Meditite
Meditite is a Fighting/Psychic-type Pokémon, the Meditate Pokémon, number 307 (#0307) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 11.2 kg.
Meditite is the Meditate Pokémon, a small Fighting and Psychic type that meditates for hours a day. The Pokédex says its training never ends, because it always loses its concentration.
How to pronounce Meditite
Meditite is pronounced MED-ih-tite. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Meditite said out loud:
In Japanese it is アサナン (Asanan).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Meditite looks like a person in a yoga pose: 0.6 m tall and 11.2 kg, it sits with its knees bent, feet together and hands on its knees. Its legs and body are blue with white wrists and feet, and its onion-shaped head is white, with big eyes and a pink oval on each cheek. Its round, swirled ears are set higher on males than on females.
Behaviour
Meditite is a disciplined trainer that does its yoga every day without fail. The Emerald Pokédex says this dedication has built its spiritual power to the point where it can fly, and other entries say meditating lets it float in the air.
Habitat
The Pokédex says it trains deep in the mountains. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in Paldea's South Province, West Province and Alfornada Cavern, and in Legends: Z-A it is found in Jaune District's Wild Zone 6.
Diet
One berry a day. The Pokédex says eating so little is part of its training, and that enduring hunger tempers its spirit and sharpens its senses.
Powers
Meditite's Ability is Pure Power, which doubles its Attack, with Telepathy hidden, which protects it from friendly Pokémon's attacks. It fights with Confusion, Force Palm, Zen Headbutt and High Jump Kick, and Detect and Work Up help it set up. It is a fragile first stage, with only 280 base stats in total.
Name origin
Meditite may combine 'meditate' with 'petite' or 'tyke', and could also play on 'tight' as in tight focus. The Japanese name is Asanan (アサナン), which may come from asana, a yoga posture, and perhaps nan ('soft').
Design inspiration
Meditite appears to be modelled on a yoga practitioner, and its sitting pose matches the lotus position, said to keep the mind steady. Bulbapedia suggests its head covering may recall a turban, or the headwear in pictures of meditating Hindu gods such as Shiva. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Meditite evolves into Medicham at level 37.
In the games
In Scarlet and Violet, Meditite appears in 2-star Tera Raid Battles, and the Mega Dimension DLC adds it to Hyperspace Lumiose. It first appeared in Ruby and Sapphire.
In the anime
Meditite debuted in 'A Meditite Fight' as Shauna's Pokémon, which lost to Ash in their second battle. Maylene's Meditite battled Dawn's Buneary and Ambipom in 'Crossing the Battle Line!'.
Fun facts
- Its normal colours are mainly blue and its Shiny colours mainly pink, the exact opposite of Medicham.
- Pure Power is an Ability that only Meditite and Medicham can have.
- Meditite has the lowest base HP of any Fighting type: 30, against 35 for the next lowest, Tyrogue.
Base stats
- HP: 30
- Attack: 40
- Defense: 55
- Sp. Atk: 40
- Sp. Def: 55
- Speed: 60
Meditite’s base stat total is 280. Its highest stat is Speed.
Type matchups
What is Meditite weak to?
Meditite takes extra damage from Flying (2×), Ghost (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.
It resists Fighting (½×), Rock (½×).
Evolution
How does Meditite evolve?
Meditite evolves into Medicham at level 37.
The whole family: Meditite, Medicham.
Abilities
- Pure Power: Doubles Attack in battle.
- Telepathy (hidden ability): Protects against friendly Pokémon's damaging moves.
Moves
Moves Meditite learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confusion | Psychic | Special | 50 |
| 1 | Work Up | Normal | Status | — |
| 9 | Detect | Fighting | Status | — |
| 12 | Endure | Normal | Status | — |
| 15 | Feint | Normal | Physical | 30 |
| 17 | Force Palm | Fighting | Physical | 60 |
| 20 | Psybeam | Psychic | Special | 65 |
| 23 | Calm Mind | Psychic | Status | — |
| 25 | Zen Headbutt | Psychic | Physical | 80 |
| 28 | High Jump Kick | Fighting | Physical | 130 |
| 31 | Psych Up | Normal | Status | — |
| 33 | Acupressure | Normal | Status | — |
| 36 | Power Trick | Psychic | Status | — |
| 39 | Reversal | Fighting | Physical | — |
| 41 | Recover | Normal | Status | — |
| 44 | Counter | Fighting | Physical | — |
TM moves (55)
Meditite can learn 55 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Protect, Low Kick, Psybeam, Thief, Trailblaze, Facade, Aerial Ace, Swift, Rock Tomb, Low Sweep, Stored Power, Night Shade, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Psyshock, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Bulk Up, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Reflect, Light Screen, Metronome, Grass Knot, Poison Jab, Rest, Rock Slide, Taunt, Imprison, Skill Swap, Substitute, Trick, Shadow Ball, Psychic, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Reversal, Psychic Terrain, Focus Blast, Trick Room, Close Combat, Tera Blast, Focus Punch, Pain Split, Psych Up, Expanding Force, Upper Hand.
Egg moves (11):Baton Pass, Bullet Punch, Dynamic Punch, Fake Out, Fire Punch, Guard Swap, Ice Punch, Power Swap, Psycho Cut, Quick Guard, Thunder Punch.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Human-Like.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 180 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 1 Speed effort value.
- Base experience yield: 56.
Pokédex entries
Meditite heightens its inner energy through meditation. It survives on just one berry a day. Minimal eating is another aspect of this Pokémon's training. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)
Meditite undertakes rigorous mental training deep in the mountains. However, whenever it meditates, this Pokémon always loses its concentration and focus. As a result, its training never ends. (Ruby, Omega Ruby)
It eats just one berry a day. By enduring hunger, its spirit is tempered and made sharper. (Diamond, Y)
It always trains deep in mountains. It levitates when it heightens its spiritual power through meditation. (Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X)
It meditates to heighten its inner energy and to float in the air. It eats one berry a day. (HeartGold, SoulSilver)
It never misses its daily yoga workouts, and it heightens its spiritual power through meditation. (Pearl)
Names around the world
| Japanese | アサナン |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Asanan |
| French | Méditikka |
| German | Meditie |
| Spanish | Meditite |
| Italian | Meditite |
| Korean | 요가랑 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 玛沙那 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 瑪沙那 |
Trivia
- Lightest Fighting type in Gen 3: 11.2 kg.
- Shortest Fighting type in Gen 3: 0.6 m.
- Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
- Heavier than 30% of all Pokémon (11.2 kg).
- Base stat total 280, ranked #913 of 1,025.
- One of 3 Pokémon that are both Fighting and Psychic.
- One of 170 blue Pokémon.
- Number 56 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 72 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 180: about 23.5% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 8 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: Meditite (Pokémon), Serebii: Meditite (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (MED-ih-tite): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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