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pidgeot
#018

Pidgeot

Bird Pokémon

NormalFlying

When hunting, it skims the surface of water at high speed to pick off unwary prey such as Magikarp.

Base Stats

HP 83
Attack 80
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 70
Sp. Def 70
Speed 101
Total 479

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

pidgeotto Pidgeotto Lv. 18
pidgeot Pidgeot Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Bird Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 39.5 kg
Base Exp 216
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

pidgeot Front Front
pidgeot Back Back
pidgeot Front Shiny Front Shiny
pidgeot Back Shiny Back Shiny
pidgeot Official Art Official Art
pidgeot Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

All-Out Attacker
Item
Pidgeotite
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Mega Pidgeot is a very threatening Pokemon by virtue of its high Speed and Special Attack as well as its strong STAB moves. This is complemented by recovery in Oblivion Wing, which is excellent for maintaining momentum, and a very fast Sing. However, Mega Pidgeot is walled by common threats such as Heatran and Mega Tyranitar. It is very frail and thus vulnerable to priority moves, and it has a poor defensive typing that leaves it weak to common offensive moves and resistant to only two uncommon types. Mega Pidgeot has limited coverage options, although the few it does have are good, as they provide coverage against every type besides Rock. Furthermore, the cost of using a Mega Evolution in STABmons is extremely high due to the overwhelming competition for a Mega slot, so Mega Pidgeot is a very team-specific Pokemon.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc