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Kirlia's Type

PSYCHIC

FAIRY

Kirlia's Pokédex #s

National #: 281

Galar #: 121

Armor #: 35

Crown #: --

Kirlia's Base Stats

HP:: 38

Attack:: 35

Defense:: 35

Sp. Atk:: 65

Sp. Def:: 55

Speed:: 50

Total:: 278

Misc. Info

Height:: 2'7" (0.8m)

Weight:: 44.5 lbs. (20.2 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Human-Like / Amorphous

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,250,000

EV Yield:: 2 Sp. Atk

Base EXP:: 97

Catch Rate:: 120

Base Happiness:: 35

Kirlia's Abilities

Here are what abilities Kirlia can possibly have, along with their effects.

Synchronize: Whenever another Pokémon inflicts a major status condition on Kirlia, that Pokémon also receives the status condition.

Trace: When Kirlia is sent out in battle, it copies one of the enemy Pokémon's abilities.

Telepathy: Kirlia does not take damage from any of its allies moves.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Kirlia's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: POISON

GHOST

STEEL

½: PSYCHIC

¼: FIGHTING

immune: DRAGON

Kirlia's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Kirlia evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Ralts: starting form

Kirlia: at level 20

Gardevoir: at level 30

Kirlia's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Kirlia can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Kirlia learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Growl Lowers all nearby enemies' Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	40	Nearby Enemies
1	Disarming Voice Doesn't miss all nearby enemies.	FAIRY	40	--	15	Nearby Enemies
1	Double Team Raises Kirlia's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
1	Confusion Has a 10% chance of confusing the target.	PSYCHIC	50	100%	25	One Target
9	Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep.	PSYCHIC	--	60%	20	One Target
12	Draining Kiss Heals Kirlia by 75% of the damage dealt to the target.	FAIRY	50	100%	10	One Target
15	Teleport Teleports Kirlia away from a battle.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
18	Psybeam Has a 10% chance of confusing the target.	PSYCHIC	65	100%	20	One Target
23	Life Dew Heals Kirlia and all of its allies by 25% of their max HP.	WATER	--	--	10	All Allies
28	Charm Lowers the target's Attack by two stages.	FAIRY	--	100%	20	One Target
33	Calm Mind Raises Kirlia's Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
38	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
43	Heal Pulse Restores the target's HP by 50% of its maximum HP.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
48	Dream Eater Heals Kirlia by half the damage dealt. Fails unless foe is asleep.	PSYCHIC	100	100%	15	One Target
53	Future Sight Does its damage after two more turns have passed.	PSYCHIC	120	100%	10	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Kirlia can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM00	Mega Punch Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	85%	20	One Target
TM01	Mega Kick Damages the target.	NORMAL	120	75%	5	One Target
TM03	Fire Punch Has a 10% chance to burn the target.	FIRE	75	100%	15	One Target
TM04	Ice Punch Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	75	100%	15	One Target
TM05	Thunder Punch Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	75	100%	15	One Target
TM10	Magical Leaf Doesn't miss the target.	GRASS	60	--	20	One Target
TM14	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
TM17	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
TM18	Reflect Reduces damage from Physical-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User's Field
TM19	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
TM21	Rest Kirlia restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM23	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Kirlia from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM27	Icy Wind 100% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Speed by one stage.	ICE	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM29	Charm Lowers the target's Attack by two stages.	FAIRY	--	100%	20	One Target
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM38	Will-O-Wisp Burns the target.	FIRE	--	85%	15	One Target
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Kirlia is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM40	Swift Doesn't miss all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	60	--	20	Nearby Enemies
TM41	Helping Hand Increases the power of ally Pokémon's moves for the rest of the turn.	NORMAL	--	--	20	Ally
TM44	Imprison Kirlia can't use any moves Kirlia knows.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM59	Fling Throws Kirlia's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM70	Trick Room For the next 5 turns, turn order is reversed, so slower Pokémon go first. (Priority still functions as usual.)	PSYCHIC	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM71	Wonder Room For the next 5 turns, all Pokémon's Defense and Special Defense stats are swapped.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM72	Magic Room For the next 5 turns, all Pokémon's held items have no effect and can't be used.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM87	Draining Kiss Heals Kirlia by 75% of the damage dealt to the target.	FAIRY	50	100%	10	One Target
TM89	Misty Terrain Activates Misty Terrain for 5 turns, which protects non-airborne Pokémon from status conditions and halves damage from Dragon-type moves.	FAIRY	--	--	10	Entire Field

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Kirlia can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area and other locations.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR01	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
TR08	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TR11	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Kirlia's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR25	Psyshock Psyshock uses the target's Defense stat to calculate damage instead of its Special Defense.	PSYCHIC	80	100%	10	One Target
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Kirlia's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR30	Encore Forces the target to use its recent move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	5	One Target
TR33	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TR34	Future Sight Does its damage after two more turns have passed.	PSYCHIC	120	100%	10	One Target
TR37	Taunt Prevents the target from using Status moves for the next few turns.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
TR38	Trick Switches Kirlia's held item with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	100%	10	One Target
TR40	Skill Swap Swaps Kirlia's ability with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TR42	Hyper Voice Damages all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	90	100%	10	Nearby Enemies
TR49	Calm Mind Raises Kirlia's Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TR69	Zen Headbutt Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	PSYCHIC	80	90%	15	One Target
TR77	Grass Knot Does more damage depending on how heavy the target is.	GRASS	varies	100%	20	One Target
TR82	Stored Power Increases power by 20 for each positive stat modifier Kirlia has, excluding accuracy or evasion.	PSYCHIC	20	100%	10	One Target
TR83	Ally Switch Switches places with Kirlia for the rest of the battle.	PSYCHIC	--	--	15	User
TR92	Dazzling Gleam Damages all nearby enemies.	FAIRY	80	100%	10	Nearby Enemies

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Kirlia can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Kirlia.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Disable Disables the target's last used move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Mean Look Prevents the target from fleeing or switching out.	NORMAL	--	--	5	One Target
EGG	Memento Lowers the target's Attack and Special Attack by two stages, then Kirlia faints.	DARK	--	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Destiny Bond If Kirlia is knocked out before its next action, the attacking Pokémon is knocked out.	GHOST	--	--	5	User
EGG	Grudge If Kirlia is knocked out before its next action, the attacker loses all PP of the move it used.	GHOST	--	--	5	User
EGG	Shadow Sneak Has higher priority.	GHOST	40	100%	30	One Target
EGG	Confuse Ray Confuses the target.	GHOST	--	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Knock Off Double damage if the target has a held item and knocks it off.	DARK	65	100%	20	One Target

Move Tutor Moves

Here are all of the moves that Kirlia can learn from Move Tutors. Most of these require the Expansion Pass and can be found in the Isle of Armor's Dojo, costing some Armorite Ore to teach. However, there are a few moves that can be taught aside from this.

	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target	Info
TUTOR	Triple Axel Hits up to three times in a row, with 20, 40, and 60 power. Each hit is affected by accuracy and evasion, and the move ends if it misses a hit.	ICE		20	90%	10	One Target
TUTOR	Expanding Force If used during Psychic Terrain, Expanding Force does 50% more damage and additionally targets both enemy Pokémon if in a Double Battle instead.	PSYCHIC		80	100%	10	One Target

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Kirlia learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Growl Lowers all nearby enemies' Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	40	Nearby Enemies
1	Disarming Voice Doesn't miss all nearby enemies.	FAIRY	40	--	15	Nearby Enemies
1	Double Team Raises Kirlia's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
1	Confusion Has a 10% chance of confusing the target.	PSYCHIC	50	100%	25	One Target
9	Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep.	PSYCHIC	--	60%	20	One Target
12	Draining Kiss Heals Kirlia by 75% of the damage dealt to the target.	FAIRY	50	100%	10	One Target
15	Teleport Teleports Kirlia away from a battle.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
18	Psybeam Has a 10% chance of confusing the target.	PSYCHIC	65	100%	20	One Target
23	Life Dew Heals Kirlia and all of its allies by 25% of their max HP.	WATER	--	--	10	All Allies
28	Charm Lowers the target's Attack by two stages.	FAIRY	--	100%	20	One Target
33	Calm Mind Raises Kirlia's Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
38	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
43	Heal Pulse Restores the target's HP by 50% of its maximum HP.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
48	Dream Eater Heals Kirlia by half the damage dealt. Fails unless foe is asleep.	PSYCHIC	100	100%	15	One Target
53	Future Sight Does its damage after two more turns have passed.	PSYCHIC	120	100%	10	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Kirlia can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught once per use of the TM.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM04	Calm Mind Raises Kirlia's Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TM11	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM12	Taunt Prevents the target from using Status moves for the next few turns.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
TM16	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
TM17	Protect Protects Kirlia from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM18	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM20	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
TM21	Dazzling Gleam Damages all nearby enemies.	FAIRY	80	100%	10	Nearby Enemies
TM24	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TM29	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TM30	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TM32	Double Team Raises Kirlia's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM33	Reflect Reduces damage from Physical-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User's Field
TM34	Shock Wave Doesn't miss the target.	ELECTRIC	60	--	20	One Target
TM41	Torment Prevents the target from using the same move twice in a row.	DARK	--	100%	15	One Target
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Kirlia is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Kirlia restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM45	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM46	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM48	Skill Swap Swaps Kirlia's ability with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TM56	Fling Throws Kirlia's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM57	Charge Beam Has a 70% chance to raise Kirlia's Special Attack by one stage.	ELECTRIC	50	90%	10	One Target
TM58	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM61	Will-O-Wisp Burns the target.	FIRE	--	85%	15	One Target
TM67	Recycle If Kirlia used a held item previously, it reequips that item.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM70	Flash Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
TM73	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
TM77	Psych Up Copies all stat modifiers on the target.	NORMAL	--	--	10	One Target
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Kirlia's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM85	Dream Eater Heals Kirlia by half the damage dealt. Fails unless foe is asleep.	PSYCHIC	100	100%	15	One Target
TM86	Grass Knot Does more damage depending on how heavy the target is.	GRASS	varies	100%	20	One Target
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Kirlia's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM92	Trick Room For the next 5 turns, turn order is reversed, so slower Pokémon go first. (Priority still functions as usual.)	PSYCHIC	--	--	5	Entire Field

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Kirlia can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Kirlia.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Disable Disables the target's last used move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Mean Look Prevents the target from fleeing or switching out.	NORMAL	--	--	5	One Target
EGG	Memento Lowers the target's Attack and Special Attack by two stages, then Kirlia faints.	DARK	--	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Destiny Bond If Kirlia is knocked out before its next action, the attacking Pokémon is knocked out.	GHOST	--	--	5	User
EGG	Grudge If Kirlia is knocked out before its next action, the attacker loses all PP of the move it used.	GHOST	--	--	5	User
EGG	Shadow Sneak Has higher priority.	GHOST	40	100%	30	One Target
EGG	Confuse Ray Confuses the target.	GHOST	--	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Knock Off Double damage if the target has a held item and knocks it off.	DARK	65	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Encore Forces the target to use its recent move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	5	One Target
EGG	Misty Terrain Activates Misty Terrain for 5 turns, which protects non-airborne Pokémon from status conditions and halves damage from Dragon-type moves.	FAIRY	--	--	10	Entire Field
EGG	Ally Switch Switches places with Kirlia for the rest of the battle.	PSYCHIC	--	--	15	User

Kirlia's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Kirlia's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Kirlia's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Kirlia is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	186	217	249	280	38
Attack	75	106	138	169	35
Defense	75	106	138	169	35
Sp. Atk	135	166	198	229	65
Sp. Def	115	146	178	209	55
Speed	105	136	168	199	50
Total					278

Where to Find Kirlia in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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If you're looking for where to find Kirlia, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Kirlia in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Special Ways to Get Kirlia

Available in some low-level Max Raid Dens in the Wild Area and the Isle of Armor (DLC).

Getting Kirlia By Evolution

Evolves from Ralts at level 20.

Location information on where to find Kirlia in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will be coming to the Marriland Pokédex in a future update! Thank you for your patience!

Pokédex Entries for Kirlia

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

Sword

If its Trainer becomes happy, it overflows with energy, dancing joyously while spinning about.

Shield

It has a psychic power that enables it to distort the space around it and see into the future.

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X

The cheerful spirit of its Trainer gives it energy for its psychokinetic power. It spins and dances when happy.

Y

It has a psychic power that enables it to distort the space around it and see into the future.

Omega Ruby

It is said that a Kirlia that is exposed to the positive emotions of its Trainer grows beautiful. This Pokémon controls psychokinetic powers with its highly developed brain.

Alpha Sapphire

Kirlia uses the horns on its head to amplify its psychokinetic power. When the Pokémon uses its power, the air around it becomes distorted, creating mirages of nonexistent scenery.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White Black 2 White 2

If its Trainer becomes happy, it overflows with energy, dancing joyously while spinning about.

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond Pearl

It is highly perceptive of its Trainer's feelings. It dances when it is feeling happy.

Platinum

If its Trainer becomes happy, it overflows with energy, dancing joyously while spinning about.

HeartGold SoulSilver

It has a psychic power that enables it to distort the space around it and see into the future.

Generation 3 Pokédex Entries

Ruby

It is said that a KIRLIA that is exposed to the positive emotions of its TRAINER grows beautiful. This POKéMON controls psychokinetic powers with its highly developed brain.

Sapphire

KIRLIA uses the horns on its head to amplify its psychokinetic power. When the POKéMON uses its power, the air around it becomes distorted, creating mirages of nonexistent scenery.

Emerald

A KIRLIA has the psychic power to create a rip in the dimensions and see into the future. It is said to dance with pleasure on sunny mornings.

FireRed LeafGreen

The cheerful spirit of its TRAINER gives it energy for its psychokinetic power. It spins and dances when happy.