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Lunala Moone Pokémon ルナアーラ Lunala #792 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Psychic Ghost Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Shadow Shield Cacophony Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Undiscovered Hatch time 120 cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 13'01" 4.0 m Lunala 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 264.6 lbs. 120.0 kg Lunala 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 306	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Lunala 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 3 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 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint File:F792.png {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Purple	Base friendship 0
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Lunala (Japanese: ルナアーラ Lunala) is a dual-type Psychic/Ghost Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation VII.

It evolves from Cosmoem when leveled up in Pokémon Moon, Ultra Moon, or Shield starting at level 53. It is one of Cosmog's final forms, the other being Solgaleo.

Along with Solgaleo, it was initially shown, without a name or any data, in May 2016, but information on it was officially revealed on June 2, 2016.

Lunala is a member of the Light trio along with Solgaleo and Necrozma.

Lunala is the game mascot of Pokémon Moon, appearing on the boxart.

Necrozma fuses with Lunala using the N-Lunarizer to become Dawn Wings Necrozma.

Biology

Artwork of Lunala's Full Moon phase

Lunala is a large Pokémon resembling a skeletal, legless bat. It has a short snout, dark pink eyes with white centers, and a deep blue area on its upper head that shows a constantly changing starscape. A rigid, raised hood wraps around its head in a crescent shape and drapes around its neck as well. The outside of the hood is yellow, while the inner part that curves around Lunala's head is white with deep blue streaks. Its torso resembles a ribcage with a slightly curved spike on each shoulder and three spikes extending from the bottom toward its tail. Its massive wings resemble a bat's wings with the skeleton exposed, except that Lunala's wings have a total of seven "finger bones": four running through each wing, one running along the edge to the outermost tip, and two pointing upwards that may act as claws that are more functional. The four "bones" in Lunala's wings are only visible in segments. The skin of Lunala's wings is an iridescent deep blue and a light blue light source appears to glow from behind its ribcage. A large, pale yellow crescent connects the outermost tip of each wing to the next two inner tips, and the remaining two innermost tips are adorned by yellow, four-pointed stars. The bottom of Lunala's tail is also lined by a yellow crescent with a ridge running up the middle of the tail towards the ribcage.

When Lunala enters its Full Moon phase, its third eye—a light red symbol of an eye—appears on its forehead and the starscape turns to streaks of light. The skin of its wings glows a bright, light blue. It spreads its wings wide so that the yellow parts on each wing are arranged in a circle with the outermost points of the four-pointed stars disappearing in the transformation.

Known as the "beast that calls the moon," Lunala has long been honored as an emissary of the moon. This Pokémon constantly absorbs light to convert into energy and can obscure daylight with darkness. When it spreads its wings to absorb light and glitters, it resembles a beautiful night sky.^[1] It is said to live in another world, which it returns to when it opens its third eye. Lunala can create Ultra Wormholes to travel to and from Ultra Space. Lunala and its counterpart, Solgaleo, can create Cosmog, which it is said to be the female evolution of. It can also influence a Rockruff's evolution into Lycanroc's Midnight form with lunar energy.^[2]

Lunala is the only Pokémon capable of learning the move Moongeist Beam and the exclusive Z-Move Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom.

In the anime

Lunala in the anime

Full Moon phase Lunala in the anime

Major appearances

Lunala (anime)

A Lunala appeared in Filling the Light with Darkness!, where it and Nebby tried to escape from Necrozma as it pursued them through an Ultra Wormhole. It continued to make appearances in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon as Ash and his classmates dealt with Necrozma's effects on the Alola region.

Minor appearances

Lunala debuted alongside Solgaleo in Ash's dream in A Dream Encounter!. It reappeared in flashbacks in Faba's Revenge! and Revealing the Stuff of Legend!, and also in a fantasy in Tough Guy Trials!.

In the manga

Lunala in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Light trio (Adventures)

Lunala debuted as a silhouette in a fantasy in Play the Melody That Echoes in the Altar.

Lunala physically debuted in Summon the Emissaries of the Moon and the Sun, where Nebby evolved into it at the Poni Altar with the power of the Moon Flute.

In the Pokémon Horizon manga

A Lunala appeared in The Opened Wormhole.

In the TCG

Main article: Lunala (TCG)

Other appearances

Lunala in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Lunala appears as a Pokémon summoned from the Poké Ball. It enters its Full Moon phase and attacks using its signature move Moongeist Beam. Lunala also appears as a Spirit.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In events

Games	Event	Region	Location	Level	Distribution period
SUS	Eclipse Shiny Lunala	PAL region	Online	60	October 1 to November 15, 2019
SUS	Eclipse Shiny Lunala	American region	Online	60	October 21, 2019 to January 15, 2020
SUS	Eclipse Shiny Lunala	Korean region	Online	60	November 15 to December 31, 2019
SUS	Eclipse Shiny Lunala	Japanese region	Online	60	December 19, 2019 to February 3, 2020

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		Gold Bottle Cap (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM06 TM06 Fly Flying Physical 09090 095}}95% 15 TM08 TM08 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM09 TM09 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM11 TM11 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM14 TM14 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 090}}90% 20 TM17 TM17 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM18 TM18 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM19 TM19 Safeguard Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 25 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM26 TM26 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM27 TM27 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM34 TM34 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM38 TM38 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM40 TM40 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM41 TM41 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM65 TM65 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 100}}100% 15 TM69 TM69 Psycho Cut Psychic Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM70 TM70 Trick Room Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM71 TM71 Wonder Room Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM72 TM72 Magic Room Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM77 TM77 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM78 TM78 Acrobatics Flying Physical 05555 100}}100% 15 TM86 TM86 Phantom Force Ghost Physical 09090 100}}100% 10 TM95 TM95 Air Slash Flying Special 07575 095}}95% 15 TR05 TR05 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR06 TR06 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TR08 TR08 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TR09 TR09 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TR11 TR11 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR12 TR12 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR25 TR25 Psyshock Psychic Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR33 TR33 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR34 TR34 Future Sight Psychic Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TR36 TR36 Heat Wave Fire Special 09595 090}}90% 10 TR38 TR38 Trick Psychic Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TR44 TR44 Cosmic Power Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR49 TR49 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR64 TR64 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 070}}70% 5 TR85 TR85 Work Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TR92 TR92 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Lunala Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Lunala

By breeding

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Generation VIII Other generations: VII - IX

Stage   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Splash Normal Status — —% 40

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Lunala Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Lunala

Side game data

Pokémon Shuffle Ghost Attack Power: 80 - 145 20 #734 Phantom Combo Increases damage done by any Ghost types in the combo.

Evolution

Unevolved Cosmog  Psychic

Level 43 →

First evolution Cosmoem  Psychic

Level 53 in Pokémon Moon, Ultra Moon, or Shield →

Second evolution Lunala  Psychic  Ghost

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

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

Trivia

• In Pokémon Sun and Moon, Lunala has a base experience yield of 136.
• Lunala loses the most weight of any Pokémon after evolution, weighing 879.9 kilograms less than Cosmoem.
• Lunala is tied with Giratina and Dawn Wings Necrozma for the highest base stat total of all Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Lunala's Japanese name and its romanization were revealed in a tweet of their trademark on March 22, 2016.

Origin

Lunala appears to be based on a bat with a Moon motif. In particular, it might reference the two known Hawaiian bat species, the still living Hawaiian hoary bat and the extinct Synemporion, or the ghost bat.

It could also be based on Itzpapalotl, a skeletal Aztec goddess and star demon, often depicted with bladed bat wings; Camazotz, a Mayan bat god that was associated with the night, death, and sacrifice; Leutogi, a Samoan protector bat goddess; and Pe'a-pe'a-makawalu, an eight-eyed bat that Hawaiian demigod Maui snatched eyes from. This may also be a basis for Lunala's auxiliary eye in Full Moon phase.

Name origin

Lunala may be a combination of luna (Latin for moon), ala (Latin for wing), and possibly lunula (which means something crescent shaped).

Lunala's verbal cry in Pokémon Moon, "Mahina-pea", is based on the words mahina (Hawaiian for moon) and ʻōpeʻapeʻa (Hawaiian for bat). In addition, mahina piha is Hawaiian for full moon.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ルナアーラ Lunala From luna and ala. French Lunala Same as English name Spanish Lunala Same as English name German Lunala Same as English name Italian Lunala Same as English name Korean 루나아라 Lunala Transliteration of its Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 露奈雅拉 Lùnàiyǎlā Transliteration of Japanese name Cantonese Chinese 露奈雅拉 Louhnoihngáhlāai Mandarin-based transliteration of Japanese name

More languages Russian Лунала Lunala Transcription of English name Thai ลูนาอาลา Lunaala Transcription of original Japanese name

Full Moon phase

Language Title Japanese フルムーンフェーズ Full Moon Phase Chinese Cantonese 滿月狀態 Múhnyuht Johngtaai Mandarin 滿月狀態 / 满月状态 Mǎnyuè Zhuàngtài Czech Full Moon Phase French Phase Pleine Lune German Vollmondphase Hungarian Full Moon alak Italian Fase luna piena Korean 풀문페이즈 Pul Mun Peijeu Polish Full Moon Phase Russian Фаза Полная Луна Faza Polnaya Luna Spanish Fase Luna Llena

Related articles

• Nebby
• Light trio (anime)
• Light trio
• Light trio (Adventures)
• Legendary Pokémon

Notes

External links

Legendary Pokémon

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Generation IX

See also: Mythical Pokémon

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