#0405 · Sinnoh · Generation 4

Luxray

Gleam Eyes Pokémon · Electric-type

Luxray is a Electric-type Pokémon, the Gleam Eyes Pokémon, number 405 (#0405) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 4 and comes from the Sinnoh region. It is 1.4 m tall and weighs 42 kg.

Luxray is the Gleam Eyes Pokémon, a black-maned lion whose eyes flash gold as it sees straight through walls to spot hiding prey or find its lost young. The effort drains its electricity, so it sleeps for long stretches to recharge.

How to pronounce Luxray

Luxray is pronounced LUKS-ray. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Luxray said out loud:

In Japanese it is レントラー (Rentorar).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Luxray is 1.4 m tall and weighs 42 kg. Blue fur covers its face, legs and torso, topped by shaggy black fur that forms a mane, larger on the male, and a long thin tail with a four-pointed star at the tip. Its eyes are yellow with red sclerae and turn gold when it uses its see-through sight. Three yellow half-rings mark the back of each foreleg.

Behaviour

Luxray lives in packs, each led by a single male, according to a Legends: Arceus entry. It uses its sight to scout for danger and to track prey, even if the prey hides behind a thick wall.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in South Province Area Five and North Province Area Two, and in The Teal Mask in Kitakami around Fellhorn Gorge, the Kitakami Wilds and Timeless Woods.

Powers

Luxray has Rivalry or Intimidate, with Guts hidden. Spark and Discharge deliver its electricity, Wild Charge is its heaviest hit, and Crunch and Scary Face handle the intimidating. With base Attack 120 and Special Attack 95 it hits hard from either side.

Name origin

Luxray may blend lux, the Latin word for 'light', with 'X-ray', and may reference the mythical lynx said to see through solid objects. The Japanese name is Rentorar (レントラー), perhaps from Röntgen, another name for the X-ray, and tora (tiger).

Design inspiration

Luxray resembles the sphinx and an adult male lion. Bulbapedia also sees a possible link to the Orion correlation theory, the idea that the Great Sphinx was built during an 'Age of Leo'. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Luxray evolves from Luxio at level 30 and is the last stage of the line.

In the games

Luxray is the last Pokémon, at level 49, of Sunyshore Gym Leader Volkner in Diamond and Pearl, where it debuted, and it stays on his team in Platinum and Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. In Scarlet and Violet it appears in 5-star Tera Raid Battles, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Clemont's Luxio evolved into Luxray in 'The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!' while saving him. Volkner's Luxray faced Ash's Grotle in 'The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore!', but the match was abandoned when the lights failed.

Fun facts

• In 'Luxray Vision!', Marble's newly evolved Luxray cannot use Electric moves and behaves badly for most of the episode.
• In the magazine run of Pokémon Adventures, Mars of Team Galactic owned a Luxray, but the graphic novels swapped it for an Electivire.
• In Detective Pikachu Returns, Detective Pikachu can ride Luxray and use its see-through sight in stealth sections.

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

Base stats

• HP: 80
• Attack: 120
• Defense: 79
• Sp. Atk: 95
• Sp. Def: 79
• Speed: 70

Luxray’s base stat total is 523. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Luxray weak to?

Luxray takes extra damage from Ground (2×) moves.

It resists Electric (½×), Flying (½×), Steel (½×).

Evolution

What does Luxray evolve from?

Luxray evolves from Luxio at level 30.

Luxray is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Shinx, Luxio, Luxray.

• Shinx evolves into Luxio at level 15.

Abilities

• Rivalry: Increases damage inflicted to 1.25× against Pokémon of the same gender, but decreases damage to 0.75× against the opposite gender.
• Intimidate: Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.
• Guts (hidden ability): Increases Attack to 1.5× with a major status ailment.

Moves

Moves Luxray learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (44)

Luxray can learn 44 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Fake Tears, Agility, Scary Face, Protect, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, Confuse Ray, Thief, Trailblaze, Charge Beam, Facade, Snarl, Swift, Endure, Volt Switch, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Psychic Fangs, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Electro Ball, Light Screen, Thunder Wave, Rest, Eerie Impulse, Substitute, Crunch, Thunderbolt, Play Rough, Helping Hand, Electric Terrain, Wild Charge, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Tera Blast, Roar, Charge, Double-Edge, Supercell Slam, Electroweb, Throat Chop.

Egg moves (7), which Shinx can hatch knowing:Baby-Doll Eyes, Double Kick, Howl, Night Slash, Quick Attack, Shock Wave, Take Down.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 45 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 3 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 235.

Pokédex entries

They form packs, each having one male as leader. Legends say that when Luxray's two eyes shimmer with gold, the Pokémon can see through anything. (Legends: Arceus)

Seeing through solid objects uses up a lot of Luxray's electricity, so the Pokémon sleeps for long periods of time to store up energy. (Shield)

Luxray can see through solid objects. It will instantly spot prey trying to hide behind walls, even if the walls are thick. (Sword)

Luxray's ability to see through objects comes in handy when it's scouting for danger. (HeartGold, SoulSilver, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

When its eyes gleam gold, it can spot hiding prey--even those taking shelter behind a wall. (Pearl, X, Omega Ruby)

It can see clearly through walls to track down its prey and seek its lost young. (Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest HP among Electric types in Gen 4: 80.
• Taller than 68% of all Pokémon (1.4 m).
• Heavier than 63% of all Pokémon (42 kg).
• Base stat total 523, ranked #210 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Attack, ranked #91 of 1,025.
• One of 69 Electric-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 19 of 107 Pokémon introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 57 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• 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: Luxray (Pokémon), Serebii: Luxray (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (LUKS-ray): 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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