Lunala (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Lunala (disambiguation).

Lunala Moone Pokémon ルナアーラ Lunala #0792 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Psychic Ghost Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Shadow Shield Cacophony Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 3 (1.6%)
Breeding Egg Group No Eggs Discovered Hatch time 120 cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 13'01" 4.0 m Lunala 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 264.6 lbs. 120.0 kg Lunala 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 306	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Lunala 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 3 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Purple	Base friendship 0
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Lunala (Japanese: ルナアーラ Lunala) is a dual-type Psychic/Ghost Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation VII.

It evolves from Cosmoem when leveled up in Pokémon Moon, Ultra Moon, Shield, or Violet starting at level 53. It is one of Cosmog's final forms, the other being Solgaleo.

Along with Solgaleo, it was initially shown, without a name or any data, in May 2016, but information on it was officially revealed on June 2, 2016.

Lunala is the game mascot of Pokémon Moon, appearing on its boxart. Lunala, Solgaleo, and Necrozma are often collectively referred to as the light trio by fans. It is associated with the guardian deities. It is related to the Ultra Beasts.

Lunala can be taken over by Necrozma through the N-Lunarizer to become Dawn Wings Necrozma.

Biology

Lunala in its Full Moon phase

Lunala is a large Pokémon resembling a skeletal, legless bat. It has a short snout, dark pink eyes with white centers, and a deep blue area on its upper head that shows a constantly changing starscape. A rigid raised hood wraps around its head in a crescent shape and drapes around its neck as well. The outside of the hood is yellow, while the inner part that curves around Lunala's head is white with deep blue streaks. Its torso resembles a ribcage with a slightly curved spike on each shoulder and three spikes extending from the bottom toward its tail. Its massive wings resemble a bat's wings with the skeleton exposed, except that Lunala's wings have a total of seven "finger bones": four running through each wing, one running along the edge to the outermost tip, and two pointing upwards that may act as claws that are more functional. The four "bones" in Lunala's wings are only visible in segments. The skin of Lunala's wings is an iridescent deep blue and a light blue light source appears to glow from behind its ribcage. A large, pale yellow crescent connects the outermost tip of each wing to the next two inner tips, and the remaining two innermost tips are adorned by yellow, four-pointed stars. The bottom of Lunala's tail is also lined by a yellow crescent with a ridge running up the middle of the tail towards the rib cage.

When Lunala enters its Full Moon phase, its third eye—a light red symbol of an eye—appears on its forehead and the starscape turns to streaks of light. The skin of its wings glows a bright, light blue. It spreads its wings wide so that the golden parts on each wing are arranged in a circle. It enters this phase while using its signature move or traveling through Ultra Space. The phase does not appear in the series as of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.^[1]

Lunala has long been honored as an emissary of the moon;^[2] in ancient times, it was known as "the beast that calls the moon". This Pokémon constantly absorbs light to convert it into energy and can obscure daylight with darkness. When it spreads its wings to absorb light and glitter, it resembles a beautiful night sky.^[2] It is said to live in another world, which it returns to when it opens its third eye. Lunala can create Ultra Wormholes to travel to and from Ultra Space. It can emit a sinister ray to attack its target. Alongside its counterpart, Solgaleo, it can create Cosmog, which it is said to be the female evolution of. Lunala and Solgaleo also have the power to create Z-Crystals and even restore Necrozma's light, allowing it to return to its true, Ultra form. It can also influence a Rockruff's evolution into Lycanroc's Midnight form with lunar energy.^[3] Ultra Recon Squad use Lunala as their own Ride Pokémon to travel through Ultra Space.

Lunala, similar to Solgaleo, is a being composed of light; due to that, it is constantly hunted down by Necrozma through Ultra Space, so it can try and devour Lunala's light to ease its nonstopping pain and regain its original, form. When taken over by Necrozma, Necrozma's body divides into pieces that connect to Lunala's body like an armor, possessing it and transforming itself into Dawn Wings Necrozma, as its pieces constantly absorb Lunala's light. However, Lunala can coexist with Necrozma willingly, regardless of fusion.^[4][5] Lunala loves Lunala Treats made by Snacksworth, who once encountered it in the past.

Lunala and Dawn Wings Necrozma are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Moongeist Beam. They are also the only known Pokémon capable of using the Z-Move Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom. Additionally, Lunala is the only known Pokémon that can have Shadow Shield as an Ability.

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  Taken over by Necrozma as Dawn Wings Necrozma

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  Concept artwork of Lunala for Pokémon Sun and Moon

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  Concept artwork of Lunala's Full Moon phase for Sun and Moon

Evolution

Lunala evolves from Cosmoem and is one of the final forms of Cosmog, the other being Solgaleo.

Unevolved Cosmog  Psychic

→

First Evolution Cosmoem  Psychic

→

Second Evolution Lunala  Psychic  Ghost

Game data

Nebby with Lillie in a merchandise line, illustrated by Megumi Mizutani

NPC appearances

Main article: Nebby

• Pokémon Moon and Ultra Moon: Lunala, nicknamed Nebby, is a major character and boss in the games.
• Pokémon Ultra Sun: Lunala is used as a Ride Pokémon by the Ultra Recon Squad. The player can use it for Ultra Warp Ride to travel through Ultra Space.

Pokédex entries

Lunala in the Alola PokédexSM	Lunala in the Alola PokédexUSUM

Game locations

In side games

In events

Games	Event	Region	Location	Level	Distribution period
SUS	Eclipse Shiny Lunala	PAL region	Online	60	October 1 to November 15, 2019
SUS	Eclipse Shiny Lunala	American region	Online	60	October 21, 2019 to January 15, 2020
SUS	Eclipse Shiny Lunala	Korean region	Online	60	November 15 to December 31, 2019
SUS	Eclipse Shiny Lunala	Japanese region	Online	60	December 19, 2019 to February 3, 2020

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		Gold Bottle Cap (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Lunala is available in Scarlet and Violet Version 3.0.0+.

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM004 TM004 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM014 TM014 Acrobatics Flying Physical 05555 100}}100% 15 TM017 TM017 Confuse Ray Ghost Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM023 TM023 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM027 TM027 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM029 TM029 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM034 TM034 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM042 TM042 Night Shade Ghost Special 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM054 TM054 Psyshock Psychic Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM061 TM061 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 100}}100% 15 TM065 TM065 Air Slash Flying Special 07575 095}}95% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM074 TM074 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM079 TM079 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM097 TM097 Fly Flying Physical 09090 095}}95% 15 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM107 TM107 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM109 TM109 Trick Psychic Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM113 TM113 Tailwind Flying Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM114 TM114 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM118 TM118 Heat Wave Fire Special 09595 090}}90% 10 TM120 TM120 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM126 TM126 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM129 TM129 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM135 TM135 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM143 TM143 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TM151 TM151 Phantom Force Ghost Physical 09090 100}}100% 10 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM158 TM158 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 070}}70% 5 TM161 TM161 Trick Room Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM166 TM166 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM168 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM177 TM177 Spite Ghost Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM197 TM197 Dual Wingbeat Flying Physical 04040 090}}90% 10 TM198 TM198 Poltergeist Ghost Physical 110110 090}}90% 5 TM203 TM203 Psych Up Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM217 TM217 Future Sight Psychic Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM218 TM218 Expanding Force Psychic Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM220 TM220 Meteor Beam Rock Special 120120 090}}90% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Lunala Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Lunala Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

By a prior Evolution

Generation IX Other generations: VII - VIII

Stage   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Splash Normal Status — —% 40

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Lunala Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Lunala

Side game data

Pokémon Shuffle Ghost Attack Power: 80 - 145 20 #734 Phantom Combo Increases damage done by any Ghost types in the combo.

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.17 seconds Base HP: 65 Base Attack: 87 Base Defense: 59 Base Speed: 60

Pokémon GO Base HP: 264 Base Attack: 255 Base Defense: 191 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 20 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Air Slash, Confusion Charged Attacks: Future Sight, Moonblast, Psychic, Shadow Ball

Evolution data

Unevolved Cosmog  Psychic

Level 43 →

First Evolution Cosmoem  Psychic

+ Level 53 in Pokémon Moon, Ultra Moon, Shield, or Violet →

Second Evolution Lunala  Psychic  Ghost

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Generation VIII Sword Shield
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Lunala images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

In animation

Lunala in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

Full Moon phase Lunala in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

Main series

Major appearances

Lunala (anime)

A Lunala appeared in Filling the Light with Darkness!, where it and Nebby tried to escape from Necrozma as it pursued them through an Ultra Wormhole. It continued to make appearances in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon as Ash and his classmates dealt with Necrozma's effects on the Alola region.

Minor appearances

Lunala debuted alongside Solgaleo in Ash's dream in A Dream Encounter!, where it and Solgaleo were shown creating Nebby. It reappeared in flashbacks in Faba's Revenge! and Revealing the Stuff of Legend!, and also in a fantasy in Tough Guy Trials!.

A silhouetted Lunala appeared in a fantasy in Healing the Healer!.

A Lunala appeared in a photo in HZ076.

GOTCHA!

A Lunala briefly appeared as a silhouette in GOTCHA!.

Pokémon Evolutions

Lunala in Pokémon Evolutions

Nebby

In The Eclipse, a Cosmoem nicknamed Nebby evolved into Lunala at the Altar of the Moone, where it subsequently battled Necrozma and ended up being absorbed.

In the manga

Lunala in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Main article: Nebby

Lunala debuted as a silhouette in a fantasy in Play the Melody That Echoes in the Altar.

Lunala physically debuted in Summon the Emissaries of the Moon and the Sun, where Nebby evolved into it at the Poni Altar with the power of the Moon Flute.

Pokémon Horizon

A Lunala appeared in The Opened Wormhole, where it was summoned by Tokio in order to suppress the power of Solgaleo and thus prevent Meja from using the latter as his superweapon's power source.

In the TCG

Main article: Lunala (TCG)

Other appearances

Lunala in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Lunala appears as a Pokémon summoned from the Poké Ball. It enters its Full Moon phase and attacks using its signature move Moongeist Beam. Lunala also appears as a Spirit.

Lunala's roar in this game includes the sound of Mothra's cry from the Godzilla film franchise.

Trivia

• In Pokémon Sun and Moon, Lunala has a base experience yield of 136.
• Lunala loses the most weight of any Pokémon after evolution, weighing 879.9 kilograms less than Cosmoem.
• Lunala is tied with Giratina, Dawn Wings Necrozma, and Shadow Rider Calyrex for the highest base stat total of all Ghost-type Pokémon.
• Lunala's Japanese name and its romanization were revealed in a tweet^{[dead link]} of their trademark on March 22, 2016.
• Lunala's physical and special stats are the reverse of Solgaleo's.
• In games prior to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Lunala has a catch rate of 45.
• In Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Zapdos and Lunala share the same cry, as seen in A Crackling Raid Battle!.
• Lunala's verbal cry in Pokémon Moon, "Mahina-pea", may be based on the words mahina (Hawaiian for moon) and ʻōpeʻapeʻa (Hawaiian for bat). In addition, mahina piha is Hawaiian for full moon.

Origin

Lunala appears to be based on a bat with a Moon motif. In particular, it might reference the two known Hawaiian bat species, the still living Hawaiian hoary bat and the extinct Synemporion, or the ghost bat.

It could also be based on Itzpapalotl, a skeletal Aztec goddess and star demon, often depicted with bladed bat wings; Camazotz, a Mayan bat god that was associated with the night, death, and sacrifice; Leutogi, a Samoan protector bat goddess; and Pe'a-pe'a-makawalu, an eight-eyed bat that Hawaiian demigod Maui snatched eyes from. This may also be a basis for Lunala's auxiliary eye in Full Moon phase. Its Ghost typing and association with the night may also connect it to Hine-nui-te-pō of Maori legend; goddess of the night and the receiver of the dead, and in myths is said to be the reason why the sky turns red during twilight, similar to Lunala's Shiny coloration. The combination of Lunala's skeletal appearance and bladed sickle-like wings may also bring to mind, the Grim Reaper, another personification of death. Its Shiny coloration may also be based on the reddish color of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse. Additionally, Lunala resembles a sun dog.

Name origin

Lunala may be a combination of luna (Latin for moon), ala (Latin for wing), and possibly lunula (which means something crescent-shaped).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ルナアーラ Lunala From luna and ala. French Lunala Same as English/Japanese name Spanish Lunala Same as English/Japanese name German Lunala Same as English/Japanese name Italian Lunala Same as English/Japanese name Korean 루나아라 Lunala Transcription of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 露奈雅拉 Lùnàiyǎlā Transcription of Japanese name Cantonese Chinese 露奈雅拉 Louhnoihngáhlāai Mandarin-based transcription of Japanese name

More languages Hindi लूनाला Lunala Transcription of English/Japanese name Russian Лунала Lunala Transcription of English name Thai ลูนาอาลา Lunaala Transcription of Japanese name

Full Moon phase

Language Title Japanese フルムーンフェーズ Full Moon Phase Chinese Cantonese 滿月狀態 Múhnyuht Johngtaai Mandarin 滿月狀態 / 满月状态 Mǎnyuè Zhuàngtài Czech Full Moon Phase French Phase Pleine Lune German Vollmondphase Hungarian Full Moon alak Italian Fase luna piena Korean 풀문페이즈 Full Moon Phase Polish Full Moon Phase Russian Фаза Полная Луна Faza Polnaya Luna Spanish Fase Luna Llena

The beast that calls the moon

Language Title Japanese 月を誘いし獣 Chinese Cantonese 稱為邀引月亮之獸 Mandarin 稱為邀引月亮之獸 / 称为邀引月亮之兽 French Celui qui invite la lune German Mondbringer Italian Creatura che evoca la luna Korean 달을 현혹하는 짐승이라는 Spanish Criatura que invoca a la luna

Related articles

• Nebby
• Lunala (anime)
• Light trio
• Legendary Pokémon
• Myths and legends involving Legendary and Mythical Pokémon
• Ultra Aura
• Pokémon fusion

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