noctowl
#164

Noctowl

Owl Pokémon

NormalFlying

Its eyes are specially adapted. They concentrate even faint light and enable it to see in the dark.

Base Stats

HP 100
Attack 50
Defense 50
Sp. Atk 86
Sp. Def 96
Speed 70
Total 452
EV Yield 2 HP

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
rock 2xelectric 2xice 2x
Resistant to
bug ½xgrass ½x
Immune to
ground 0xghost 0x

Evolution Chain

hoothoot Hoothoot
→
noctowl Noctowl Lv. 20

Moves

Locations

Ilex Forest
Johto Route 37
Johto Route 38
Johto Route 39
Johto Route 43
Johto Route 47
Kanto Route 26
Kanto Route 27
Kanto Route 2 South Towards Viridian City
Kanto Route 5
Kanto Route 8
Kanto Route 11
Kanto Route 13
Kanto Route 14
Kanto Route 15
Kanto Route 25
Kanto Route 2 North Towards Pewter City
Viridian Forest
Kalos Route 20
Pokemon Village

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

ou
PUOU
Reflect
Item
Leftovers
Curse
Moves
Hypnosis
Curse
Return
Rest / Hidden Power Flying
Item
Leftovers

Strategy Overview

Noctowl isn't bad, it just doesn't excel at anything in particular. It has tankish stats (403 HP, 290 Special Defense, and Reflect for its 198 Defense). If played right, Noctowl can be a real pain in the UU metagame.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc