Meditite (Pokémon)

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Meditite Meditate Pokémon アサナン Asanan #307 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Fighting Psychic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Pure Power Cacophony Cacophony Telepathy Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 180 (33.8%)
Breeding Egg Group Human-Like Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 2'00" 0.6 m Meditite 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 24.7 lbs. 11.2 kg Meditite 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 91 Gen. III-IV Unknown IV 56 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Meditite 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 1 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Blue	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Meditite (Japanese: アサナン Asanan) is a dual-type Fighting/Psychic Pokémon introduced in Generation III.

It evolves into Medicham starting at level 37.

Biology

Meditite is a humanoid, bipedal Pokémon that resembles a person meditating. It usually sits in a yoga position, with knees bent and feet together with its hands resting on its knees. Its lower body is blue, with white on the wrists, feet, and lower body. Its onion-shaped head is also white with large eyes and pink ovals on its cheeks. It has round, swirled ears on the sides of its head. These ears are higher up on a male than on a female.

Meditite heightens its inner energy and spiritual power through the meditation, which allows it to levitate. It trains hours a day, and never skips its daily yoga training. Its training never ends, since it loses concentration and focus while meditating. It eats one berry per day as part of training, which tempers its spirit and makes its senses sharper. It lives and trains on the mountains.

In the anime

Major appearances

Meditite debuted in A Meditite Fight, under the ownership of Shauna. It was used during her two battles with Ash, and it ultimately lost in the second battle.

In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, Lizabeth and her family used a Meditite for their Marina Underwater Pokémon Show. It and a Medicham would use Psychic to make balls of water that would retain their form.

In a flashback in Lost Leader Strategy!, Maylene used a Meditite in her Gym battle with Paul, but it was defeated by Honchkrow. In Crossing the Battle Line!, it was used in a battle with Dawn. It battled her Buneary and won, but then lost to Ambipom. In A Triple Fighting Chance!, Meditite was used to battle Ash. It managed to confuse his Chimchar and Staravia before losing to the latter.

In JN014, Keira's Meditite first saved Ash after he fell into a trap. It was then used to battle a giant Golurk during a Raid Battle, but it was soon defeated.

Minor appearances

A Meditite appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

In Spontaneous Combusken!, a Meditite was at the Chrysanthemum Island beach.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Meditite in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

A Meditite is seen in a flashback being defeated by Wallace's Clamperl during the Pokémon League in The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon XIII.

In Magnificent Meditite & Really Riolu I, Maylene has a Meditite that handily defeated Pearl's Chatot, nicknamed Chatler, who Platinum borrowed so she could battle her.

A Meditite appeared in Disagreeable Graveler.

A Meditite appeared in Clobbering Claydol, under the ownership of a Battle Girl.

In the TCG

Main article: Meditite (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Colosseum		TwistedSpoon (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

TCG-only moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball RS   Acquisition: Catch			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 5.5% Friend Area: Mt. Discipline Phrases 51%-100% HP Nothing can best a serene heart in battle! 26%-50% HP I'm afraid my health has eroded to half its peak. 1%-25% HP I fear the worst... Even meditation will not help soon enough... Level up Yes! I've leveled up! The power of yoga is amplified within!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 5.5% IQ group: C
Pokémon Ranger Group: Psychic Poké Assist: Fighting Field move: (Crush ×1) Loops: 4 Min. exp.: 22 Max. exp.: 36 Browser entry R-085 Meditite slaps things with its tiny hands. It can break through weakened walls.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ● Defense ●● Speed ●●●
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Meditite often trains in the Lava Zone. He works for the Zone Keeper. He challenged you with a Quiz, remember?
Pokémon Battle Trozei Fighting Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Fighting Attack Power: 40 - 90 5 #313 Astonish Delays your opponent's disruptions.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 102 Base Attack: 78 Base Defense: 107 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Confusion, Rock Smash Charged Attacks: Ice Punch, Psyshock, Low Sweep

Evolution

Unevolved Meditite  Fighting  Psychic

Level 37 →

First evolution Medicham  Fighting  Psychic

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

For other sprites and images, please see Meditite images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Meditite is obtainable via the Sinnoh Sound even though it was introduced in Generation III. However, it appears in the Sinnoh Pokédex.
• Like its evolution Medicham, Meditite is one of the few Pokémon whose official artwork shows the female form.
  • In Generation III, before the introduction of gender differences, all Meditite and Medicham had the appearance of a female regardless of gender.
• Meditite has the lowest base HP stat of all Fighting-type Pokémon.

Origin

Meditite resembles a primate of some sort. It appears to have been based on a practitioner of yoga and is meditating in almost all of the media it appears in. Its yoga position in its artwork and sprites is the Lotus position, where one crosses one's legs and places their feet on the opposing thighs. This position supposedly holds the mind completely steady for long periods of time and calms it, heightening the user's senses. Its hat somewhat resembles a turban and may also be the caps worn by many depictions of Hindu deities, such as Shiva, who are commonly seen meditating.

Name origin

Meditite may be a combination of the corruptions of meditate and possibly petite or tyke. It may also involve a corruption of tight, as in the phrase, "Tight focus."

Asanan may be a corruption of asana, which in yoga refers to a pose or posture, and 軟 nan (soft or flexible).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese アサナン Asanan From asana and 軟 nan French Méditikka From méditer and possibly karateka Spanish Meditite Same as English name German Meditie From meditieren Italian Meditite Same as English name Korean 요가랑 Yogarang From yoga Mandarin Chinese 瑪沙那 / 玛沙那 Mǎshānà Rough transliteration of its Japanese name Cantonese Chinese

More languages Hindi मेडिटाइट Meditite Transcription of English name Russian Медитайт Meditayt Transcription of English name Thai อาซานัน Asanan Transcription of Japanese name

External links

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Pokémon

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