How to Catch Mesprit and Learnset

Mesprit in Other Pokemon Games
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Mesprit is a Pokemon available in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Learn about how to catch Mesprit with the Marking Map app, its full learnset with all learnable moves, and whether Mesprit evolves.

Sinnoh Dex
Uxie (#146)	Mesprit (#147)	Azelf (#148)
National Dex
Uxie (#480)	Mesprit (#481)	Azelf (#482)

How to Catch Mesprit and Location

Video Walkthrough

Appears in Lake Verity

Mesprit appears in the cavern in the middle of Lake Verity. It only appears after defeating Team Galactic at Mt. Coronet and either catching or defeating Dialga or Palkia.

Mesprit is a Roaming Pokemon

Unlike the other Lake Guardians, interacting with Mesprit doesn't start an encounter. Instead, it will exit the cavern and start roaming the Sinnoh Region. Interacting with Mesprit automatically adds it to the Pokedex.

The Marking Map app on the Poketch will show you which area Mesprit roamed to. This makes it easier to track it down even if it runs away from battle.

How to Get the Marking Map App

Switch Between Areas to Avoid Chasing Mesprit

Mesprit will change locations everytime you enter a new area. Chasing Mesprit all over the map will give you a hard time as it might fly away to a far area once you enter a city/town or Route.

Instead of using Fly or riding your Bike to across the map to catch Mesprit, you can simply go to a city or town and run to the adjacent Route back and forth until Mesprit appears on the location. Once that happens, use Repel and enter the grass patch to start an encounter with Mesprit.

Floaroma Town and Route 205 are great locations to do this as there is no gate that separates the two areas.

How to Catch and Best Pokemon to Use

Wild Mesprit Encounter
Mesprit	Lv.: 50	Ability: Levitate
	Moveset
	Imprison Extrasensory Charm Psychic

Mesprit can be tricky to catch due to its nature of being a roaming legendary. When tracking down Mesprit with the Marking Map App, we recommend having a bulky Pokemon in the lead who can keep Mesprit in battle through the use of the move Block.

Best Catcher Pokemon

Best Catcher Pokemon
Snorlax		Bronzong
Recommended Lv. 50+	Item: Leftovers	Recommended Lv. 50+	Item: Leftovers
Recommended Moves:		Recommended Moves:
Block Yawn		Block Hypnosis

When facing Mesprit, we recommend using either Snorlax with Block and Yawn or Bronzong with Block and Hypnosis. These Pokemon give you a reliable way to prevent Mesprit from escaping, and access to a status-inflicting move to improve catch rates.

Using Block prevents Mesprit's escape as long as the user doesn't faint or switch out. Take note that you can use Block before Mesprit flees even if your Pokemon is slower.

Bronzong is the most accessible and best choice here thanks to its 4x resistance to Mesprit's Psychic-type moves, Extrasensory and Psychic. It also has access to Hypnosis which will let you put Mesprit to sleep for a better chance of catching it. Just be careful not to knock it out!

Best Balls to Use

The Ultra Ball is a reliable go-to ball to use. If you are battling Mesprit at night, the Dusk Ball becomes the better choice.

If about a dozen turns have passed, you may also rely on the Timer Ball for higher success rates of capture.

As a last resort, you may also opt to use the Master Ball for a guaranteed catch without worrying about the hassle of locking Mesprit down.

Best Pokemon For Catching

Transfer From Pokemon Legends: Arceus via Pokemon HOME

Mesprit is also obtainable in Pokemon Legends: Arceus during the course of its story.

If you are missing a legendary Pokemon, especially those that are time-limited, we suggest transferring the Pokemon from Legends: Arceus via Pokemon HOME!

Pokemon HOME Guide (Update 2.0)

How to Get a Shiny Mesprit

Mesprit, as well as the other Lake Spirits, are not shiny locked so make sure to save before engaging it in battle.

You can try catching a shiny Mesprit by soft resetting. It may take you several resets before a shiny shows up, so make sure you're ready with the right Pokemon and a healthy stock of Poke Balls in your bag.

Shiny Hunting Guide: All Shiny Odds

Best Natures for Mesprit

Best Natures
Timid (+Spd, -Atk)	Modest (+SpAtk, -Atk)

Mesprit's balanced offensive and defensive stats and above average Speed make it a great fast support Pokemon, making Timid a good choice for Nature. Modest is also a good Nature if you want a more offensive-oriented Mesprit.

Note: While Mesprit also has a decent Attack stat, its limited physical movepool and lack of Attack-boosting move makes it a poor physical attacker.

Mesprit Type and Abilities

Mesprit - Type and Basic Info

Mesprit Emotion Pokémon
Type 1	Type 2
	-
Hatch Steps	Weight
-	0.7 lbs.

Mesprit Weaknesses and Resistances

	Type
Takes 4x damage	-
Takes 2x damage
Takes 0.5x damage
Takes 1/4x damage	-
Takes 0x damage	-

Mesprit Abilities

Name	Description
Levitate	Gives immunity to Ground type moves.

Mesprit Egg Group

Egg Groups
Undiscovered

Effort Values (EV) Earned

Effort Values (EV) Earned
HP EVs	Attack EVs	Defense EVs	SpAtk EVs	SpDef EVs	Speed EVs
0	1	0	1	1	0

Held Item on Wild Encounter

No held item on wild encounter.

Mesprit Base Stats

HP	80
Atk	105
Def	105
Sp. Atk	105
Sp. Def	105
Speed	80
Total Base Stats	580

Mesprit Evolution Chart

Evolution Line
Mesprit
This Pokemon does not evolve.

Mesprit Learnset

Learnset by Leveling Up

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.	PP
Base	Confusion		50	100	25
Base	Rest		-	-	10
7	Swift		60	-	20
14	Protect		-	-	10
21	Psybeam		65	100	20
28	Imprison		-	-	10
35	Extrasensory		80	100	20
42	Charm		-	100	20
49	Psychic		90	100	10
56	Flatter		-	100	15
63	Future Sight		120	100	10
70	Copycat		-	-	20
77	Healing Wish		-	-	10

Learnset by TM

No.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.	PP
3	Water Pulse		60	100	20
4	Calm Mind		-	-	20
11	Sunny Day		-	-	5
13	Ice Beam		90	100	10
14	Blizzard		110	70	5
15	Hyper Beam		150	90	5
16	Light Screen		-	-	30
17	Protect		-	-	10
18	Rain Dance		-	-	5
20	Safeguard		-	-	25
21	Dazzling Gleam		80	100	10
23	Iron Tail		100	75	15
24	Thunderbolt		90	100	15
25	Thunder		110	70	10
29	Psychic		90	100	10
30	Shadow Ball		80	100	15
32	Double Team		-	-	15
33	Reflect		-	-	20
34	Shock Wave		60	-	20
37	Sandstorm		-	-	10
42	Facade		70	100	20
44	Rest		-	-	10
48	Skill Swap		-	-	10
53	Energy Ball		90	100	10
56	Fling		-	100	10
57	Charge Beam		50	90	10
58	Endure		-	-	10
60	Drain Punch		75	100	10
63	Nasty Plot		-	-	20
67	Recycle		-	-	10
68	Giga Impact		150	90	5
70	Flash		-	100	20
73	Thunder Wave		-	90	20
76	Stealth Rock		-	-	20
77	Psych Up		-	-	10
82	Sleep Talk		-	-	10
85	Dream Eater		100	100	15
86	Grass Knot		-	100	20
87	Swagger		-	85	15
89	U-turn		70	100	20
90	Substitute		-	-	10
92	Trick Room		-	-	5

Learnset through a Move Tutor

This Pokemon currently has no moves learned in this way.

Learnset via Egg Moves

This Pokemon currently has no moves learned in this way.

Mesprit Pokedex Number

Sinnoh Dex
Uxie (#146)	Mesprit (#147)	Azelf (#148)
National Dex
Uxie (#480)	Mesprit (#481)	Azelf (#482)

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