Galarian Linoone • Sword & Shield Pokédex

Linoone's Type

DARK

NORMAL

Linoone's Pokédex #s

Galar #: 32

National #: 264

Linoone's Base Stats

HP:: 78

Attack:: 70

Defense:: 61

Sp. Atk:: 50

Sp. Def:: 61

Speed:: 100

Total:: 420

Misc. Info

Egg Groups:: Field

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,000,000

EV Yield:: 2 Speed

Linoone's Abilities

Here are what abilities Linoone can possibly have, along with their effects.

Pickup: Picks up held items or items thrown with Flung in battle. Picks up useful items after battles outside of battle based on level.

Gluttony: Linoone consumes its held Berry whenever its HP is below 50%, regardless of the usual HP threshold for consuming the Berry.

Quick Feet: Raises Linoone's Speed by 50% while it is affected by a major status condition, and it has no Speed penalty from paralysis.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Linoone's weakness and resistance is to various types.

4×: FIGHTING

2×: BUG

FAIRY

½: DARK

immune: PSYCHIC

GHOST

Linoone's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Linoone evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Galarian Zigzagoon: starting form

Galarian Linoone: at level 20

Obstagoon: at level 35 (Nighttime only)

Linoone's Moves

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Linoone can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Linoone learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
Evo.	Night Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	DARK	70	100%	15	One Target
1	Night Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	DARK	70	100%	15	One Target
1	Switcheroo Switches Linoone's held item with the target's.	DARK	--	100%	10	One Target
1	Pin Missile Hits the target two to five times in a row.	BUG	25	95%	20	One Target
1	Baby-Doll Eyes +1 priority. Lowers the target's Attack by one stage.	FAIRY	--	100%	30	One Target
1	Tackle Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Leer Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
1	Sand Attack Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	GROUND	--	100%	15	One Target
1	Lick Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	GHOST	30	100%	30	One Target
9	Snarl 100% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Sp. Atk by one stage.	DARK	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
12	Headbutt Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	NORMAL	70	100%	15	One Target
15	Hone Claws Raises Linoone's Attack and accuracy by one stage.	DARK	--	--	15	User
18	Fury Swipes Hits the target two to five times in a row.	NORMAL	18	80%	15	One Target
23	Rest Linoone restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
28	Take Down Linoone takes 25% of Take Down's damage as recoil damage.	NORMAL	90	85%	20	One Target
33	Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by two stages.	NORMAL	--	100%	10	One Target
38	Counter Counters Physical-based damage received this turn.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	20	Counter
43	Taunt Prevents the target from using Status moves for the next few turns.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
48	Double-Edge Linoone takes 33% of Double-Edge's damage as recoil damage.	NORMAL	120	100%	15	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Linoone can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM07	Pin Missile Hits the target two to five times in a row.	BUG	25	95%	20	One Target
TM08	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM09	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM14	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
TM15	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM16	Screech Lowers the target's Defense by two stages.	NORMAL	--	85%	40	One Target
TM21	Rest Linoone restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM23	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Linoone from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM26	Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by two stages.	NORMAL	--	100%	10	One Target
TM27	Icy Wind 100% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Speed by one stage.	ICE	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM36	Whirlpool Traps the target for 2–5 turns; does 1/16 max HP per turn. Deals extra damage to targets using Dive.	WATER	35	85%	15	One Target
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Linoone is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM40	Swift Doesn't miss all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	60	--	20	Nearby Enemies
TM41	Helping Hand Increases the power of ally Pokémon's moves for the rest of the turn.	NORMAL	--	--	20	Ally
TM47	Fake Tears Lowers the target's Special Defense by two stages.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
TM53	Mud Shot 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	55	95%	15	One Target
TM57	Payback Does double damage if Linoone attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM58	Assurance Does double damage if the target was already damaged this turn.	DARK	60	100%	10	One Target
TM59	Fling Throws Linoone's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM65	Shadow Claw Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	GHOST	70	100%	15	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM79	Retaliate Damage is doubled if one of your Pokémon fainted during the previous turn.	NORMAL	70	100%	5	One Target
TM85	Snarl 100% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Sp. Atk by one stage.	DARK	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM98	Stomping Tantrum Power is doubled if Linoone missed the target last turn.	GROUND	75	100%	10	One Target

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Linoone can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR01	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
TR04	Surf Deals extra damage to targets using Dive.	WATER	90	100%	15	All But Self
TR05	Ice Beam Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	90	100%	10	One Target
TR06	Blizzard Has a 10% chance to freeze all nearby enemies. 100% accuracy while it is hailing.	ICE	110	70%	5	Nearby Enemies
TR08	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TR09	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Linoone's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Linoone's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR31	Iron Tail 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	100	75%	15	One Target
TR33	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TR37	Taunt Prevents the target from using Status moves for the next few turns.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
TR38	Trick Switches Linoone's held item with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	100%	10	One Target
TR42	Hyper Voice Damages all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	90	100%	10	Nearby Enemies
TR59	Seed Bomb Damages the target.	GRASS	80	100%	15	One Target
TR73	Gunk Shot Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	120	80%	5	One Target
TR77	Grass Knot Does more damage depending on how heavy the target is.	GRASS	varies	100%	20	One Target
TR85	Work Up Raises Linoone's Attack and Special Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
TR95	Throat Chop Prevents the target from using any sound-based moves for the next two turns.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
TR99	Body Press Does more damage based on how high Linoone's Defense stat is.	FIGHTING	80	100%	10	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Linoone can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Parting Shot Lowers the target's Attack and Special Attack by one stage, then Linoone switches out.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Quick Guard Protects your team from moves that that have positive priority for the turn.	FIGHTING	--	--	15	User's Field
EGG	Knock Off Double damage if the target has a held item and knocks it off.	DARK	65	100%	20	One Target

Where to Find Linoone

If you're looking for where to find Linoone, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Linoone in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently the encounters do not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Linoone in the Wild

Wild Area: Giant's Cap

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
35%	40%	5%	--	--	10%	10%	--	5%
Lv. 28-30	Lv. 28-30	Lv. 28-30			Lv. 28-30	Lv. 28-30		Lv. 28-30