Competitive Information for Latios [Sun/Moon]
Dragon / Psychic
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Levitate ability are immune to Ground attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Latios? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Latios is a pretty decent Dragon and Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Latios when battling in the 7th generation meta. Latios is weak to Bug, Dark, Dragon, Fairy, Ghost, and Ice-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Soul Dew
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Ice Beam
- Psyshock / Psychic
- Defog
- Trick
Special Sweeper Latios (Popular/Trending)
Latios is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Latios's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Latios is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Psyshock is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Defog is a status move (-1 evasion; clears Latios and target side's hazards).
♦ Trick is a status move (Latios switches its held item with the target's).
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Item: Soul Dew / Dragonium Z
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 92 Hp / 252 SpA / 164 Spe
Moveset:
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Energy Ball
- Surf
Special Sweeper Latios (Levitate)
Latios is a legendary Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Levitate, Latios is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent 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).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psyshock / Psychic
- Draco Meteor / Dragon Pulse
- Ice Beam
- Surf / Thunderbolt
Latios Special Sweeper (Liquid Darkness*)
Latios is a legendary Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Latios's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Latios is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Psychic is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Draco Meteor is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Dragon-type move (lowers your Latios's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Surf is a special 90-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Latios? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Item: Soul Dew / Dragonium Z
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 Latios (Levitate)
Latios is a legendary Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Levitate, Latios is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Surf is a special 90-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 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Latios 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 Latios can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Latios
- 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
- Moves: Stored power + Psych up
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Endure, Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Latios's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Dragon Dance
- Hone Claws
- Steel Wing
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Latios
- Defog
- Draco Meteor
- Earthquake
- Hidden Power
- Hidden Power Fire
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Psychic
- Psyshock
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roost
- Stored Power
- Surf
- Toxic
- Trick
Common Effort Values for Latios in Sun and Moon
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Optimize Latios's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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