What does Meditite evolve into?

Get Meditite to Medicham at level 37. At 280 BST, Meditite is just the starting point.

At what level does Meditite evolve?

Level 37 gets you Medicham . Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.

Should I use Meditite?

For Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, you can run Meditite through the first few routes without issues. 280 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Medicham as fast as you can.

Where can you catch Meditite?

You can find Meditite in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 14 other games across the series.

Meditite - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Utility

Balanced

DTier

60Speed · Below Avg

Stats & Training

Speed and Defense carry most of Meditite's stat budget. HP's the obvious dump stat. Common in the wild and yields 1 Speed EV. Follows a medium-fast 1M XP curve.

Base Stats

Below

HP30

Attack40

Defense55

Sp. Atk40

Sp. Def55

Speed60

Total280

Details

Catch Rate

Moderate180 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Fast1M XP

Height0.6 m

Weight11.2 kg

Base XP56

Abilities

Pure Power

Doubles Attack in battle.

TelepathyHA

Protects against friendly Pokémon's damaging moves.

EV Yield

HPAtkDefSpASpDSpe+1

Speed training source

Pokedex Entries

It meditates in order to build up its mental energy. It’s said to eat just one Berry a day.

Meditite Weakness

Meditite's Fighting/Psychic typing leaves it vulnerable to Flying, Ghost, and Fairy. Standard number of weaknesses for the Fighting/Psychic typing.

Meditite Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Flying, Ghost, Fairy
0.5x (Resist)	Fighting, Rock

Type ChartVulnerable

3Weak

2Resist

0Immune

Score-4

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Flying Ghost Fairy

½xResist

Fighting Rock

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

STAB (7)

Normal Ice Rock Dark Steel Fighting Poison

How to Beat Meditite in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl (Best Counters)

Murkrow DarkFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Shadow BallTM30 Wing AttackLv. 15 PluckTM88 Damage vs Meditite Fly 2x 136-161%KO Shadow Ball 2x 81-96% Wing Attack 2x 94-112%KO Pluck 2x 94-112%KO View Murkrow builds →
Gastly GhostPoison	C
Available Moves Moves Shadow BallTM30 Dazzling GleamTM21 HexLv. 24 LickLv. 1 Damage vs Meditite Shadow Ball 2x 140-166%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x 93-110%KO Hex 2x 113-134%KO Lick 2x 30-36% View Gastly builds →
Golbat PoisonFlying	C
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Shadow BallTM30 Air CutterLv. 27 PluckTM88 Damage vs Meditite Fly 2x 133-157%KO Shadow Ball 2x 67-81% Air Cutter 2x 76-90% Pluck 2x 91-107%KO View Golbat builds →
Misdreavus Ghost	D
Available Moves Moves Shadow BallTM30 Dazzling GleamTM21 HexLv. 23 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Meditite Shadow Ball 2x 121-143%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x 81-96% Hex 2x 101-121%KO Aerial Ace 2x 48-57% View Misdreavus builds →
Mime Jr. PsychicFairy	D
Available Moves Moves Dazzling GleamTM21 Shadow BallTM30 Damage vs Meditite Dazzling Gleam 2x 106-125%KO Shadow Ball 2x 70-84% View Mime Jr. builds →

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Evolution

One evolution ahead. Meditite grows into Medicham through a straightforward two-stage chain. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are average hatch time. The evolved forms gain up to 130 total stats over Meditite. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms

#307Meditite

Level 37

#308Medicham

Stat Comparison 2 Stages

Meditite

FightingPsychic

Medicham

FightingPsychic

60+30

ATK

60+20

DEF

75+20

SP.ATK

60+20

SP.DEF

75+20

SPE

80+20

BST

280D-Tier

410C-Tier+130

ROLE

Balanced

TYPE

Utility

Breeding

Very Easy

Breed Meditite easily with 39 breeding partners from the Humanshape egg group. Pass egg moves like Baton Pass, Bullet Punch, Dynamic Punch and 8 more to offspring.

Egg Groups

Humanshape

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

20 cycles·5,140 steps

Quick~5 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

11moves

Breed With (best first)

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Meditite Best Moveset

Best Build

No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 8.

Try selecting a different game/generation filter, or check back later.

