#791
Solgaleo
Sunne Pokémon
PsychicSteel
It is said to live in another world. The intense light it radiates from the surface of its body can make the darkest of nights light up like midday.
Base Stats
HP 137
Attack 137
Defense 107
Sp. Atk 113
Sp. Def 89
Speed 97
Total 680
Type Effectiveness
Abilities
Evolution Chain
Moves
Locations
Details
Category Sunne Pokémon
Height 3.4 m
Weight 230.0 kg
Base Exp 306
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat —
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Strategy Overview
- Solgaleo has an unfortunate place in the Ubers metagame, as it boasts a mediocre offensive typing, a rather average movepool, and an ability that's only really useful against Sticky Web teams and the occasional Intimidate.
- While it has reasonable enough stats and moves to be able to use multiple sets, the presence of Necrozma-DM means that most of those sets are utterly outclassed by it, thus making it hard to justify using Solgaleo in the tier.
- Solgaleo does, however, boast a greater Speed stat than Necrozma-DM that is decent enough to utilize a Choice Scarf, allowing it to become a reasonable offensive check to Xerneas. This paired with its ability Full Metal Body also allows Solgaleo to retain its Speed against Sticky Webs teams.
- With a Choice Scarf, Solgaleo is also a decent answer to cores that try to utilize Psychic Terrain such as Tapu Lele with Deoxys-A or Ultra Necrozma, as it resists both of Tapu Lele's STAB moves, is able to outpace both Deoxys-A and Ultra Necrozma, and OHKOes Deoxys-A and 2HKOes Ultra Necrozma with Sunsteel Strike.
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Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc