Xatu

No. 0178 · Gen 2

Xatu weakness and type

Hit XATU with Electric, Ice, Rock, Ghost and Dark for 2× damage.

Moves against Xatu

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it
0×No effect

In Pokémon GO: Electric deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

Test a matchup against Xatu

Abilities

  • SynchronizeNo change to type matchups
  • Early BirdNo change to type matchups
  • Magic BounceNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP65
  • Attack75
  • Defense70
  • Sp. Atk95
  • Sp. Def70
  • Speed95
  • Total470

Best nature

TimidOutspeeds more opponents and drops Attack.
ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Xatu gives 1 Sp. Atk EV, 1 Speed EV.

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How Xatu evolves

NatuPsychicFlying
  • Level 25
    XatuPsychicFlying
All evolutions

What Xatu can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalHyper BeamSpecial150
FlyingSky Attacksame typePhysical140
GrassSolar BeamSpecial120
PsychicFuture Sightsame typeSpecial120
DarkFoul PlayPhysical95
FireHeat WaveSpecial95
GhostShadow BallSpecial80
FairyDazzling GleamSpecial80
BugSignal BeamSpecial75
SteelSteel WingPhysical70
DragonTwisterSpecial40

Type counters to Xatu

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.