Applin: Evolution, Shiny, Weaknesses and Abilities

⚡The Essentials on Applin

Types: Dragon Grass
Weaknesses: ×4 Ice · ×2 Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon, Fairy Table
Resistances: ×¼ Water, Electric, Grass · ×½ Ground
Evolution: Applin → Flapple (Tart Apple), Appletun (Sweet Apple) or Dipplin (Syrupy Apple) → Hydrapple
Shiny: Alternate, rare colors: in the main games since X and Y, an encounter has a 1 in 4,096 chance of being Shiny, excluding hunting bonuses. View
Stats: Total 260 · top stat: Defense (80) Detail
In Current Games: Scarlet and Violet: No. 108 in the Paldea Pokédex, No. 33 in the Kitakami Pokédex
Pokémon GO: available
Other Names: Verpom in French · カジッチュ, Kajicchu in Japanese · Knapfel in German All Languages

📋Overview

Applin is a Dragon and Grass-type Pokémon, No. 840 in the National Pokédex. Original generation: Generation 8. Category: Apple Core Pokémon. Height: 0.2 m, weight: 0.5 kg.

Applin can evolve into 3 different Pokémon: Flapple (Tart Apple), Appletun (Sweet Apple) and Dipplin (Syrupy Apple).

Abilities: Ripen and Gluttony. Hidden Ability: Bulletproof. Applin is weak to Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon and Fairy-type moves (×2 damage). Applin is very weak to Ice-type moves (×4 damage).

Generation

Generation 8

Sword / Shield

National No.

#840

National Pokédex

📊Base Stats

The total determines a Pokémon's overall power.

HP

40

255

Attack

40

255

Defense

80

255

Special Attack

40

255

Special Defense

40

255

Speed

20

255

Total

260

Min HP (Lv. 100)

190

0 IV, 0 EV, neutral nature

Max HP (Lv. 100)

284

31 IV, 252 EV, beneficial nature

Gen Changes

Stable

Unchanged recently

🛡️Type Effectiveness

Multipliers received depending on the type of the opposing move (Dragon / Grass). See the type chart

Very weak (×4) — 1 type

Ice

×4

Weak (×2) — 5 types

Poison

×2

Flying

×2

Bug

×2

Dragon

×2

Fairy

×2

Normal (×1) — 8 types

Normal

×1

Fire

×1

Fighting

×1

Psychic

×1

Rock

×1

Ghost

×1

Dark

×1

Steel

×1

Resistant (×0.5) — 1 type

Ground

×½

Resistant (×0.25) — 3 types

Water

×¼

Electric

×¼

Grass

×¼

✨Abilities

Ripen

Ability 1

Ripens Berries and doubles their effect.

Gluttony

Ability 2

If the Pokémon is holding a Berry to be eaten when its HP is low, it will instead eat the Berry when its HP drops to half or less.

Bulletproof

Protects the Pokémon from ball and bomb moves.

🌱Applin Evolution

Tart Apple

Sweet Apple

Syrupy Apple

Evolution

🔮Applin Forms and Shiny

Standard Form

Dragon · Grass

Shiny Availability

Shiny form available

Base rate (Gen VI+): 1/4096. With Shiny Charm: 1/1365. Masuda Method: 1/683.

⚔️Applin Moves

Moves this Pokémon can learn, by method.

Lv.

Move

Type · Cat.

Accuracy

Pow.

PP

1

Astonish

Ghost Phys.

100%

30

15

1

Withdraw

Water Stat

—

40

TM/HM

Move

Type · Cat.

Accuracy

Pow.

PP

TM01

Attract

Normal Stat

100%

—

15

TM02

Pounce

Bug Phys.

100%

50

20

TM03

Tera Blast

Normal Spec.

100%

80

10

Origin

Move

Type · Cat.

Accuracy

Pow.

PP

—

Defense Curl

Normal Stat

—

40

—

Sucker Punch

Dark Phys.

100%

70

5

—

Recycle

Normal Stat

—

10

—

Rollout

Rock Phys.

90%

30

20

Origin

Move

Type · Cat.

Accuracy

Pow.

PP

—

Draco Meteor

Dragon Spec.

90%

130

5

—

Grassy Glide

Grass Phys.

100%

55

20

No data available for this category.

🥚Advanced Breeding

Egg Groups

Grass · Dragon

Egg Cycles

20 cycles

≈ 5,140 steps

Gender

♂ 50.0 / ♀ 50.0%

Ditto Compatibility

✓ Yes

Pokérus

Susceptible

EV ×2 if infected

Max Characteristic

Defense

Highest base stat

Hyper Training & Mints

Available from level 50. Cost: 1 Gold Bottle Cap per IV set to 31 or 3 Silver Bottle Caps per IV. Mints let you change the effect of a Nature without changing the base Nature.

🗺️Where to Find Applin

Available in 4 games, 4 recorded encounters. Click a game to see the details.

Natively obtainable: Shield Sword Scarlet Violet

Generation VIII

🛡️

Shield 1 encounter

Available ▼

Wild Area (1)

Wild Area / Galar

⚔️

Sword 1 encounter

Available ▼

Wild Area (1)

Wild Area / Galar

Generation IX

🔴

Scarlet 1 encounter

Available ▼

Picnic (1)

Paldea

🟣

Violet 1 encounter

Available ▼

Picnic (1)

Paldea

🔄Transfer to Pokémon HOME

How to bring this Pokémon to HOME depending on the game of origin.

