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xerneas
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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

Locations

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

Stallbreaker
Moves
Will-O-Wisp / Leech Seed / Earth Power
Item
Toxic Orb
Ability
Poison Heal
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 216
SpD 36

Strategy Overview

Xerneas's niche in Balanced Hackmons is as a bulky Fairy-type stallbreaker with overall good offensive stats. Its Fairy typing allows it to excel in a metagame rampant with Dragon- and Dark-types, such as Giratina, Mega Tyranitar, and Yveltal. The same typing also gives it weaknesses to not commonly offensive types in Poison and Steel, which are fairly offset by its decent bulk. It is also the only relevant Fairy-type in BH with a Fighting resistance. However, it faces stiff competition offensively from Mega Diancie, which has higher offenses and defenses but is frail, and defensively from Mega Audino, which has better bulk; therefore, Xerneas is best suited as a bulky sweeper.

Most Used Moves

Moonblast
58.6%
Geomancy
29.4%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
29.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc