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aerodactyl
#142

Aerodactyl

Fossil Pokémon

RockFlying

A Pokémon that roamed the skies in the dinosaur era. Its teeth are like saw blades.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 105
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 75
Speed 130
Total 515

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Fossil Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 59.0 kg
Base Exp 180
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

aerodactyl Front Front
aerodactyl Back Back
aerodactyl Front Shiny Front Shiny
aerodactyl Back Shiny Back Shiny
aerodactyl Official Art Official Art
aerodactyl Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Unnerve Support
Moves
Tailwind / Taunt
Protect / Taunt
Item
Focus Sash / Rock Gem
Ability
Unnerve
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

At first glance, Aerodactyl seems like a rather nondescript Pokemon. Sure, it's fast and has access to Taunt and STAB Rock Slide, but it doesn't hit very hard at all, possesses a weak Flying-type STAB, and has weaknesses to a plethora of common types. However, Aerodactyl was given a subtle but huge improvement in its Dream World ability: Unnerve. Unnerve prevents the opponent's Pokemon from using any of their berries, which means there is no more Yache for Garchomp, Charti for Thundurus, Chople for Scrafty, Occa for Scizor, Shuca for Metagross, Coba for Amoonguss, or Sitrus or Lum for anything. This can be an incredibly potent way to assure KOs with Pokemon that can otherwise be stymied by common resistance berries. This simple change makes Aerodactyl a useful team player, and helps it in its own right against the common users of Charti and Coba Berries.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc