Trevenant
Elder Tree Pokémon
Small roots that extend from the tips of this Pokémon’s feet can tie into the trees of the forest and give Trevenant control over them.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Trevenant
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Trevenant can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Shadow Claw Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Ghost | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Branch Poke Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Grass | Physical | 40 | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Leech Seed Seeds the target, stealing HP from it every turn. | Grass | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 12 | Confuse Ray Confuses the target. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 16 | Will-O-Wisp Burns the target. | Fire | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| 19 | Feint Attack Never misses. | Dark | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 20 | Hex Has double power if the target has a major status ailment. | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 24 | Growth Raises the user’s Attack and Special Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 28 | Horn Leech Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Grass | Physical | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| 32 | Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 36 | Phantom Force User vanishes, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. Hits through Protect and Detect. | Ghost | Physical | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 40 | Ingrain Prevents the user from leaving battle. User regains 1/16 of its max HP every turn. | Grass | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 44 | Wood Hammer User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. | Grass | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
| 48 | Destiny Bond If the user faints this turn, the target automatically will, too. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 52 | Forest’s Curse Adds Grass to the target’s types. | Grass | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
Breeding & egg moves
Trevenant can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
13 sprites & renders for Trevenant.






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