Its greatest asset is Defense — higher than 82% of species. It does not evolve: it does not come from anything and does not change into anything. Defensively it can rely on 5 weaknesses, 5 resistances and 1 full immunity. 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.
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.
| Alola | #213 | Sun / Moon |
|---|---|---|
| Alola | #277 | Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon |
| Blueberry Academy | #106 | Scarlet / Violet , Scarlet/Violet: The Indigo Disk |
Abilities
- Shields Down Transforms this Minior between Core Form and Meteor Form. Prevents major status ailments and drowsiness while in Meteor Form.
How players use it
Data from 574,541 ranked battles on Smogon (Gen 9 OU, 2026-09). These are not numbers from the game — they are player habits.
Rank 187 among 309 Pokémon in use — it is on 0.09% 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
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 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
Sprite taken straight from the game in which Minior appeared.
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 (2)
All Minior cards →Minior has 2 cards in 2 sets. The oldest of them are shown below.
Breeding
All Egg Groups →This species is genderless, so its only possible partner is Ditto.
The Egg hatches after 25 cycles, which is roughly 6,600 steps. The exact cycle length depends on the game — newer titles shortened it noticeably — so treat this number as an order of magnitude, not a countdown. Having the Flame Body Ability in your party halves the wait.
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.
Alola
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 |