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hydreigon
#635

Hydreigon

Brutal Pokémon

DarkDragon

This brutal Pokémon travels the skies on its six wings. Anything that moves seems like a foe to it, triggering its attack.

Base Stats

HP 92
Attack 105
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 125
Sp. Def 90
Speed 98
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

zweilous Zweilous Lv. 50
hydreigon Hydreigon Lv. 64

Moves

Details

Category Brutal Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 160.0 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Dragon

Sprites

hydreigon Front Front
hydreigon Back Back
hydreigon Front Shiny Front Shiny
hydreigon Back Shiny Back Shiny
hydreigon Official Art Official Art
hydreigon Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Attacker
Moves
Dark Pulse / Dragon Pulse
Focus Blast / Roost
Item
Life Orb / Choice Specs
Nature
Modest / Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Hydreigon carves out a decent niche as a strong special attacker thanks to its great STAB moves and incredible coverage. Hydreigon also has some good defensive utility thanks to its decent bulk, immunity to Ground, Psychic, and Spikes, and resistance to common moves like Scald, Hydro Pump, Volt Switch, and Pursuit. Its Pursuit resistance and better coverage give it a niche over the often superior Latios, better defeating bulkier sand teams that rely on Pursuit Tyranitar to remove wallbreaking threats. However, Hydreigon is outpaced and forced out by very common offensive Pokemon like Latios, Keldeo, Alakazam, Garchomp, and Terrakion. This is made worse by Hydreigon's weaknesses to their common attacks like Draco Meteor, Focus Blast, Outrage, and Hidden Power Ice, as well as priority moves like Ice Shard and Mach Punch. It can't fit all of Dark Pulse, Focus Blast, and Roost, which means it will either lack crucial coverage or the sustainability to wallbreak throughout the game. Lacking Roost can especially hurt due to the residual damage Hydreigon takes from sand, Life Orb, and burns. Latios outclasses Hydreigon a lot of the time due to its better defensive utility in checking Pokemon like Keldeo, Thundurus-T, and Breloom, better Speed tier to outpace Pokemon like Garchomp, Terrakion, Volcarona, and Keldeo, and greater set versatility on varying team archetypes.

Most Used Moves

Most Used Items

Life Orb
29.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc