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noctowl
#164

Noctowl

Owl Pokémon

NormalFlying

Its eyes are special. They can pick out objects as long as there is the tiniest amount of light.

Base Stats

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

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

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

uu
Specially Defensive
Moves
Toxic / Reflect / Psycho Shift
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Noctowl has always been the black sheep... err bird, of the Normal / Flying family. Its stats are completely backwards, and while cool and unique, they don't help it accomplish much. Looking at them, you'd think Noctowl could work as an effective special wall, but with weaknesses to three extremely common attacking types in UU, including an awful wing-clipping weakness to Stealth Rock, a lack of any form of offense, and a low physical defense, Noctowl's goose is effectively cooked. There may still be hope left for Noctowl, as it is one of the single best Grass-type counters available thanks to its special bulk and immunity to sleep moves; however, this niche still is not enough to save it from obscurity. Owls may be wise, but in this case, the most battle-hardened of players are wise enough to steer clear from using Noctowl.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc