Its greatest asset is Sp. Atk — higher than 96% of species. Its stat total puts it at the very top: more than 94% of species fall behind. It does not evolve: it does not come from anything and does not change into anything. Defensively it can rely on 6 weaknesses and 6 resistances. 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: 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 (130) 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 92% 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.
Regional numbers 3
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.
| Hoenn | #197 | Ruby / Sapphire , Emerald |
|---|---|---|
| Hoenn | #206 | Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire |
| Hyperspace | #127 | Legends: Z-A , Legends: Z-A: Mega Dimension |
Abilities
- Levitate Evades ground moves.
How players use it
Data from 44,274 ranked battles on Smogon (Gen 9 UU, 2026-07). These are not numbers from the game — they are player habits. Gen 9 UU is one tier lower: it is played without the Pokémon most often used in OU, so the same species hold completely different places here.
Rank 1 among 274 Pokémon in use — it is on 26.92% 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
LATIOS has the ability to make its foe see an image of what it has seen or imagines in its head. This POKéMON is intelligent and understands human speech.
Resistances and weaknesses
Type chart →How much damage Latios takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.
How it was drawn
2002–2019The sprites come straight from the games in which Latios appeared — one from each release.
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.
TCG cards (25)
All Latios cards →Latios has 25 cards in 15 sets. The oldest of them are shown below.
Breeding
All Egg Groups →Latios 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 (7)
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.
Alola
Galar
Hoenn
Johto
Unova
Moves (116)
Full move list →Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (97 via TM/TR, 36 via tutor) are on the full list.
| Lv. | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dragon Dance | Dragon | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Heal Block | Psychic | Status | — | 100% | 15 |
| 1 | Psywave | Psychic | Special | — | 100% | 15 |
| 1 | Safeguard | Normal | Status | — | — | 25 |
| 1 | Stored Power | Psychic | Special | 20 | 100% | 10 |
| 4 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 5 | Helping Hand | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 10 | Recover | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 13 | Refresh | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 15 | Confusion | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100% | 25 |
| 20 | Tailwind | Status | — | — | 15 | |
| 25 | Dragon Breath | Dragon | Special | 60 | 100% | 20 |
| 30 | Ally Switch | Psychic | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 35 | Luster Purge | Psychic | Special | 95 | 100% | 5 |
| 36 | Telekinesis | Psychic | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 40 | Zen Headbutt | Psychic | Physical | 80 | 90% | 15 |
| 45 | Dragon Pulse | Dragon | Special | 85 | 100% | 10 |
| 50 | Heal Pulse | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 55 | Simple Beam | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 15 |
| 60 | Psychic | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100% | 10 |
| 65 | Power Split | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 70 | Memento | Dark | Status | — | 100% | 10 |
| 75 | Psycho Shift | Psychic | Status | — | 100% | 10 |