Oranguru
Sage Pokémon
It knows the forest inside and out. If it comes across a wounded Pokémon, Oranguru will gather medicinal herbs to treat it.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Oranguru
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 Oranguru can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Taunt For the next few turns, the target can only use damaging moves. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 5 | After You Makes the target act next this turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 10 | Calm Mind Raises the user’s Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 15 | Stored Power Power is higher the more the user’s stats have been raised, to a maximum of 31×. | Psychic | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| 20 | Psych Up Discards the user’s stat changes and copies the target’s. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 22 | Feint Attack Never misses. | Dark | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 25 | Quash Makes the target act last this turn. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 30 | Nasty Plot Raises the user’s Special Attack by two stages. | Dark | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 35 | Zen Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Psychic | Physical | 80 | 90 | 15 |
| 40 | Trick Room For five turns, slower Pokémon will act before faster Pokémon. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 45 | Psychic Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 50 | Instruct Forces the target to repeat its last used move. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 55 | Foul Play Calculates damage with the target’s attacking stat. | Dark | Physical | 95 | 100 | 15 |
| 60 | Future Sight Hits the target two turns later. | Psychic | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
Breeding & egg moves
Oranguru can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
11 sprites & renders for Oranguru.






Across the games





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Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Oranguru”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/oranguru.
Species data from PokéAPI.