#0097
Hypno
Hypnosis Pokémon
Avoid eye contact if you come across one. It will try to put you to sleep by using its pendulum.
Details
Height1.6 m
Weight75.6 kg
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate75(17.5%)Tricky
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth ratemedium
Base EXP169
Base stats
HP
85
Attack
73
Defense
70
Sp. Atk
73
Sp. Def
115
Speed
67
Total
483
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Hypno
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Blue
Gold
Silver
Crystal
FireRed
LeafGreen
XD: Gale of Darkness
HeartGold
SoulSilver
Sun
Moon
Ultra Sun
Ultra Moon
Green Japan
Red Japan
Evolution
Lv. 26
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Hypno can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barrier Raises the user’s Defense by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Disable Disables the target’s last used move for 1-8 turns. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep. | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 1 | Nightmare Target loses 1/4 its max HP every turn as long as it’s asleep. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Pound Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Switcheroo User and target swap items. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 21 | Psybeam Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 24 | Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 25 | Psych Up Discards the user’s stat changes and copies the target’s. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 29 | Mind Reader Ensures that the user’s next move will hit the target. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 29 | Wake-Up Slap If the target is asleep, has double power and wakes it up. | Fighting | Physical | 70 | 100 | 10 |
| 32 | Zen Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Psychic | Physical | 80 | 90 | 15 |
| 33 | Poison Gas Poisons the target. | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 40 |
| 37 | Psychic Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 37 | Swagger Raises the target’s Attack by two stages and confuses the target. | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| 37 | Synchronoise Hits any Pokémon that shares a type with the user. | Psychic | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 43 | Meditate Raises the user’s Attack by one stage. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 47 | Nasty Plot Raises the user’s Special Attack by two stages. | Dark | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 51 | Psyshock Inflicts damage based on the target’s Defense, not Special Defense. | Psychic | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| 55 | Dream Eater Only works on sleeping Pokémon. Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Psychic | Special | 100 | 100 | 15 |
| 56 | Future Sight Hits the target two turns later. | Psychic | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
Sprites & renders
25 sprites & renders for Hypno.
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“Hypno”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/hypno.
Species data from PokéAPI.