Appearance
A mammal like a wolf crossed with a hyena, with short gray fur. Black legs, tail, and two shaggy stripes, red eyes, a red nose, and diamond-shaped ears.
#262
Mightyena
Bite Pokémon
Dark
- Height
- 1 m
- Weight
- 37 kg
- Generation
- 3
- Region
- Hoenn
Mightyena is a Dark-type Pokémon, No. 262 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn region).
« Mightyena travel and act as a pack in the wild. The memory of its life in the wild compels the Pokémon to obey only those Trainers that it recognizes to possess superior skill. »
Its story
Lifestyle
In a pack of about ten, it never lets prey escape and obeys a strict leader. It evolves from Poochyena and lives in grasslands and savannas.
In the anime
Several Mightyena are the main Pokémon of Team Magma Grunts. Joe's Mightyena helps catch Zorua, then battles Grings Kodai.
Name origin
Mightyena may combine mighty and hyena. The design seems based on a hyena, possibly the brown hyena.
Did you know?
- Before it attacks, it growls deeply and flattens its body as a warning.
- Ken Sugimori's early artwork gives it a black nose.
- In the movie, it licks the faces of people it likes.
Found in the Pokédex of:
HoennKalosPaldea
In other languages
Grahyèna
Magnayen
グラエナ그라에나大狼犬