer that befriends it. It produces an infinite amount of energy within itself and can share it with others by touch. It can also become invisible. As shown in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram, it can send visions to people. It has been shown to enjoy eating macarons.

Victini is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Searing Shot. Victini is also the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move V-create by leveling up. Additionally, Victini is the only known Pokémon that can have Victory Star as an Ability.

Game data

NPC appearances

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V Unova
#000
Black This Pokémon brings victory. It is said that Trainers with Victini always win, regardless of the type of encounter.
White It creates an unlimited supply of energy inside its body, which it shares with those who touch it.
Black 2 When it shares the infinite energy it creates, that being's entire body will be overflowing with power.
White 2
Generation VI Kalos
#— 		Hoenn
#—
X This Pokémon brings victory. It is said that Trainers with Victini always win, regardless of the type of encounter.
Y When it shares the infinite energy it creates, that being's entire body will be overflowing with power.
Omega Ruby This Pokémon brings victory. It is said that Trainers with Victini always win, regardless of the type of encounter.
Alpha Sapphire When it shares the infinite energy it creates, that being's entire body will be overflowing with power.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V
Generation VI
Generation VII
Generation VIII
Generation IX

In side games

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V
Generation VI
Generation VII
Generation VIII
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation VIII side games.
Cross-Generation

In events

Games Event Language/Region Location Level Distribution period
BW Eind Victini Japanese Japan 50 April 16 to August 31, 2011
BW Movie 14 Victini English Wi-Fi 50 December 3, 2011 to January 14, 2012;
June 12 to 26, 2012
BW Eind Victini Korean South Korea 50 December 22, 2011 to January 8, 2012
BW Movie 14 Victini German Wi-Fi 50 April 10 to 30, 2012
BW Movie 14 Victini Italian Wi-Fi 50 April 10 to 30, 2012
BW Movie 14 Victini Spanish Wi-Fi 50 April 10 to 30, 2012
BW Movie 14 Victini French Wi-Fi 50 June 1 to 30, 2012
BWB2W2 Pokémon Center Tohoku Victini Japanese Japan 100 November 25, 2012 to January 6, 2013
ORAS Pokémon Scrap Victini Japanese region Online 15 December 1, 2014 to May 15, 2015
XYORAS Pokémon 20th Anniversary Victini American region Online 100 September 1 to 24, 2016
XYORAS Pokémon 20th Anniversary Victini PAL region Online 100 September 1 to 24, 2016
XYORAS New Adventure Victini Korean region Online 15 October 1 to November 30, 2016
SM Pokémon Center Tohoku Victini All Japan 15 June 30 to September 3, 2017
SwSh Victory Victini All All 50 August 18 to 22, 2022

Held items

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

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

Learnset

Victini is available in Sword and Shield Version 1.3.0+.

By leveling up

Generation VIII
Other generations:
V - VI - VII - IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Victini
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Victini
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations

By TM/TR

Generation VIII
Other generations:
V - VI - VII - IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Victini
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Victini
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VIII
Other generations:
V - VI - VII - IX
  • Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Victini in Generation VIII
  • Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
  • Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Victini in that game.
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Victini
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Victini
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Generation VIII
Other generations:
V - VI - VII - IX
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Victini
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Victini
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

By transfer from another generation

Generation VIII
Other generations:
VI - VII - IX
  • Transferred Pokémon only retain these moves in Pokémon Sword and Shield
  • A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
  • Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Victini
  • Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Victini
  • × indicates a move that cannot be used in Sword and Shield
  • Click on the generation numbers at the top to see transfer-only moves for other generations

TCG-only moves

Side game data

In Pokémon GO, Victini can be obtained by completing 4/6 of the Special Research, Investigate a Mysterious Energy.

Evolution data

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V
Generation VI
Generation VII
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX.
Cross-Generation

In the anime

Major appearances

Victini (M14)

Victini debuted in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram. It lived in Eindoak Town, where it was a friend of the King of the People of the Vale one thousand years prior to the movies. In the present day, it was targeted by Damon in his plan to fly the Sword of the Vale back to the Kingdom of the Vale and resurrect his peoples' glory.

Other

In Pikachu, What's This Key?, Pikachu and his friends visited a Victini courtesy of Klefki's keys. It rescued Pikachu and brought him back to safety as he was falling into a chasm.

