Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 0.5 m
- Weight
- 9.0 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate255(43.9%)Easy catch
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth ratemedium
Base EXP67
Base stats
HP
55
Attack
55
Defense
55
Sp. Atk
85
Sp. Def
55
Speed
30
Total
335
Base Stat Total
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
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Where to find Elgyem
Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.
Black
White
Black 2
White 2
Ultra Sun
Ultra Moon
Isle of Armor (Sword)
Isle of Armor (Shield)
Evolution
Lv. 42
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Elgyem can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
19 of 19
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| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 6 | Imprison Prevents the target from using any moves that the user also knows. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 8 | Heal Block Prevents target from restoring its HP for five turns. | Psychic | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 11 | Miracle Eye Forces the target to have no evasion, and allows it to be hit by Psychic moves even if it’s Dark. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 12 | Teleport Immediately ends wild battles. No effect otherwise. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 18 | Psybeam Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 22 | Hidden Power Power and type depend upon user’s IVs. Power can range from 30 to 70. | Normal | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| 24 | Guard Split Averages Defense and Special Defense with the target. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 24 | Power Split Averages Attack and Special Attack with the target. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 29 | Simple Beam Changes the target’s ability to Simple. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 30 | Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 36 | Psych Up Discards the user’s stat changes and copies the target’s. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 36 | Zen Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Psychic | Physical | 80 | 90 | 15 |
| 43 | Recover Heals the user by half its max HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 48 | Calm Mind Raises the user’s Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 53 | Synchronoise Hits any Pokémon that shares a type with the user. | Psychic | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 54 | Wonder Room All Pokémon’s Defense and Special Defense are swapped for 5 turns. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 60 | Psychic Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
Breeding & egg moves
Elgyem can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
14 sprites & renders for Elgyem.
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Cite this page
“Elgyem”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/elgyem.
Species data from PokéAPI.