Competitive Information for Latias [Black/White]
Dragon / Psychic
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Levitate ability are immune to Ground attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Latias? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
FerrothornLandorus-TherianJirachiPolitoedTentacruelHeatranTerrakionGastrodonXatuSeismitoad
Latias is an interesting Dragon and Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's not-uncommon to find yourself dealing with Latias when battling in the 5th generation meta. Latias can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Latias is weak to Bug, Dark, Dragon, Ghost, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers / Flame Orb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 228 Def / 28 Spe
Moveset:
- Dragon Pulse / Draco Meteor
- Calm Mind / Trick
- Recover / Substitute
- Roost
Physical Wall Latias (Popular/Trending)
Latias is a legendary Physical Wall. It tries to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Latias last longer regaining it's health points every turn. Flame Orb will burn Latias at the end of the turn. With Levitate, Latias is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Latias's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Latias's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Trick is a status move (Latias switches its held item with the target's).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Latias by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Latias takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
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Item: Life Orb / Dragon Fang
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 SpA / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Surf
- Ice Beam
Special Sweeper Latias (Levitate)
Latias is a legendary Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Latias's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Draco Meteor). Life Orb boosts the power of Latias's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Latias is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Surf is a special 95-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dragon Pulse
- Calm Mind
- Substitute
- Psychic / Recover
Latias Support (Subpulse Ratiasu)
Latias is a legendary Support. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Latias last longer regaining it's life every turn. With Levitate, Latias is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it. Use Substitute first, preferably on a switch, and then go for Calm Mind. After just one boost, Latias's special attack and special defense are 385 and 445 respectively.
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Latias's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Latias takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Latias by 50% of its max hp).
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Item: Soul Dew
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 172 Hp / 144 SpA / 192 Spe
Moveset:
- Dragon Pulse
- Calm Mind
- Recover
- Thunder
Latias Special Sweeper (Latias With Soul)
Latias is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Levitate, Latias is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Calm Mind is a status move (raises your Latias's special attack and special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Latias by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Thunder is a special 120-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze. can't miss in rain).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Latias? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
FerrothornLandorus-TherianJirachiPolitoedTentacruelHeatranTerrakionGastrodonXatuSeismitoad
Item: Life Orb / Dragon Fang
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 SpA / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Surf
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Latias (Levitate)
Latias is a legendary Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Latias's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Draco Meteor). Life Orb boosts the power of Latias's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Latias is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Surf is a special 95-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Latias learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Latias can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Latias
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat, Helping Hand, Sucker Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Latias's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Hone Claws
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Latias
- Calm Mind
- Draco Meteor
- Dragon Pulse
- Earthquake
- Flash
- Healing Wish
- Hidden Power Fire
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Psyshock
- Recover
- Reflect
- Refresh
- Rest
- Roost
- Substitute
- Surf
- Thunder Wave
- Toxic
- Trick
Common Effort Values for Latias in Black and White
- Bold Nature ( 252/0/228/0/0/28/ )
- Timid Nature ( 92/0/0/164/0/252/ )
- Optimize Latias's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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