Forms
Latios
Eon Pokémon
Latios will only open its heart to a Trainer with a compassionate spirit. This Pokémon can fly faster than a jet plane by folding its forelegs to minimize air resistance.
Details
Abilities
Evades Ground moves.
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Choice Specs
OUChoice Scarf
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Where to find Latios
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 Latios can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dragon Dance Raises the user’s Attack and Speed by one stage. | Dragon | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Heal Block Prevents target from restoring its HP for five turns. | Psychic | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Psywave Inflicts damage between 50% and 150% of the user’s level. | Psychic | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Safeguard Protects the user’s field from major status ailments and confusion for five turns. | Normal | Status | — | — | 25 |
| 1 | Stored Power Power is higher the more the user’s stats have been raised, to a maximum of 31×. | Psychic | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| 4 | Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 5 | Helping Hand Ally’s next move inflicts half more damage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 10 | Recover Heals the user by half its max HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 13 | Refresh Cleanses the user of a burn, paralysis, or poison. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 15 | Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 20 | Tailwind For three turns, friendly Pokémon have doubled Speed. | Flying | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 25 | Dragon Breath Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Dragon | Special | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 30 | Ally Switch User switches places with the friendly Pokémon opposite it. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 35 | Luster Purge Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Special | 95 | 100 | 5 |
| 36 | Telekinesis Moves have 100% accuracy against the target for three turns. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 40 | Zen Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Psychic | Physical | 80 | 90 | 15 |
| 45 | Dragon Pulse Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Dragon | Special | 85 | 100 | 10 |
| 50 | Heal Pulse Heals the target for half its max HP. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 55 | Simple Beam Changes the target’s ability to Simple. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 60 | Psychic Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 65 | Power Split Averages Attack and Special Attack with the target. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 70 | Memento Lowers the target’s Attack and Special Attack by two stages. User faints. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 75 | Psycho Shift Transfers the user’s major status effect to the target. | Psychic | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
Sprites & renders
19 sprites & renders for Latios.






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Cite this page
“Latios”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/latios.
Species data from PokéAPI.