Moves

STAB runs through Focus Punch and High Jump Kick for the basics, but Meditite's real strength is the 10-type coverage spread. Normal and Dark hit common defensive types, and the movepool keeps going.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Pound

—4010035Normal

Lv 4

Low Kick

D—10020Fighting

Lv 7

Confusion

—5010025Psychic

Lv 9

Detect+4

C——5Fighting

Lv 12

Endure+4

C——10Normal

Lv 15

Feint+2

—3010010Normal

Lv 17

Force Palm

—6010010Fighting

Lv 20

Psybeam

D6510020Psychic

Lv 23

Calm Mind

C——20Psychic

Lv 25

Mind Reader

———5Normal

Lv 28

High Jump Kick

C1309010Fighting

Lv 31

Psych Up

C——10Normal

Lv 33

Acupressure

———30Normal

Lv 36

Power Trick

D——10Psychic

Lv 39

Reversal

D—10015Fighting

Lv 41

Recover

C——10Normal

Lv 44

Counter-5

D—10020Fighting

TM Moves

TM45

Attract

C—10015Normal

TM31

Brick Break

D7510015Fighting

TM08

Bulk Up

C——20Fighting

TM04

Calm Mind

C——20Psychic

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM60

Drain Punch

D7510010Fighting

TM85

Dream Eater

C10010015Psychic

TM58

Endure+4

C——10Normal

TM42

Facade

D7010020Normal

TM70

Flash

——10020Normal

TM56

Fling

——10010Dark

TM52

Focus Blast

D120705Fighting

TM01

Focus Punch-3

C15010020Fighting

TM86

Grass Knot

D—10020Grass

TM16

Light Screen

C——30Psychic

TM27

Low Sweep

—6510020Fighting

TM84

Poison Jab

D8010020Poison

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM77

Psych Up

C——10Normal

TM29

Psychic

D9010010Psychic

TM18

Rain Dance

C——5Water

TM67

Recycle

D——10Normal

TM33

Reflect

C——20Psychic

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM80

Rock Slide

D759010Rock

TM98

Rock Smash

D4010015Fighting

TM39

Rock Tomb

D609515Rock

TM30

Shadow Ball

D8010015Ghost

TM82

Sleep Talk

C——10Normal

TM96

Strength

—8010015Normal

TM90

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM11

Sunny Day

C——5Fire

TM87

Swagger

D—8515Normal

TM10

Work Up

D——30Normal

Egg Moves

Egg

Baton Pass

C——40Normal

Egg

Bullet Punch+1

D4010030Steel

Egg

Dynamic Punch

D100505Fighting

Egg

Fake Out+3

D4010010Normal

Egg

Fire Punch

D7510015Fire

Egg

Guard Swap

D——10Psychic

Egg

Ice Punch

D7510015Ice

Egg

Power Swap

———10Psychic

Egg

Psycho Cut

D7010020Psychic

Egg

Quick Guard+3

———15Fighting

Egg

Thunder Punch

D7510015Electric

Tutor Moves

Meditite can't learn any Tutor moves

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Meditite Locations

Meditite's scattered across 36 spots in early-game routes with high spawn rates. Check the list below for the closest location to wherever you are in the game. This one's quick.

Best Locations to Catch Meditite in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Meditite appears in 36 walking locations at Lv. 12-35 across Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Not all encounters show up in every version, so check which ones match your game.

