Weaknesses and type matchups
Illumise is weak to Fire, Flying, and Rock moves.
Illumise's Bug moves are super effective against Grass, Psychic, and Dark types.
Pokédex entry
10 versionsIllumise attracts a swarm of Volbeat using a sweet fragrance. Once the Volbeat have gathered, this Pokémon leads the lit-up swarm in drawing geometric designs on the canvas of the night sky.
Illumise in Japanese, Chinese, Korean and other languages
9 languages- JapaneseJapanese
- イルミーゼirumiize
- Chinese (Simplified)Chinese (Simplified)
- 甜甜萤tián tián yíng
- KoreanKorean
- 네오비트neobiteu
- Chinese (Traditional)Chinese (Traditional)
- 甜甜螢tián tián yíng
- FrenchFrench
- Lumivole
- GermanGerman
- Illumise
- SpanishSpanish
- Illumise
- ItalianItalian
- Illumise
- EnglishEnglish
- Illumise
What Illumise’s name means
4 languagesJapanese
イルミーゼirumiize
illuminareLatinilluminate
Chinese
甜甜萤甜甜螢tián tián yíng
甜tiánsweet
萤螢yíngfirefly
Korean
네오비트neobiteu
neonEnglish
beetleEnglish
French
Lumivole
lumièrelight
This spells out the Japanese name by sound
- Illumise
German, Spanish, and Italian use the English name. Pokémon names are never officially explained. These are the readings most widely agreed on.
Where to find Illumise
9 gamesScarlet · Violet
- Kitakami Road In the overworld Lv. 9-58 Evening Night
- Mossfell Confluence In the overworld Lv. 9-68 Evening Night
- Mossui Town In the overworld Lv. 9-12 Evening Night
- Apple Hills In the overworld Lv. 11-59 Evening Night
- Loyalty Plaza In the overworld Lv. 11-15 Evening Night
- Reveler’s Road In the overworld Lv. 13-60 Evening Night
- Wistful Fields In the overworld Lv. 18-63 Evening Night
- Fellhorn Gorge In the overworld Lv. 27-72 Evening Night
- Kitakami Wilds In the overworld Lv. 30-72 Evening Night
- Timeless Woods In the overworld Lv. 50-74 Evening Night
- Kitakami Tera Raid Battle Lv. 20-45 Violet
Brilliant Diamond · Shining Pearl
- Dazzling Cave Grand Underground Lv. 16-63
- Grassland Cave Grand Underground Lv. 16-63
- Sunlit Cavern Grand Underground Lv. 16-63
- Stargleam Cavern Grand Underground Lv. 33-63
- Route 229 Grass or cave Lv. 50
Every Pokémon in Brilliant Diamond · Shining Pearl →Route map →
Omega Ruby · Alpha Sapphire
- Route 117 Grass or cave Lv. 11-14 20%
X · Y
- Friend Safari Grass or cave Lv. 30 33%
- Route 7 Grass or cave Lv. 13 10%
HeartGold · SoulSilver
- Safari Zone Grass or cave Lv. 46 10% Special condition
- National Park Grass or cave Lv. 26-36 10% Later in the story Special condition
Moves Illumise learns
66 movesLevel up · 15
TM · 55
TM001Take Down⚔TM002Charm◆TM003Fake Tears◆TM005Mud-Slap✦TM007Protect◆TM011Water Pulse✦TM014Acrobatics⚔TM015Struggle Bug✦TM017Confuse Ray◆TM018Thief⚔TM019Disarming Voice✦TM020Trailblaze⚔TM021Pounce⚔TM023Charge Beam✦TM025Facade⚔TM027Aerial Ace⚔TM032Swift✦TM037Draining Kiss✦TM040Air Cutter✦TM043Fling⚔TM047Endure◆TM049Sunny Day◆TM050Rain Dance◆TM058Brick Break⚔TM059Zen Headbutt⚔TM060U-turn⚔TM065Air Slash✦TM068Thunder Punch⚔TM069Ice Punch⚔TM070Sleep Talk◆TM075Light Screen◆TM079Dazzling Gleam✦TM080Metronome◆TM082Thunder Wave◆TM085Rest◆TM103Substitute◆TM109Trick◆TM111Giga Drain✦TM113Tailwind◆TM114Shadow Ball✦TM122Encore◆TM126Thunderbolt✦TM127Play Rough⚔TM130Helping Hand◆TM132Baton Pass◆TM162Bug Buzz✦TM166Thunder✦TM168Solar Beam✦TM171Tera Blast✦TM182Bug Bite⚔TM192Focus Punch⚔TM203Psych Up◆TM204Double-Edge⚔TM205Endeavor⚔TM219Skitter Smack⚔