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xerneas
#716

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

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

xerneas Front Front
xerneas Back Back
xerneas Front Shiny Front Shiny
xerneas Back Shiny Back Shiny
xerneas Official Art Official Art
xerneas Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Geomancy
Moves
Substitute / Ingrain / Aromatherapy
Item
Power Herb
Nature
Modest
EVs
Def 168
SpA 252
Spe 88
Defensive
Moves
Aromatherapy / Defog / Thunder Wave
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
SpD 4
Choice Scarf
Moves
Thunder / Focus Blast
Thunder Wave / Defog
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

With Fairy Aura and Geomancy boosting its already strong Moonblast, Xerneas can become one of the most dangerous offensive sweepers in the metagame. Its coverage and utility options to prevent certain checks from beating it are all very great, giving it both versatility and effectiveness in all of its moveslots. Xerneas has fairly high natural bulk with a good typing, letting it also potentially wall many dangerous wallbreakers such as Zekrom, Zygarde, and Marshadow. Most of Xerneas's offensive power comes from Geomancy, though, meaning that if it is phazed or otherwise forced out, its effectiveness offensively is severely hurt, and defensive sets without it struggle to break through most walls in general.

Most Used Moves

Moonblast
98.3%
Geomancy
79.0%
Thunder
58.8%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc