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latios
#381

Latios

Eon Pokémon

DragonPsychic

A highly intelligent Pokémon. By folding back its wings in flight, it can overtake jet planes.

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

Life Orb Attacker
Moves
Surf / Hidden Power Fire
Defog / Thunder Wave
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Choice Specs
Moves
Psychic / Psyshock
Surf / Hidden Power Fire
Item
Choice Specs
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Choice Scarf
Moves
Defog / Hidden Power Fire
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Mixed Attacker
Item
Latiosite
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Special Attacker
Moves
Defog / Calm Mind / Hidden Power Fire / Surf
Item
Latiosite
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Calm Mind
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Latios resides in a great Speed tier, allowing it to outspeed and check many threats such as Garchomp and Keldeo. In addition, it has a great Special Attack stat, coupled with an extremely strong move in Draco Meteor, making it a great sweeper. It is versatile in the roles it fulfills because it has tons of utility and support moves in its arsenal such as Memento, Tailwind, and Defog and doubles as one of the best offensive Defog users in OU. Furthermore, a decent defensive typing allows Latios to comfortably absorb hits from the likes of Mega Charizard Y and Keldeo and, as a result, gives it ample opportunities to switch in. However, Latios is weak to the ubiquitous Knock Off and Pursuit, which is amplified by the increase of Pursuit users such as Tyranitar and Steel-types such as Mega Metagross. Latios also resides in a crowded Speed tier and thus has to rely on Speed ties with opposing base 110s such as Mega Diancie and Gengar. Finally, it has underwhelming bulk, rendering it open to revenge killers and faster Pokemon such as Talonflame and Tornadus-T.

Most Used Moves

Psyshock
66.2%
Defog
62.0%
Surf
46.1%
Trick
37.5%
Psychic
20.5%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
34.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc