Pokemon Team Rocket Edition Primal & Legendary Forms

Pokemon Team Rocket Edition includes a group of powerful Primal forms and special Legendary Pokemon with altered typings, abilities and greatly increased base stats.

This page covers:

• Primal Zapdos
• Primal Moltres
• Primal Articuno
• Primal Ghost
• Primal Ho-Oh
• Primal Lugia
• Primal Kyurem
• Primal Regigigas
• Primal Arceus
• Original Dragon
• Essence

English version note: some forms tied to later story content may not yet appear in the English translation because it is behind the Spanish version.

Primal & Legendary Forms at a Glance

Form	Type	Abilities	Base Stat Total
Zapdos-P	Electric/Dark	Electric Surge / Levitate / Drizzle	680
Moltres-P	Fire/Dragon	Drought / Multiscale / Levitate	680
Articuno-P	Ice/Water	Snow Warning / Levitate / Fur Coat	680
Ghost-P	Ghost/Dark	Dark Aura	790
Ho-Oh-P	Fire/Fairy	Good as Gold	780
Lugia-P	Psychic/Water	Ice Scales	780
Kyurem-P	Dragon/Ice	No Guard	800
Regigigas-P	Normal/Ground	Mold Breaker	820
Arceus-P	Normal	Protean	900
Original Dragon	Dragon	No Guard	905
Essence	Ghost/Fairy	Magic Guard	895

Primal Zapdos

Primal Zapdos becomes Electric/Dark and raises its Special Attack and Speed considerably.

Stat	Official Zapdos	Team Rocket Edition Zapdos	Zapdos-P
HP	90	90	90
Attack	90	85	85
Defense	85	90	100
Sp. Atk	125	125	175
Sp. Def	90	90	100
Speed	100	100	130
Total	580	580	680

Type: Electric/Dark
Abilities: Electric Surge / Levitate / Drizzle

Primal Zapdos is documented as obtainable after Mission 6 of the Johto DLC.

Primal Moltres

Primal Moltres changes to Fire/Dragon and reaches 185 Special Attack.

Stat	Official Moltres	Team Rocket Edition Moltres	Moltres-P
HP	90	90	90
Attack	100	85	85
Defense	90	90	100
Sp. Atk	125	125	185
Sp. Def	85	100	110
Speed	90	90	110
Total	580	580	680

Type: Fire/Dragon
Abilities: Drought / Multiscale / Levitate

Primal Articuno

Primal Articuno becomes Ice/Water and is heavily focused on Special Defense.

Stat	Articuno	Articuno-P
HP	90	90
Attack	85	85
Defense	100	100
Sp. Atk	95	115
Sp. Def	125	185
Speed	85	115
Total	580	680

Type: Ice/Water
Abilities: Snow Warning / Levitate / Fur Coat

Primal Ghost

Primal Ghost is a major upgrade over Ghost, reaching a base stat total of 790.

Stat	Ghost	Ghost-P
HP	90	90
Attack	60	90
Defense	60	90
Sp. Atk	165	205
Sp. Def	150	160
Speed	115	155
Total	640	790

Type: Ghost/Dark
Ability: Dark Aura

Primal Ghost reaches 205 Special Attack and 155 Speed.

For the normal Ghost form, see the Fusions, Alternate Forms & Standalone Pokemon guide.

Primal Ho-Oh

Primal Ho-Oh changes from Fire/Flying to Fire/Fairy.

Stat	Ho-Oh	Ho-Oh-P
HP	106	106
Attack	130	70
Defense	90	120
Sp. Atk	110	150
Sp. Def	154	194
Speed	90	140
Total	680	780

Type: Fire/Fairy
Ability: Good as Gold

Its Special Defense rises to 194, while its Speed increases to 140.

Primal Lugia

Primal Lugia becomes Psychic/Water and gains even greater defensive stats.

Stat	Lugia	Lugia-P
HP	106	106
Attack	90	70
Defense	130	150
Sp. Atk	90	120
Sp. Def	154	194
Speed	90	140
Total	680	780

Type: Psychic/Water
Ability: Ice Scales

Primal Lugia reaches 150 Defense, 194 Special Defense and 140 Speed.

Primal Kyurem

Primal Kyurem keeps its Dragon/Ice typing while receiving major increases to both offensive and defensive stats.

Stat	Kyurem	Kyurem-P
HP	125	125
Attack	130	170
Defense	90	120
Sp. Atk	130	170
Sp. Def	90	120
Speed	95	95
Total	660	800

Type: Dragon/Ice
Ability: No Guard

Both Attack and Special Attack reach 170.

Primal Regigigas

Primal Regigigas becomes Normal/Ground and has one of the highest Attack stats in the game.

Stat	Regigigas	Regigigas-P
HP	110	165
Attack	160	255
Defense	110	150
Sp. Atk	80	50
Sp. Def	110	150
Speed	100	50
Total	670	820

Type: Normal/Ground
Ability: Mold Breaker

Its Attack reaches 255, while HP increases to 165 and both defensive stats reach 150.

Primal Arceus

Primal Arceus raises every base stat to 150.

Stat	Arceus	Arceus-P
HP	120	150
Attack	120	150
Defense	120	150
Sp. Atk	120	150
Sp. Def	120	150
Speed	120	150
Total	720	900

Type: Normal
Ability: Protean

With a base stat total of 900, Primal Arceus is one of the strongest forms documented in the game.

Original Dragon

Original Dragon represents a form beyond Primal Kyurem.

Its Attack and Special Attack both reach 195, while its Speed rises to 150.

Stat	Kyurem	Kyurem-P	Original Dragon
HP	125	125	125
Attack	130	170	195
Defense	90	120	120
Sp. Atk	130	170	195
Sp. Def	90	120	120
Speed	95	95	150
Total	660	800	905

Type: Dragon
Ability: No Guard

At 905 total base stats, Original Dragon has the highest base stat total among the forms on this page.

Essence

Essence is a standalone Legendary Pokemon rather than a Primal transformation of another Pokemon.

Stat	Essence
HP	128
Attack	130
Defense	129
Sp. Atk	196
Sp. Def	156
Speed	156
Total	895

Type: Ghost/Fairy
Ability: Magic Guard

Essence has 196 Special Attack, along with 156 Special Defense and 156 Speed.

Primal Form Stat Comparison

Form	HP	Atk	Def	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed	Total
Zapdos-P	90	85	100	175	100	130	680
Moltres-P	90	85	100	185	110	110	680
Articuno-P	90	85	100	115	185	115	680
Ghost-P	90	90	90	205	160	155	790
Ho-Oh-P	106	70	120	150	194	140	780
Lugia-P	106	70	150	120	194	140	780
Kyurem-P	125	170	120	170	120	95	800
Regigigas-P	165	255	150	50	150	50	820
Arceus-P	150	150	150	150	150	150	900
Original Dragon	125	195	120	195	120	150	905
Essence	128	130	129	196	156	156	895

Availability

Zapdos-P has a documented acquisition point after Mission 6 of the Johto DLC.

The other Primal and Legendary forms on this page do not currently have normal acquisition locations listed in the Pokemon obtainability guide.

They remain included here because they are part of the game’s documented Pokemon and form data.

Related Guides

For other custom and alternate Pokemon, see Fusions, Alternate Forms & Standalone Pokemon.

You can also explore Pokemon Created by Rocket Experiments, Bond Forms, New Mega Evolutions and Changes in Stats, Types & Abilities.

For the full guide index, return to the Pokemon Team Rocket Edition Documentation hub.