Battle profile
#0308 · Generation 3
Medicham
The Meditate Pokémon
Through crushingly harsh yoga training, it gained the power to foretell its foe's actions. It battles with elegant, dance- like movement.
Traits
Abilities
Pure Power
The Pokémon's adeptness at yoga doubles its Attack stat.
Telepathy
HiddenThe Pokémon anticipates and avoids the damaging attacks of its allies.
Battle matchups
Type effectiveness
Damage matchups for Medicham based on its Fighting and Psychic typing. Abilities may change some matchups.
Weak against
Takes increased damage
Resists
Takes reduced damage
Immune to
Takes no damage
None
Evolution family
Evolution chain
Learnset
Level-up moves
Moves Medicham learns by gaining levels in Pokemon Nova.
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fire Punch The target is attacked with a fiery punch. This may also leave the target with a burn. | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Thunder Punch The target is attacked with an electrified punch. This may also leave the target with paralysis. | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Ice Punch The target is attacked with an icy punch. This may also leave the target frozen. | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Confusion The target is hit with a weak telekinetic force to inflict damage. This may also confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Work Up The user is roused, and its Attack and Sp. Atk stats are raised. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Detect This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. | Fighting | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 12 | Endure The user endures any attack with at least 1 HP. This move's chance of failing rises if used in succession. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 15 | Feint This attack can hit a target using a move such as Protect or Detect. This also lifts the effects of those moves. | Normal | Physical | 30 | 100 | 10 |
| 17 | Force Palm The target is attacked with a shock wave. This may also leave the target with paralysis. | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 20 | Psybeam The target is attacked with a peculiar ray. This may also confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 23 | Calm Mind The user quietly focuses its mind and calms its spirit to raise its Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 25 | Zen Headbutt The user focuses its willpower to its head and attacks the target. This may also make the target flinch. | Psychic | Physical | 80 | 90 | 15 |
| 28 | High Jump Kick The target is attacked with a knee kick from a jump. If this move misses, the user takes damage instead. | Fighting | Physical | 130 | 90 | 10 |
| 31 | Psych Up The user hypnotizes itself into copying any stat change made by the target. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 33 | Acupressure The user applies pressure to stress points, sharply raising one of its or its allies' stats. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 36 | Power Trick The user employs its psychic power to switch its Attack stat with its Defense stat. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 47 | Recover The user regenerates its cells, restoring its own HP by up to half its max HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 53 | Counter A retaliatory attack that counters any physical attack, inflicting double the damage taken by the user. | Fighting | Physical | 1 | 100 | 20 |
| 53 | Axe Kick The user kicks up and slams its heel down upon the target. This may also confuse the target. If it misses, the user takes damage. | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 90 | 10 |
Breeding learnset
Egg moves
0 moves available
Breeding learnset
Egg moves
0 moves available
No egg moves are available for Medicham.
Extended learnset
Compatible moves
93 moves available
Extended learnset
Compatible moves
93 moves available
- Aerial Ace PhysicalFlying
- Attract StatusNormal
- Aura Sphere SpecialFighting
- Baton Pass StatusNormal
- Body Slam PhysicalNormal
- Brick Break PhysicalFighting
- Bulk Up StatusFighting
- Calm Mind StatusPsychic
- Captivate StatusNormal
- Close Combat PhysicalFighting
- Confide StatusNormal
- Counter PhysicalFighting
- Double Team StatusNormal
- Drain Punch PhysicalFighting
- Dream Eater SpecialPsychic
- Dynamic Punch PhysicalFighting
- Endure StatusNormal
- Energy Ball SpecialGrass
- Expanding Force SpecialPsychic
- Facade PhysicalNormal
- Fire Punch PhysicalFire
- Flash StatusNormal
- Fling PhysicalDark
- Focus Blast SpecialFighting
- Focus Punch PhysicalFighting
- Frustration PhysicalNormal
- Giga Impact PhysicalNormal
- Grass Knot SpecialGrass
- Gravity StatusPsychic
- Headbutt PhysicalNormal
- Helping Hand StatusNormal
- Hidden Power SpecialNormal
- Hyper Beam SpecialNormal
- Ice Punch PhysicalIce
- Imprison StatusPsychic
- Laser Focus StatusNormal
- Light Screen StatusPsychic
- Low Kick PhysicalFighting
- Low Sweep PhysicalFighting
- Magic Coat StatusPsychic
- Mega Kick PhysicalNormal
- Mega Punch PhysicalNormal
- Metronome StatusNormal
- Mimic StatusNormal
- Natural Gift PhysicalNormal
- Night Shade SpecialGhost
- Pain Split StatusNormal
- Poison Jab PhysicalPoison
- Power-Up Punch PhysicalFighting
- Protect StatusNormal
- Psybeam SpecialPsychic
- Psychic SpecialPsychic
- Psychic Terrain StatusPsychic
- Psych Up StatusNormal
- Psyshock SpecialPsychic
- Rain Dance StatusWater
- Recycle StatusNormal
- Reflect StatusPsychic
- Rest StatusPsychic
- Retaliate PhysicalNormal
- Return PhysicalNormal
- Reversal PhysicalFighting
- Rock Slide PhysicalRock
- Rock Smash PhysicalFighting
- Rock Tomb PhysicalRock
- Role Play StatusPsychic
- Round SpecialNormal
- Secret Power PhysicalNormal
- Seismic Toss PhysicalFighting
- Shadow Ball SpecialGhost
- Signal Beam SpecialBug
- Skill Swap StatusPsychic
- Sleep Talk StatusNormal
- Snore SpecialNormal
- Stored Power SpecialPsychic
- Strength PhysicalNormal
- Substitute StatusNormal
- Sunny Day StatusFire
- Swagger StatusNormal
- Swift SpecialNormal
- Take Down PhysicalNormal
- Taunt StatusDark
- Telekinesis StatusPsychic
- Tera Blast SpecialNormal
- Thief PhysicalDark
- Thunder Punch PhysicalElectric
- Trailblaze PhysicalGrass
- Trick StatusPsychic
- Trick Room StatusPsychic
- Upper Hand PhysicalFighting
- Vacuum Wave SpecialFighting
- Work Up StatusNormal
- Zen Headbutt PhysicalPsychic
Species information
Training and breeding
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Gender ratio
- Female50Percent
- Egg groups
- Humanlike
- Hatch steps
- 5,120
- Base happiness
- 50
- Color
- Red
- Shape
- Bipedal
- Habitat
- Mountain
Alternate appearances
Medicham forms
Choose a form to compare its appearance, typing, stats, and abilities.

Medicham
Base stats
Total 410Abilities
The Pokémon's adeptness at yoga doubles its Attack stat.
The Pokémon anticipates and avoids the damaging attacks of its allies.

Mega Medicham
Base stats
Total 510Abilities
The Pokémon's adeptness at yoga doubles its Attack stat.