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Gengar’s Pokédex · Johto · Generation II

#177 Natu

PsychicFlying

  • SpeciesLittlebird Pokémon
  • Japanese nameNeitei
  • PronunciationNEH-TOO
  • Height0′ 8″ 0.20 m
  • Weight4.0 lb 1.80 kg
  • Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
Natu official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Comes from Nabu (a God of Wisdom).

Evolution

  1. NatuLevel 25Xatu
Natu in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Natu as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

GoldStadium 2 Because its wings aren’t yet fully grown, it has to hop to get around. It is always staring at something.
Silver It usually forages for food on the ground but may, on rare occasions, hop onto branches to peck at shoots.
Crystal It is extremely good at climbing tree trunks and likes to eat the new sprouts on the trees.

Where to find Natu

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Gold Ruins of Alph Any Many
Silver Any Many
Crystal Any Many

How to catch

Ground Surf Fishing Forest Tree Mountain Tree Rock Smash Breed Evolve Event BugCatch Game Corner
G/S ✓ ✓
Crystal ✓ ✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

  • Normal×1
  • Fire×1
  • Water×1
  • Electric×2
  • Grass×0.5
  • Ice×2
  • Fighting×0.25
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×0
  • Flying×1
  • Psychic×0.5
  • Bug×1
  • Rock×2
  • Ghost×2
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×2
  • Steel×1
  • 5 weaknesses and 4 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 5 : 4 (125%).

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • Normal1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Fire1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Water1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Electric1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
  • Grass1st: Normal 2nd: Good
  • Ice1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Fighting1st: Good 2nd: Good
  • Poison1st: Good 2nd: Normal
  • Ground1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Flying1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Psychic1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
  • Bug1st: Normal 2nd: Good
  • Rock1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
  • Ghost1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Dragon1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Dark1st: No Effect 2nd: Normal
  • Steel1st: Bad 2nd: Bad
  • 5 advantages and 6 disadvantages out of 34 types. Offensive ratio 5:6 (~83.33%).

Moves learned by levelling up

G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start Peck Flying Physical
Start Leer Normal Status
10 Night Shade Ghost Physical
20 Teleport Psychic Status
30 Future Sight Psychic Status
40 Confuse Ray Ghost Status
50 Psychic Psychic Special

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

None.

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM03Curse
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM09Psych Up
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM11Sunny Day
  • TM13Snore
  • TM17Protect
  • TM19Giga Drain
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM22Solarbeam
  • TM27Return
  • TM29Psychic
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM39Swift
  • TM42Dream Eater
  • TM43Detect
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • TM46Thief
  • TM50Nightmare
  • HM05Flash

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Flying Pokémon group 3

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Drill Peck Mate with a male from Doduo or Spearow Family.
Feint Attack Mate with a male Murkrow.
Haze Mate with a male from Zubat Family.
Quick Attack Mate with a male from Pidgey Family.
Steel Wing Mate with a male Skarmory.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank
HP 40 253-283 38/4518.41%
Attack 50 168-198 34/4921.19%
Defense 45 158-188 40/5521.19%
Speed 70 208-238 23/4755.96%
Special Attack 70 208-238 22/4655.96%
Special Defense 45 158-188 34/4118.41%
Total 320 1153-1333 58/8719.80%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library