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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

ubers Usage: 16.1%
Offensive Calm Mind
Moves
Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
Thunder / Grass Knot
Recover / Hidden Power Fire
Item
Soul Dew
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
All-Out Attacker
Moves
Surf / Dragon Pulse / Hidden Power Fire
Thunder / Grass Knot
Item
Soul Dew
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Dual Screens + Memento
Item
Light Clay
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 252
SpA 4
Spe 252
Dragon Dance
Item
Soul Dew
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Latios is one of the strongest sweepers in the entire Ubers tier. His signature item, Soul Dew, boosts his already great Special Attack to stupendous amounts, allowing him to OHKO or 2HKO near anything with the correct move. Soul Dew also grants him a special defense boost, meaning that he can easily switch in to non-super effective special hits (as well as the ubiquitous Earthquake courtesy of Levitate) to easily set up or just KO something with his astonishingly powerful Draco Meteor attack. Latios also outspeeds a huge portion of the Uber metagame, which just makes him even more of a threat.

Despite his great power, Latios is not perfect. His typing afflicts him with weaknesses to common Uber attacking types such as Ghost-, Dark-, Dragon-, and Ice-type attacks. That Dark-type weakness makes him vulnerable to Pursuit, meaning that he is easily removed by trappers such as Scizor and Tyranitar. He also won't be getting past Blissey anytime soon either. Furthermore, he has to compete with Latias often for a team slot, as his sister is usually easier to fit in a team thanks to her superior bulk. Despite these flaws, Latios is still a great Pokemon to consider using in any Ubers team.

Most Used Moves

Thunder
76.7%
Recover
69.0%
Calm Mind
35.0%

Most Used Items

Soul Dew
98.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc