Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 0.2 m
- Weight
- 2.0 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate190(35.2%)Moderate
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth ratemedium
Base EXP64
Base stats
HP
40
Attack
50
Defense
45
Sp. Atk
70
Sp. Def
45
Speed
70
Total
320
Base Stat Total
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
Setup Sweeper
LCDual Screens Support
LC
Life Orb
LC
Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026
Where to find Natu
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
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Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Natu can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
16 of 16
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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 | Peck Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Flying | Physical | 35 | 100 | 35 |
| 5 | Stored Power Power is higher the more the user’s stats have been raised, to a maximum of 31×. | Psychic | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| 10 | Teleport Immediately ends wild battles. No effect otherwise. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 12 | Lucky Chant Prevents the target from scoring critical hits for five turns. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 15 | Confuse Ray Confuses the target. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 20 | Night Shade Inflicts damage equal to the user’s level. | Ghost | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 20 | Ominous Wind Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 26 | Psycho Shift Transfers the user’s major status effect to the target. | Psychic | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 30 | Power Swap User swaps Attack and Special Attack changes with the target. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 35 | Guard Swap User swaps Defense and Special Defense changes with the target. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 35 | Psychic Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 36 | 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 |
| 40 | Wish User will recover half its max HP at the end of the next turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 45 | Future Sight Hits the target two turns later. | Psychic | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 50 | Me First Uses the target’s move against it before it attacks, with power increased by half. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
Breeding & egg moves
Natu can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
25 sprites & renders for Natu.
Across the games
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Community notes
No reader notes on Natu yet.
Cite this page
“Natu”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/natu.
Species data from PokéAPI.