Its strongest point is HP — among the highest in the entire Pokédex. On the other hand, Speed — lower than 77% of species. It does not evolve: it does not come from anything and does not change into anything. In defense it has 6 weaknesses, 4 resistances and 2 full immunities at its disposal. Electric and Psychic-type moves do nothing to it at all. This is a Legendary Pokémon: one per game, no offspring. Very hard to catch — bring plenty of Poké Balls and something that puts it to sleep or paralyzes it.
Base stats
Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: HP; weak point: Speed.
A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Defense, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.
Which nature to choose
It hits physically: its Attack (110) is 55 points higher than its Sp. Atk. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.
- Adamant +Atk · −SpA It moves second and nothing will change that, so the whole boost goes into power.
- Brave +Atk · −Spe The Trick Room version: with the turn order reversed, the slower the better, and Gyro Ball calculates its power from exactly this lowered Speed.
- Hidden Power and Weather Ball still deal damage based on Sp. Atk. If either of them is going into the set, lowering Sp. Atk is no longer free.
A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.
Regional numbers 1
The header shows the national number. Inside the game the Pokédex counts from the beginning — below is the number you will see in your version.
| Paldea | #395 | Scarlet / Violet |
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Abilities
- Vessel Of Ruin Lowers Special Attack of all Pokémon except itself.
How players use it
Data from 574,541 ranked battles on Smogon (Gen 9 OU, 2026-09). These are not numbers from the game — they are player habits.
Rank 22 among 309 Pokémon in use — it is on 9.15% of teams.
Each row is a separate distribution, not a single set: the most common item and the most common move do not have to appear on the same Pokémon.
Pokédex entry
The fear poured into an ancient ritual vessel has clad itself in rocks and dirt to become a Pokémon.
Resistances and weaknesses
Type chart →How much damage Ting-Lu takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.
Variant gallery
The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.
Breeding
All Egg Groups →Ting-Lu does not breed. You cannot get an Egg from it — this is how the games treat almost all Legendary and Mythical species.
Moves (46)
Full move list →Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (38 via TM/TR) are on the full list.
| Lv. | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mean Look | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Sand Tomb | Ground | Physical | 35 | 85% | 15 |
| 1 | Spite | Ghost | Status | — | 100% | 10 |
| 5 | Spikes | Ground | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 10 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100% | 10 |
| 15 | Stomp | Normal | Physical | 65 | 100% | 20 |
| 20 | Bulldoze | Ground | Physical | 60 | 100% | 20 |
| 25 | Whirlwind | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 30 | Taunt | Dark | Status | — | 100% | 20 |
| 35 | Thrash | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100% | 10 |
| 40 | Dark Pulse | Dark | Special | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 45 | Stomping Tantrum | Ground | Physical | 75 | 100% | 10 |
| 50 | Ruination | Dark | Special | 1 | 90% | 10 |
| 55 | Throat Chop | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 60 | Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90% | 10 |
| 65 | Memento | Dark | Status | — | 100% | 10 |
| 70 | Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100% | 10 |
| 75 | Fissure | Ground | Physical | — | 30% | 5 |