Appearance
Leavanny is a thin yellow insect-like Pokémon, like a leafcutter ant. A split leaf rings its round head, and the blades on its arms can slice a tree trunk.
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Leavanny
Nurturing Pokémon
BugGrass
- Height
- 1.2 m
- Weight
- 20.5 kg
- Generation
- 5
- Region
- Unova
Leavanny is a Bug / Grass-type Pokémon, No. 542 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 5 (Unova region).
« It keeps its eggs warm with heat from fermenting leaves. It also uses leaves to make warm wrappings for Sewaddle. »
Its story
Lifestyle
It lives in forests and sews leaf clothes for small Pokémon. Usually gentle, it attacks anyone who harms them. It evolves from Swadloon.
In the anime
Burgh's Leavanny beats Ash's Swadloon, then loses to Pikachu. Later, that Swadloon evolves into Leavanny against Iris's Emolga.
Name origin
It suggests a leaf insect, a mantis, and an ant, plus an early-1600s tailor. Leavanny joins leaves and nanny.
Did you know?
- It warms its eggs with fermenting fallen leaves.
- Luke's Leavanny makes costumes and acts in his films.
- The English name may echo Levana, goddess of newborns.
Found in the Pokédex of:
UnovaPaldea
In other languages
Manternel
Matrifol
ハハコモリ모아머保母蟲