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Xerneas
Life Pokémon
Fairy
Legends say it can share eternal life. It slept for a thousand years in the form of a tree before its revival.
Base Stats
HP 126
Attack 131
Defense 95
Sp. Atk 131
Sp. Def 98
Speed 99
Total 680
Type Effectiveness
Abilities
Evolution Chain
Moves
Locations
Details
Category Life Pokémon
Height 3.0 m
Weight 215.0 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
Moves
Focus Blast / Hidden Power Fire
Aromatherapy / Thunder / Grass Knot
Defog / Thunder / Grass Knot
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Modest / Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Geomancy
Item
Power Herb
Nature
Modest
EVs
Def 168
SpA 252
Spe 88
Choice Specs
Item
Choice Specs
Nature
Timid / Modest
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Defensive
Z-Geomancy
Strategy Overview
- Xerneas is the most powerful and versatile Fairy-type around.
- It fits on a large number of hyper offense and bulky offense builds, where it provides both offensive and defensive utility.
- Its Fairy typing is strong defensively, only being weak to Steel- and Poison-type moves, which aren't the best attacking types around. Offensively, Fairy is also highly effective, having key trumps over Dark- and Dragon-types and no types immune to it.
- Xerneas's stats aren't impressive in a single aspect, but base 131 Special Attack with Fairy Aura makes it strong; Xerneas's bulk is solid, which eases setup and makes it more difficult to revenge kill; and base 99 Speed makes it as fast as it needs to be.
- Xerneas has access to powerful support moves such as Defog and Aromatherapy and is able to circumvent a few of its typical offensive and defensive checks via a variety of coverage and support options to play around with.
- Necrozma-DM and Magearna are reliable and effective Xerneas checks.
- The most common Pokemon in the tier, Primal Groudon, resists Moonblast, and Xerneas is somewhat threatened by Mega Gengar.
- A noticeable flaw is that it lacks instant recovery and is afflicted by all entry hazards and non-volatile status, which somewhat limits its defensive synergy.
Most Used Moves
Common Teammates
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc