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Meditite (Japanese: アサナン Asanan) is a dual-type Fighting/Psychic Pokémon introduced in Generation III.
It evolves into Medicham starting at level 37.
Biology
Meditite is a humanoid, bipedal Pokémon that resembles a person meditating. It usually sits in a yoga position, with knees bent and feet together with its hands resting on its knees. Its lower body is blue, with white on the wrists, feet, and lower body. Its onion-shaped head is also white with large eyes and pink ovals on its cheeks. It has round, swirled ears on the sides of its head. These ears are higher up on a male than on a female.
Meditite heightens its inner energy and spiritual power through meditation, which also allows it to levitate. It trains hours a day and never skips its daily yoga training. Meditite's training never ends, since it constantly loses concentration and focus while meditating. It eats one berry per day as part of training, which tempers its spirit and makes its senses sharper. It lives and trains on the mountains.
Meditite and its evolved form, Medicham, are the only known Pokémon that can have Pure Power as an Ability.
Evolution
Meditite evolves into Medicham.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Game data
Pokédex entries
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| Generation III | | Hoenn
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| Ruby | Meditite undertakes rigorous mental training deep in the mountains. However, whenever it meditates, this Pokémon always loses its concentration and focus. As a result, its training never ends. |
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| Sapphire | Meditite heightens its inner energy through meditation. It survives on just one berry a day. Minimal eating is another aspect of this Pokémon's training. |
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| Emerald | It continually meditates for hours every day. As a result of rigorous and dedicated yoga training, it has tempered its spiritual power so much it can fly. |
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| FireRed | It never skips its daily yoga training. It heightens its inner strength through meditation. |
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| Diamond | It eats just one berry a day. By enduring hunger, its spirit is tempered and made sharper. |
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| Pearl | It never misses its daily yoga workouts, and it heightens its spiritual power through meditation. |
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| Platinum | It always trains deep in mountains. It levitates when it heightens its spiritual power through meditation. |
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| HeartGold | It meditates to heighten its inner energy and to float in the air. It eats one berry a day. |
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| Black | It always trains deep in mountains. It levitates when it heightens its spiritual power through meditation. |
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| Black 2 | It always trains deep in mountains. It levitates when it heightens its spiritual power through meditation. |
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| Generation VI | | Kalos
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| X | It always trains deep in mountains. It levitates when it heightens its spiritual power through meditation. |
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| Y | It eats just one berry a day. By enduring hunger, its spirit is tempered and made sharper. |
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| Omega Ruby | Meditite undertakes rigorous mental training deep in the mountains. However, whenever it meditates, this Pokémon always loses its concentration and focus. As a result, its training never ends. |
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| Alpha Sapphire | Meditite heightens its inner energy through meditation. It survives on just one berry a day. Minimal eating is another aspect of this Pokémon's training. |
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#161 | | Kitakami
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| Scarlet | It never skips its daily yoga training. It heightens its inner strength through meditation. |
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| Violet | It meditates to heighten its inner energy and to float in the air. It eats one berry a day. |
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Meditite
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Meditite
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Meditite
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Meditite
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Meditite
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Meditite
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Meditite
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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Side game data
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(Crush ×1) | | Loops: 4 | Min. exp.: 22 | Max. exp.: 36 | Browser entry R-085
| | Meditite slaps things with its tiny hands. It can break through weakened walls. |
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Pokémon Rumble Rush | Walking Speed: 2.08 seconds | Base HP: 41 | | | Base Attack: 66 | Base Defense: 49 | Base Speed: 60 |
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Evolution data
Sprites
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In the anime
Main series
Major appearances
Meditite debuted in A Meditite Fight, under the ownership of Shauna. It was used during her two battles with Ash, and it ultimately lost in the second battle.
In Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, Lizabeth and her family used a Meditite for their Marina Underwater Pokémon Show. It and a Medicham would use Psychic to make balls of water that would retain their form.
In a flashback in Lost Leader Strategy!, Maylene used a Meditite in her Gym battle with Paul, but it was defeated by Honchkrow. In Crossing the Battle Line!, it was used in a battle with Dawn. It battled her Buneary and won, but then lost to Ambipom. In A Triple Fighting Chance!, Meditite was used to battle Ash. It managed to confuse his Chimchar and Staravia before losing to the latter.
In Raid Battle in The Ruins!, Kira's Meditite first saved Ash after he fell into a trap. It was then used to battle a giant Golurk during a Raid Battle, but it was soon defeated.
Minor appearances
A Meditite appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
In Spontaneous Combusken!, a Meditite was at the Chrysanthemum Island beach.
Pokédex entries
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| AG030 | Meditite | May's Pokédex | Meditite, the Meditation Pokémon. Meditite meditates in order to build up its mental energy. It is said that it eats only one Berry a day. |
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| DP067 | Meditite | Dawn's Pokédex | Meditite, the Meditate Pokémon. Meditite uses meditation to increase its power, never skipping a single day of yoga training. |
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GOTCHA!
A Meditite briefly appeared in GOTCHA!, under the ownership of Maylene.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
In a flashback in The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon XIII, Wallace's Clamperl defeated a Meditite during the Pokémon League.
In Magnificent Meditite & Really Riolu I, Maylene has a Meditite that handily defeated Pearl's Chatot, nicknamed Chatler, who Platinum borrowed so she could battle her.
A Meditite appeared in Disagreeable Graveler.
A Meditite appeared in Clobbering Claydol, under the ownership of a Battle Girl.
In the TCG
Main article: Meditite (TCG)Trivia
- In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Meditite is obtainable via the Sinnoh Sound even though it was introduced in Generation III. However, it appears in the Sinnoh Pokédex.
- Like its evolution Medicham, Meditite is one of the few Pokémon whose official artwork shows the female form.
- In Generation III, before the introduction of gender differences, all Meditite and Medicham had the appearance of a female regardless of gender.
- Meditite has the lowest base HP stat of all Fighting-type Pokémon.
- Meditite's normal and Shiny colorations are opposites of those of its evolution Medicham. Meditite's normal coloration is mainly blue, while its Shiny coloration is mainly pink, whereas Medicham is pink and blue, respectively.
Origin
Meditite appears to have been based on a practitioner of yoga and is meditating in almost all of the media it appears in. Its yoga position in its artwork and sprites is the Lotus position, where one crosses one's legs and places their feet on the opposing thighs. This position supposedly holds the mind completely steady for long periods of time and calms it, heightening the user's senses. Its hat somewhat resembles a turban and may also be the caps worn by many depictions of Hindu deities, such as Shiva, who are commonly seen meditating.
Name origin
Meditite may be a combination of meditate and petite or tyke. It may also involve tight as in tight focus.
Asanan may be derived from asana (body posture in yoga) and possibly 軟 nan (soft, flexible).
In other languages
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| More languages |  Hindi | नन्नासन Nannaasan | From नन्हा nanha and आसन aasan |  Russian | Медитайт Meditayt | Transcription of English name |  Thai | อาซานัน Asanan | Transcription of Japanese name |
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