Azelf
Willpower Pokémon
The dreaded Being of Willpower. Legends tell of this Pokémon manipulating the will of its adversaries and turning them into puppets of its own.
Details
Abilities
Evades Ground moves.
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Offensive
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Where to find Azelf
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
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.
Moves
| 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
17 sprites & renders for Azelf.






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More Psychic-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Azelf”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/azelf.
Species data from PokéAPI.