Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 1.0 m
- Weight
- 108.0 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate100(21.7%)Moderate
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time30 cycles · ~7,905 steps
Growth ratemedium
Base EXP170
Base stats
HP
50
Attack
92
Defense
108
Sp. Atk
92
Sp. Def
108
Speed
35
Total
485
Base Stat Total
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
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Where to find Spiritomb
Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.
Diamond
Pearl
Platinum
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire
Crown Tundra (Sword)
Crown Tundra (Shield)
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Spiritomb can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
18 of 18
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| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confuse Ray Confuses the target. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Night Shade Inflicts damage equal to the user’s level. | Ghost | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Pursuit Has double power against, and can hit, Pokémon attempting to switch out. | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 5 | Shadow Sneak Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Ghost | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 7 | Feint Attack Never misses. | Dark | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 10 | Spite Lowers the PP of the target’s last used move by 4. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 15 | Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn. | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 20 | Nasty Plot Raises the user’s Special Attack by two stages. | Dark | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 25 | Extrasensory Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Psychic | Special | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Hex Has double power if the target has a major status ailment. | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 25 | Ominous Wind Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 30 | Memento Lowers the target’s Attack and Special Attack by two stages. User faints. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 35 | Sucker Punch Only works if the target is about to use a damaging move. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 |
| 40 | Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 45 | Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 50 | Dark Pulse Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 55 | Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep. | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 60 | Dream Eater Only works on sleeping Pokémon. Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Psychic | Special | 100 | 100 | 15 |
Breeding & egg moves
Spiritomb can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
20 sprites & renders for Spiritomb.
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Community notes
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Cite this page
“Spiritomb”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/spiritomb.
Species data from PokéAPI.