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ho-oh
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Ho Oh

Rainbow Pokémon

FireFlying

Its feathers are in seven colors. It is said that anyone seeing it is promised eternal happiness.

Base Stats

HP 106
Attack 130
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 110
Sp. Def 154
Speed 90
Total 680

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Rainbow Pokémon
Height 3.8 m
Weight 199.0 kg
Base Exp 306
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat Rare
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

ho-oh Front Front
ho-oh Back Back
ho-oh Front Shiny Front Shiny
ho-oh Back Shiny Back Shiny
ho-oh Official Art Official Art
ho-oh Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ubers Usage: 27.6%
Tank
Item
Leftovers / Life Orb
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 248
Atk 176
SpD 84
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 248
Atk 252
Spe 8
Physical Sweeper
Moves
Flame Charge / Tailwind
Roost / Earthquake
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
HP 52
Atk 252
Spe 204
Physically Defensive
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 248
Atk 8
Def 252

Strategy Overview

With a huge base 130 Attack and powerful STAB options in Sacred Fire (which carries an impressive 50% burn rate) and Brave Bird, Ho-Oh can easily put serious hurt on anything that dares to stand up to it. Regenerator increases Ho-Oh's durability, allowing Ho-Oh to function as a bulky pivot. Ho-Oh can even amp up its middling Speed with Flame Charge, potentially sweeping an entire weakened team with its immensely powerful STABs. Ho-Oh is one of the most dangerous sun based Pokemon in the game; even in rain, Ho-Oh still has a powerful Brave Bird to throw around, a move not even Kyogre will enjoy taking. Ho-Oh is not restricted to a specific weather archetype because it counters certain threats such as Arceus-Fighting, Arceus-Ghost, and sun teams, which often find themselves completely walled by Ho-Oh. 154 base Special Defense with 106 base HP gives Ho-Oh great special bulk and, when combined with Ho-Oh's good offenses and Sacred Fire's great burn chance, makes it an amazing offensive tank that has equal special bulk to Great Wall Lugia! Even with a crippling weakness to the common Stealth Rock, Ho-Oh's amazing qualities allow it to thrive in the hostile Uber metagame due to its combination of power and bulk. Unfortunately, Stealth Rock will continue to be Ho-Oh's biggest weakness even with access to Regenerator, as the rainbow bird despises losing 50% of its HP on every switch.

Most Used Moves

Brave Bird
100.0%
Roost
47.9%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
23.9%
Leftovers
16.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc