Is Uxie Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Lake Acuity legendary after the story climax. Psychic with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity. Uxie has the highest defenses of the lake trio. Handles Maylene and contributes through bulk. Available near the end of the story, so the team is mostly set.
Uxie resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Uxie resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Uxie resists most of Maylene's coverage and hits back hard.
Uxie resists most of Crasher Wake's coverage and hits back hard.
Uxie resists most of Fantina's coverage and hits back hard.
Uxie trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Uxie has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Uxie has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Uxie has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Uxie resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Uxie has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Uxie trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Uxie has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Uxie has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Uxie has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Uxie has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Uxie on Lake Acuity (interact, Lv 50, limited). Encounter at Lake Acuity after the Team Galactic storyline. Returns to the cavern after being saved.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 51PsychicExtrasensoryPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 30
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM73ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
How to Get Uxie in Diamond & Pearl
Uxie waits at the bottom of Lake Acuity, a static encounter at level 50 with a brutal catch rate of 3. There is just one, with no second chance, so save your best Balls for it.
1 location to catch Uxie
Badge 7How to Get Uxie in Diamond & Pearl
How to Get Shiny Uxie in Diamond & Pearl
Uxie waits in a cave beneath Lake Acuity, so save in front of it and soft-reset the encounter until the shiny sparkle appears. Compare Shiny Uxie odds across every game
Shiny Uxie Evolution
Does Not EvolveDiamond & Pearl Shiny Uxie Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Soft Reset, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Uxie.
Uxie Weakness
Uxie is weak to Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Uxie's overall bulk (75/130/130) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Uxie Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Uxie
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x61-71% X-Scissor 2x40-48% Shadow Claw 2x35-42% | ||
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Drapion builds →Crunch 2x45-53% X-Scissor 2x30-35% Shadow Ball 2x22-26% | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Weavile builds →Night Slash 2x50-59% X-Scissor 2x38-45% Shadow Claw 2x33-39% | ||
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Spiritomb builds →Sucker Punch 2x46-55% Shadow Ball 2x46-55% Silver Wind 2x23-27% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Shiftry builds →Feint Attack 2x38-45% X-Scissor 2x32-38% Shadow Ball 2x30-35% | ||
 Skuntank PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Skuntank builds →Night Slash 2x41-49% Shadow Claw 2x27-33% | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x61-71% Dark Pulse 2x40-48% | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Parasect builds →X-Scissor 2x46-55% Thief 2x16-19% | ||
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Murkrow builds →Sucker Punch 2x43-51% Shadow Ball 2x29-34% | ||
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Sableye builds →Shadow Claw 2x35-41% Feint Attack 2x29-35% | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Beedrill builds →X-Scissor 2x45-53% Assurance 2x19-23% | ||
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Mothim builds →Bug Buzz 2x52-61% Shadow Ball 2x31-37% Thief 2x16-19% | ||
Uxie Evolutions
Uxie is strong overall with 580 total stats as a Psychic legendary. Can't breed it, so you're locked to whatever you catch or receive. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
DP Uxie Best Moveset
130 in both Defense and Sp. Def with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity make Uxie an incredibly durable tank. The moveset sets MoveStealth Rock, uses MoveU-turn to switch-in, and supports teams with status moves. 75 offensive stats are low but not the point.
Best Build
Uxie best EVs are HP and Speed
Pivot Moveset
- Stealth Rock
- U Turn
- Thunder Wave
- Trick
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
TMs define Uxie's movepool. The natural moves cover basics with Future Sight and Dream Eater, but the real versatility comes from technical machines giving it coverage across 8 types. That's where the options open up.
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
41 of 45 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Known as “The Being of Knowledge.” It is said that it can wipe out the memory of those who see its eyes.
It is said that its emergence gave humans the intelligence to improve their quality of life.
Uxie Diamond & Pearl Guide
Uxie is a static encounter at Lake Acuity in Diamond & Pearl. Uxie appears at level 50. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
In Diamond & Pearl, Uxie plays as a pivot. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In Diamond & Pearl, Impish is the go-to nature for Uxie. That's +Defense / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 HP / 104 Def / 152 Spe EVs. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Uxie has appeared in 13 games since Diamond & Pearl, spanning 6 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 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
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
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