Most Pokémon either retain their typing when they evolve or move from being a single-type to being a dual-type by adding one. However, there are a few Pokémon who have oneꦑ of their types change. Players looking to use these Pokémon in a playthrough often have to readjust their understanding of the Pokémon's type matchups and viability once their type changes.
Others jus🎶t find the typing of Pokémon fascinating, so ꦑwatching some of them change types is a source of great interest. Whatever your interest in Pokémon types, here are ten that change types when they evolve.
10 Scyther
In Generation II, fan-favorite Scyther received a new evolution in Scizor. Scyther, which was initially Bug/Flying-type, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:evolves into the Bug/S♕teel-type Scizor when traded while holding a Metal Coat.
It's notable that Scyther and Scizor both have a base stat to⭕tal of 500, albeit distributed differently, making them the only evolutionary family to have the same base stat total. Because of this, they basically function as almost the same Pokémon with different types, giving players plenty of options for how they can be utilized in battle.
9 Skorupi
Scyther might retain its Bug-type when it evolves, but the same can't be said for fellow Bug-type, Skorupi. This Generation-IV Pokémon is originally a Bug/Poison-type, which is very indicative of its scorpion-li🤡ke design.
Upon evolution, Skorupi drops its Bug-typing and instead168澳洲幸运5开奖网: becomes the Dark/Poison-type Drapion. This Dark-typing is associatꩵed with Drapion's nature as a predator in the sands, aptly-called the "Sand Demon" by locals. It's knoܫwn to attack its prey with car-crushing strength and attack almost anything with abandon.
8 Aggron
When Generation III rolled around, the Steel-type was still fairly new and underutilized. The Aron family seemed to be introduced to showcase the new type, featuring an iron-clad appearance throughout their evolutionary chain. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:👍Aron, Lairon, and Aggron we🍸re all Steel/Rock-type, literally eating iron according to their lore.
When Generation VI came to the series, Mega Evolutions were introduced, including one for Aggron. After Mega Evolving, Ag🍃gron becomes a pure Steel-type, which would have been awesome as its original typing, making it one of the only pure Steel-tyไpes at the time, save for Mawile, who is now Steel/Fairy, anyway.
7 Nincada
Nincada is a very strange case of Pok༺émo♓n evolution, basically evolving into two separate Pokémon at once. If the player has an empty Poké Ball in their bag and space in their party, Nincada will ꧋evolve into both Ninjask and Shedinja at once.
Both times, Nincada drops a type💃, meaning it basically drops the same type twice. As a Nincada, this Pokémon is Bug/Ground-type. However, Ninjask is Bug/Flying and Shedinja is Bug/Ghost. Three Pokémon with four total types make up this strange family.
6 Skrelp
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Skrelp and its evolution, Dragalge, ha🦋ve types that are very hard to remember. They're based on the leafy sea dragon, so one could reasonably think they are any combination of Water, Grass, or Dragon types. Given their appearance, they could also pass for the Dark-type. However, Skrelp is Poison/Water-type, and Dragaꦦlge is Poison/Dragon-type.
Their hard-to-remember type comb🉐inations are only exacerbated by the fact that Dragalge drops the Water-type in favor of Dragon when it evolves. It's especially hard to remember since they're waterbound creatures, leading one to believe that Dragalge drops the Poison-type, not the Water-type, but, alas.
5 Dartrix
There's an interesting bit of trivia around the Rowlett family. Rowlett, the base stage, joins Bulbasaur all the way back in Generation I, as the only starter-Pokémon who are dual-type 🔯at the base stage. Bulbasaur is a Grass/Poison-combo and Rowlett is Grass/Flying.🌸 Every other starter 🃏Pokémon is monotype at the base stage.
Rowlett differs from Bulbasaur, though, as it eventually change෴s its typing to Ghost/Grass when evolving into Decidueye from Dartrix. Bulbasaur, on the other hand, retains its Grass/Poison-typ🅺ing throughout.
4 𝄹 Azurill (Pre-Gen VI) 💟
In Generation VI, the Fairy-type was introduced, and it brought with it a whole host of Pokémon whose types were changed to reclassify them to the new🌱 type. In-game lore suggests that Professor Sycamore of the Kalos region discovered the type and so some Pokémon were reexamined and researchers realized♐ they were Fairy-types.
This is the case 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:for Azurill, who, before Gen VI, was classified as a Normal-type. Upon evolution to Marill, this Poജkémon would become pure Water-type, meaning a full type change. Now, of course, Azurill is Normal/Fairy and Marill and Azumarill are Water/Fairy.
3 Gloom
Oddish, like Bulbasaur, keeps its Poison/G✤rass-typing throughout its evolutionary chain. However, this is only the case i♛n Generation I. In Generation II, Oddish and Gloom would receive a new alternate evolution to Vileplume with Bellossom.
Interestingly, Bellossom is not classified as a Poison-type Pokémon, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:instead just being a pure Grass-type. Not only does this indicate a type change between t𒉰he Grass/Poison-dual-type Gloom and the pure-Grass✅ Bellossom, but it is also the only time in the entire series where a Pokémon just drops a type when evolving without replacing it.
2 Cubone
In one of the only cases where a Pokémon completely changes types upon evolution, one needs to head to the Alola region. Here, Marowak received an Alolan form like many other Pokémon. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Every Alolan form has different typing from its Kantonian form, but only Marowak sees a complete type cha♋ng🔯e between its pre-evolution and itself.
Cubone, which did not receive an Alolan form, is still Ground-type. But, when🅷 it evolves into Alolan Marowak, that changes to Ghost/Fire. Exeggutor comes close, changing from the Grass/Psychic Exeggcute to the Grass/Dragon Alolan Exeggutor, but only Marowak sees a complete change.
1 Eevee
There might be no more obvious type change on evolution than Eevee. This Normal-type Pokémon from Generation I is known for its ability1💃68澳洲幸运5开奖网: to evolve into eight different Pokémon, each of which has a different type.
Eevee can become Water, Electric, or Fire by evolving into Vaporeon, Jolteon, or Flareon in Gen I. In Gen II, it can evol𝕴ve 🦋into those or Espeon and Umbreon, who Psychic and Dark respectively. In Generation IV and VI, Eevee received three more evolutions in the Ice-type Glaceon, Grass-type Leafeon, and Fairy-type Sylveon.
This indicates an evolutionary type change eight times over, making Eevee the indisputable master of thi🦩s list.