- Height
- 1.7 m
- Weight
- 60.8 kg
Alternate forms (4)
Training & breeding details
Base stats
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
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Where to find Deoxys Defense
Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Deoxys Defense can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
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| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Wrap Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 90 | 20 |
| 7 | Night Shade Inflicts damage equal to the user’s level. | Ghost | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 13 | Teleport Immediately ends wild battles. No effect otherwise. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 19 | Knock Off Target drops its held item. | Dark | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Spikes Scatters Spikes, hurting opposing Pokémon that switch in. | Ground | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 31 | Psychic Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 37 | Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 37 | Snatch Steals the target’s move, if it’s self-targeted. | Dark | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 43 | Psycho Shift Transfers the user’s major status effect to the target. | Psychic | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 43 | Skill Swap User and target swap abilities. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 49 | Zen Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Psychic | Physical | 80 | 90 | 15 |
| 55 | Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 55 | Iron Defense Raises the user’s Defense by two stages. | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 61 | Recover Heals the user by half its max HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 67 | Psycho Boost Lowers the user’s Special Attack by two stages after inflicting damage. | Psychic | Special | 140 | 90 | 5 |
| 73 | Counter Inflicts twice the damage the user received from the last physical hit it took. | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 73 | Mirror Coat Inflicts twice the damage the user received from the last special hit it took. | Psychic | Special | — | 100 | 20 |
Sprites & renders
21 sprites & renders for Deoxys Defense.






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“Deoxys Defense”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/deoxys-defense.
Species data from PokéAPI.