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latios
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Latios

Eon Pokémon

DragonPsychic

LATIOS has the ability to make its foe see an image of what it has seen or imagines in its head. This POKéMON is intelligent and understands human speech.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 90
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 130
Sp. Def 110
Speed 110
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

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

Mega Mixed Attacker
Moves
Ice Beam / Draco Meteor / Thunderbolt
Item
Latiosite
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Mega Latios's great Speed tier and offensive stats make it a premier check to several threats in the OU metagame such as Heatran, Landorus-T, and Gliscor. Moreover, its excellent offensive typing, high-powered STAB attacks, and vast range of coverage options make Latios a formidable offensive threat in its own right, able to threaten defensive staples like Toxapex, Gliscor, Mega Venusaur, and Zapdos. Mega Latios also sports numerous type resistances, great bulk, and access to recovery, enabling it to act as a solid pivot into Water-, Grass-, Electric-, and Fire-type attacks. Additionally, Mega Latios's naturally high Attack and access to Earthquake allows it to 2HKO common Psychic-type checks such as Heatran, Assault Vest Magearna, and Tyranitar after Stealth Rock and Spikes damage. Despite its strengths, though, Mega Latios is threatened by common Fairy-types in the tier such as Tapu Lele, Mega Mawile, and Magearna and walled by Steel-types like Ferrothorn, Celesteela, and Mega Scizor. Mega Latios is also troubled by faster offensive threats such as Greninja, Tapu Koko, and Mega Alakazam and is highly vulnerable to Pursuit trappers like Tyranitar and Weavile.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
64.6%
Psychic
62.8%
Trick
62.1%
Defog
44.8%
Psyshock
27.3%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc