#0899 · Hisui · Generation 8

Wyrdeer

Big Horn Pokémon · Normal/Psychic-type

Wyrdeer is a Normal/Psychic-type Pokémon, the Big Horn Pokémon, number 899 (#0899) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Hisui region. It is 1.8 m tall and weighs 95.1 kg.

Wyrdeer is the Big Horn Pokémon of Hisui, a snow-grey deer whose golden antlers throw up invisible barriers. The people of Hisui prize its beard-like fur for keeping out the cold, and in Legends: Arceus one Wyrdeer lives in the Obsidian Fieldlands and carries you across it as a Ride Pokémon.

How to pronounce Wyrdeer

Wyrdeer is pronounced WEER-deer. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Wyrdeer said out loud:

In Japanese it is アヤシシ (Ayashishi).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Wyrdeer is 1.8 m tall and 95.1 kg, grey with white spots and a white mane that looks like a beard. Its large golden antlers are shaped like radio antennae, each with a black orb near the base. The Pokédex says the orbs glow eerily when it raises invisible barriers, and that fur shed from its beard holds heat well, making warm winter clothing.

Behaviour

According to Bulbapedia, which cites the official Legends: Arceus site, Wyrdeer uses its antlers to guide herds of Stantler towards safe paths. It has sturdy legs for galloping and leaping over obstacles. Bulbapedia adds that it is implied to be extinct today, since Stantler can no longer evolve into it.

Habitat

It is a Hisui Pokémon, found in Legends: Arceus only in massive mass outbreaks in the Obsidian Fieldlands. It is unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

Powers

Wyrdeer has Intimidate or Frisk, with Sap Sipper hidden. It starts with Psyshield Bash, then adds Zen Headbutt, Megahorn, Calm Mind and Hypnosis. Bulbapedia says its psychic power is strong enough to distort space, and its 103 HP, 105 Attack and 105 Special Attack make it a bulky, hard-hitting mixed attacker.

Name origin

Wyrdeer may combine 'wyrd', an Anglo-Saxon idea of fate, 'weird' and 'deer'. The Japanese name is Ayashishi (アヤシシ), from ayashii ('strange') and an old word for deer.

Design inspiration

Wyrdeer seems based on several deer, mainly the Yezo sika deer, native to Hokkaido, which Hisui is modelled on, and the reindeer. Its antlers resemble Stantler's, and the way they branch also resembles a Yagi antenna. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Stantler evolves into Wyrdeer only in Legends: Arceus, after you use Psyshield Bash 20 times in its agile style.

In the games

In Legends: Arceus, where it debuted, one Wyrdeer is a Ride Pokémon and supporting character, called with the Celestica Flute. It is available in Scarlet and Violet and The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero only by transfer from Pokémon HOME.

Fun facts

• Wyrdeer, Ursaluna and Kleavor, Bulbapedia notes, are the earliest cross-generational evolutions since Sylveon built on an older Pokémon's ordinary form rather than a regional one.
• It matches Farigiraf in several ways: both are Normal and Psychic types, both evolve from a Generation II Pokémon, and Sap Sipper is a hidden Ability for each.
• At 95.1 kg, game data ranks it as the heaviest Psychic type introduced in Generation VIII.

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

Base stats

• HP: 103
• Attack: 105
• Defense: 72
• Sp. Atk: 105
• Sp. Def: 75
• Speed: 65

Wyrdeer’s base stat total is 525. Its highest stat is Attack and Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Wyrdeer weak to?

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

It resists Psychic (½×).

It is immune to Ghost moves.

Evolution

What does Wyrdeer evolve from?

Wyrdeer evolves from Stantler (Use Psyshield Bash 20 times). The 20 uses must be Agile Style Psyshield Bash (Legends: Arceus).

Wyrdeer is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Stantler, Wyrdeer.

Abilities

• Intimidate: Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.
• Frisk: Reveals an opponent's held item upon entering battle.
• Sap Sipper (hidden ability): Absorbs Grass moves, raising Attack one stage.

Moves

Moves Wyrdeer learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Wyrdeer learns the move the moment it evolves: Psyshield Bash.

TM moves (57)

Wyrdeer can learn 57 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Scary Face, Protect, Psybeam, Confuse Ray, Thief, Trailblaze, Charge Beam, Facade, Bulldoze, Swift, Stored Power, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Psyshock, Dig, Zen Headbutt, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Reflect, Light Screen, Thunder Wave, Rest, Imprison, Skill Swap, Substitute, Trick, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Earth Power, Wild Charge, Earthquake, Giga Impact, Trick Room, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Roar, Spite, Gravity, Lunge, High Horsepower, Uproar, Psych Up, Double-Edge, Future Sight, Expanding Force, Throat Chop, Curse, Psychic Noise.

Egg moves (8), which Stantler can hatch knowing:Bite, Disable, Double Kick, Extrasensory, Megahorn, Psyshield Bash, Spite, Thrash.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 135 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Attack and 1 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 263.

Pokédex entries

The black orbs shine with an uncanny light when the Pokémon is erecting invisible barriers. The fur shed from its beard retains heat well and is a highly useful material for winter clothing. (Legends: Arceus)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Sp. Atk among Normal types in Gen 8: 105, shared with 1 other.
• Heaviest Psychic type in Gen 8: 95.1 kg.
• Highest HP among Psychic types in Gen 8: 103.
• Highest Attack among Psychic types in Gen 8: 105.
• Highest base stat total among Psychic types in Gen 8: 525.
• Taller than 82% of all Pokémon (1.8 m).
• Heavier than 82% of all Pokémon (95.1 kg).
• Base stat total 525, ranked #189 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is HP, ranked #91 of 1,025.
• One of 6 Pokémon that are both Normal and Psychic.
• One of 107 gray Pokémon.
• Number 90 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Hisui).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 71 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 135: about 17.6% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 1 distinct Pokédex entry.

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: Wyrdeer (Pokémon), Serebii: Wyrdeer (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (WEER-deer): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

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

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