Darmanitan (Galarian Zen Mode)

Game data

Darmanitan (Galarian Zen Mode) sits here because the games give its Galarian Zen Mode a base Speed of 135. That integer is a battle stat. The explanation is game lore, not a running speed.

1. A stat, not a stopwatch

   Base Speed is the number a battle uses before natures, items and stages. PokéAPI, Bulbapedia and Serebii agree on 135 for Darmanitan (Galarian Zen Mode). None of them timed an animal.

2. Zen Mode changes the block

   Galarian Darmanitan's Zen Mode is an in-battle forme with its own base stats. The games publish a high Speed for that mode. The ice-monkey lore is the story. The integer is what the battle reads.

3. Galarian Zen Mode

   Darmanitan (Galarian Zen Mode) is Darmanitan's Galarian Zen Mode. The games publish a separate stat block, so it is not folded into the base form.

Nearby on the base Speed list: Chien-Pao and Flutter Mane. Same kind of stat. Different lore.