Necrozma is a legendary psychic-type Pokemon and a member of the Light Trio along with Solgaleo and Lunala. Known as the “Prism Pokémon”, Necrozma consumes light as its main energy source and must continue consuming light in order to avoid developing impurities. If Necrozma does not consume enough light, it will darken and become immobile which will result in a long slumber. Vengeful and destructive, Necrozma is an antagonist within Pokemon the Series: Sun & Moon and is the first antagonist of the main Pokemon game series to be a Pokemon rather than a human.
About Necrozma
| First appearance in anime | Sixth Series (Pokemon the Series: Sun & Moon) |
| First appearance in game | Generation VII (Sun and Moon) |
| Region | Alola |
| Evolution | N/A |
| 1st Evo level | N/A |
| 2nd Evo level | N/A |
| Pokedex Entry | Sun: Reminiscent of the Ultra Beasts, this life-form, apparently asleep underground, is thought to have come from another world in ancient times. Moon: Light is apparently the source of its energy. It has an extraordinarily vicious disposition and is constantly firing off laser beams. Ultra Sun: It looks somehow pained as it rages around in search of light, which serves as its energy. It's apparently from another world. Ultra Moon: Light is the source of its energy. If it isn't devouring light, impurities build up in it and on it, and Necrozma darkens and stops moving. |
Necrozma Base stats
| HP | 97 |
| ATTACK | 107 |
| DEFENCE | 101 |
| SP. ATTACK | 127 |
| SP. DEFENCE | 89 |
| SPEED | 79 |
| TOTAL | 600 |
Appearance of Necrozma
Necrozma is a vaguely humanoid Pokemon made up of a black crystalline material that darkened as a result of its long slumber prior to the Pokemon series. Made up of angular shapes, Necrozma has multiple protrusions which form spikes and limbs with three hook-like claws on each limb. It has two disproportionately large hands with white triangles on the palms and white crystals which jut out and fade to black. Necrozma has a multicolored geometric brain prism that resembles a face with eyes and glows white when consuming light. It can alter its form by taking control over Solgaleo and Lunala and forming a crystallized version of its host.
Behavior of Necrozma
Necrozma is often vicious in its behavior due to its constant need for light. Known as the “Blinding One” by those in ancient Alola due to its ability to spread light across Ultra Space. After the citizens of Ultra Megalopolis imprisoned Necrozma within the Megalo Tower as a power source, Necrozma was injured in a way that caused it to constantly drain light. This injury causes Necrozma to despise humans and ravage its environment to search for light. It is considered a fully sentient creature motivated by vengeance and destruction.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Necrozma has a high special attack stat which makes it efficient with an offensive strategy. Though its relatively low speed and special defense stats can cause some issues in combat. As a psychic-type pokemon, Necrozma is especially strong against fighting and bug-types and is resistant to psychic and fighting attacks, but is weak against bug, dark, and ghost-type Pokemon.
Ultra Necrozma
Ultra Necrozma is a version of Necrozma which has fused with either Solgaleo or Lunala while holding an Ultranecrozium Z can use Ultra Burst in order to return to its original form before its captivity. Ultra Necrozma has altered stats from Necrozma, with a large increase in its speed and offensive stats, a small increase in its special defense stat, and a small decrease in its defense stat. These stat changes cause Ultra Necrozma to have a total base stat of 754. Ultra Necrozma is a psychic and dragon-type, while Necrozma itself is just a psychic-type, which alters its strengths and weaknesses by making it weak to ice, dragon, and fairy-types and strong against dragon-type Pokemon. Ultra Necrozma also gains the ability Neuroforce, which powers up super-effective moves.
Shiny Necrozma
Shiny Necrozma is a version of Necrozma which is dark blue instead of black. Besides aesthetic changes, Shiny Necrozma is identical to Necrozma.
Dusk Mane Necrozma
Dusk Mane Necrozma is a version of Necrozma which has fused itself to the Pokemon Solgaleo, feeding off of its light energy. This form has a boosted attack, defense, and special defense at the cost of a slight decrease in its special attack and speed. Dusk Mane Necrozma is a psychic and steel-type Pokemon. This causes Dusk Mane Necrozma to be weak to ground and fire-type Pokemon, resistant to grass, steel, rock, flying, ice, dragon, fairy, and normal-type pokemon, and immune to poison-type attacks. This also has the consequence of making Dusk Mane Necrozma no longer weak to bug-type Pokemon when compared to Necrozma.
Dawn Wings Necrozma
Dawn Wings Necrozma is a version of Necrozma which has fused itself to the Pokemon Lunala in order to feed off of its life energy. Dawn Wings Necrozma has a large increase in special attack and special defense, as well as minor boosts in attack and defense and a small decrease in speed. Dawn Wings Necrozma is a psychic and ghost-type Pokemon which causes it to be resistant to poison types and immune to normal and fighting types. This form is also no longer weak bug-types and no longer resistant to fighting-types when compared to Necrozma.
Shiny Ultra Necrozma
Shiny Ultra Necrozma is a version of Ultra Necrozma which is white instead of a light yellow. Besides aesthetic changes, Shiny Ultra Necrozma is identical to Ultra Necrozma.
Ultra Necrozma GX
Ultra Necrozma GX is a basic dragon-type Pokémon-GX card, which was released as a part of the Forbidden Light card expansion. The card has five different released prints.
Best moveset
Necrozma has the ability Prism Armor, which allows Necrozma to withstand super-effective hits. This ability helps make up for its possible type disadvantages and supports an offensive-based strategy. Besides this ability, the three separate versions of Necrozma have different ideal move types due to their different STAB (same-type attack bonus) moves.
Necrozma/ Ultra Necrozma:
| Photon Geyser | Knock Off |
| Stealth Rock | X-Scissor |
Dusk Mane Necrozma:
| Photon Geyser | Earthquake |
| Sunsteel Strike | Sword Dance |
Dawn Wing Necrozma:
| Psyshock | Calm Mind |
| Power Gem | Moongeist Beam |
How to catch Necrozma in Pokemon Go?
Necrozma is not available in Pokemon Go.
Video Guide
Trivia
- Necrozma is based on the ability of prisms to reflect light
- Necrozma is the only member of the Light Trio to have its own Z-Move/ Z-Crystal as well as the only member to have multiple signature moves
- Necrozma is the only antagonist of a core series game to be a Pokemon itself and it is the only mascot which serves as the main antagonist of its featured game
- Necrozma is the second legendary Pokemon to be able to fuse with other Pokémon, with Kyurem being the first
- Necrozma’s name is inspired by “Project Ozma”, an experiment conducted in 1960 in order to find and contact alien life
- Necrozma is not an Ultra Beast within the core series games or the anime (though it is originally believed to be an Ultra Beast), though it is categorized as one within the Pokemon Adventures manga, since it is able to be caught with a Beast Ball in the manga
- Necrozma displays some similarities to black dwarfs, black holes, or neutron stars
- The Dusk Mane and Dawn Wings forms show similarities to solar and lunar eclipses due to the symbolism of covering or “consuming” the sun/ moon
FAQs
Q. Is Necrozma the strongest Pokemon?
Ultra Necrozma is the 7th strongest Pokemon in terms of total base stats, with Eternamax Eternatus having the highest total base stats. This, however, is not a definitive description of strength, since strategy can affect how strong each Pokemon can be.
Q. Is Necrozma a legendary Pokemon?
Necrozma is a legendary Pokemon. While it is somewhat connected to the Ultra Beasts due to the questline it was caught in, it is a legendary Pokemon and cannot be caught with Beast Balls.
Q. Is Necrozma good or bad?
Necrozma is a Generation VII antagonist due to its desire to seek vengeance against humankind for its imprisonment.
Conclusion
This specific member of the Light Trio has caught public attention for what should be obvious reasons. From its status as an antagonist to its multitude of forms, Necrozma is a Pokemon which fans of Pokemon lore should pay close attention to.
