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archeops
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Archeops

First Bird Pokémon

RockFlying

They are intelligent and will cooperate to catch prey. From the ground, they use a running start to take flight.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 140
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 112
Sp. Def 65
Speed 110
Total 567

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

archeops Archeops Lv. 37

Moves

Details

Category First Bird Pokémon
Height 1.4 m
Weight 32.0 kg
Base Exp 177
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Flying ,Water3

Sprites

archeops Front Front
archeops Back Back
archeops Front Shiny Front Shiny
archeops Back Shiny Back Shiny
archeops Official Art Official Art
archeops Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Acrobatics
Item
Flying Gem
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 252
SpA 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

With its phenomenal 140 / 112 / 110 offenses, Archeops is a regular wrecking ball of flying fury. Its overall good movepool, along with new toys from BW2, such as Heat Wave and Roost, allows Archeops to become a scary Pokemon to deal with. However, there's a reason why such a monster is lurking down in the RU tier, mostly courtesy of an awful ability in Defeatist, which halves Archeops's damage output when its health is lower than 50%. Being weak to Stealth Rock and having piss poor defenses don't help Archeops at all to try and compensate for the ability. Nonetheless, with proper support, Archeops can become an offensive juggernaut.

Most Used Moves

U-turn
42.5%
Endeavor
21.5%

Most Used Items

Nothing
6.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc