Pokédex · I (Kanto)

Galarian Articuno#10169

Strong point: Sp. Atk — higher than 93% of species. Overall it is one of the stronger species — above 91% of the Pokédex. On defense it has 5 weaknesses, 3 resistances and 1 full immunity. Ground-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.

Galarian Articuno
Shiny version
Psychic Flying
Height: 1.7 m (5′07″) Weight: 50.9 kg (112.2 lbs)

Base stats

HP
90
78%
Atk
85
59%
Def
85
68%
SpA
125
93%
SpD
100
86%
Spe
95
79%
TOTAL
580
91%

Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Sp. Atk.

A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Sp. Atk, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.

Which nature to choose

It hits specially: its Sp. Atk (125) is 40 points higher than its Attack. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.

  • Timid +Spe · −Atk Its Speed is higher than 79% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
  • Modest +SpA · −Atk If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.

A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.

Legendary
Regional numbers 6

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. The number belongs to the species, not to the form: in the Galar Pokédex this form has the same position as the base form.

Kanto #144 Red/Green (Japan) , Blue (Japan) , Red / Blue , Yellow , FireRed / LeafGreen , Let's Go Pikachu / Eevee
Johto #235 Gold / Silver , Crystal
Johto #240 HeartGold / SoulSilver
Pokémon Conquest #192 —
Kalos #151 X / Y
Crown Tundra #202 home region Sword / Shield , Sword/Shield: The Crown Tundra

Abilities

  • Competitive Raises Special Attack by two stages upon having any stat lowered.

How players use it

Gen 9 OU · rank 161 Gen 9 UU · rank 162

Data from 574,541 ranked battles on Smogon (Gen 9 OU, 2026-09). These are not numbers from the game — they are player habits. Gen 9 OU is the most popular format with no top-down team restrictions — everything is allowed except what was deemed too strong.

Rank 161 among 309 Pokémon in use — it is on 0.13% of teams.

Moves Trick Room 96.3% Recover 76.2% Air Slash 75.3% Psychic Noise 71.7% Freezing Glare 26.5% Hurricane 24.7% Shadow Ball 21.8% Calm Mind 3.3% Psyshock 1.5% Skill Swap 1.1%
Items Iron Ball 96.3% Heavy Duty Boots 1.6% Grassy Seed 1.3%
Abilities Competitive 100%
Tera Type Flying 73.5% Ghost 21% Fairy 3.8%
EV spreads Bold · 252 Def / 248 HP / 8 SpA 72.9% Quiet · 252 SpA / 248 HP / 8 Def 12.2% Quiet · 252 SpA / 248 HP / 8 SpD 8.6% Quiet · 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Def 2.1% Modest · 252 HP / 160 SpA / 96 Spe 1.3%
Teammates Kingambit 92.5% Cinderace 90.7% Araquanid 90.5% Ogerpon 71.9% Milotic 54.5% Empoleon 35.6% Serperior 18.9% Gholdengo 2.7%

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

A legendary bird POKéMON that is said to appear to doomed people who are lost in icy mountains.

Habitat: Rare Egg Group: Undiscovered Gender: Genderless Catch difficulty: very hard (3/255) Base friendship: 35/255 Base EXP: 290
Evolution line
#144 Articuno Articuno

Resistances and weaknesses

Type chart →

How much damage Galarian Articuno takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.

Weak to Electric ×2 Ice ×2 Rock ×2 Ghost ×2 Dark ×2
Resistant to Fighting ×¼ Grass ×½ Psychic ×½
Immune to Ground ×0

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.

Galarian Articuno — large render in its regular coloring
Pokémon HOME
Galarian Articuno — large render in its shiny coloring
Pokémon HOME shiny
Galarian Articuno — small pixel sprite in its regular coloring
Pixel sprite
Galarian Articuno — small pixel sprite in its shiny coloring
Shiny pixel sprite

Breeding

All Egg Groups →

Galarian Articuno does not breed. You cannot get an Egg from it — this is how the games treat almost all Legendary and Mythical species.

Where to catch it (1)

All locations →

The levels shown are the widest range across all game versions — in a specific release it may be narrower. The exact area, catch method and chance are on the page of each location.

Galar

Roaming the Crown Tundra Lv. 70 · static, set by the game

Moves (58)

Full move list →

Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (48 via TM/TR, 2 via tutor) are on the full list.

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
1 Gust Flying Special 40 100% 35
1 Psycho Shift Psychic Status — 100% 10
5 Confusion Psychic Special 50 100% 25
10 Reflect Psychic Status — — 20
15 Hypnosis Psychic Status — 60% 20
20 Agility Psychic Status — — 30
25 Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100% 5
30 Tailwind Flying Status — — 15
35 Psycho Cut Psychic Physical 70 100% 20
40 Recover Normal Status — — 5
45 Freezing Glare Psychic Special 90 100% 10
50 Dream Eater Psychic Special 100 100% 15
55 Hurricane Flying Special 110 70% 10
60 Double Team Normal Status — — 15
60 Mind Reader Normal Status — — 5
65 Future Sight Psychic Special 120 100% 10
70 Trick Room Psychic Status — — 5
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