Its strongest point is Defense — higher than 82% of species. In defense it has 5 weaknesses, 5 resistances and 1 full immunity at its disposal. Ground-type moves do nothing to it at all.
Base stats
Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Sp. Def.
Defense and Sp. Def share first place here, so any nature that raises one of them will do. The list of natures shows what each one does.
Which nature to choose
The stats describe a physical wall — it hits weakly on both sides, but its Defense stays high. A nature does not touch HP, so extra bulk can only be added on this side.
- Bold +Def · −Atk Raises what this species uses to absorb hits, at the cost of Attack — a stat it does not use anyway.
A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.
Abilities
- Shields Down Transforms this Minior between Core Form and Meteor Form. Prevents major status ailments and drowsiness while in Meteor Form.
Pokédex entry
Originally making its home in the ozone layer, it hurtles to the ground when the shell enclosing its body grows too heavy.
Resistances and weaknesses
Type chart →How much damage Minior (Green Meteor) 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 →This species is genderless, so its only possible partner is Ditto.
Moves (64)
Full move list →Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (52 via TM/TR, 9 via tutor) are on the full list.
| Lv. | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100% | 35 |
| 3 | Defense Curl | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 8 | Rollout | Rock | Physical | 30 | 90% | 20 |
| 10 | Confuse Ray | Ghost | Status | — | 100% | 10 |
| 15 | Swift | Normal | Special | 60 | — | 20 |
| 17 | Ancient Power | Rock | Special | 60 | 100% | 5 |
| 22 | Self Destruct | Normal | Physical | 200 | 100% | 5 |
| 24 | Stealth Rock | Rock | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 29 | Take Down | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85% | 20 |
| 31 | Autotomize | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 31 | Rock Polish | Rock | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 36 | Cosmic Power | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 38 | Power Gem | Rock | Special | 80 | 100% | 20 |
| 43 | Double Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100% | 15 |
| 45 | Shell Smash | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 50 | Explosion | Normal | Physical | 250 | 100% | 5 |