Cerebral Pokémon
It uses its strong psychic power to squeeze its opponent’s brain, causing unendurable headaches.
Core species facts, alternate varieties, and Pokédex placements at a glance.
| National | #605 |
| Galar | #277 |
| Original Unova | #111 |
| Updated Alola | #275 |
| Updated Ulaula | #96 |
| Updated Unova | #188 |
Battle-ready training facts pulled from EV yield, growth curve, and wild held item data.
x³No wild held item data available.
Understanding damage taken from different types is crucial for battles. Plan your team accordingly!
Tip: Build your team with Pokémon that cover each other's weaknesses!
Damage multipliers from all 18 attacking types
Elgyem's Psychic typing gives it 3 weaknesses but strong offensive coverage against fighting, poison types
Elgyem totals 335 across its base stats, profiling as a balanced Pokémon with a flexible stat spread. Lean on its Special Attack (85) when planning sets, and cover for its weaker Speed (30).
Defensively, the Psychic combination gives Elgyem 2 resistances and 3 weaknesses to plan around. Notably, it carries no 4× weaknesses, which makes it harder to punish. Offensively it pressures 2 types with super-effective STAB coverage.
With a catch rate of 255, Elgyem is comparatively easy to catch in the wild. It levels on the Medium experience curve. Defeating it grants Special Attack +1 EVs, which is worth remembering when EV-training your own team.
0.5 m
9.0 kg
Protects against friendly Pokémon's damaging moves.
Copies burns, paralysis, and poison received onto the Pokémon that inflicted them.
Strengthens moves to 1.3× their power when moving last.
5,100
Hatch Counter: 20
255
Higher values mean easier to catch
70
Initial friendship level
Medium Fast
Experience points needed to level up
Elgyem is a Psychic type Pokémon.
Elgyem takes 2× damage from Bug, Ghost, Dark type moves.
Elgyem evolves into Beheeyem at level 42. Full evolution line: Elgyem → Beheeyem.
Elgyem has a base stat total of 335: HP 55, Attack 55, Defense 55, Sp. Atk 85, Sp. Def 55, Speed 30. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk (85).
| English | Elgyem |
| Japanese | リグレー |
| Japanese (Kanji) | リグレー |
| Roomaji | Ligray |
| Korean | 리그레 |
| French | Lewsor |
| German | Pygraulon |
| Spanish | Elgyem |
| Italian | Elgyem |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 小灰怪 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 小灰怪 |
Where this Pokémon appears in supported games, including method, level range, and encounter conditions.
High-signal moves surfaced from learnsets and move metadata, grouped by battle purpose.
Reliable same-type attacks that match this Pokémon's typing.
Learned at Lv. 53
X Y
Hits any Pokémon that shares a type with the user.
Learned at Lv. 60
Sword Shield
Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.
Tutor Moves
Sword Shield
If Psychic Terrain is active and the user is grounded, this move hits all opposing Pokemon and has its power incrased by 50%.
Off-type attacks that expand what this Pokémon can threaten.
TM/TR Moves
X Y
Has a chance to raise the user’s Special Attack by one stage.
Egg Moves
X Y
Has a chance to make the target flinch.
Support, disruption, and setup tools worth noticing.
TM/TR Moves
X Y
Target falls in love if it has the opposite gender, and has a 50% chance to refuse attacking the user.
TM/TR Moves
Sword Shield
Raises the user’s Speed by two stages.
Learned at Lv. 48
Sword Shield
Raises the user’s Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.
TM/TR Moves
X Y
Lowers the target’s Special Attack by one stage.
Elgyem can have the Telepathy, Synchronize abilities. Its hidden ability is Analytic.
