Fyant

Fyant is a dual-type Bug/Fire Pokémon.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Physiology
Fyant is a Pokémon that's based on a fire ant. It has a small orange oval-shaped thorax with two yellow legs on either side, two dark orange-red forwards-facing front legs that are larger than the yellow legs, a large round abdomen that's orange at the front, has a yellow zigzag-patterned stripe in the middle and dark orange-red at the back, and its oval-shaped orange head has two yellow eyes with black pupils, three dark orange-red spots near each eye, and two yellow antennae.

Gender Differences
None.

Special Abilities
A bite from a Fyant can cause a burning pain that can last for hours. They are usually found around volcano vents where they build their underground nests.

Behavior
Be careful if you get bitten by a Fyant, as the bite will cause a burn that lasts for hours. They're usually found around volcano vents where their nests are built.

Habitat
Wild Fyant are found in the grass on Routes 6 and 7, and by walking around on Mount Highpoint. You can also receive a Shiny one from Password Pat. The password required is DOGEZA.

Shiny Coloration Differences
For Shiny Fyant, the orange turns light green, the yellow turns blue, and the dark orange-red turns yellow.

Trivia

 * Prior to Version 1.0.1, Fyant uses Tynamo's cry.


 * Fyant was originally going to either Evolve from or into another Pokémon (Anflik and Defyant, respectively).
 * In its old design, Fyant was generally smaller; its front legs were smaller and were orange, its four yellow legs were thinner and farther apart, it has fewer spots near its eyes that were red, its antennae were shorter, and its abdomen was much smaller, had a different pattern, and its rear had a yellow stinger with a red flame at the tip.
 * Fyant is the first Bug/Fire Type since Larvesta and Volcarona of Generation V. Also, Sizzlipede and Centiskorch were introduced in Sword and Shield, which are also Bug/Fire-types.

Origin
Fyant is based on a fire ant.

Name origin
Fyant's name is a combination of a corruption of Fire, as well as the word ant.