Meditite
アサナン Asanan
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Artwork from R/S/E
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HP
0
| Atk
0
| Def
0
| Sp.Atk
0
| Sp.Def
0
| Speed
1
| Exp.
91
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Meditite (Japanese: アサナン Asanan) is a dual-type Fighting/Psychic Pokémon.
It evolves into Medicham starting at level 37.
Biology
Physiology
Meditite, in reference to its name, resembles a person meditating, sitting with knees bent and feet together with its hands resting on its knees. It also resembles a certain yoga position. Its lower body is blue, with white on the wrists, feet, and what seems to be pants, or possibly a diaper. Its head is also white, with an onion-like shape and large ears. Its eyes are large and seem to be focused.
Gender differences
A male's ears are higher up than a female's.
Special abilities
Its meditation gives it inner strength and spiritual power. It also is able to endure long periods without eating.
Behavior
They are very focused in their practices of meditation and yoga, and seem to be very spiritual Pokémon as well.
Habitat
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
It survives by eating one berry a day.
In the anime
Maylene and her Meditite in the anime.
Meditite first appeared under the ownership of Shauna in A Meditite Fight.
In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, Meditite and its evolved form, Medicham, worked for a traveling family of circus performers. The two Meditation Pokémon used Psychic to make balls of water retain their form.
In Lost Leader Strategy!, it was revealed that Maylene used a Meditite in her gym battle with Paul. Her Meditite also appeared again in Crossing the Battle Line! in a battle with Dawn, where it battled against her Buneary and won, then it battled against her Ambipom, where it lost. Meditite was also used to battle Ash's Staravia in A Triple Fighting Chance!.
Pokédex entries
| Episode
| Pokémon
| Pokédex
| Entry
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| AG030
| Meditite
| May's Pokédex
| Meditite, the Meditation Pokémon. Meditite meditates in order to build up its mental energy. It is said that it eats only one berry a day.
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| This concludes the entries from the Advanced series.
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| Pokémon
| Pokédex
| Entry
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| DP067
| Meditite
| Dawn's Pokédex
| Meditite, the Meditate Pokémon. Meditite uses meditation to increases its power, never skipping a single day of yoga training.
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| This concludes the entries from the Diamond & Pearl series.
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Special manga, Maylene has a Meditite. It handily defeats Pearl's Chatot, who Platinum borrowed in order to fight her.
In the TCG
- Main article: Meditite (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
| Gen
| Game
| Pokédex entry
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| I
| This Pokémon was not available in Generation I.
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| II
| This Pokémon was not available in Generation II.
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| III
| Ruby
| Meditite undertakes rigorous mental training deep in the mountains. However, whenever it meditates, this Pokémon always loses its concentration and focus. As a result, its training never ends.
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| Sapphire
| Meditite heightens its inner energy through meditation. It survives on just one berry a day. Minimal eating is another aspect of this Pokémon's training.
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| Emerald
| It continually meditates for hours every day. As a result of rigorous and dedicated yoga training, it has tempered its spiritual power so much it can fly.
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| FireRed
| It never skips its daily yoga training. It heightens its inner strength through meditation.
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| LeafGreen
| It never skips its daily yoga training. It heightens its inner strength through meditation.
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| IV
| Diamond
| It eats just one berry a day. By enduring hunger, its spirit is tempered and made sharper.
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| Pearl
| It never misses its daily yoga workouts, and it heightens its spiritual power through meditation.
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| Platinum
| It always trains deep in mountains. It levitates when it heightens its spiritual power through meditation.
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Game locations
| Gen
| Game
| Rarity
| Area
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| I
| This Pokémon was not available in Generation I.
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| II
| This Pokémon was not available in Generation II.
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| III
| Ruby
| Sapphire
| Common
| Mt. Pyre, Victory Road
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| Emerald
| None
| Trade
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| FireRed
| LeafGreen
| None
| Trade
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| Colosseum
| One
| Miror B.'s Hideout (Shadow)
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| XD
| One
| Trade Trapinch to Duking
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| IV
| Diamond
| Pearl
| Common
| Routes 208, 210, 211, 216, 217, Acuity Lakefront, Mt. Coronet
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| Platinum
| Common
| Routes 208, 210, 211, 216, 217, Acuity Lakefront, Mt. Coronet
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| Pal Park
| Mountain
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In side games
Base stats
Type effectiveness
| Weak to
| Resistant to
| Immune to
| Normal effectiveness
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Learnset
Meditite is capable of learning the following moves:
Generation IV
Other generation learnsets: III
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| Father
| Move
| Type
| Cat.
| Pwr.
| Acc.
| PP
| Contest
| Appeal
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Mr. Mime
Buneary, Lopunny
| Baton Pass
| Normal
| Status
| —
| —%
| 40
| Cute
| 0 |
| Hitmonchan
| Bullet Punch
| Steel
| Physical
| 40
| 100%
| 30
| Smart
| 2 ♥♥
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| Machop, Machoke, Machamp
| DynamicPunch
| Fighting
| Physical
| 100
| 50%
| 5
| Cool
| 2 ♥♥
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Makuhita, Hariyama
Sableye
| Fake Out
| Normal
| Physical
| 40
| 100%
| 10
| Cute
| 2 ♥♥
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Medicham
Hitmonchan
Electivire
Magmar, Magmortar
| Fire Punch
| Fire
| Physical
| 75
| 100%
| 15
| Beauty
| 2 ♥♥
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Machop, Machoke, Machamp
Hitmonlee
Sableye
Buneary, Lopunny
Lucario
| Foresight
| Normal
| Status
| —
| —%
| 40
| Smart
| 1 ♥
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| Mr. Mime
| Guard Swap
| Psychic
| Status
| —
| —%
| 10
| Cute
| 0 |
Medicham
Hitmonchan
| Ice Punch
| Ice
| Physical
| 75
| 100%
| 15
| Beauty
| 2 ♥♥
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| Kadabra, Alakazam
| Psycho Cut
| Psychic
| Physical
| 70
| 100%
| 20
| Cool
| 2 ♥♥
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| Mr. Mime
| Power Swap
| Psychic
| Status
| —
| —%
| 10
| Beauty
| 0 |
Medicham
Hitmonchan
Electabuzz, Electivire
Magmortar
| ThunderPunch
| Electric
| Physical
| 75
| 100%
| 15
| Cool
| 2 ♥♥
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Bold indicates a move that gets STAB
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB from an evolution of this Pokémon
*Indicates a move only available by chain breeding
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Special Moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Despite its Emerald Pokédex entry stating that it can fly, it cannot learn the move.
Origin
It appears to be based upon practitioners of yoga. It also has some physical traits similar to a chimpanzee.
Name origin
Meditite's name is a corruption of meditate, while its Japanese name is most likely a corruption of asana, which in yoga refers to a pose or posture.
In other languages
External links
( Fighting )
(Crush ×1)
Body size: 1
For other sprites and images, please see Meditite images on Bulbagarden Archives.