Route 211 - West

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.12-14 Route

35%Early

Morning/day

Route 211 - West

Shining PearlGrass Lv.12-14 Route

35%Early

Morning/day

Mt. Coronet - Route 211 Entrance

Shining PearlGrass Lv.13-14 Cave

25%Early

Mt. Coronet - Route 211 Entrance

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.13-14 Cave

25%Early

Route 211 - West

Shining PearlGrass Lv.13-14 Route

25%Early

Night

Route 211 - West

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.13-14 Route

25%Early

Night

Mt. Coronet - Route 207 Entrance

Shining PearlGrass Lv.15 Cave

10%Early

Mt. Coronet - Route 207 Entrance

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.15 Cave

10%Early

Route 211 - East

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.27-28 Route

35%Mid

Route 211 - East

Shining PearlGrass Lv.27-28 Route

35%Mid

Route 210 - North

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.24-26 Route

30%Mid

Morning/day

Route 210 - North

Shining PearlGrass Lv.24-26 Route

30%Mid

Morning/day

Route 208

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.16-17 Route

20%Mid

Morning/day

Route 208

Shining PearlGrass Lv.16-17 Route

20%Mid

Morning/day

Route 210 - North

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.25-26 Route

20%Mid

Night

Route 210 - North

Shining PearlGrass Lv.25-26 Route

20%Mid

Night

Route 208

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.17 Route

10%Mid

Night

Route 208

Shining PearlGrass Lv.17 Route

10%Mid

Night

Dazzling Cave

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.25-29 Cave

Mid

Requires Strength

Dazzling Cave

Shining PearlGrass Lv.25-29 Cave

Mid

Requires Strength

Stargleam Cavern

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.25-29 Cave

Mid

Requires Strength

Stargleam Cavern

Shining PearlGrass Lv.25-29 Cave

Mid

Requires Strength

Whiteout Cave

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.25-29 Cave

Mid

Requires Strength

Whiteout Cave

Shining PearlGrass Lv.25-29 Cave

Mid

Requires Strength

Mt. Coronet - B1F

Shining PearlGrass Lv.31-32 Cave

25%Late

Mt. Coronet - B1F

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.31-32 Cave

25%Late

Mt. Coronet - Route 216 Entrance

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.31-32 Cave

25%Late

Mt. Coronet - Route 216 Entrance

Shining PearlGrass Lv.31-32 Cave

25%Late

Route 216

Shining PearlGrass Lv.33-34 Route

20%Late

Morning/day

Route 216

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.33-34 Route

20%Late

Morning/day

Route 216

Shining PearlGrass Lv.34 Route

10%Late

Night

Route 216

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.34 Route

10%Late

Night

Acuity Lakefront

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.35 Water

10%Late

Morning/day

Acuity Lakefront

Shining PearlGrass Lv.35 Water

10%Late

Morning/day

Route 217

Shining PearlGrass Lv.35 Route

10%Late

Morning/day

Route 217

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.35 Route

10%Late

Morning/day

Meditite Guide

Get Meditite to Medicham at level 37. At 280 BST, Meditite is just the starting point.
Level 37 gets you Medicham. Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.
For Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, you can run Meditite through the first few routes without issues. 280 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Medicham as fast as you can.
You can find Meditite in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 14 other games across the series.

Game Availability

Available in 15 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Meditite spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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Doduo NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Meditite Fly 2x 138-166%KO Pluck 2x 97-114%KO Aerial Ace 2x 97-114%KO Peck 2x 59-72% View Doduo builds →
Zubat PoisonFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Shadow BallTM30 Aerial AceTM40 PluckTM88 Damage vs Meditite Fly 2x 97-114%KO Shadow Ball 2x 52-62% Aerial Ace 2x 69-83% Pluck 2x 69-83% View Zubat builds →
Starly NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Wing AttackLv. 9 Aerial AceTM40 PluckTM88 Damage vs Meditite Fly 2x 103-124%KO Wing Attack 2x 76-93% Aerial Ace 2x 76-93% Pluck 2x 76-93% View Starly builds →

Murkrow DarkFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Shadow BallTM30 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Meditite Fly 2x 125-150%KO Shadow Ball 2x 78-94% Pluck 2x 88-103%KO Aerial Ace 2x 88-103%KO View Murkrow builds →
Misdreavus Ghost	D
Available Moves Moves Shadow BallTM30 Aerial AceTM40 AstonishLv. 10 Damage vs Meditite Shadow Ball 2x 119-141%KO Aerial Ace 2x 47-56% Astonish 2x 38-47% View Misdreavus builds →
Doduo NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 PluckTM88 Aerial AceTM40 PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Meditite Fly 2x 125-150%KO Pluck 2x 88-103%KO Aerial Ace 2x 88-103%KO Peck 2x 53-66% View Doduo builds →
Zubat PoisonFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Shadow BallTM30 Aerial AceTM40 PluckTM88 Damage vs Meditite Fly 2x 88-103%KO Shadow Ball 2x 41-50% Aerial Ace 2x 63-75% Pluck 2x 63-75% View Zubat builds →
Starly NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Wing AttackLv. 9 Aerial AceTM40 PluckTM88 Damage vs Meditite Fly 2x 94-113%KO Wing Attack 2x 69-84% Aerial Ace 2x 69-84% Pluck 2x 69-84% View Starly builds →

