Is Uxie Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Lake Acuity at level 50 after the Distortion World storyline. Psychic-type with AbilityLevitate. Enormous Defense and Sp. Def. Handles Maylene and contributes defensively. The most defensive of the lake trio.
Uxie resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Uxie resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Uxie has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Uxie resists most of Maylene's coverage and hits back hard.
Uxie resists most of Crasher Wake'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 trades roughly evenly with 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 Jupiter's team.
Uxie has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Uxie resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Uxie has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Uxie on Lake Acuity (interact, Lv 50, limited). Interact with Uxie in the cavern at the center of Lake Acuity after resolving Team Galactic at Spear Pillar.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Fantina
- 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 Maylene
- TUTORPsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15Route 212
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 51PsychicExtrasensoryPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 30
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM73ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner counter at the Battle Frontier, which you enter from the Fight Area
How to Get Uxie in Platinum
Uxie waits inside a cave under Lake Acuity as a one-time static encounter at level 50. With a catch rate of 3 and no respawn, the knowledge sprite is a save-before-you-throw legendary.
1 location to catch Uxie
Badge 7How to Get Uxie in Platinum
How to Get Shiny Uxie in Platinum
Uxie waits at the bottom of Lake Acuity, so save before the encounter and soft reset until the shiny appears. Compare Shiny Uxie odds across every game
Shiny Uxie Evolution
Does Not EvolvePlatinum 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 Platinum 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 2x63-74% X-Scissor 2x41-49% Shadow Claw 2x36-43% | ||
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Drapion builds →Crunch 2x45-54% X-Scissor 2x30-36% Shadow Ball 2x23-27% | ||
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Weavile builds →Night Slash 2x51-60% X-Scissor 2x38-45% Shadow Claw 2x34-40% | ||
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Spiritomb builds →Sucker Punch 2x47-56% Shadow Ball 2x47-56% Silver Wind 2x23-28% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Shiftry builds →Feint Attack 2x39-46% X-Scissor 2x34-40% Shadow Ball 2x30-36% | ||
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Scyther builds →X-Scissor 2x54-64% Night Slash 2x31-37% | ||
 Giratina GhostDragon | S | |
Obtain MethodDistortion World Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Giratina builds →Shadow Force 2x75-88% Silver Wind 2x26-31% Payback 2x21-25% | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x63-74% Dark Pulse 2x41-49% | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Parasect builds →X-Scissor 2x47-56% Thief 2x17-20% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Houndoom builds →Shadow Ball 2x36-43% Bite 2x35-42% | ||
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Kricketune builds →X-Scissor 2x44-52% Night Slash 2x26-31% | ||
 Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Sableye builds →Shadow Claw 2x35-42% Feint Attack 2x30-36% | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Uxie View Beedrill builds →X-Scissor 2x45-54% Assurance 2x20-24% | ||
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
Pt Uxie Best Moveset
Pure support: 130 Defense and 130 Sp. Def absorb hits from both sides while the moveset sets MoveStealth Rock, uses MoveU-turn to switch-in, and spreads status. AbilityLevitate blocks Ground. 75 in both offenses 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
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 11 types means almost nothing walls Uxie cleanly, with Future Sight and Dream Eater anchoring the STAB side. Matchup flexibility isn't a problem.
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
40 of 45 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When UXIE flew, people gained the ability to solve problems. It was the birth of knowledge.
Uxie Platinum Guide
Uxie is a static encounter at Lake Acuity in Platinum. 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 Platinum, Uxie plays as a pivot. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In Platinum, 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
Winds & Waves
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