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noctowl
#164

Noctowl

Owl Pokémon

NormalFlying

Its eyes are specially developed to enable it to see clearly even in murky darkness and minimal light.

Base Stats

HP 100
Attack 50
Defense 50
Sp. Atk 86
Sp. Def 96
Speed 70
Total 452

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Owl Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 40.8 kg
Base Exp 158
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

noctowl Front Front
noctowl Back Back
noctowl Front Shiny Front Shiny
noctowl Back Shiny Back Shiny
noctowl Official Art Official Art
noctowl Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

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Specially Defensive
Moves
Night Shade / Air Slash
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 248
Def 8
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Noctowl is a decent specially defensive Pokemon, but there isn't much of a reason to choose it over Mandibuzz. It has poor physical bulk—leaving it prone to getting forced out by many physical attackers—a poor defensive typing, and unlike Mandibuzz, a movepool that lacks useful tools such as Taunt and Foul Play. Noctowl's only niche is Insomnia, which, together with its great special bulk, allows it to wall most Grass-types with ease, but more often than not, this isn't enough to justify using it over Mandibuzz.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc