#0608 · Unova · Generation 5

Lampent

Lamp Pokémon · Ghost/Fire-type

Lampent is a Ghost/Fire-type Pokémon, the Lamp Pokémon, number 608 (#0608) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 13 kg.

Lampent is the Lamp Pokémon, a Ghost and Fire type that poses as a lamp in cities. The Pokédex says it appears just before someone dies, which is why it is feared as an emissary of death.

How to pronounce Lampent

Lampent is pronounced LAM-pent. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Lampent said out loud:

In Japanese it is ランプラー (Lampler).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Lampent is 0.6 m tall and weighs 13 kg. It has a clear, round head holding a bluish-purple flame and two oval yellow eyes, topped by a black cover that looks like a lampshade. Below the head is a small black body ending in a spike, with two long, wavy arms that have no fingers, and it gets around by drifting.

Behaviour

Lampent passes itself off as a lamp in cities, and the Pokédex says it quietly follows anyone whose death is near and hangs about hospitals. Bulbapedia adds that it can sense when a person is about to die and absorbs their spirit, and that it occasionally teams up with Litwick to steer people and Pokémon towards the Ghost World.

Habitat

Bulbapedia says Lampent is most often found in deep forests, though it also wanders cities. In Scarlet and Violet it is available by Pokémon HOME transfer or trade, and wild in The Teal Mask's Timeless Woods.

Powers

Lampent has the same Abilities as Litwick: Flash Fire and Flame Body, with Infiltrator hidden. It fights with Hex, Will-O-Wisp, Shadow Ball, Inferno and Overheat, and can even out HP with Pain Split. At base Special Attack 95 it hits harder than Litwick, but it is still only a stepping stone to Chandelure.

Name origin

Lampent may combine 'lamp', 'lambent' (softly glowing) and possibly 'lament'. The Japanese name is Lampler (ランプラー), which may come from 'lamp'.

Design inspiration

Lampent seems to draw on an oil street lamp and on hitodama. It may also borrow from the chōchin-obake, a haunted paper lantern, given a modern Western look, and its lampshade resembles a witch hat.

Evolution notes

Lampent evolves from Litwick, and into Chandelure if a Dusk Stone is used on it.

In the games

Lampent is reached by evolving Litwick in Black and White, its first game. In X and Y it was found in the Ghost-type Friend Safari. In Legends: Z-A it appears in Vert District's Wild Zone 17, and the Mega Dimension DLC adds it to Hyperspace Lumiose.

In the anime

Lampent debuted in 'A Venipede Stampede!', where Trip uses it to help stop a swarm of Venipede in Castelia City. It also leads the Litwick quartet in 'Scare at the Litwick Mansion!'.

Fun facts

• In the Unova horoscope, October belongs to Lampent.
• In the series Pokémon Concierge, Lampent debuts helping guests carry their luggage in 'I'm Haru, the New Concierge!'.
• Bulbapedia notes that Lampent and Chandelure are the only Fire types shaped like a head with arms.

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

Base stats

• HP: 60
• Attack: 40
• Defense: 60
• Sp. Atk: 95
• Sp. Def: 60
• Speed: 55

Lampent’s base stat total is 370. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Lampent weak to?

Lampent takes extra damage from Water (2×), Ground (2×), Rock (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Bug (¼×), Fire (½×), Grass (½×), Ice (½×), Poison (½×), Steel (½×), Fairy (½×).

It is immune to Normal, Fighting moves.

Evolution

What does Lampent evolve from?

Lampent evolves from Litwick at level 41.

How does Lampent evolve?

Lampent evolves into Chandelure (Dusk Stone).

The whole family: Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure.

Abilities

• Flash Fire: Protects against Fire moves. Once one has been blocked, the Pokémon's own Fire moves inflict 1.5× damage until it leaves battle.
• Flame Body: Has a 30% chance of burning attacking Pokémon on contact.
• Infiltrator (hidden ability): Bypasses Light Screen, Reflect, and Safeguard.

Moves

Moves Lampent learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (40)

Lampent can learn 40 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Protect, Confuse Ray, Thief, Fire Spin, Facade, Hex, Flame Charge, Night Shade, Endure, Sunny Day, Sleep Talk, Rest, Taunt, Imprison, Dark Pulse, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Trick, Shadow Ball, Heat Wave, Energy Ball, Psychic, Flamethrower, Calm Mind, Fire Blast, Overheat, Trick Room, Flare Blitz, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Haze, Spite, Burning Jealousy, Poltergeist, Lash Out, Pain Split, Psych Up, Temper Flare, Skitter Smack, Curse.

Egg moves (4):Acid Armor, Clear Smog, Haze, Power Split.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Amorphous.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 90 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 130.

Pokédex entries

The spirits it absorbs fuel its baleful fire. It hangs around hospitals waiting for people to pass on. (Black 2, White 2, X, Omega Ruby)

It lurks in cities, pretending to be a lamp. Once it finds someone whose death is near, it will trail quietly after them. (Shield)

This Pokémon appears just before someone passes away, so it's feared as an emissary of death. (Sword)

It arrives near the moment of death and steals spirit from the body. (White, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

This ominous Pokémon is feared. Through cities it wanders, searching for the spirits of the fallen. (Black)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
• Heavier than 33% of all Pokémon (13 kg).
• Base stat total 370, ranked #669 of 1,025.
• One of 6 Pokémon that are both Ghost and Fire.
• One of 51 black Pokémon.
• Number 115 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 49 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 90: about 11.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 5 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: Lampent (Pokémon), Serebii: Lampent (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (LAM-pent): 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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Ghost-type Pokémon · Fire-type Pokémon · Ghost/Fire weaknesses and matchups · Unova region guide · Flash Fire ability · Flame Body ability · Infiltrator ability · Compare Lampent · Full Pokédex · Type chart · All moves

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