#0442
Spiritomb
Forbidden Pokémon
It lays curses by thinking wicked thoughts. Writings tell that this Pokémon was born out of the assembly of five score and eight malevolent spirits.
Details
Height1.0 m
Weight108.0 kg
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
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Spiritomb
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Diamond
Pearl
Platinum
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire
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
| 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
17 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.