NationalDex
lanturn
#171

Lanturn

Light Pokémon

WaterElectric

Lanturn’s light can shine up from great depths. It is nicknamed “The Deep-Sea Star.”

Base Stats

HP 125
Attack 58
Defense 58
Sp. Atk 76
Sp. Def 76
Speed 67
Total 460

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
ground 2xgrass 2x
Resistant to
steel ¼xflying ½xfire ½xwater ½xice ½x

Abilities

Volt Absorb Illuminate Water Absorb (Hidden)

Held Items

Yellow Shard 5%Deep Sea Scale 5%

Evolution Chain

chinchou Chinchou
→
lanturn Lanturn Lv. 27

Moves

Locations

Driftveil City
Undella Bay

Details

Category Light Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 22.5 kg
Base Exp 161
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water2

Sprites

lanturn Front Front
lanturn Back Back
lanturn Front Shiny Front Shiny
lanturn Back Shiny Back Shiny
lanturn Official Art Official Art
lanturn Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

vgc2012
VGC2012UURU
Anti-Weather
Moves
Thunder
Surf
Blizzard / Thunder Wave
Protect / Thunder Wave
Item
Rindo Berry
Ability
Water Absorb
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 252
SpA 252
SpD 4

Strategy Overview

At first glance, Lanturn appears to be outclassed by Rotom-W, who is faster, stronger, and slightly bulkier than Lanturn; however, it has a few tricks up its sleeve that allow it to carve a niche for itself in the metagame. In particular, Lanturn has access to Blizzard and Surf, moves that Rotom-W can only dream of having. In addition, it has two good abilities in Water Absorb and Volt Absorb. These qualities make Lanturn a fantastic counter to both hail and rain teams, a nearly unique quality.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc