NationalDex
articuno
#144

Articuno

Freeze Pokémon

IceFlying

A legendary bird POKéMON that is said to appear to doomed people who are lost in icy mountains.

Base Stats

HP 90
Attack 85
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 125
Speed 85
Total 580

Type Effectiveness

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Freeze Pokémon
Height 1.7 m
Weight 55.4 kg
Base Exp 261
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 35
Gender Genderless
Habitat Rare
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

articuno Front Front
articuno Back Back
articuno Front Shiny Front Shiny
articuno Back Shiny Back Shiny
articuno Official Art Official Art
articuno Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Reflect + Rest

Strategy Overview

Thanks to one of the highest Special stats in the game along with the most powerful special move, Articuno is a decent offensive threat. Articuno's bulk helps it against physical attackers like Tauros and Snorlax as well as some special attackers like Chansey, letting it spam its Ice-type moves to land a freeze and end the game. Thanks to its Ice typing Articuno is immune to freeze, and this combined with its solid bulk and great power allows it to match up well into many bulky foes. However, Articuno's movepool is very limited with only Ice- and Normal-type moves to choose from, leaving it unable to deal with foes that resist its STAB Ice-type moves.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc