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Espathra, a Psychic type Pokémon, official artwork

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Espathra: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Espathra is a straightforward attacker, led by its Speed (105) and Sp. Atk (101), with a base stat total of 481. Competitively it is banned from standard play for being too strong; a top pick in Ubers and unrestricted formats.

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What is Espathra weak to?

How much damage Espathra takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toDarkBugGhost
0.5×ResistsFightingPsychic

Espathra takes super-effective damage from Dark, Bug, Ghost. It resists Fighting, Psychic.

Best moveset for Espathra

Espathra has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Brave BirdFlying120
  • Foul PlayDark95
  • Energy BallGrass90

Best nature for Espathra

Timid. Espathra is a special attacker (101 Sp. Atk) with usable 105 Speed, so Timid (+Speed, −Attack) is the standard pick.

Abilities

  • OpportunistWhen an opposing Pokemon has a stat stage raised, this Pokemon copies the effect.
  • FriskOn switch-in, this Pokemon identifies the held items of all opposing Pokemon.
  • Speed BoostThis Pokemon's Speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field.

Evolution line

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Espathra
Full learnset (62 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Last ResortNormal140100%Physical
Brave BirdFlying120100%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Hyper VoiceNormal90100%Special
PsychicPsychic90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
UproarNormal90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dazzling GleamFairy80100%Special
Drill PeckFlying80100%Physical
Expanding ForcePsychic80100%Special
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
Lumina CrashPsychic80100%Special
PsyshockPsychic80100%Special
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
U-turnBug70100%Physical
HexGhost65100%Special
PsybeamPsychic65100%Special
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
PluckFlying60100%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
ConfusionPsychic50100%Special
PounceBug50100%Physical
Disarming VoiceFairy40-Special
Quick AttackNormal40100%Physical
PeckFlying35100%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
Stored PowerPsychic20100%Special
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
Night ShadeGhost?100%Special
AgilityPsychic--Status
Baby-Doll EyesFairy-100%Status
Baton PassNormal--Status
Calm MindPsychic--Status
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
Feather DanceFlying-100%Status
GrowlNormal-100%Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
Psychic TerrainPsychic--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Skill SwapPsychic--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
TrickPsychic-100%Status
Trick RoomPsychic--Status