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title: "Solgaleo (#0791): Stats, Weaknesses, Moves & Lore | pokee.si"
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#0791 · Alola · Generation 7 · legendary

# Solgaleo

Sunne Pokémon · Psychic/Steel-type

![Solgaleo official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/791.webp)

Solgaleo is a [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/psychic)/[Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel)-type Pokémon, the Sunne Pokémon, number 791 (#0791) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 7 and comes from the [Alola](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/alola) region. It is 3.4 m tall and weighs 230 kg.

Solgaleo is the Sunne Pokémon, a white steel lion with a starry face that old writings call the beast that devours the sun. It is the Legendary of Pokémon Sun, and the Pokédex says the light pouring from its body can make the darkest night look like midday.

## How to pronounce Solgaleo

Solgaleo is pronounced **sohl-guh-LAY-oh**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Solgaleo said out loud:

[Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/791.mp3)

In Japanese it is ソルガレオ.

Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce).

## Lore

### Biology

Solgaleo is a large white lion whose upper face is a deep blue patch showing a changing starscape. Four yellow spikes crown its head, and its mane is arranged to look like a stylised sun. It stands 3.4 m (11'2") tall and weighs 230.0 kg (507.1 lbs). In its Radiant Sun phase a third eye like a compass rose opens on its forehead, its fur glows pale yellow and its starscape turns to streaks of light.

### Behaviour

Bulbapedia says people have long revered Solgaleo as the sun's emissary, and that, being made of light, it is hunted constantly by Necrozma, which wants to devour that light to ease its own pain. It loves the Solgaleo Treats made by Snacksworth.

### Habitat

The Pokédex says it lives in another world, and that an Ultra Wormhole it opens can draw energy and living things here from other worlds. In Sun it waits at the Altar of the Sunne and in Ultra Sun at Mahalo Trail. In Scarlet and Violet it needs a transfer or a trade, and in The Indigo Disk you can meet it in the Pokémon League after Snacksworth gives you a Solgaleo Treat. It is unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

### Powers

Its Ability Full Metal Body stops other Pokémon from lowering its stats. Its signature move Sunsteel Strike slams the target like a meteor and ignores Abilities, and Bulbapedia says only Solgaleo and Dusk Mane Necrozma can learn it or use the Z-Move Searing Sunraze Smash. It also learns Flare Blitz and Flash Cannon. With 137 base HP and 137 Attack it is a very strong, bulky attacker.

### Name origin

Solgaleo may join Latin sol, 'sun', to Latin leo, 'lion', and may nod to the astronomer Galileo. The Japanese name is Solgaleo (ソルガレオ).

### Design inspiration

Bulbapedia says it appears to be a lion with a sun motif; it may reference the alchemical lion that devours the sun, and in astrology the Sun rules the sign Leo. Its white metallic body and glassy face may also recall a space suit or shuttle. These are fan readings, not official statements.

### Evolution notes

Solgaleo evolves from Cosmoem. The Moon Pokédex entry passes on a rumour that it is the male form of Cosmog's evolution.

### In the games

Solgaleo is the box Legendary of Sun and Moon's Sun version, where it debuted, with Lunala its counterpart in Moon. In Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Necrozma can take it over through the N-Solarizer to become Dusk Mane Necrozma, and in Sword with the Expansion Pass it is a Max Lair Pokémon.

### In the anime

Ash's Nebby evolved into Solgaleo in 'Revealing the Stuff of Legend!' at the Altar of the Sunne. In 'Full Moon and Many Arms!' it was taken over by Necrozma as Dusk Mane Necrozma, and in 'The Prism of Light and Darkness!' it was separated again and joined Ash in using Searing Sunraze Smash.

### Fun facts

- In the anime its voice effect was built from the sounds of Baragon, the kaiju.
- Its offensive and defensive stats are Lunala's swapped: 137 Attack and 113 Special Attack against Lunala's 113 and 137, and 107 Defense and 89 Special Defense against Lunala's 89 and 107.
- Bulbapedia, citing the official Sun and Moon site, says Solgaleo's solar energy can influence a Rockruff's evolution into the Midday Form of Lycanroc.
- In Scarlet and Violet its Radiant Sun phase is missing from its signature move animations.

Sources: [Bulbapedia: Solgaleo (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Solgaleo_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Solgaleo (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/solgaleo/)

## Base stats

- HP: **137**
- Attack: **137**
- Defense: **107**
- Sp. Atk: **113**
- Sp. Def: **89**
- Speed: **97**

Solgaleo’s base stat total is **680**. Its highest stat is HP and Attack.

## Type matchups

### What is Solgaleo weak to?

Solgaleo takes extra damage from [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire) (2×), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground) (2×), [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost) (2×), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark) (2×) moves.

It resists [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/psychic) (¼×), [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal) (½×), [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass) (½×), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice) (½×), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying) (½×), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock) (½×), [Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/dragon) (½×), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel) (½×), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) (½×).

It is immune to [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison) moves.

## Evolution

### What does Solgaleo evolve from?

Solgaleo evolves from [Cosmoem](https://pokee.si/pokemon/cosmoem) at level 53.

Solgaleo is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: [Cosmog](https://pokee.si/pokemon/cosmog), [Cosmoem](https://pokee.si/pokemon/cosmoem), **Solgaleo**, [Lunala](https://pokee.si/pokemon/lunala).

- [Cosmog](https://pokee.si/pokemon/cosmog) evolves into [Cosmoem](https://pokee.si/pokemon/cosmoem) at level 43.
- [Cosmoem](https://pokee.si/pokemon/cosmoem) evolves into [Lunala](https://pokee.si/pokemon/lunala) at level 53.

## Abilities

- [Full Metal Body](https://pokee.si/abilities/full-metal-body): Other Pokémon cannot lower this Pokémon's stats.

## Moves

### Moves Solgaleo learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Evo | [Sunsteel Strike](https://pokee.si/moves/sunsteel-strike) | Steel | Physical | 100 |
| 1 | [Teleport](https://pokee.si/moves/teleport) | Psychic | Status | — |
| 1 | [Metal Claw](https://pokee.si/moves/metal-claw) | Steel | Physical | 50 |
| 1 | [Cosmic Power](https://pokee.si/moves/cosmic-power) | Psychic | Status | — |
| 1 | [Noble Roar](https://pokee.si/moves/noble-roar) | Normal | Status | — |
| 7 | [Iron Head](https://pokee.si/moves/iron-head) | Steel | Physical | 80 |
| 14 | [Metal Sound](https://pokee.si/moves/metal-sound) | Steel | Status | — |
| 21 | [Zen Headbutt](https://pokee.si/moves/zen-headbutt) | Psychic | Physical | 80 |
| 28 | [Flash Cannon](https://pokee.si/moves/flash-cannon) | Steel | Special | 80 |
| 35 | [Morning Sun](https://pokee.si/moves/morning-sun) | Normal | Status | — |
| 42 | [Crunch](https://pokee.si/moves/crunch) | Dark | Physical | 80 |
| 49 | [Metal Burst](https://pokee.si/moves/metal-burst) | Steel | Physical | — |
| 56 | [Wild Charge](https://pokee.si/moves/wild-charge) | Electric | Physical | 90 |
| 63 | [Solar Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/solar-beam) | Grass | Special | 120 |
| 70 | [Flare Blitz](https://pokee.si/moves/flare-blitz) | Fire | Physical | 120 |
| 77 | [Wide Guard](https://pokee.si/moves/wide-guard) | Rock | Status | — |
| 84 | [Giga Impact](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-impact) | Normal | Physical | 150 |

“Evo” means Solgaleo learns the move the moment it evolves: [Sunsteel Strike](https://pokee.si/moves/sunsteel-strike).

