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palkia
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Palkia

Spatial Pokémon

WaterDragon

This Pokémon is feared as a deity in Hisuian legend. The birth of Palkia was what caused the walls of our world to disappear, creating a sky that spans for infinity.

Base Stats

HP 90
Attack 120
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 150
Sp. Def 120
Speed 100
Total 680

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Spatial Pokémon
Height 4.2 m
Weight 336.0 kg
Base Exp 306
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

palkia Front Front
palkia Back Back
palkia Front Shiny Front Shiny
palkia Back Shiny Back Shiny
palkia Official Art Official Art
palkia Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Special Attacker
Item
Lustrous Orb / Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Bulk Up
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 96
Atk 160
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Palkia's typing and perfect coverage allow it to offensively check Kyogre while simultaneously threatening out some of Ubers's most common walls. Palkia takes advantage of Kyogre's rain when switching into it, appreciating a rain-boosted STAB move and a perfectly accurate Thunder to spam for paralysis. However, Palkia's defensive utility ends there, as any status is detrimental to it, and it thus faces heavy competition from Eternatus as a specially bulky Dragon-type. Moreover, while it can hit everything in the metagame for at least neutral damage, it struggles to find 2HKOs on top of being very reliant on proper predictions to be effective.

Most Used Moves

Thunder
76.1%
Bulk Up
17.8%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
18.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc