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Archeops

First Bird Pokémon

RockFlying

Although apparently able to fly, they tended to run along the ground, averaging speeds of roughly 25 mph.

Base Stats

HP 75

Attack 140

Defense 65

Sp. Atk 112

Sp. Def 65

Speed 110

Total 567

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

rock 2x steel 2x water 2x electric 2x ice 2x

Resistant to

normal ½x flying ½x poison ½x bug ½x fire ½x

Immune to

ground 0x

Abilities

Defeatist

Evolution Chain

Archen

→

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

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 1.2%

NU 1V1

Suicide Lead

Moves

Item

Focus Sash

Nature

Naive

EVs

Atk 252

Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Archeops takes one page from lead Aerodactyl and another page from Lycanroc but fails to stand out itself as a Stealth Rock suicide lead. Despite having the unique combination of Head Smash + Endeavor, factors such as Defeatist, a comparatively worse Speed tier than its competition, and dedicated leads being a relatively unimportant role in the metagame prevent Archeops from establishing itself in the NU metagame.