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Tapu Lele

Land Spirit Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Tapu Lele

Tapu Lele (shiny)

Height: 1.2 m
Weight: 18.6 kg

Training & breeding details

GenderGenderless

Catch rate3(1.6%)Very hard

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time15 cycles · ~4,080 steps

Growth rateslow

Base EXP257

Although called a guardian deity, Tapu Lele is devoid of guilt about its cruel disposition and can be described as nature incarnate.

In Pokémon GO · 3494 max CP 2 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

HP

70

Attack

85

Defense

75

Sp. Atk

130

Sp. Def

115

Speed

95

Total

570

Base Stat Total

Abilities

When this Pokémon enters battle, it changes the terrain to Psychic Terrain.

TelepathyHidden

Protects against friendly Pokémon's damaging moves.

Egg groups: Undiscovered

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Immune to

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Psychic Terrain Setter

National Dex Ubers

Moves

Item

Terrain Extender

NatureTimid+Spe/−Atk

TeraNormalSteelFairy

EV spread

Def4

SpA252

Spe▲252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Tapu Lele

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Sun

Moon

Ultra Sun

Ultra Moon

Crown Tundra (Sword)

Crown Tundra (Shield)

Evolution

This Pokémon does not evolve.

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Tapu Lele can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Future SightSTAB

ExtrasensorySTAB

Moves

Find a move18 of 18

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Ghost	Physical	30	100	15
1	Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target.	Psychic	Special	50	100	25
5	Withdraw Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.	Water	Status	—	—	40
8	Psywave Inflicts damage between 50% and 150% of the user’s level.	Psychic	Special	—	100	15
10	Aromatherapy Cures the entire party of major status effects.	Grass	Status	—	—	5
15	Draining Kiss Drains 75% of the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Fairy	Special	50	100	10
20	Psybeam Has a chance to confuse the target.	Psychic	Special	65	100	20
25	Flatter Raises the target’s Special Attack by one stage and confuses the target.	Dark	Status	—	100	15
30	Aromatic Mist Raises a selected ally’s Special Defense by one stage.	Fairy	Status	—	—	20
35	Sweet Scent Lowers the target’s evasion by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	20
40	Extrasensory Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Psychic	Special	80	100	20
45	Psyshock Inflicts damage based on the target’s Defense, not Special Defense.	Psychic	Special	80	100	10
50	Mean Look Prevents the target from leaving battle.	Normal	Status	—	—	5
55	Nature’s Madness Inflicts damage equal to half the target’s HP.	Fairy	Special	—	90	10
60	Moonblast Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Attack by one stage.	Fairy	Special	95	100	15
65	Tickle Lowers the target’s Attack and Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	20
70	Skill Swap User and target swap abilities.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
75	Psychic Terrain Protects Pokémon on the ground from priority moves and increases the power of their Psychic moves by 50%.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10

Sprites & renders

10 sprites & renders for Tapu Lele.

Official artwork

Pokémon HOME

Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

Black · White

Menu Icons

Ultra Sun · Moon

Menu Icons

More Psychic-type Pokémon

Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.

All Psychic-type Pokémon

Community notes

No reader notes on Tapu Lele yet.

Cite this page

“Tapu Lele”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/tapu-lele.

Species data from PokéAPI.