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Deoxys

DNA Pokémon · Psychic-type

Deoxys is a Psychic-type Pokémon, the DNA Pokémon, number 386 (#0386) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 1.7 m tall and weighs 60.8 kg.

Deoxys is the DNA Pokémon, a Psychic type that the Pokédex says began as a space virus hit by a laser beam. It has four Formes, from a frail glass cannon to a near-impregnable wall, and every one of them has a base stat total of 600.

How to pronounce Deoxys

Deoxys is pronounced dee-OKS-is. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Deoxys said out loud:

In Japanese it is デオキシス.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Deoxys is a humanoid alien, 1.7 m tall and 60.8 kg, with reddish-orange skin, a black underbody and a purple crystal on its chest that the Pokédex says appears to be its brain. In Normal Forme its arms can coil into a double helix. The Pokédex calls it highly intelligent, with psychokinetic powers and lasers fired from that crystal. Bulbapedia says it becomes a triangular stone tablet when inactive.

Behaviour

The Pokédex says Deoxys appears where auroras are seen, and in LeafGreen it says an aurora forms whenever the Pokémon changes shape. Bulbapedia says it mostly stays in Normal Forme unless danger is near, switching Formes to suit the situation; the FireRed entry describes its Attack Forme as an aggressive guise. It has a long rivalry with Rayquaza, Bulbapedia says.

Habitat

Deoxys is a visitor from space, and the game data files its habitat as Rare. In Scarlet and Violet it arrives from Pokémon HOME or an event, and Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

Powers

Deoxys has the Ability Pressure and a signature move, Psycho Boost, which Bulbapedia says no other Pokémon can learn by levelling up. Its Formes shuffle the same 600 stat points. Normal has 150 Attack, Special Attack and Speed. Attack Forme has 180 Attack and Special Attack but only 20 in each defence. Defense Forme has 160 Defense and Special Defense. Speed Forme has 180 Speed.

Name origin

Deoxys comes from deoxyribonucleic acid, better known as DNA. The Japanese name is Deoxys (デオキシス), a katakana spelling of the same word.

Design inspiration

Deoxys appears to draw on depictions of aliens and on the double helix of DNA. Bulbapedia also notes that its shape resembles a chromosome, and that its meteor-borne origin may nod to panspermia, the idea that life reached Earth from space. These are fan readings.

In the games

Deoxys is a Mythical Pokémon that debuted in Ruby and Sapphire, where it could only be obtained through events. In Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team an amnesiac Deoxys fights you in a cave formed from meteorite shards that Rayquaza destroyed, and it also has a role in the Delta Episode of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Scarlet and Violet receive it through Pokémon HOME or events.

In the anime

Deoxys debuted in the film Destiny Deoxys, where two fell to Earth in a meteorite and one, with a green crystal, was taken to LaRousse City. Its Speed Forme first appeared in the episode 'Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis! (Part 1)'.

Fun facts

• In Generation III its Forme depended on the game: Normal in Ruby and Sapphire, Attack in FireRed, Defense in LeafGreen and Speed in Emerald, and only trading it to another game changed it.
• Take the first letters of Defense, Normal and Attack and you spell DNA, as Bulbapedia points out.
• According to Bulbapedia, no other Pokémon has a Japanese category name written with foreign letters: Deoxys is DNAポケモン.
• Deoxys was the first Pokémon given a battle theme of its very own, Bulbapedia says.
• In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Deoxys became the first Mythical Pokémon you could catch in a core game without an event, which led some media to mislabel it Legendary; it is still Mythical.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Deoxys (Pokémon) · Serebii: Deoxys (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 50
• Attack: 150
• Defense: 50
• Sp. Atk: 150
• Sp. Def: 50
• Speed: 150

Deoxys’s base stat total is 600. Its highest stat is Attack and Sp. Atk and Speed.

Type matchups

What is Deoxys weak to?

Deoxys takes extra damage from Bug (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Fighting (½×), Psychic (½×).

Evolution

Deoxys does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Forms

• Attack Deoxys (Forme): Psychic-type, base stat total 600 (HP 50, Attack 180, Defense 20, Sp. Atk 180, Sp. Def 20, Speed 150). Ability: Pressure.
• Defense Deoxys (Forme): Psychic-type, base stat total 600 (HP 50, Attack 70, Defense 160, Sp. Atk 70, Sp. Def 160, Speed 90). Ability: Pressure.
• Speed Deoxys (Forme): Psychic-type, base stat total 600 (HP 50, Attack 95, Defense 90, Sp. Atk 95, Sp. Def 90, Speed 180). Ability: Pressure.

Abilities

• Pressure: Increases the PP cost of moves targetting the Pokémon by one.

Moves

Moves Deoxys learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (67)

Deoxys can learn 67 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Scary Face, Protect, Water Pulse, Low Kick, Psybeam, Charge Beam, Facade, Aerial Ace, Swift, Icy Wind, Rock Tomb, Low Sweep, Stored Power, Night Shade, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Psyshock, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Reflect, Light Screen, Grass Knot, Thunder Wave, Poison Jab, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Imprison, Flash Cannon, Dark Pulse, Skill Swap, Substitute, Trick, Shadow Ball, Stealth Rock, Energy Ball, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Calm Mind, Ice Beam, Psychic Terrain, Nasty Plot, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Trick Room, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Gravity, Knock Off, Pain Split, Psych Up, Future Sight, Expanding Force, Meteor Beam, Throat Chop, Psychic Noise.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 120 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 15,360).
• Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 0.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Attack and 1 Sp. Atk and 1 Speed effort values.
• Base experience yield: 270.

Pokédex entries

Deoxys emerged from a virus that came from space. It is highly intelligent and wields psychokinetic powers. This Pokémon shoots lasers from the crystalline organ on its chest. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)

The DNA of a space virus underwent a sudden mutation upon exposure to a laser beam and resulted in Deoxys. The crystalline organ on this Pokémon's chest appears to be its brain. (Ruby, Omega Ruby)

DNA from a space virus mutated and became a Pokémon. It appears where auroras are seen. (HeartGold, SoulSilver, Y)

An alien virus that fell to earth on a meteor underwent a DNA mutation to become this Pokémon. (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X)

When it changes form, an aurora appears. It absorbs attacks by altering its cellular structure. (LeafGreen)

This Deoxys has transformed into its aggressive guise. It can fool enemies by altering its appearance. (FireRed)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Fastest Psychic type: 150 Speed.
• Highest Attack among Psychic types: 150.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Gen 3 Pokémon: 150, shared with 2 others.
• Fastest Psychic type in Gen 3: 150 Speed.
• Highest Attack among Psychic types in Gen 3: 150.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Psychic types in Gen 3: 150.
• Taller than 80% of all Pokémon (1.7 m).
• Heavier than 72% of all Pokémon (60.8 kg).
• Base stat total 600, ranked #25 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #4 of 1,025.
• One of 102 Psychic-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 97 red Pokémon.
• Number 135 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Can learn 73 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 3 alternate forms.
• Appears in 7 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Deoxys (Pokémon), Serebii: Deoxys (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (dee-OKS-is): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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