#0281 · Generation 3

Kirlia

Kirlia has 278 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the special side (65) and a Speed of 50. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 128, which makes it a balanced special attacker.

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What Kirlia is weak to

Weak to: Poison, Ghost, Steel. Resists: Fighting (×0.25), Psychic. Immune to: Dragon (×0).

Attacking typeDamage taken
Poison×2
Ghost×2
Steel×2
Psychic×0.5
Fighting×0.25
Dragon×0

Base stats

HP38
Atk35
Def35
SpA65
SpD55
Spe50
Total278

Best teammates for Kirlia

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Kirlia: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

  1. Celesteela SteelFlying

    Resists poison, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, bug super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  2. Corviknight FlyingSteel

    Resists poison, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, bug super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  3. Skarmory SteelFlying

    Resists poison, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, bug super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  4. Scizor BugSteel

    Resists poison, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, psychic super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  5. Escavalier BugSteel

    Resists poison, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, psychic super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  6. Durant BugSteel

    Resists poison, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, psychic super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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Counters to Kirlia

  1. Gholdengo

    Steel and Ghost STAB hits Kirlia super effectively and it resists everything Kirlia can hit it with by type.

  2. Aegislash

    Steel and Ghost STAB hits Kirlia super effectively and it resists everything Kirlia can hit it with by type.

  3. Gengar

    Ghost and Poison STAB hits Kirlia super effectively.

  4. Revavroom

    Steel and Poison STAB hits Kirlia super effectively.

  5. Kartana

    Steel STAB hits Kirlia super effectively and it resists everything Kirlia can hit it with by type.

  6. Excadrill

    Steel STAB hits Kirlia super effectively and it resists everything Kirlia can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Kirlia

Kirlia is in the regional Pokédex of 7 games we cover: