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Gengar’s Pokédex · Johto · Generation II

#201 Unown

Psychic

  • SpeciesSymbol Pokémon
  • Japanese nameAnnon
  • PronunciationUHN-KNOWN
  • Height1′ 8″ 0.51 m
  • Weight11.0 lb 4.95 kg
  • GenderGenderless
Unown official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Soundalike of UNKNOWN, meaning “not known”.

Evolution

  1. UnownThis Pokémon didn’t evolve from anything, nor does it evolve. No Evolution.
Unown in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Unown as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

GoldStadium 2 Their shapes look like hieroglyphs on ancient tablets. It is said that the two are somehow related.
Silver Its flat, thin body is always stuck on walls. Its shape appears to have some meaning.
Crystal Because different types of UNOWN exist, it is said that they must have a variety of abilities.

Where to find Unown

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Gold Ruins of Alph (Inside) Any Many
Silver Any Many
Crystal Any Many

How to catch

Ground Surf Fishing Forest Tree Mountain Tree Rock Smash Breed Evolve Event BugCatch Game Corner
G/S ✓
Crystal ✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

  • Normal×1
  • Fire×1
  • Water×1
  • Electric×1
  • Grass×1
  • Ice×1
  • Fighting×0.5
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×1
  • Flying×1
  • Psychic×0.5
  • Bug×2
  • Rock×1
  • Ghost×2
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×2
  • Steel×1
  • 3 weaknesses and 2 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 3 : 2 (150%).

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • NormalNormal
  • FireNormal
  • WaterNormal
  • ElectricNormal
  • GrassNormal
  • IceNormal
  • FightingNormal
  • PoisonNormal
  • GroundNormal
  • FlyingNormal
  • PsychicBad
  • BugNormal
  • RockNormal
  • GhostNormal
  • DragonNormal
  • DarkNo Effect
  • SteelBad
  • 2 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 2:3 (~66.67%).

Moves learned by levelling up

G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start Hidden Power ??? Physical

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

None.

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

None.

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups No Eggs group X

Compatible Pokémon

None: this Pokémon can’t breed.

Egg moves

None.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank
HP 48 269-299 33/4525.82%
Attack 72 212-242 21/4951.99%
Defense 48 164-194 39/5524.20%
Speed 48 164-194 35/4724.20%
Special Attack 72 212-242 21/4657.93%
Special Defense 48 164-194 33/4122.70%
Total 336 1185-1365 52/8724.20%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library