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galarian_darmanitan
📅 Updated:2026-07-20
🕒 Created:2026-07-20
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Darmanitan (Japanese: ヒヒダルマ Hihidaruma) is a Fire-type pokémon introduced in Generation V.
It evolves from Darumaka starting at level 35.
Darmanitan (Japanese: ヒヒダルマ Hihidaruma) is a Fire-type pokémon introduced in Generation V.
It evolves from Darumaka starting at level 35.
In Galar, Darmanitan has an Ice-type regional form, Galarian Darmanitan. It evolves from Galarian Darumaka when exposed to an Ice Stone.
If Darmanitan's Ability is Zen Mode and its HP drops to half or below, it changes from its Standard Mode into its dual-type Fire/Psychic Zen Mode. Under the same conditions, Galarian Darmanitan becomes dual-type Ice/Fire.
In both of its forms, Galarian Darmanitan has blue skin and heavy, cold-weather-adapted coat, which is much thicker than that of its Unovan counterpart. Its fur is predominantly white and is decorated with ice gems and crystals. Both forms also preserve Darmanitan's basic body structure, including its actual head beneath the large mass of fur and ice atop it.
Both Unovan and Galarian Darmanitan can change from their normal state, called Standard Mode, into Zen Mode.
In its Standard Mode, Galarian Darmanitan has a shaggy white coat whose facial fur forms a beard-like shape. The most distinctive feature of this form is the giant snowball on top of its head, resembling an afro and studded with several ice crystals. Its overall appearance emphasizes its icy nature while remaining relatively simple and compact.
Galarian Darmanitan's biology is the result of it adapting to the cold of the Galar region. It develops an organ that produces cold air, while its flame sac becomes dormant. This also causes its nature to change, from a belligerent personality to a gentle and timid one. It becomes so timid that it will pretend to be a snowman when it senses humans nearby. It uses the snowball on its head to store food and other things it finds, preserving them for later. When in battle, it freezes its giant snowball in order to release powerful headbutts.
In its Zen Mode, Galarian Darmanitan takes on the appearance of a snowman. The snowball atop its head transforms into a false second head with glowing red-yellow eyes, a warped smile, and a flame protruding from the center like a carrot nose. Its actual face changes as well, gaining blank white eyes surrounded by a red mask-like marking and an aggressive grin filled with razor-sharp teeth. Its hands enlarge and turn orange, resembling mittens, and several glowing red-yellow spots appear on its belly, giving the form a more intense and unsettling appearance.
When Galarian Darmanitan enters Zen Mode, its dormant flame sac reignites back to life. This causes its disposition to change into a maddened rampaging state. It hops around in battle and unleashes fire everywhere without any care for its surroundings, nor if its body starts to melt, making it a threat to others and itself. It will continue rampaging indiscriminately until its rage is completely gone.
