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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
Item
Latiosite
Nature
Hasty
EVs
Atk 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

While Mega Latios competes with other offensive Psychic-types like Mega Alakazam and Tapu Lele, it sets itself apart from them with its Dragon typing, access to reliable recovery, and Levitate ability allow it to provide a consistent check to Pokemon like Arghonaut, Volkraken, Heatran, and Landorus-T. Its additional resistances and access to Recover also make it a lot easier for Mega Latios to switch into play, and thanks to this, it's very durable, unlike Tapu Lele. It further distinguishes itself from other Psychic-types like Tapu Lele and Mega Alakazam through its access to Earthquake, which allows it to consistently deal with Steel-types like Heatran and Magearna. However, it tends to struggle against other Steel-types like Celesteela and Ferrothorn, which Mega Alakazam and Tapu Lele can overwhelm over time with Focus Blast. Additionally, it's prone to getting Pursuit trapped by Weavile and Colossoil, as well as by Mega Tyranitar to a certain extent. Furthermore, Mega Latios struggles to deal with Fairy-types like Jumbao and Tapu Lele.

Most Used Moves

Defog
69.1%
Psyshock
62.0%
Recover
43.7%
Psychic
38.0%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
43.7%
Soul Dew
25.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc