Best Psychic Type Pokemon

Psychic Type Pokemon are strong against Fighting and Poison Type Pokemon. Learn what are the best Psychic Type Pokemon you can get your hands on in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV)!

Best Psychic-type Pokemon for Tera Raids

Best Psychic-type Pokemon for Tera Raids
Slowbro	Espathra	Iron Leaves

Slowbro

Slowbro Tera Raid Build	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑ Sp.Atk, ↓ Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP 252		Def 4		Sp.Atk 252
Ability	Moveset
Oblivious	・ Iron Defense ・ Nasty Plot ・ Stored Power ・ Psychic Terrain
Held Item
Leftovers

This Slowbro build for Tera Raids is capable of soloing various raids. The build relies on stacking up stat boosts with Iron Defense and Nasty Plot, and whipping up Psychic Terrain and getting some Go All Out! cheers to maximize the damage output of Stored Power.

Slowbro Best Tera Raid Build

Espathra

Espathra Tera Raid Build	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑ Sp.Atk, ↓ Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Sp. Atk: 252		Sp. Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Opportunist	・ Lumina Crash ・ Roost ・ Dazzling Gleam ・ Shadow Ball
Held Item
Wise Glasses

Espathra's Opportunist Ability allows it to copy any stat boosts the raid boss can get, which helps Espathra boost its damage without doing any setups itself.

Its main move for this build is Lumina Crash, which also lowers the Special Defense stat of the target, allowing Espartha to hit harder.

Espathra Best Tera Raid Build

Iron Leaves

Iron Leaves Tera Raid Build	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Atk: 252		Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Quark Drive	・ Swords Dance ・ Psyblade ・ Taunt ・ Electric Terrain
Held Item
Electric Seed

Iron Leaves' signature move Psyblade is a devastating attack when paired with its Ability Quark Drive, which boosts its Attack stat, and Electric Terrain, which boosts the power of Psyblade by 50%.

This can be further improved if Iron Leaves can get some Attack stat buffs from Swords Dance.

Iron Leaves Best Tera Raid Build

Best Psychic-type Pokemon for Competitive Ranked Battle

Best Psychic-type Pokemon for Ranked Battles
Scream Tail	Armarouge	Indeedee-F

Scream Tail

	Scream Tail Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Bold (↑ Def, ↓ Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Def 252 / Spe 4
Final Stat Values	HP 222 / Def 166 / Sp.Atk 85 / Sp.Def 135 / Spe 132
Ability	Protosynthesis
Tera Type
Held Item	Leftovers
Moveset	・ Stored Power ・ Calm Mind ・ Dazzling Gleam ・ Wish

Scream Tail's Protosynthesis activates under harsh sunlight, giving it a 30% boost to Defense. With this build's EV Spread, Scream Tail can wall off physical attackers along with Calm Mind boost to fend off special attackers.

Stored Power also synergizes with Calm Mind, allowing it to deal heavy damage while still being tanky.

Scream Tail Movesets and Best Builds

Armarouge

	Armarouge Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Timid (↑ Spe, ↓ Atk)
EV Spread	HP 4 / Sp.Atk 252 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values	HP 161 / Def 120 / Sp.Atk 177 / Sp.Def 100 / Spe 139
Ability	Flash Fire
Tera Type
Held Item	Life Orb
Moveset	・ Armor Cannon ・ Expanding Force ・ Wide Guard ・ Trick Room

Armarouge is an excellent Trick Room setter and attacker. Its high Special Attack stat allows it to inflict massive damage with Expanding Force when Trick Room is fully set up.

Armarouge Movesets and Best Builds

Indeedee-F

	Indeedee-F Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Calm (↑ Sp.Def, ↓ Atk)
EV Spread	HP 244 / Def 244 / Sp.Def 20
Final Stat Values	HP 176 / Def 116 / Sp.Atk 115 / Sp.Def 140 / Spe 105
Ability	Psychic Surge
Tera Type
Held Item	Psychic Seed
Moveset	・ Psyshock ・ Follow Me ・ Helping Hand ・ Protect

Indeedee-F shines best in Doubles and synergizes well with fellow Psychic-types. Its Ability Psychic Surge whips up Psychic Terrain on the field once it is out, which powers up Psychic-type moves.

Once in battle, Indeedee-F can provide redirection with Follow Me, or boost the attack of its allies with Helping Hand.

Indeedee-F Movesets and Best Builds

Best Psychic-type Pokemon for Story Playthrough

Best Psychic-type Pokemon for the Story
Armarouge	Gardevoir	Farigiraf

Armarouge

	Armarouge Best Build for the Story
Nature	Modest (↑ Sp.Atk, ↓ Atk)
EV Spread	Sp.Atk 252 / Spe 252
Ability	Flash Fire
Tera Type
Held Item	Wise Glasses
Moveset	・ Flamethrower ・ Armor Cannon ・ Psyshock ・ Calm Mind

Focusing on a moveset and build that will further Armarouge's high base Special Attack stat of 125 can allow it to deal one-hit KOs with ease, especially when paired with a Modest Nature, Wise Glasses, and moves that can increase Special Attack like Calm Mind.

Armarouge Learnset, How to Get, and Evolution

Gardevoir

	Gardevoir Best Build for the Story
Nature	Modest (↑ Sp.Atk, ↓ Atk)
EV Spread	Sp.Atk 252 / Spe 252
Ability	Synchronize
Tera Type
Held Item	Wise Glasses
Moveset	・ Moonblast ・ Draining Kiss ・ Psychic ・ Calm Mind

This moveset focuses on furthering Gardevoir's high base Special Attack stat by letting it hold Wise Glasses, setting its Nature to Modest, and teaching it the move Calm Mind.

Gardevoir Learnset, How to Get, and Evolution

Farigiraf

	Farigiraf Best Build for the Story
Nature	Modest (↑ Sp.Atk, ↓ Atk)
EV Spread	Sp.Atk 252 / Spe 252
Ability	Armor Tail
Tera Type
Held Item	Twisted Spoon
Moveset	・ Psychic ・ Psyshock ・ Twin Beam ・ Calm Mind

Farigiraf is another viable Psychic-type attacker who can utilize various Psychic-type moves. Its firepower can be boosted with Calm Mind and letting it hold a Twisted Spoon.

Farigiraf Evolution, Learnset, and How to Get

Best Pokemon to Terastallize to Psychic

Not Great Defensively, However Excellent Offensively in Tera Raids

Psychic Tera Types do not see much use in Ranked Battles as the typing itself is bad defensively and is a meager choice for offense.

Psychic-type moves shine best if used as a means to do neutral damage, as only Psychic and Steel-types resist these moves with Dark being immune to it. It can be argued that Psychic-type moves do well against Fighting and Posion-type Pokemon, but some offensive Pokemon opt to use Fairy and Ground-type moves instead.

Psychic Tera Types work better when used in Tera Raids, thanks to the strategy behind using Stored Power to deal massive damage.

Best Psychic Tera Pokemon

Best Pokemon to Terastallize to Psychic
Vaporeon	Klefki	Kingambit

Vaporeon

Vaporeon Tera Raid Build	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑ Sp.Atk, ↓ Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Sp. Atk: 252		Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Water Absorb	・ Stored Power ・ Calm Mind ・ Aqua Ring ・ Acid Armor
Held Item
Covert Cloak

This Vapoeron build follows the strategy behind the Slowbro Tera Raid build wherein it buffs itself up with multiple stat boosts with Calm Mind and Acid Armor before unleashing massive damage with Stored Power.

Vaporeon should have a Psychic Tera Type to further boost Stored Power's damage output once it can Terastallize.

Vaporeon Best Tera Raid Build

Klefki

Klefki Tera Raid Build	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑ Sp.Atk, ↓ Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Sp. Atk: 252		Sp.Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Prankster	・ Iron Defense ・ Calm Mind ・ Stored Power ・ Recycle
Held Item
Sitrus Berry

This Klefki Tera Raid build also adapts the strategy of getting stat boosts with Iron Defense and Calm Mind and unleashing huge damage with Stored Power. Due to its Prankster Ability, Klefki can easily use these stat raising moves.

Klefki can rely on Sitrus Berry and using Recycle to recover health when it needs to.

Klefki Best Tera Raid Build

Kingambit

Kingambit Tera Raid Build	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑ Atk, ↓ Sp.Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Atk: 252		Sp.Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Defiant	・ Swords Dance ・ Thunder Wave ・ Zen Headbutt ・ Night Slash
Held Item
Shell Bell

This Kingambit Tera Raid build frames it as a Psychic-type attacker with Zen Headbutt as its main move. It can raise its Attack with Swords Dance or from Defiant if one of its stats gets lowered.

This build is effective against challenging Poison Tera Raids as Kingambit is immune to their Poison-type attacks before Terastallizing.

Kingambit Best Tera Raid Build

Best Tera Type for Psychic-type Pokemon

Psychic Tera Type

Having a Psychic Tera Type will improve the offensive potential of Psychic-type moves, boosting the damage output of moves like Psychic, Zen Headbutt, and the like.

Doing so will also remove the weaknesses they have from their secondary typing, if there are any.

Fire Tera Type

Most Psychic-type Pokemon can learn Fire-type moves, and they can use this opportunity to have a Fire Tera Type to boost the power of these attacks.

Fire-type attacks are super-effective against Bug-type Pokemon, which is one of the three weaknesses of Psychic-types.

Although Bug-type attackers do not dominate the metagame, Psychic-type Pokemon can still see some use in using Fire-type moves.

You can change your Pokemon's Tera Type to Fire with Fire Tera Shards.

Fairy Tera Type

Some Fairy-type Pokemon can also use Fairy-type attacks, and can benefit from having a Fairy Tera Type which can boost the power of Fairy-type moves. This will also help Psychic-type Pokemon resist Dark-type attacks once they Terastallize with a Fairy-type.

You can change your Pokemon's Tera Type to Fairy with Fairy Tera Shards.

Best Pokemon to Terastallize

Best Psychic Type Pokemon By Base Stat

Best Psychic Type Pokemon by Base Stats

Pokémon	H	A	B	C	D	S	Total
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)	97	157	127	113	109	77	680
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)	97	113	109	157	127	77	680
Lugia	106	90	130	90	154	110	680
Solgaleo	137	137	107	113	89	97	680
Lunala	137	113	89	137	107	97	680
Hoopa Unbound	80	160	60	170	130	80	680
Calyrex (Ice Rider)	100	165	150	85	130	50	680
Calyrex (Shadow Rider)	100	85	80	165	100	150	680
Mewtwo	106	110	90	154	90	130	680
Necrozma	97	107	101	127	89	79	600
Deoxys (Normal Forme)	50	150	50	150	50	150	600
Deoxys (Attack Forme)	50	180	20	180	20	150	600
Deoxys (Defense Forme)	50	70	160	70	160	90	600
Deoxys (Speed Forme)	50	95	90	95	90	180	600
Jirachi	100	100	100	100	100	100	600
Hoopa Confined	80	110	60	150	130	70	600
Metagross	80	135	130	95	90	70	600
Mew	100	100	100	100	100	100	600
Cresselia	120	70	110	75	120	85	600
Meloetta (Aria Forme)	100	77	77	128	128	90	600
Iron Boulder	90	120	80	68	108	124	590
Iron Crown	90	72	100	122	108	98	590
Iron Leaves	90	130	88	70	108	104	590
Galarian Articuno	90	85	85	125	100	95	580
Uxie	75	75	130	75	130	95	580
Mesprit	80	105	105	105	105	80	580
Azelf	75	125	70	125	70	115	580
Scream Tail	115	65	99	65	115	111	570
Munkidori	88	75	66	130	90	106	555
Delphox	75	69	72	114	100	104	534
Exeggutor	95	95	85	125	75	55	530
Espeon	65	65	60	130	95	110	525
Armarouge	85	60	100	125	80	75	525
Wyrdeer	103	105	72	105	75	65	525
Farigiraf	120	90	70	110	70	60	520
Gardevoir	68	65	65	125	115	80	518
Gallade	68	125	65	65	115	80	518
Hisuian Braviary	110	83	70	112	70	65	510
Hatterene	57	90	95	136	103	29	510
Bronzong	67	89	116	79	116	33	500
Calyrex	100	80	80	80	80	80	500
Gothitelle	70	55	95	95	110	65	490
Oranguru	90	60	80	90	110	60	490
Slowbro	95	75	110	100	80	30	490
Reuniclus	110	65	75	125	85	30	490
Galarian Slowking	95	65	80	110	110	30	490
Galarian Slowbro	95	75	110	100	80	30	490
Slowking	95	75	80	100	110	30	490
Alolan Raichu	60	85	50	95	85	110	485
Hypno	85	73	70	73	115	67	483
Malamar	86	92	88	68	75	73	482
Espathra	95	60	60	101	60	105	481
Veluza	90	102	73	78	65	70	478
Oricorio (Pa'u Style)	75	70	70	98	70	93	476
Bruxish	68	105	70	70	70	92	475
Indeedee (Male)	60	65	55	105	95	95	475
Indeedee (Female)	70	55	65	95	105	85	475
Rabsca	75	50	85	115	100	45	470
Grumpig	80	45	65	90	110	80	470
Meowstic (Male)	74	48	76	83	81	104	466
Meowstic (Female)	74	48	76	83	81	104	466
Chimecho	75	50	80	95	90	65	455
Medicham	60	60	75	60	75	80	410

This is a list of fully-evolved Psychic-type Pokemon by total base stats. For a full comparison of all Pokemon including unevolved forms, try our List of Pokemon by Base Stats.

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