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Xatu, a Psychic and Flying type Pokémon, official artwork

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Xatu: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Xatu is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Sp. Atk (95) and Speed (95), with a base stat total of 470.

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What is Xatu weak to?

How much damage Xatu takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toDarkElectricGhostIceRock
0.5×ResistsGrassPsychic
0.25×ResistsFighting
0×Immune toGround

Xatu takes super-effective damage from Dark, Electric, Ghost, Ice, Rock. It resists Grass, Psychic, Fighting and is immune to Ground.

Best moveset for Xatu

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

  • Sky AttackFlying140
  • Double-EdgeNormal120
  • Future SightPsychic120
  • Solar BeamGrass120

Best nature for Xatu

Timid. Xatu is a special attacker (95 Sp. Atk) with usable 95 Speed, so Timid (+Speed, −Attack) is the standard pick.

Abilities

  • SynchronizeIf another Pokemon burns/poisons/paralyzes this Pokemon, it also gets that status.
  • Early BirdThis Pokemon's sleep counter drops by 2 instead of 1.
  • Magic BounceThis Pokemon blocks certain Status moves and bounces them back to the user.

Evolution line

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Full learnset (93 moves; tap to expand)

Xatu is not obtainable in Scarlet/Violet, so this is its National Dex movepool.

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Sky AttackFlying14090%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Future SightPsychic120100%Special
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
SynchronoisePsychic120100%Special
Dream EaterPsychic100100%Special
Heat WaveFire9590%Special
PsychicPsychic90100%Special
Dazzling GleamFairy80100%Special
Drill PeckFlying80100%Physical
Expanding ForcePsychic80100%Special
PsyshockPsychic80100%Special
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Air SlashFlying7595%Special
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
Signal BeamBug75100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Secret PowerNormal70100%Physical
Steel WingSteel7090%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
U-turnBug70100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Air CutterFlying6095%Special
Feint AttackDark60-Physical
Hidden Power WaterWater60100%Special
Ominous WindGhost60100%Special
PluckFlying60100%Physical
RoundNormal60100%Special
Silver WindBug60100%Special
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Dual WingbeatFlying4090%Physical
Quick AttackNormal40100%Physical
TwisterDragon40100%Special
PeckFlying35100%Physical
Stored PowerPsychic20100%Special
FrustrationNormal?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Natural GiftNormal?100%Physical
Night ShadeGhost?100%Special
ReturnNormal?100%Physical
Ally SwitchPsychic--Status
AttractNormal-100%Status
Baton PassNormal--Status
Calm MindPsychic--Status
CaptivateNormal-100%Status
ConfideNormal--Status
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
Cosmic PowerPsychic--Status
CurseGhost--Status
DetectFighting--Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Feather DanceFlying-100%Status
FlashNormal-100%Status
Guard SwapPsychic--Status
HazeIce--Status
ImprisonPsychic--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
Lucky ChantNormal--Status
Magic CoatPsychic--Status
Magic RoomPsychic--Status
Me FirstNormal--Status
MimicNormal--Status
Miracle EyePsychic--Status
NightmareGhost-100%Status
Pain SplitNormal--Status
Power SwapPsychic--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
Psycho ShiftPsychic-100%Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RefreshNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoostFlying--Status
Simple BeamNormal-100%Status
Skill SwapPsychic--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
TailwindFlying--Status
TelekinesisPsychic--Status
TeleportPsychic--Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
TrickPsychic-100%Status
Trick RoomPsychic--Status
WishNormal--Status