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aerodactyl
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Aerodactyl

Fossil Pokémon

RockFlying

AERODACTYL is a POKéMON from the age of dinosaurs. It was regenerated from genetic material extracted from amber. It is imagined to have been the king of the skies in ancient times.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 105
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 75
Speed 130
Total 515

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Fossil Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 59.0 kg
Base Exp 180
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

aerodactyl Front Front
aerodactyl Back Back
aerodactyl Front Shiny Front Shiny
aerodactyl Back Shiny Back Shiny
aerodactyl Official Art Official Art
aerodactyl Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ubers Usage: 0.8%
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Aerodactyl's niche is as one of the fastest Pokemon in the metagame; it Speed ties with Mewtwo and is only outsped by Deoxys formes and niche weather sweepers, which allows it to revenge kill common Pokemon like Latios and Rayquaza. Aerodactyl's good strong coverage attacks like Double-Edge and Earthquake assist in cleaning through weakened teams as well. A large draw for Aerodactyl is its resistance to Normal, forcing common Choice-locked Pokemon such as Deoxys-A, Rayquaza, and Snorlax to switch out, giving Aerodactyl an opening to wallbreak. Aerodactyl is still slower than Deoxys-A—the tier's best revenge killer and one of the most common Pokemon, so Aerodactyl can only act as a temporary answer to Choice Band Extreme Speed. This makes it much harder to utilize than Deoxys-A, as giving an opponent's Deoxys-A room to attack can be devastating. Aerodactyl does have some competition as a revenge killing Flying-type as well, as Rayquaza has a powerful Extreme Speed, which is better against fast Pokemon like Deoxys-A and Salac Berry Groudon.

Most Used Moves

Rock Slide
100.0%
Pursuit
56.3%
Thief
28.2%

Most Used Items

Lum Berry
28.2%
Nothing
1.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc