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Kirlia, a Psychic and Fairy type Pokémon, official artwork

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Kirlia: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Kirlia is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Sp. Atk (65) and Sp. Def (55), with a base stat total of 278. Competitively it is not fully evolved, so it mostly sees use with Eviolite or in lower tiers.

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What is Kirlia weak to?

How much damage Kirlia takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toGhostPoisonSteel
0.5×ResistsPsychic
0.25×ResistsFighting
0×Immune toDragon

Kirlia takes super-effective damage from Ghost, Poison, Steel. It resists Psychic, Fighting and is immune to Dragon.

Best moveset for Kirlia

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

  • Hyper BeamNormal150
  • Future SightPsychic120
  • ThunderboltElectric90
  • Alluring VoiceFairy80

Best nature for Kirlia

Modest. Kirlia leans special (65 Sp. Atk vs 35 Attack) and isn't winning speed ties, so Modest (+Sp. Atk, −Attack) maximises damage.

Abilities

  • SynchronizeIf another Pokemon burns/poisons/paralyzes this Pokemon, it also gets that status.
  • TraceOn switch-in, or when it can, this Pokemon copies a random adjacent foe's Ability.
  • TelepathyThis Pokemon does not take damage from attacks made by its allies.

Evolution line

Ralts
Kirlia
GardevoirGallade
Full learnset (64 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Future SightPsychic120100%Special
Dream EaterPsychic100100%Special
Hyper VoiceNormal90100%Special
PsychicPsychic90100%Special
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Alluring VoiceFairy80100%Special
Dazzling GleamFairy80100%Special
Expanding ForcePsychic80100%Special
PsyshockPsychic80100%Special
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Ice PunchIce75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Knock OffDark65100%Physical
PsybeamPsychic65100%Special
Magical LeafGrass60-Special
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Charge BeamElectric5090%Special
ConfusionPsychic50100%Special
Draining KissFairy50100%Special
Disarming VoiceFairy40-Special
Stored PowerPsychic20100%Special
Triple AxelIce2090%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Calm MindPsychic--Status
CharmFairy-100%Status
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EncoreNormal-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
GrowlNormal-100%Status
Heal PulsePsychic--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
HypnosisPsychic-60%Status
ImprisonPsychic--Status
Life DewWater--Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
MetronomeNormal--Status
Misty TerrainFairy--Status
Pain SplitNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
Psychic TerrainPsychic--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Skill SwapPsychic--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
TeleportPsychic--Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
TrickPsychic-100%Status
Trick RoomPsychic--Status
Will-O-WispFire-85%Status