Murkrow DarkFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Shadow BallTM30 Wing AttackLv. 15 Air CutterLv. 35 Damage vs Meditite Fly 2x 136-161%KO Shadow Ball 2x 81-95% Wing Attack 2x 90-107%KO Air Cutter 2x 90-107%KO View Murkrow builds →
Mr. Mime PsychicFairy	C
Available Moves Moves Dazzling GleamTM21 Shadow BallTM30 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Meditite Dazzling Gleam 2x 136-161%KO Shadow Ball 2x 90-107%KO Aerial Ace 2x 38-45% View Mr. Mime builds →
Gastly GhostPoison	C
Available Moves Moves Shadow BallTM30 Dazzling GleamTM21 HexLv. 24 LickLv. 1 Damage vs Meditite Shadow Ball 2x 136-161%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x 90-107%KO Hex 2x 112-132%KO Lick 2x 26-32% View Gastly builds →
Golbat PoisonFlying	C
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Shadow BallTM30 Air CutterLv. 27 PluckTM88 Damage vs Meditite Fly 2x 127-150%KO Shadow Ball 2x 64-76% Air Cutter 2x 75-89% Pluck 2x 87-104%KO View Golbat builds →
Misdreavus Ghost	D
Available Moves Moves Shadow BallTM30 Dazzling GleamTM21 HexLv. 23 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Meditite Shadow Ball 2x 121-143%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x 81-95% Hex 2x 100-118%KO Aerial Ace 2x 46-55% View Misdreavus builds →

Murkrow DarkFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Shadow BallTM30 Wing AttackLv. 15 Air CutterLv. 35 Damage vs Meditite Fly 2x 132-157%KO Shadow Ball 2x 79-93% Wing Attack 2x 90-107%KO Air Cutter 2x 90-107%KO View Murkrow builds →
Mr. Mime PsychicFairy	C
Available Moves Moves Dazzling GleamTM21 Shadow BallTM30 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Meditite Dazzling Gleam 2x 132-157%KO Shadow Ball 2x 88-104%KO Aerial Ace 2x 38-44% View Mr. Mime builds →
Gastly GhostPoison	C
Available Moves Moves Shadow BallTM30 Dazzling GleamTM21 HexLv. 24 LickLv. 1 Damage vs Meditite Shadow Ball 2x 132-157%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x 88-104%KO Hex 2x 110-130%KO Lick 2x 24-30% View Gastly builds →
Golbat PoisonFlying	C
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Shadow BallTM30 Air CutterLv. 27 PluckTM88 Damage vs Meditite Fly 2x 127-150%KO Shadow Ball 2x 63-76% Air Cutter 2x 73-87% Pluck 2x 84-100%KO View Golbat builds →
Misdreavus Ghost	D
Available Moves Moves Shadow BallTM30 Dazzling GleamTM21 HexLv. 23 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Meditite Shadow Ball 2x 119-140%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x 79-93% Hex 2x 96-113%KO Aerial Ace 2x 44-53% View Misdreavus builds →

Murkrow DarkFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Shadow BallTM30 Wing AttackLv. 15 Air CutterLv. 35 Damage vs Meditite Fly 2x 132-157%KO Shadow Ball 2x 79-93% Wing Attack 2x 90-107%KO Air Cutter 2x 90-107%KO View Murkrow builds →
Mr. Mime PsychicFairy	C
Available Moves Moves Dazzling GleamTM21 Shadow BallTM30 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Meditite Dazzling Gleam 2x 132-157%KO Shadow Ball 2x 88-104%KO Aerial Ace 2x 38-44% View Mr. Mime builds →
Gastly GhostPoison	C
Available Moves Moves Shadow BallTM30 Dazzling GleamTM21 HexLv. 24 LickLv. 1 Damage vs Meditite Shadow Ball 2x 132-157%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x 88-104%KO Hex 2x 110-130%KO Lick 2x 24-30% View Gastly builds →
Golbat PoisonFlying	C
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves FlyTM94 Shadow BallTM30 Air CutterLv. 27 PluckTM88 Damage vs Meditite Fly 2x 127-150%KO Shadow Ball 2x 63-76% Air Cutter 2x 73-87% Pluck 2x 84-100%KO View Golbat builds →
Misdreavus Ghost	D
Available Moves Moves Shadow BallTM30 Dazzling GleamTM21 HexLv. 23 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Meditite Shadow Ball 2x 119-140%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x 79-93% Hex 2x 96-113%KO Aerial Ace 2x 44-53% View Misdreavus builds →

Skarmory SteelFlying	B
Recommended Build AbilitySturdy ItemRocky Helmet NatureImpish Moves RoostRecovery Body Press SpikesHazard Iron Defense View Skarmory builds →
Staraptor NormalFlying	C
Recommended Build AbilityReckless ItemChoice Band NatureJolly Moves Brave Bird Close Combat Double Edge U Turn Damage vs Meditite Close Combat 74-88% Double Edge 223-263%KO U Turn 87-102%KO View Staraptor builds →