Appearance
Scolipede is a plump, centipede-like Pokémon that usually rears its front half upright. Its back is dark magenta, its belly dark gray, with long purple-banded horns and poisonous neck claws.
#545
Scolipede
Megapede Pokémon
BugPoison
- Height
- 2.5 m
- Weight
- 200.5 kg
- Generation
- 5
- Region
- Unova
Scolipede is a Bug / Poison-type Pokémon, No. 545 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 5 (Unova region).
« Scolipede engage in fierce territorial battles with Centiskorch. At the end of one of these battles, the victor makes a meal of the loser. »
Its story
Lifestyle
It lives in lush forests, refuses to quit until it wins, then slams prey down to drive in a powerful venom. Venipede's final form, it can also curl up and roll.
In the anime
A wild one rampages after Iris's Axew is caught in its antennae, until her Excadrill brings it down. Colress also uses some as test subjects before they are freed.
Name origin
Tomohiro Kitakaze designed it with its pre-Evolutions, after a giant centipede. Scolipede may join Scolopendra and centipede; its horse-like look puns on yasude, whose character 馬 means horse.
Did you know?
- When it Mega Evolves, its glowing venom disturbs its mind and makes it fiercer.
- It fights Centiskorch over territory, and the loser becomes the winner's prey.
- Nothing suggests Mega Scolipede can still curl up and roll.
Found in the Pokédex of:
UnovaKalosGalar
In other languages
Brutapode
Cerapendra
ペンドラー펜드라蜈蚣王