Sword

→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)

Shield

→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)

Scarlet

→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)

Violet

→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)

Note: Some transfers are irreversible (Bank → HOME). Check the legality of moves in the target game — HOME may replace an illegal move with a basic move.

🏆Competitive & Meta

📱Applin in Pokémon GO

714Max CP (Lv. 40)
408Perfect CP in Raids
5 kmper Candy as Buddy
200 🍬to evolve into Appletun

✨ Special evolution: Sweet Apple

Pokémon GO entry: Applin →

📖Pokédex Entries

Description by game, with language selection.

Sword

“いっしょう　りんごの　なかで　くらしてんてきの　とりポケモンに　であうとりんごの　ふりをして　みをまもる。”

Sword

“평생을 사과 속에서 지내며 천적인 새포켓몬과 마주치면 사과인 척을 해서 몸을 지킨다.”

Sword

“終其一生都在蘋果裡度過。遇到天敵鳥寶可夢時，會裝成蘋果保護自己。”

Sword

“Il vit toujours dans sa pomme. S’il croise un Pokémon oiseau, son prédateur naturel, il se fait passer pour un simple fruit pour se protéger.”

Sword

“Es verbringt sein ganzes Leben im Inneren eines Apfels. Um sich vor Vogel-Pokémon, seinen Fressfeinden, zu schützen, imitiert es einen Apfel.”

Sword

“Habita durante toda su vida en el interior de una manzana. Finge ser una fruta para protegerse de los Pokémon pájaro, sus enemigos naturales.”

Sword

“Passa la vita all’interno di un pomo. Quando si imbatte in Pokémon alati, suoi nemici naturali, si protegge fingendosi un semplice frutto.”

Sword

“It spends its entire life inside an apple. It hides from its natural enemies, bird Pokémon, by pretending it’s just an apple and nothing more.”

Sword

“一生　りんごの　中で　暮らし天敵の　鳥ポケモンに　出会うとりんごの　振りをして　身を守る。”

Sword

“终其一生都在苹果里度过。遇到天敌鸟宝可梦时，会装成苹果保护自己。”

Shield

“うまれると　りんごに　もぐりこむ。なかみを　たべながら　せいちょうしりんごの　あじが　しんかを　きめる。”

Shield

“태어나면 사과 안으로 숨어든다. 안을 파먹으면서 성장하고 사과 맛이 진화를 결정한다.”

Shield

“一出生就躲進了蘋果中，一邊吃果肉一邊成長。進化方向依蘋果的味道而定。”

Shield

“À la naissance, il s’installe dans une pomme et grandit en se nourrissant de sa chair. Son évolution dépend de la saveur du fruit.”

Shield

“Nach der Geburt kriecht es sofort in einen Apfel und verspeist dessen Inneres, um zu wachsen. Seine Entwicklung hängt von dessen Aroma ab.”

Shield

“Nada más nacer se refugia en una manzana, cuyo interior va devorando a medida que crece. El sabor de la fruta determina la evolución.”

Shield

“Quando nasce si intrufola in un pomo e cresce mangiandone la polpa. Si evolve in modo diverso a seconda del gusto del frutto.”

Shield

“As soon as it’s born, it burrows into an apple. Not only does the apple serve as its food source, but the flavor of the fruit determines its evolution.”

Shield

“生まれると　りんごに　潜りこむ。中身を　食べながら　成長しりんごの　味が　進化を　決める。”

Shield

“一出生就躲进了苹果中。一边吃果肉一边成长。进化方向因苹果的味道而定。”

🌍Multilingual Names

🇫🇷 Français

Verpom

🇬🇧 English

Applin

🇯🇵 漢字

カジッチュ

🇯🇵 Kana

カジッチュ

🇯🇵 Romaji

Kajicchu

🇩🇪 Deutsch

Knapfel

🇪🇸 Español

Applin

🇮🇹 Italiano

Applin

🇰🇷 한국어

과사삭벌레

🇨🇳 ZH-Hans

啃果虫

🇹🇼 ZH-Hant

啃果蟲

Category (Genus)

🇫🇷 FR

Pokémon Nid Pomme

🇬🇧 EN

Apple Core Pokémon

🇯🇵 JP

りんごぐらしポケモン

🇩🇪 DE

Apfelhaus-Pokémon

🎬Media & Gallery

Audio Cries

❓Frequently asked questions about Applin

What type is Applin?

Applin is a Dragon and Grass-type Pokémon.

How do you evolve Applin?

Applin can evolve into 3 Pokémon: Flapple (Tart Apple), Appletun (Sweet Apple) and Dipplin (Syrupy Apple).

What are Applin's weaknesses?

Applin is weak to Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon and Fairy-type moves (×2 damage). Applin is very weak to Ice-type moves (×4 damage).

What is Applin's Hidden Ability?

Applin's Hidden Ability is Bulletproof. Its regular Abilities are Ripen and Gluttony.