#0605

Elgyem

Cerebral Pokémon

Psychic

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About

This Pokémon was discovered about 50 years ago. Its highly developed brain enables it to exert its psychic powers.

Shield 1 of 7

Abilities

Telepathy

Protects against friendly Pokémon's damaging moves.

Synchronize

Copies burns, paralysis, and poison received onto the Pokémon that inflicted them.

Analytic Hidden ability

Strengthens moves to 1.3× their power when moving last.

Height: 0.5 m 1′08″
Weight: 9.0 kg 19.8 lb
Gender: ♂ 50% ♀ 50%

Base stats

Range at

Stat	Base	Range at level 100
HP	55	220–314
Attack	55	103–229
Defense	55	103–229
Sp. Atk	85	157–295
Sp. Def	55	103–229
Speed	30	58–174
Total	335

Ranges assume 0 IVs, 0 EVs and a hindering nature at the low end, and 31 IVs, 252 EVs and a helpful nature at the high end.

Type matchups

Multipliers use the current type chart. Abilities that change damage taken can be applied.

Taking hits

Weak 2×: BugGhostDark
Resists ½×: FightingPsychic

Same-type attacks

Super effective 2×: FightingPoison
Not very effective ½×: PsychicSteel
No effect: Dark

Evolution

#0605 Elgyem Psychic

Level 42

#0606 Beheeyem Psychic

Moves

Moves this Pokémon can learn in the selected game. STAB marks attacks that share its type.

Lv.	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Confusion STAB Has a chance to confuse the target.	Psychic	Special	50	100%	25
1	Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100%	40
6	Imprison Prevents the target from using any moves that the user also knows.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
12	Teleport Immediately ends wild battles. No effect otherwise.	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
18	Psybeam STAB Has a chance to confuse the target.	Psychic	Special	65	100%	20
24	Guard Split Averages Defense and Special Defense with the target.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
24	Power Split Averages Attack and Special Attack with the target.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
30	Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Normal	Physical	70	100%	15
36	Zen Headbutt STAB Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	15
43	Recover Heals the user by half its max HP.	Normal	Status	—	—	5
48	Calm Mind Raises the user’s Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
54	Wonder Room All Pokémon’s Defense and Special Defense are swapped for 5 turns.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
60	Psychic STAB Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10

Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.	PP
Agility Raises the user’s Speed by two stages.	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
Ally Switch User switches places with the friendly Pokémon opposite it.	Psychic	Status	—	—	15
Attract Target falls in love if it has the opposite gender, and has a 50% chance to refuse attacking the user.	Normal	Status	—	100%	15
Calm Mind Raises the user’s Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
Cosmic Power Raises the user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage.	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
Dark Pulse Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Special	80	100%	15
Endure Prevents the user’s HP from lowering below 1 this turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Energy Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Grass	Special	90	100%	10
Facade Power doubles if user is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned.	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
Guard Swap User swaps Defense and Special Defense changes with the target.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
Imprison Prevents the target from using any moves that the user also knows.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
Light Screen Reduces damage from special attacks by 50% for five turns.	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
Nasty Plot Raises the user’s Special Attack by two stages.	Dark	Status	—	—	20
Power Swap User swaps Attack and Special Attack changes with the target.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Psychic STAB Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10
Psyshock STAB Inflicts damage based on the target’s Defense, not Special Defense.	Psychic	Special	80	100%	10
Rain Dance Changes the weather to rain for five turns.	Water	Status	—	—	5
Reflect Reduces damage from physical attacks by half.	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself.	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
Rock Slide Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
Rock Tomb Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Rock	Physical	60	95%	15
Round Has double power if it’s used more than once per turn.	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
Safeguard Protects the user’s field from major status ailments and confusion for five turns.	Normal	Status	—	—	25
Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	85%	40
Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15
Skill Swap User and target swap abilities.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
Sleep Talk Randomly uses one of the user’s other three moves. Only works if the user is sleeping.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Snore Has a chance to make the target flinch. Only works if the user is sleeping.	Normal	Special	50	100%	15
Steel Wing Has a chance to raise the user’s Defense by one stage.	Steel	Physical	70	90%	25
Stored Power STAB Power is higher the more the user’s stats have been raised, to a maximum of 31×.	Psychic	Special	20	100%	10
Substitute Transfers 1/4 of the user’s max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Thief Takes the target’s item.	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25
Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	Electric	Status	—	90%	20
Thunderbolt Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Electric	Special	90	100%	15
Trick User and target swap items.	Psychic	Status	—	100%	10
Trick Room For five turns, slower Pokémon will act before faster Pokémon.	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
Uproar Forced to use this move for several turns. Pokémon cannot fall asleep in that time.	Normal	Special	90	100%	10
Wonder Room All Pokémon’s Defense and Special Defense are swapped for 5 turns.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
Zen Headbutt STAB Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	15

Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.	PP
Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Ghost	Physical	30	100%	15
Destiny Bond If the user faints this turn, the target automatically will, too.	Ghost	Status	—	—	5
Disable Disables the target’s last used move for 1-8 turns.	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
Psych Up Discards the user’s stat changes and copies the target’s.	Normal	Status	—	—	10

Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.	PP
Expanding Force STAB If Psychic Terrain is active and the user is grounded, this move hits all opposing Pokemon and has its power incrased by 50%.	Psychic	Special	80	100%	10
Meteor Beam Requires a turn to charge before attacking. Raises the users Special Attack by 1 stage after the first turn.	Rock	Special	120	90%	10

Move

Type

Training and breeding

Training

EV yield: 1 Sp. Atk
Catch rate: 255
Base friendship: 70
Base experience: 67
Growth rate: Medium

Breeding

Egg groups: Humanshape
Egg cycles: 20 (about 5,140 steps)