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jirachi
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Jirachi

Wish Pokémon

SteelPsychic

Generations have believed that any wish written on a note on its head will come true when it awakens.

Base Stats

HP 100
Attack 100
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 100
Sp. Def 100
Speed 100
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Wish Pokémon
Height 0.3 m
Weight 1.1 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 100
Gender Genderless
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups No Eggs
Mythical Pokémon

Sprites

jirachi Front Front
jirachi Back Back
jirachi Front Shiny Front Shiny
jirachi Back Shiny Back Shiny
jirachi Official Art Official Art
jirachi Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ubers Usage: 0.8%
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 176
Atk 152
Spe 180
Support
Moves
Thunder Wave / Body Slam
Protect / U-turn / Toxic
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Careful
EVs
HP 252
SpD 224
Spe 32

Strategy Overview

Jirachi's typing allows it to competently check Fairy-types, as well as deal with Latias and Latios, thanks to Jirachi's secondary Psychic typing also giving it a quadruple resistance to Psyshock. Serene Grace alongside Iron Head only helps Jirachi to check various Pokemon, and rare support moves such as Healing Wish and Wish are fantastic, with U-turn, Ice Punch, and Fire Punch all useful as well. Solid 100 base stats across the board bolster Jirachi's durability, with base 100 Speed also being above-average in Ubers.

However, weaknesses to Ground, Ghost, Dark, and Fire are very exploitable in a metagame where Primal Groudon, Arceus-Ghost, Ho-Oh, and several Dark-types appear on the majority of teams, and being bait for Primal Groudon in particular can cause Jirachi several problems. Its middling base 100 Attack and low Base Power moves mean that Jirachi can struggle to deal heavy damage to opposing Pokemon, even with super effective attacks.

Most Used Moves

Iron Head
99.7%
Wish
99.5%
Protect
40.8%
Toxic
18.8%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
99.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc