In the Pokemon world, many legendary Pokemons have been introduced in each generation. What makes them rare is their unique abilities and characteristics. Each of them possesses different powers and personalities. Throughout the Pokemon journey, many trainers have been found to dedicate their lives to hunting for these Pokemon. These are classified as legendary Pokemon as they are way above the ordinary Pokemon in strength and intelligence as well.
Out of all the legendary Pokémon here are our top 25 strongest Legendary Pokémon.
25 Strongest Legendary Pokémon
25. Lunala
Type: Psychic /Ghost
Appearance: Resembling a skeletal, legless bat
Personality: Caring,playful
Abilities: Shadow shield
Species: Moon Pokemon
Lunala’s ability is called a shadow shield. It is also known as the ‘beast of the night’. Lunala get its powers by absorbing light continuously and turning it into energy. It is such a beautiful creature that when it spreads its wings it looks like a night sky.
24. Solgaleo
Type: Psychic /Steel
Appearance: Resembling a lion
Personality: Active
Abilities: Full metal body
Species: Sunne Pokemon
Solgaleo is the counterpart of Lunala. It is known as the ‘beast that devours the sun’. The body of Solgaleo can hold huge amounts of energy. It glows when it is active. Sometimes it shines so brightly that it can turn the night into mid-day.
23. Zacian
Type: Fairy
Appearance: Large cyan lupine
Personality: Cheerful
Abilities: Intrepid sword
Species: Warrior Pokemon
Zacian lives in the forests. It is known to trick people and draw them deep into the woods where they are lost. It has another form called as Crowned Sword form, where it carries a sword in its mouth during battles. This form also comes under steel type.
22. Zamazenta
Type: Fighting
Appearance: Large magenta lupine
Personality: Charismatic
Abilities: Dauntless shield
Species: Warrior Pokemon
Zamazenta is similar to Zacian, it too has a crowned from which is a steel type. But, zamazenta doesn’t hold a sword but rather has a shield. Its form is known as Crowned Shield Form. It can absorb metal to change into its crowned shield form.
21. Eternatus
Type: Poison/Dragon
Appearance: Vaguely draconic shape and a skeletal appearance
Personality: Intuitive
Abilities: Pressure
Species: Gigantic Pokemon
20,000 years ago, Eternatus arrived on a meteorite on Galar. It caused a huge mayhem known as the Darkest Day, but it was stopped by other noble pokemons. It is the source of all dynamax energy and can even stop other pokemons from using dynamax abilities.
20. Jirachi
Type: Steel/Psychic
Appearance: Short, stubby legs, and comparatively longer arms
Personality: Perceiving
Abilities: Serene grace
Species: Wish Pokemon
The most fascinating thing about this species is that it does not evolve. It is a wish pokemon that fulfills the wishes of a person when in need the most. It is awake for only one week every 1000 years. But if a trainer catches it, it can be awake for more than a week but will sleep to recharge its energy.
19. Latias
Type: Dragon/Psychic
Appearance: Birdlike body
Personality: Gentle
Abilities: Levitate
Species: Eon Pokemon
Latias is the only pokemon who is able to learn ‘Mist Ball’. Its ability allows it to escape ground type attacks and makes it immune to toxic spikes. They are known to understand human speech and can also converse telepathically which makes it a highly intelligent species.
18. Latios
Type: Dragon / Psychic
Appearance: Birdlike body
Personality: Natural born leaders
Abilities: Levitate
Species: Eon Pokemon
Latios is similar to Latias in almost everything starting with immunity to escape ground attacks and being able to communicate telepathically. It is only pokemon that learned Luster Purge. It can even create hallucinations and make people see what it wants to see.
17. Legendary Birds (Galarian Version)
The legendary birds are a group of three that appear during the Galarian version. Each of these are similar looking but their feet color is different. These three birds are:
17.1. Galarian Articuno
Type: Ice / Flying
Appearance: Bird
Personality: Friendly
Abilities: Pressure
Species: Freeze Pokemon
It has immense psychic powers. During a battle it freezes the opponent using its psychic beams and then destroys its opponents once it stops moving. While flying it doesn’t flap its wings but leviates using its psychic powers.
17.2. Galarian Zapdos
Type: Electric / Flying
Appearance: Bird
Personality: Assertive
Abilities: Pressure
Species: Electric Pokemon
This pokemon was born with strong legs which helps it to kick and move at high speeds during battles. This pokemon is always ready for a duel and is always in search of a strong opponent which is worthy of it. When it flies down a mountain using zigzag formation it looks like a thunderbolt.
17.3. Galarian Moltres
Type: Fire/Flying
Appearance: Bird
Personality: Impulsive
Abilities: Pressure
Species: Flame Pokemon
This pokemon engulfs itself in a strong aura using its energy making it hard for others to approach it. This aura is usually ignited by fire and when someone tries to approach it they feel tired or fatigued. This attack is very commonly used by this pokemon.
16. Cresselia
Type: Psychic
Appearance: Swan like body
Personality: Introverted
Abilities: Levitate
Species: Lunar Pokemon
Cresselia is a counterpart of the Darkrai and also a rival. They generate sweet dreams by removing nightmares. When one sleeps with the feather of Cresselia they can sleep peacefully and happily. Cresselia is one of the species that does not evolve.
15. Xerneas
Type: Fairy
Appearance: Stag like
Personality: Compassionate
Abilities: Fairy aura
Species: Life Pokemon
Xerneas is the first legendary type pokemon and also the only pokemon whose name starts with X. It weighs around 215.7 kgs, and represents life. It is the counterpart of Yveltal. Alongwith the Yveltal and Zygarde, it is a part of the Aura Trio.
14. Yveltal
Type: Dark / Flying
Appearance: Avian and draconic traits
Personality: Strategic thinking and independent
Abilities: Dark aura
Species: Destruction Pokemon
Though it is part of the Aura trio, unlike Xerneas, yveltal represents death. Its abilities cause destruction and calamities. When a yveltal is nearing its end, it takes energy from all the nearby life sources and then converts it into a cocoon and sleeps and is reborn again.
13. Ho-Oh
Type: Fire/Flying
Appearance: Bird
Personality: Charismatic
Abilities: Pressure
Species: Rainbow Pokemon
This legendary pokemon takes after the bird phoenix and is regarded as the guardians of the sky. This pokemon does not evolve but can revive any other species of pokemon. Ho-Oh appears to those who are only pure of heart.
12. Reshiram
Type: Fire/Dragon
Appearance: Draconic, avian and mammalian traits
Personality: Empathetic
Abilities: Turboblaze
Species: Vast White Pokemon
Reshiram represents dynamism and is a part of the tao trio along with Zekrom and Kyurem. It can communicate telepathically and its voice is recognised as an elegant voice unlike its trio’s voices. This pokemon does not revolve as it was already a part of other pokemon.
11. Kyurem
Type: Ice / Dragon
Appearance: Draconic
Personality: Analytica, strategic
Abilities: Pressure
Species: Boundary Pokemon
Kyurem does not evolve as it is a part of Tao trio. It’s main ability is to control ice. Its whole body is covered with ice and can pass through really cool breezes. Along with ice it can even manipulate fire and electricity which originated from Reshiram and Zekrom respectively before being divided into parts.
10. Zekrom
Type: Electric/Dragon
Appearance: Dragon or dinosaur
Personality: Strong sense of justice
Abilities: Teravolt
Species: Deep Black Pokemon
Zekrom is part of the Tao trio and represents mechanism. Its main ability is to use electricity and also like Kyurem it can even control ice and fire which originated from its counterparts. This pokemon does not evolve.
9. Groudon
Type: Ground
Appearance: Dinosaur like
Personality: Sensing, thinking, judging
Abilities: Drought
Species: Continent Pokemon
It is easy to capture a groudon with a heavy ball as it is the heaviest pokemon weighing around 950 kgs. It is said that every step a groudon takes it creates a new land. It is the only pokemon that has the ability of drought.
8. Kyogre
Type: Water
Appearance: Whale like
Personality: Solitary nature
Abilities: Drizzle
Species: Sea Basin Pokemon
It is part of the weather trio along with Gourdon and Rayquaza and is also the rival of Gourdon. It is opposite to Gourdon when it comes to abilities and habitats. In this trio each pokemon is nowhere similar as compared to other trios.
7. Lugia
Type: Psychic / Flying
Appearance: Dragon, a plesiosaur and a bird
Personality: Self aware, empathetic
Abilities: Pressure
Species: Diving Pokemon
Lugia is the master of silver and remake of SoulSilver. It is known as the ‘Guardians of the Sea’. It holds a huge amount of power and afraid of accidentally using it, it sleeps in the deep underwater. It is said that if it flaps, its wings can cause a huge storm for 40 days.
6. Dialga
Type: Steel / Dragon
Appearance: Sauropod like
Personality: Insightful
Abilities: Pressure
Species: Temporal Pokemon
Like most of the other legendary pokemons, it does evolve. It is a part of the creation trio and was tasked with creation of time in the universe. It is said that time and Dialga heartbeat are connected as time flows with every beat of its heart.
5. Palkia
Type: Water / Dragon
Appearance: Theropod like
Personality: Powerful intuition, empathy
Abilities: Pressure
Species: Spatial Pokemon
It is part of the creation trio and was tasked with creating space in the universe. It has the ability to travel to different dimensions and create space where living can be possible. It does not evolve and was hatched from an egg.
4. Giratina
Type: Ghost / Dragon
Appearance: Large gray draconic
Personality: Intellectual, curiosity, independent
Abilities: Pressure
Species: Renegade Pokemon
Giratina is a part of the creation trio and was born in the same as the other two and does not evolve. Unlike its looks, giratina can be gentle and merciful to its enemies. Most of the opponents are afraid of Giratina just by its looks.
3. Rayquaza
Type: Flying / Dragon
Appearance: Serpentine
Personality: Adventurous, daring, action oriented
Abilities: Air lock
Species: Sky High Pokemon
Rayquaza is a part of the weather trio and was tasked with protecting earth from meteorites and other threats. It is aggressive when it comes to a battle and is formidable to the opponent. It is known to eat meteorites when in space.
2. Mewtwo
Type: Psychic
Appearance: Bipedal, humanoid
Personality: Analytical and strategic thinking
Abilities: Pressure
Species: Genetic Pokemon
Mewtwo was created in a lab with Mew’s DNA. It has high psychic powers and is observed to use telekinesis and telepathy. It uses telepathy to communicate with humans and telekinesis to fly and to block or divert attacks during a battle.
1. Arceus
Type: Normal
Appearance: Androgynous appearance
Personality: Analytical and strategic thinking
Abilities: Multitype
Species: Alpha Pokemon
This is the only Pokemon which has a multitype ability. It has a strong sense of independence and intuition. Arceus does not evolve, and weighs around 320 kgs. Its eye color and hooves color changes based on the type of form it derived.
Conclusion
In conclusion, these legendary pokemons have proven to be worthy in the strongest 25 when it comes to abilities, strength and intelligence. These pokemons encouraged trainers to lead an inspiring journey all through the pokemon universe. It even captivated many viewers and fans of the pokemon fandom.
FAQs
1. Who can defeat Arceus?
Arceus is often considered the most powerful Pokemon in terms of lore and mythology. Some pokemons which are considered as strong contenders to Arceus include Mewtwo, Rayquaza, and the creation trio (Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina).
2. What is the 2 strongest Pokemon?
Mewtwo and Arceus are often regarded as two of the most powerful Pokemon due to their high base stats and versatile movepools.
3. Which is the rarest Pokémon?
The rarest Pokemons are considered those which are event-exclusive Pokemon and are distributed only during special events. One example is the Pokemon Celebi.
4. Who wins Arceus or Naruto?
Arceus is a powerful Pokemon, while Naruto Uzumaki is a character with ninja abilities. In their respective universes, each is stronger and holds special abilities to attack.
5. What is a Pokemon God?
The term “Pokemon God” is often used to refer to Arceus. Arceus is known as the “Original One” in Pokemon terminology and is said to have shaped the Pokemon world and created Legendary Pokemon. Its immense power and role as a creator deity make it reach to a “god” within the Pokemon universe.
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