#177

Natu

Tiny Bird Pokémon

PsychicFlying

It picks food from cactus plants, deftly avoiding buds and spines. It seems to skip about to move.

Base Stats

HP 40

Attack 50

Defense 45

Sp. Atk 70

Sp. Def 45

Speed 70

Total 320

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

rock 2x ghost 2x electric 2x ice 2x dark 2x

Resistant to

fighting ¼x grass ½x psychic ½x

Immune to

ground 0x

Abilities

Synchronize Early Bird Magic Bounce (Hidden)

Evolution Chain

Natu

→

Xatu Lv. 25

Moves

Details

Category Tiny Bird Pokémon

Height 0.2 m

Weight 2.0 kg

Base Exp 64

Growth Rate Medium

Capture Rate 190

Base Happiness 70

Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀

Habitat Forest

Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 2.2%

RU PU NU LC

Utility

Moves

Night Shade

Roost

U-turn

Toxic / Reflect

Item

Eviolite

Ability

Magic Bounce

Nature

Relaxed

EVs

HP 248

Def 252

SpD 8

Strategy Overview

In a tier with little entry hazard control, Natu has surprising bulk and excellent utility in Magic Bounce. Natu is able to reliably switch in on many common hazard setters such as Torterra and Maractus and can even wall them thanks to its good typing and good bulk with Eviolite. Natu even has support options like U-turn to keep momentum going for offense teams. However, Natu does struggle against many other hazard setters such as Stunfisk and Glalie, which have super effective STAB moves against it, and its bulk is just not good enough to make it a generally reliable wall.