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latios
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Latios

Eon Pokémon

DragonPsychic

A highly intelligent Pokémon. By folding back its wings in flight, it can overtake jet planes.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 90
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 130
Sp. Def 110
Speed 110
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Eon Pokémon
Height 2.0 m
Weight 60.0 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 90
Gender 100% ♂ / 0% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

latios Front Front
latios Back Back
latios Front Shiny Front Shiny
latios Back Shiny Back Shiny
latios Official Art Official Art
latios Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Offensive
Moves
Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
Psyshock / Hidden Power Fire
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Choice
Moves
Hidden Power Fire / Dragon Pulse
Trick / Psyshock
Item
Choice Specs / Choice Scarf
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Calm Mind
Moves
Psyshock / Hidden Power Fire / Recover
Item
Life Orb / Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Latios is widely regarded as one of the best Dragon-types in BW OU, sporting an amazing Special Attack and a blistering base 110 Speed stat, allowing it to outspeed every other unboosted Dragon-type. In the DW metagame, it retains its lethal status, but due to the presence of common threats such as Choice Scarf Genesect and Choice Scarf Shadow Tag Chandelure, Latios finds itself hard-pressed to compete with its Dragon-type brethren, most notably Garchomp and Dragonite. However, Latios does have some perks over its brethren. Although its secondary Psychic typing might seem like a thorn in Latios's side due to its susceptibility to Pursuit as well as its weaknesses to Bug- and Ghost-type moves, it lets Latios easily revenge kill one of the most common and dangerous threats in the DW metagame: Keldeo. In addition, Latios has the highest Special Attack of any Dragon-type in the metagame, which allows it to pose a significant threat to common walls, such as Forretress and Skarmory. Psyshock allows it to break through not only Keldeo, but also Blissey and Chansey, something that other special attackers have difficulty doing. Despite Latios's more obvious flaws in the DW metagame, it is still a potent threat that many teams can be unprepared for.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc