Pokédex · VIII (Galar)

Calyrex (Shadow)#10194

Its greatest asset is Sp. Atk — among the highest in the entire Pokédex. Its stat total puts it at the very top: more than 99% of species fall behind. Defensively it can rely on 2 weaknesses, 2 resistances and 2 full immunities. Watch out for the Ghost, Dark types — damage from them is quadrupled. 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.

Shiny Calyrex (Shadow)
Regular version
Psychic Ghost
Height: 2.4 m (7′10″) Weight: 53.6 kg (118.2 lbs)

Base stats

HP
100
87%
Atk
85
59%
Def
80
62%
SpA
165
100%
SpD
100
86%
Spe
150
99%
TOTAL
680
99%

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 (165) is 80 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 99% 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

Abilities

  • As One Spectrier

Pokédex entry

Calyrex is a merciful Pokémon, capable of providing healing and blessings. It reigned over the Galar region in times of yore.

Egg Group: Undiscovered Gender: Genderless Catch difficulty: very hard (3/255) Base friendship: 100/255 Base EXP: 340
Evolution line

Resistances and weaknesses

Type chart →

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

Weak to Ghost ×4 Dark ×4
Resistant to Poison ×½ Psychic ×½
Immune to Normal ×0 Fighting ×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.

Calyrex (Shadow) — small pixel sprite in its regular coloring
Pixel sprite
Calyrex (Shadow) — small pixel sprite in its shiny coloring
Shiny pixel sprite

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

Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (75 via TM/TR, 2 via tutor) are on the full list.

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
1 Agility Psychic Status — — 30
1 Astral Barrage Ghost Special 120 100% 5
1 Confuse Ray Ghost Status — 100% 10
1 Confusion Psychic Special 50 100% 25
1 Disable Normal Status — 100% 20
1 Double Edge Normal Physical 120 100% 15
1 Double Kick Fighting Physical 30 100% 30
1 Growth Normal Status — — 20
1 Haze Ice Status — — 30
1 Hex Ghost Special 65 100% 10
1 Mega Drain Grass Special 40 100% 15
1 Nasty Plot Dark Status — — 20
1 Pound Normal Physical 40 100% 35
1 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100% 15
1 Stomp Normal Physical 65 100% 20
1 Tackle Normal Physical 40 100% 35
1 Tail Whip Normal Status — 100% 30
1 Take Down Normal Physical 90 85% 20
1 Thrash Normal Physical 120 100% 10
8 Life Dew Water Status — — 10
16 Giga Drain Grass Special 75 100% 10
24 Psyshock Psychic Special 80 100% 10
32 Helping Hand Normal Status — — 20
40 Aromatherapy Grass Status — — 5
40 Grassy Terrain Grass Status — — 10
40 Psychic Terrain Psychic Status — — 10
48 Energy Ball Grass Special 90 100% 10
56 Psychic Psychic Special 90 100% 10
64 Leech Seed Grass Status — 90% 10
72 Heal Pulse Psychic Status — — 10
80 Solar Beam Grass Special 120 100% 10
88 Future Sight Psychic Special 120 100% 10