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tapu-lele
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Tapu Lele

Land Spirit Pokémon

PsychicFairy

This guardian deity of Akala is guilelessly cruel. The fragrant aroma of flowers is the source of its energy.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 85
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 130
Sp. Def 115
Speed 95
Total 570

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Land Spirit Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 18.6 kg
Base Exp 257
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 70
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

tapu-lele Front Front
tapu-lele Back Back
tapu-lele Front Shiny Front Shiny
tapu-lele Back Shiny Back Shiny
tapu-lele Official Art Official Art
tapu-lele Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 28
Def 60
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 164
Psychium Z
Moves
Taunt / Substitute / Reflect
Item
Psychium Z
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 164
Def 92
SpA 252
Life Orb
Moves
Thunderbolt / Dazzling Gleam
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

  • Tapu Lele boasts powerful damage output with Psychic Terrain.
  • Shattered Psyche is a big-damage nuke that destroys neutral targets.
  • Tapu Lele has diverse options in its last moveslot and in its item choice, which makes it harder to predict.
  • It locks out games by denying priority moves such as Feint and Fake Out.
  • It struggles against Steel-types, which is a large flaw due to prevalence of Kartana and Celesteela in the metagame.

Most Used Moves

Moonblast
99.3%
Psychic
95.0%
Protect
46.4%
Taunt
28.2%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
20.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc