#0178

Xatu

Mystic Pokémon

Psychic Flying

This odd Pokémon can see both the past and the future. It eyes the sun’s movement all day.

In Pokémon GO · 2188 max CP 3 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height1.5 m

Weight15.0 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate75(17.5%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP165

Abilities

Synchronize

Copies burns, paralysis, and poison received onto the Pokémon that inflicted them.

Early Bird

Makes sleep pass twice as quickly.

Magic BounceHidden

Reflects most non-damaging moves back at their user.

Egg groups: Flying

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

470

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

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

Magic Bounce

UBERS

Moves

Item

Rocky Helmet / Leftovers

AbilityMagic Bounce

NatureBold+Def/−Atk

EV spread

HP252

Def▲252

SpD4

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Where to find Xatu

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

Crystal

Ruby

Sapphire

Emerald

Omega Ruby

Mirage Island Mirage Mountain

Alpha Sapphire

Mirage Island Mirage Mountain

Ultra Sun

Akala Outskirts

Ultra Moon

Akala Outskirts

Sword

East Lake Axewell Giant's Mirror Giant's Seat North Lake Miloch

Shield

East Lake Axewell Giant's Mirror Giant's Seat North Lake Miloch

Evolution

#0177Natu

Lv. 25

#0178Xatu

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

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

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Air Slash Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Flying	Special	75	95	15
1	Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Peck Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Flying	Physical	35	100	35
1	Stored Power Power is higher the more the user’s stats have been raised, to a maximum of 31×.	Psychic	Special	20	100	10
1	Tailwind For three turns, friendly Pokémon have doubled Speed.	Flying	Status	—	—	15
1	Teleport Immediately ends wild battles. No effect otherwise.	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
12	Lucky Chant Prevents the target from scoring critical hits for five turns.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
15	Confuse Ray Confuses the target.	Ghost	Status	—	100	10
20	Night Shade Inflicts damage equal to the user’s level.	Ghost	Special	—	100	15
20	Ominous Wind Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage.	Ghost	Special	60	100	5
28	Psycho Shift Transfers the user’s major status effect to the target.	Psychic	Status	—	100	10
34	Guard Swap User swaps Defense and Special Defense changes with the target.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
34	Power Swap User swaps Attack and Special Attack changes with the target.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
39	Miracle Eye Forces the target to have no evasion, and allows it to be hit by Psychic moves even if it’s Dark.	Psychic	Status	—	—	40
41	Psychic Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Psychic	Special	90	100	10
48	Wish User will recover half its max HP at the end of the next turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
55	Future Sight Hits the target two turns later.	Psychic	Special	120	100	10
57	Me First Uses the target’s move against it before it attacks, with power increased by half.	Normal	Status	—	—	20