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Latias
Eon Pokémon
DragonPsychic
LATIAS is highly sensitive to the emotions of people. If it senses any hostility, this POKéMON ruffles the feathers all over its body and cries shrilly to intimidate the foe.
Base Stats
HP 80
Attack 80
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 110
Sp. Def 130
Speed 110
Total 600
Type Effectiveness
Abilities
Forms
Evolution Chain
Moves
Locations
Details
Category Eon Pokémon
Height 1.4 m
Weight 40.0 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 90
Gender 0% ♂ / 100% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Support
Item
Latiasite
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 252
Def 76
SpD 4
Spe 176
Strategy Overview
- Mega Latias has a niche as a check to Primal Groudon that has access to both Defog and Healing Wish, allowing it to provide powerful support to bulky offense teams. Healing Wish in particular can grant offensive threats a second chance to sweep, which sets Mega Latias apart from its competitors such as Mega Salamence, Giratina-O, and Arceus-Ground.
- Solid mixed bulk and the immunities and resistances granted by its typing and ability mean it can switch into both physical and special sets of Primal Groudon and use Defog to remove Stealth Rock or whittle down Primal Groudon with Toxic and attacks.
- Though using Mega Latias means that other powerful Mega Evolutions cannot be used on its team, it allows greater freedom in choosing the role of the team's Arceus forme, as Mega Latias utilizes Defog and checks Primal Groudon, a role that support Arceus formes typically perform.
- However, it is heavily threatened by many strong offensive threats such as Necrozma-DM, Yveltal, and Xerneas, often granting them a free turn to switch in and set up or fire off powerful attacks.
- Due to its reliance on Toxic for damage, Mega Latias also poses no threat to many support Pokemon that are immune to Toxic and are not weak to its attacking moves such as Ferrothorn and Celesteela, giving them free turns to support their team.
- Mega Latias is unable to effectively keep Stealth Rock off the field against common Stealth Rock setters such as Necrozma-DM and Arceus-Fairy, and it struggles against Primal Groudon carrying Toxic or Dragon-type coverage.
Common Teammates
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc