Is Mewtwo Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
Transfer-only. Not catchable in ORAS. Two Mega forms available if you bring the stones, but at that point you're using a 680 BST legendary against a game that's already over.
Mewtwo resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Mewtwo resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Mewtwo has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Mewtwo resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Mewtwo has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Mewtwo resists most of Winona's coverage and hits back hard.
Mewtwo has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Mewtwo resists most of Wallace's coverage and hits back hard.
Mewtwo trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Mewtwo has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Mewtwo resists most of Glacia's coverage and hits back hard.
Mewtwo resists most of Drake's coverage and hits back hard.
Mewtwo has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Mewtwo cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
How to Get Mewtwo in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
No wild encounters for Mewtwo in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. It's available in Red & Blue, Yellow, or Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee and can be transferred over. The details below show where to find it.
Mewtwo cannot be caught in the wild in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, but you can still get it via these paths:
Obtain and trade from these games:
Then trade to Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire.
Also Obtainable In:
Pokemon transfers only go forward through generations, never backward. Direct cross-gen trades aren't supported.
Mewtwo Weakness
Type-wise, Mewtwo takes extra damage from Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Mewtwo's special bulk (base 120 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
What is Mewtwo Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Mewtwo
 Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Sableye builds →Shadow Claw 2x49-59% Feint Attack 2x41-49% | ||
 Mightyena Dark | C | |
 Shedinja BugGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Shedinja builds →Shadow Claw 2x55-65% Thief 2x30-37% Leech Life 2x18-23% | ||
 Zorua Dark | C | |
 Nuzleaf GrassDark | D | |
Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Sableye builds →Shadow Claw 2x49-58% Knock Off 2x44-52% | ||
Zorua Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Zorua builds →Foul Play 2x58-69% U-turn 2x29-35% | ||
 Sandile GroundDark | C | |
 Scraggy DarkFighting | C | |
Mightyena Dark | C | |
 Zoroark Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Zoroark builds →Foul Play 2x83-98% U-turn 2x41-48% Shadow Claw 2x41-48% | ||
 Krokorok GroundDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Krokorok builds →Crunch 2x59-70% Shadow Claw 2x34-40% | ||
Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Sableye builds →Shadow Claw 2x48-57% Knock Off 2x46-54% | ||
Mightyena Dark | C | |
Scraggy DarkFighting | C | |
Zoroark Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Zoroark builds →Foul Play 2x85-100%KO U-turn 2x41-49% Shadow Claw 2x41-49% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | C | |
Krokorok GroundDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Krokorok builds →Crunch 2x59-71% Shadow Claw 2x34-41% | ||
Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Sableye builds →Shadow Claw 2x50-59% Knock Off 2x46-54% | ||
 Krookodile GroundDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Krookodile builds →Foul Play 2x93-110%KO Shadow Claw 2x45-54% | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x85-101%KO Shadow Claw 2x49-59% | ||
 Scrafty DarkFighting | C | |
Zoroark Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Zoroark builds →Foul Play 2x85-101%KO Shadow Ball 2x35-41% U-turn 2x42-50% | ||
Cacturne GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Cacturne builds →Sucker Punch 2x77-91% Pin Missile 2x17-21% | ||
Krookodile GroundDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Krookodile builds →Foul Play 2x90-106%KO Shadow Claw 2x44-53% | ||
Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x84-99% Shadow Claw 2x49-57% | ||
Scrafty DarkFighting | C | |
Zoroark Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Zoroark builds →Foul Play 2x82-97% Shadow Ball 2x34-41% U-turn 2x41-48% | ||
Cacturne GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Cacturne builds →Sucker Punch 2x76-90% Pin Missile 2x17-20% | ||
Krookodile GroundDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Krookodile builds →Foul Play 2x90-107%KO Shadow Claw 2x45-53% | ||
 Hydreigon DarkDragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Hydreigon builds →Dark Pulse 2x52-61% U-turn 2x40-48% | ||
Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x83-98% X-Scissor 2x56-65% Shadow Claw 2x49-58% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Heracross builds →Megahorn 2x120-142%KO Night Slash 2x47-56% Shadow Claw 2x47-56% | ||
Zoroark Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Zoroark builds →Foul Play 2x82-97% Shadow Ball 2x33-39% U-turn 2x40-48% | ||
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Yveltal's Sucker Punch hits Mewtwo for 64-76%. Tyranitar threatens a KO with Crunch (126-149%). Scizor's U-turn also KOs at 143-168%.
S | ||
Recommended Build AbilityDarkaura ItemLife Orb NatureRash Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Yveltal builds →Dark Pulse 2x61-72% Sucker Punch 2x64-76% Knock Off 2x60-71% | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | A | |
Recommended Build AbilitySand Stream ItemChoice Band NatureRelaxed Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Tyranitar builds →Stone Edge78-93% Pursuit 2x63-75% Crunch 2x126-149%KO Superpower31-37% | ||
 Scizor BugSteel | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityTechnician ItemChoice Band NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Scizor builds →Bullet Punch41-48% U Turn 2x143-168%KO Superpower41-48% Knock Off 2x88-104%KO | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityLevitate ItemChoice Specs NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Mewtwo View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x95-112%KO Sludge Bomb54-63% Focus Blast24-28% | ||
Mewtwo Evolutions
No breeding, no evolution. Mewtwo is a Psychic legendary with 780 base stat total that you obtain once and build around. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
ORAS Mewtwo Best Moveset
Two Mega forms push already extreme stats further. Mega Mewtwo Y reaches 194 Sp. Atk, the highest in the game. Mega Mewtwo X adds Fighting typing at 190 Attack. The moveset fires Psychic TermStab at 154 base before Mega, and the Mega form chosen reshapes the entire build.
Best Build
Mewtwo best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Psystrike
- Ice Beam
- Calm Mind
- Aura Sphere
Moves List
Stall teams hate this. Mewtwo can spread damage across 15 types, with Normal and Fighting punishing common defensive pivots. STAB from Future Sight and Psystrike keeps the pressure honest on everything else.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Mewtwo is a Pokémon that was created by genetic manipulation. However, even though the scientific power of humans created this Pokémon’s body, they failed to endow Mewtwo with a compassionate heart.
Mewtwo Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Mewtwo is a Legendary Pokemon rated S-Tier. At 780 BST, it hits hard. It excels as a sweeper. Psystrike with Leftovers is the standard set.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, yes. Mewtwo has two Mega forms: Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Mewtwo Y. Both hit 880 BST. X and Y push the build in different directions, so pick based on what your team needs. One Mega per battle.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Mewtwo's biggest threats include Scyther (Bug), Misdreavus (Ghost), and Tyranitar (Dark), all carrying super-effective STAB moves.
Insomnia is the go-to ability for Mewtwo. It prevents sleep. It's Mewtwo's only ability.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Mewtwo fills the sweeper role. It's a special attacker with base 194 Sp. Atk. Base 140 Speed lets it outrun most of the field. And it's tanky enough to absorb a few hits.
Game Availability
Mewtwo has appeared in 21 games since Red & Blue, spanning 10 generations. As a Legendary, it's typically a one-per-save encounter tied to the story or post-game content.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XYMega XMega Y
X & Y - Gen 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves