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ho-oh
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Ho Oh

Rainbow Pokémon

FireFlying

HO-OH’s feathers glow in seven colors depending on the angle at which they are struck by light. These feathers are said to bring happiness to the bearers. This POKéMON is said to live at the foot of a rainbow.

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

Locations

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: 26.8%
Special Attacker
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Brave / Lonely
EVs
HP 252
Atk 252
SpD 4

Strategy Overview

Ho-Oh is a seriously underrated Uber. 50% burn is nothing to play with. It is an extreme staller, as well, with Recover, 106 base HP, and 154 base Special Defense. The trick to Ho-Oh is to try and burn any physical attackers you can, and then use your massive Special Defense to keep you alive on that front. Unlike Lugia, who, with a Calm Mind set, likes some Defense EVs and tries to boost up in the face of physical attackers, Ho-Oh has the ability to severely cripple them. However, its mediocre Speed (tied with Kyogre, Groudon, and Deoxys-D as the slowest Uber) is what holds it back. It has trouble with the physical attackers, because they're likely faster and carry Rock Slide, and its weaknesses to Thunder, Thunderbolt, and Surf hurts its ability to wall special hits. Ho-Oh should always be used with Groudon. Kyogre is one of the most common Pokemon in Ubers, and you don't want Drizzle blocking your Sacred Fire. With Groudon, you can overwrite Drizzle with Drought to boost your Sacred Fire instead of weaken it. This also makes enemy Surfs be at half power, and Thunder gets 50% accuracy.

Most Used Moves

Recover
82.5%
Calm Mind
27.5%
Whirlwind
22.3%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
72.5%
Nothing
0.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc