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xatu
#178

Xatu

Mystic Pokémon

PsychicFlying

This odd Pokémon can see both the past and the future. It eyes the sun’s movement all day.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 75
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 70
Speed 95
Total 470

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

xatu Xatu Lv. 25

Moves

Details

Category Mystic Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 15.0 kg
Base Exp 165
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

xatu Front Front
xatu Back Back
xatu Front Shiny Front Shiny
xatu Back Shiny Back Shiny
xatu Front ♀ Front ♀
xatu Back ♀ Back ♀
xatu Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
xatu Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
xatu Official Art Official Art
xatu Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ou Usage: 4.4%
Utility
Moves
Reflect / Feather Dance
U-turn / Toxic
Item
Rocky Helmet
Ability
Magic Bounce
Nature
Impish / Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 184
Spe 72

Strategy Overview

Xatu has a niche in the OU metagame as the best Magic Bounce user and one of the best sources of entry hazard control. Xatu is able to completely shut down passive Pokemon like Ferrothorn, Skarmory, and Hippowdon while also being a soft check to most Ground- and Grass-types. However, it has mediocre base stats, a shallow offensive movepool, and an exploitable defensive typing that makes it vulnerable to a lot of the metagame's offensive threats, including very effective Stealth Rock users like Garchomp, Heatran, and Jirachi. Once these Pokemon set Stealth Rock, Xatu's Stealth Rock weakness becomes a thorn in its side.

Most Used Moves

Roost
99.7%
U-turn
81.9%
Reflect
80.7%
Heat Wave
12.4%
Toxic
12.2%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
23.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc