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Latios ラティオス Latios #381
Art by Ken Sugimori from Ruby and Sapphire
Type Dragon Psychic Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Eon Pokémon
Ability Levitate Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn #197 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 6'07" Imperial 2.0 m Metric 6'07"/2.0 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 132.3 lbs. Imperial 60.0 kg Metric 132.3 lbs./60.0 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Blue	Catch rate 3 (0.4%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 100% male
Breeding Undiscovered group 121 cycles* (30855 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 3 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 211 Battle Exp.: 2111*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Latios (Japanese: ラティオス Latios) is a dual-type Dragon/Psychic legendary Pokémon.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Latios has mostly the same body shape as Latias, but with a larger build. His lower body is blue instead of red and features the same triangle-shaped marking that Latias has, only red. The rest of Latios's body is gray instead of white. Latios has flatter ears and narrower eyes than Latias. The gray spot in the middle of Latios's blue face is shaped like a tear-drop. Latios also has ridge-shaped features on its rear, which may either be rudimentary feet or tails or some sort, which differs in shape to Latias's. Like Latias, Latios's forelimbs have banded markings on the insides.

Gender differences

Latios is a male-only species. His female counterpart is Latias.

Special abilities

Latios comes with the ability Levitate, which causes Template:Type2 moves to miss. Latios is able to fold in his arms and fly at the speed of a jet. He can make foes see images he has seen or what he imagines in his head. He can understand human speech. Even if he is hiding, Latios can detect the locations and emotions of others using telepathy.

In the movie Pokémon Heroes Latias and Latios also had the ability "Sight Sharing" which allowed Latias and people around her to see exactly what Latios was seeing. Oakley also mentioned that he can shape-shift like Latias, although he was never seen doing so during the course of the movie, apart from the deleted storybook scene that was present only in the Japanese version of the movie. Latios was seen disguised as a boy and Latias as a girl.

Latios is the only known Pokémon that learns Luster Purge.

Behavior

Latios has a very protective nature, especially towards his relative, Latias. He has a docile temperament and dislikes fighting. He will open his heart if he finds a Trainer with a compassionate spirit.

Habitat

Much like Latias, it is mostly unknown where they inhabit. However, they tend to prefer areas that are secluded and have a body of fresh water.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Latios made his debut appearance in Pokémon Heroes. Annie and Oakley captured Latios and used him to power the Defense Mechanism of Alto Mare along with the stolen Soul Dew. Latios ended up sacrificing himself to save Alto Mare from an enormous tidal wave.

A Latios also appeared in Pikachu's Ocean Adventure where, along with Latias, it used its powers to help Pikachu, Meowth and the other Pokémon search for the legendary 'Wailord's Tear' beneath the ocean.

A Latios owned by Takuto was used in DP189 in the semi-finals of the Suzuran Conference.

In the manga

Latios, along with Latias, was befriended by Emerald, and took the young Trainer to the Battle Frontier. He later helped Todd watch the events going on on top of the Battle Pyramid, as well as verify the true identity of Guile Hideout. After the villain's defeat, he goes back to the Southern Island with Latias, having accomplished their mission.

In the TCG

Main article: Latios (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

After Latios appears from its Poké Ball, he will fly off the stage. He and Latias will then alternately zoom onto the stage with Steel Wing, damaging any opponent that collides with them. It may also cause movement of items as well.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire: If the ball drops out of the Ruby Field while the "Ball Saver" is active, Latios will rescue it and place it on Spoink without the ball being lost.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In Pokémon Emerald, the roaming Pokémon is chosen in a sequence immediately after the credits where, after hearing a television report, the player is asked the color of the Pokémon in it. If blue is selected Latios roams Hoenn and Latias is found at the island. If red is selected, Latios is found at the island and Latias roams Hoenn.

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Ruby	Sapphire	Soul Dew (100%)
Emerald*
Events*		Soul Dew (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

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By tutoring

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|- style="background:#8D98EC" | colspan="13" | Bold indicates a move that gets STAB
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon
A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game,
while a colored background indicates that the move is available. |} |}

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Pinball RS     Acquisition: Catch		Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 2 Recruit rate: N/A% Friend Area: Southern Island Phrases 51%-100% HP Let the power of flight make your dreams come true! 26%-50% HP I'm not happy... Only half my HP is left. 1%-25% HP I've had it... What good am I without my speed? Level up Leveled up! I'll make dreams come true! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up Leveled up! I'll make dreams come true!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 2 Recruit rate: 0.1% IQ group: D
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Psychic  ( Psychic ) Past ( Normal ) None Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: Move: {{{ConquestMove}}} Attack: Ability 1: {{{ConquestAbility1}}} Defense: Ability 2: {{{ConquestAbility2}}} Speed: Ability 3: {{{ConquestAbility3}}} Does not evolve. Range: 0 Perfect Links: {{{ConquestLink}}}

Evolution

Does not evolve Latios  Dragon  Psychic

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

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

Trivia

• Latios and Latias were the first legendary Pokémon to have set genders, or even genders at all.
  • Despite this, they belong to the No eggs Egg Group, and cannot breed.
• Latios is one of the few non-Flying-type Pokémon who can learn Fly. The others are Mew, Smeargle (by Sketch), Vibrava, Flygon, Latias, and Giratina.
• Before Generation IV, Latios either resisted or was weak to every type classified as Special, taking no neutral hits from any. It shares this trait with Latias.
• Latios shares the same species name with his female counterpart Latias. They are both known as the Eon Pokémon.
• Latios is the only male-only legendary Pokémon.
• While holding Soul Dew, Latios' maximum Special Attack becomes 591, higher than any other Pokémon.
• Despite being legendary Pokémon, regular battle music is played when Latios and Latias are encountered. They share this trait with Shaymin and Cresselia.
• The triangle-shaped ring on the chest of Latios has the same color as the main body of his female counterpart Latias.
  • This is also true for the shiny version of Latias, but not for Latios, whose shiny triangle is burnt orange, not gold.

Origin

Latios appears to be a cross between a jet plane and a dragon. Although it and Latias may also draw inspiration from the philosophy of Yin/Yang and psychology of id/superego.

Name origin

It is possible that Latios's name is based on the Latin word lateo, lie hidden. The -os suffix in its name indicates that it is male, while the -as in Latias indicates that it is female.

In other languages

• German: Latios
• French: Latios
• Korean: 라티오스 Latios
• Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong): 拉帝歐斯 Lā Dì Ōu Sī - Transliteration of its Japanese name.

Related articles

• Latios (movie 5)
• Lati@s

Notes

Legendary Pokémon

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

Generation V

Generation VI

Generation VII

Generation VIII

Generation IX

See also: Mythical Pokémon

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