Strong point: Attack — higher than 96% of species. Overall it is one of the stronger species — above 99% of the Pokédex. It does not evolve: it does not come from anything and does not change into anything. On defense it has 2 weaknesses, 3 resistances and 1 full immunity. Dragon-type moves do nothing to it at all. This is a Legendary Pokémon: one per game, no offspring.
Base stats
Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: HP.
Attack and Sp. Atk 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
Attack (131) and Sp. Atk (131) are nearly equal, so neither of these two stats can be lowered for free. The price has to be paid in defense — in the weaker one, because Defense does not stop anything here anyway.
- Hasty +Spe · −Def A mixed set that does not intend to take any hits: all that matters is striking first.
- Lonely +Atk · −Def The same price, but the boost goes into the stronger of the two offensive stats.
A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.
Regional numbers 2
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.
| Kalos | #148 | X / Y |
|---|---|---|
| Lumiose City | #228 | Legends: Z-A |
Abilities
- Fairy Aura Strengthens fairy moves to 1.33× their power for all friendly and opposing Pokémon.
Pokédex entry
Legends say it can share eternal life. It slept for a thousand years in the form of a tree before its revival.
Resistances and weaknesses
Type chart →How much damage Xerneas takes when it is hit by a move of each type.
How it was drawn
2013–2016The sprites come straight from the games in which Xerneas 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 (16)
All Xerneas cards →Xerneas has 16 cards in 8 sets. The oldest of them are shown below.
Breeding
All Egg Groups →Xerneas 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 (4)
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
Kalos
Moves (69)
Full move list →Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (52 via TM/TR, 12 via tutor) are on the full list.
| Lv. | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gravity | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100% | 35 |
| 5 | Light Screen | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 10 | Aurora Beam | Ice | Special | 65 | 100% | 20 |
| 15 | Nature Power | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 20 | Night Slash | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100% | 15 |
| 25 | Aromatherapy | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 30 | Psych Up | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 35 | Horn Leech | Grass | Physical | 75 | 100% | 10 |
| 40 | Misty Terrain | Fairy | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 45 | Ingrain | Grass | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 50 | Take Down | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85% | 20 |
| 55 | Geomancy | Fairy | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 60 | Moonblast | Fairy | Special | 95 | 100% | 15 |
| 65 | Heal Pulse | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 70 | Megahorn | Bug | Physical | 120 | 85% | 10 |
| 75 | Close Combat | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100% | 5 |
| 80 | Outrage | Dragon | Physical | 120 | 100% | 10 |
| 85 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 | 90% | 5 |