#0177
Natu
Tiny Bird Pokémon
Because its wings aren’t yet fully grown, it has to hop to get around. It is always staring at something.
Details
Height0.2 m
Weight2.0 kg
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
Competitive movesets
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Setup Sweeper
LCDual Screens Support
LC
Life Orb
LC
Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows
Where to find Natu
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Gold
Silver
Crystal
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
FireRed
LeafGreen
XD: Gale of Darkness
Diamond
Pearl
Platinum
HeartGold
SoulSilver
Ultra Sun
Ultra Moon
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Natu can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| 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
21 sprites & renders for Natu.
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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.