Minor appearances

In the manga

Be the Best! Pokémon B+W

Monta received a Victini from an event in Victini - A New Friend!. It reappeared in The Birth of the Best Pokémon Trainer!.

Movie adaptations

Main article: Victini (M14)

Victini is a major character in White—Victini and Zekrom. Likewise, it appears in the manga adaptation of the film by Momota Inoue that was serialized in CoroCoro.

Pocket Monsters BW

A Victini appeared in PMBW13.

Pokémon Adventures

In At Liberty on Liberty Garden, Victini was seen on Liberty Garden, where Team Plasma attempted to catch it, but were thwarted by Black. Two years later in The Final Battle: Crushed Ambition, Victini returned the favor by helping Blake defeat Colress.

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U

Victini appears as a Poké Ball Pokémon, after playing 100-Man Smash at least once. It uses Victory Star, which causes fighters (and teammates, if any) who send it out to gain immunity to knockback and have their attack power boosted.

Victini trophy in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS

Victini also appears as a trophy in both versions of the game.

Trophy information

NA: This Psychic/Fire-type Pokémon shares the limitless energy it creates with others. In Smash Bros., Victini uses Victory Star to power up the fighter that brought it into battle. The fighter won't flinch from damage and will launch foes easier, as well as glow with power. They aren't invincible, though...

PAL: Victini can create an endless supply of energy and share it with others. Its Victory Star move makes the other fighter who summoned it glow with power from head to toe. As long as they're glowing, their launch ability will shoot up and they'll never flinch. That said, they're not invincible - Victini isn't a miracle-worker.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Victini returns as a Pokémon summoned from the Poké Ball, where it gives the summoner their Final Smash with Victory Star. It also appears as a Spirit.

In the TCG

Main article: Victini (TCG)

Trivia

Victini in Pokémon Battle Chess

  • Victini was first revealed in a preview for the fourteenth Pokémon movie at the end of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
  • Victini's Unova Pokédex number is 000, making it the only Pokémon to legitimately have the number 000 in any Pokédex listing.
  • Victini is the only Mythical Pokémon from Generation V to not have a form change.
  • Victini appears in Pokémon Battle Chess BW Version. To use it, one must have their Egg damaged three times, then Victini hatches and behaves like a king piece in chess. When the player loses their Victini, they lose. Along with Emboar, it is the only Pokémon that has its power raised when damaged.
  • Victini was added at the request of Junichi Masuda.[1][2] Masuda himself mentioned in multiple interviews that Victini is his favorite Generation V Pokémon.[2][3][4]
    • In a 2011 interview with Eurogamer, Junichi Masuda mentioned Mana Ibe as Victini's designer, and that it was meant to appeal more to girls than to boys.[4]
  • Pokémon Sword and Shield's The Crown Tundra expansion contains an unused Victini encounter, suggesting it was planned to be made available in the game without an event.

Origin

Victini's appearance seems to be based on うさぎリンゴ usagi-ringo, a method of cutting apple slices to make them look similar to rabbits — this may ultimately be reference to "The Big Apple", one of the nicknames for New York City, which the Unova region is based on. Conceptually, it might draw inspiration from Nike, the Greek goddess of victory; or her Roman equivalent, Victoria. Its tail wings may be a reference to Nike's wings. Its Fire typing may draw from the concept of the eternal flame, given the Pokédex describes it as having infinite energy and the eternal flame has been used to represent competition and victory, such as for the Olympics. More specifically, given Victini's location on Liberty Garden (inspired by Liberty Island), it could be a personification of the torch held by the Statue of Liberty. The torch itself has a large number of symbolic associations and meanings.

Victini's "V" theme could be linked to it being introduced in Generation V, "V" being the Roman numeral for 5. "V" could also be a reference to the V sign.

Name origin

Victini is derived from victory,[2] and also possibly destiny, teeny, or tiny.

In other languages

More languages
Greece Flag.png Greek Βικτίνη Viktíni Transcription of Japanese name
India Flag.png Hindi विक्टिनी Victini Transcription of its English/Japanese name
Russia Flag.png Russian Виктини Viktini Transcription of English name
Thailand Flag.png Thai วิคทินี Wikthini Transcription of Japanese name

See also

References

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