### TM moves (61)

Solgaleo can learn 61 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: [Take Down](https://pokee.si/moves/take-down), [Agility](https://pokee.si/moves/agility), [Scary Face](https://pokee.si/moves/scary-face), [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect), [Fire Spin](https://pokee.si/moves/fire-spin), [Facade](https://pokee.si/moves/facade), [Bulldoze](https://pokee.si/moves/bulldoze), [Snarl](https://pokee.si/moves/snarl), [Metal Claw](https://pokee.si/moves/metal-claw), [Swift](https://pokee.si/moves/swift), [Rock Tomb](https://pokee.si/moves/rock-tomb), [Flame Charge](https://pokee.si/moves/flame-charge), [Endure](https://pokee.si/moves/endure), [Sunny Day](https://pokee.si/moves/sunny-day), [Psyshock](https://pokee.si/moves/psyshock), [Zen Headbutt](https://pokee.si/moves/zen-headbutt), [Psychic Fangs](https://pokee.si/moves/psychic-fangs), [Body Slam](https://pokee.si/moves/body-slam), [Sleep Talk](https://pokee.si/moves/sleep-talk), [Reflect](https://pokee.si/moves/reflect), [Light Screen](https://pokee.si/moves/light-screen), [Rest](https://pokee.si/moves/rest), [Rock Slide](https://pokee.si/moves/rock-slide), [Flash Cannon](https://pokee.si/moves/flash-cannon), [Iron Head](https://pokee.si/moves/iron-head), [Substitute](https://pokee.si/moves/substitute), [Iron Defense](https://pokee.si/moves/iron-defense), [Crunch](https://pokee.si/moves/crunch), [Hyper Voice](https://pokee.si/moves/hyper-voice), [Psychic](https://pokee.si/moves/psychic), [Heavy Slam](https://pokee.si/moves/heavy-slam), [Flamethrower](https://pokee.si/moves/flamethrower), [Thunderbolt](https://pokee.si/moves/thunderbolt), [Calm Mind](https://pokee.si/moves/calm-mind), [Helping Hand](https://pokee.si/moves/helping-hand), [Fire Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/fire-blast), [Wild Charge](https://pokee.si/moves/wild-charge), [Earthquake](https://pokee.si/moves/earthquake), [Stone Edge](https://pokee.si/moves/stone-edge), [Giga Impact](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-impact), [Outrage](https://pokee.si/moves/outrage), [Focus Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/focus-blast), [Trick Room](https://pokee.si/moves/trick-room), [Hyper Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/hyper-beam), [Flare Blitz](https://pokee.si/moves/flare-blitz), [Thunder](https://pokee.si/moves/thunder), [Close Combat](https://pokee.si/moves/close-combat), [Solar Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/solar-beam), [Steel Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/steel-beam), [Tera Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/tera-blast), [Roar](https://pokee.si/moves/roar), [Gyro Ball](https://pokee.si/moves/gyro-ball), [Knock Off](https://pokee.si/moves/knock-off), [Heat Crash](https://pokee.si/moves/heat-crash), [Psych Up](https://pokee.si/moves/psych-up), [Double-Edge](https://pokee.si/moves/double-edge), [Endeavor](https://pokee.si/moves/endeavor), [Future Sight](https://pokee.si/moves/future-sight), [Expanding Force](https://pokee.si/moves/expanding-force), [Meteor Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/meteor-beam), [Metal Sound](https://pokee.si/moves/metal-sound).

## Breeding & training

- Gender: genderless.
- Egg groups: Undiscovered.
- Egg cycles: 120 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 15,360).
- Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 0.
- Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 3 Attack effort values.
- Base experience yield: 306.

## Pokédex entries

When light radiates from its body, this Pokémon could almost appear to be the sun. It will dispel any darkness and light up the world. *(Sword)*

Solgaleo was once known as the Beast That Devours the Sun. Energy in the form of light radiates boundlessly from it. *(Shield)*

In writings from the distant past, it's called by the name “the beast that devours the sun.” *(Ultra Moon)*

Sometimes the result of its opening an Ultra Wormhole is that energy and life-forms from other worlds are called here to this world. *(Ultra Sun)*

This Pokémon is said to be a male evolution of Cosmog. At the activation of its third eye, it departs for another world. *(Moon)*

It is said to live in another world. The intense light it radiates from the surface of its body can make the darkest of nights light up like midday. *(Sun)*

## Names around the world

- **Japanese**: ソルガレオ
- **Romaji**: Solgaleo
- **French**: Solgaleo
- **German**: Solgaleo
- **Spanish**: Solgaleo
- **Italian**: Solgaleo
- **Korean**: 솔가레오
- **Chinese (Simplified)**: 索尔迦雷欧
- **Chinese (Traditional)**: 索爾迦雷歐

## Trivia

- Highest HP among Steel types: 137.
- Highest base stat total among Steel types: 680, shared with 1 other.
- Highest base stat total among Gen 7 Pokémon: 680, shared with 1 other.
- Fastest Psychic type in Gen 7: 97 Speed, shared with 1 other.
- Highest HP among Psychic types in Gen 7: 137, shared with 1 other.
- Highest Attack among Psychic types in Gen 7: 137.
- Highest base stat total among Psychic types in Gen 7: 680, shared with 1 other.
- Highest HP among Steel types in Gen 7: 137.
- Highest base stat total among Steel types in Gen 7: 680.
- Taller than 97% of all Pokémon (3.4 m).
- Heavier than 94% of all Pokémon (230 kg).
- Base stat total 680, ranked #3 of 1,025.
- Its best stat is HP, ranked #19 of 1,025.
- One of 8 Pokémon that are both Psychic and Steel.
- One of 88 white Pokémon.
- Number 70 of 88 Pokémon introduced in Generation 7 (Alola).
- Part of an evolution family of 4 Pokémon.
- Can learn 68 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 6 distinct Pokédex entries.

## Sources and fact-checking

- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: [PokéAPI](https://pokeapi.co) open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Solgaleo (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Solgaleo_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Solgaleo (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/solgaleo/).
- Pronunciation (sohl-guh-LAY-oh): 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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