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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

Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Colbur Berry
Moves
Roar / Hidden Power Fire
Item
Colbur Berry
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Choice Specs
Item
Choice Specs
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Calm Mind
Moves
Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
Recover / Hidden Power Fire
Item
Draco Plate
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Latios is one of, if not the, best wallbreakers in the metagame thanks to its insanely strong, nearly unresisted STAB Draco Meteor. This makes sets utilizing Choice Specs very difficult to switch into, let alone wall. This is further compounded by Trick crippling almost every defensive answer. It also has a great Speed tier that allows it to outspeed prominent threats like Keldeo, Terrakion, and Garchomp. This makes it a great Choice Scarf user, as it can outspeed all other Choice Scarf users and boosted sweepers. Latios's decent bulk and typing let it check Pokemon like Keldeo, Thundurus-T, Breloom, and Gliscor relatively well, which is made even easier due to its immunity to Spikes. It can even run Recover to aid its ability to check these Pokemon and mitigate sand and Stealth Rock damage. It's also great on rain teams, where it can hit most Steel-types hard with boosted Surf. Latios can also work on sand teams thanks to sand damage wearing down some of its counters and its ability to check and remove many Pokemon that pressure sand teams well, namely Breloom, Heatran, and Gliscor. However, despite its incredible strength, Draco Meteor leaves Latios incredibly exploitable after being used and usually forces it out. This is especially bad due to Tyranitar being very common and being able to easily Pursuit trap it after Draco Meteor has been used. Latios is also very vulnerable to many common residual damage sources like sand and Stealth Rock, which impedes its ability to stay healthy throughout a match, come in to attack, and check the things it should be able to.

Most Used Moves

Surf
87.4%
Trick
68.4%
Psyshock
19.5%
Roost
18.1%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc