#0482

Azelf

Willpower Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Azelf

Azelf (shiny)

Height: 0.3 m
Weight: 0.3 kg

Training & breeding details

GenderGenderless

Catch rate3(1.6%)Very hard

Base friendship140Very high

Hatch time80 cycles · ~20,655 steps

Growth rateslow

Base EXP261

The dreaded Being of Willpower. Legends tell of this Pokémon manipulating the will of its adversaries and turning them into puppets of its own.

In Pokémon GO · 3210 max CP 1 TCG Pocket card

Base stats

HP

75

Attack

125

Defense

70

Sp. Atk

125

Sp. Def

70

Speed

115

Total

580

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Evades Ground moves.

Egg groups: Undiscovered

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Bug2×

Resistant to

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Lead

RU

Moves

Item

Focus Sash

Nature["Naive","Jolly"]

TeraGhost

EV spread

Atk252

Def4

Spe252

Offensive

RU

Moves

Item

Expert Belt / Life Orb

NatureTimid+Spe/−Atk

TeraFairyFire

EV spread

SpA252

SpD4

Spe▲252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Azelf

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Diamond

Pearl

Platinum

Black 2

White 2

Omega Ruby

Nameless Cavern

Alpha Sapphire

Nameless Cavern

Ultra Sun

Ultra Space Ultra Space Wilds

Ultra Moon

Ultra Space Ultra Space Wilds

Crown Tundra (Sword)

Crown Tundra (Shield)

Evolution

This Pokémon does not evolve.

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Azelf can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Future SightSTAB

Dream EaterSTAB

Moves

Find a move18 of 18

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target.	Psychic	Special	50	100	25
1	Natural Gift Power and type depend on the held berry.	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
1	Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself.	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
7	Swift Never misses.	Normal	Special	60	—	20
12	Double Hit Hits twice in one turn.	Normal	Physical	35	90	10
14	Detect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.	Fighting	Status	—	—	5
21	Psybeam Has a chance to confuse the target.	Psychic	Special	65	100	20
28	Imprison Prevents the target from using any moves that the user also knows.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
32	Tri Attack Has a chance to burn, freeze, or paralyze the target.	Normal	Special	80	100	10
35	Extrasensory Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Psychic	Special	80	100	20
42	Nasty Plot Raises the user’s Special Attack by two stages.	Dark	Status	—	—	20
49	Psychic Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Psychic	Special	90	100	10
56	Uproar Forced to use this move for several turns. Pokémon cannot fall asleep in that time.	Normal	Special	90	100	10
57	Self-Destruct User faints.	Normal	Physical	200	100	5
63	Future Sight Hits the target two turns later.	Psychic	Special	120	100	10
70	Last Resort Can only be used after all of the user’s other moves have been used.	Normal	Physical	140	100	5
77	Explosion User faints.	Normal	Physical	250	100	5
84	Mystical Power	Psychic	Special	70	90	10

Sprites & renders

19 sprites & renders for Azelf.

Official artwork

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Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

Menu Icons

Black · White

Menu Icons

Platinum

Diamond · Pearl

HeartGold · SoulSilver

scarlet violet

X · Y

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ORAS

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Ultra Sun · Moon

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More Psychic-type Pokémon

Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.

All Psychic-type Pokémon

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Cite this page

“Azelf”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/azelf.

Species data from PokéAPI.