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ho-oh
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Ho Oh

Rainbow Pokémon

FireFlying

Ho-Oh’s feathers glow in seven colors depending on the angle at which they are struck by light. These feathers are said to bring happiness to the bearers. This Pokémon is said to live at the foot of a rainbow.

Base Stats

HP 106
Attack 130
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 110
Sp. Def 154
Speed 90
Total 680

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Rainbow Pokémon
Height 3.8 m
Weight 199.0 kg
Base Exp 306
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat Rare
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

ho-oh Front Front
ho-oh Back Back
ho-oh Front Shiny Front Shiny
ho-oh Back Shiny Back Shiny
ho-oh Official Art Official Art
ho-oh Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Defensive Pivot
Item
Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 248
Def 252
SpD 8
Tera Type
FairyGrass
Offensive
Moves
Earthquake / Substitute / Imprison
Item
Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 208
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 44
Tera Type
GroundFairyFlying
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Ability
Regenerator
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Tera Type
Flying

Strategy Overview

Thanks to Ho-Oh's amazing stats, typing, and access to Regenerator, it cements itself as one of the best Pokemon in AG, making it a very good addition to balance and bulky offense teams. Ho-Oh is able to reliably check threatening physical attackers such as Extreme Killer Arceus, Koraidon, Necrozma-DM, Calyrex-I, and Kingambit. Although, special attackers such as Miraidon and Kyogre are able to threaten Ho-Oh out with Electro Drift and Origin Pulse, respectively. Ho-Oh also dislikes switching into Arceus-Fairy because most sets carry Power Gem to heavily chip it. Additionally, Pokemon like Arceus-Ground and Zacian-C like to run Stone Edge and Wild Charge, respectively, to be able to counter Ho-Oh. As Ho-Oh is always tasked to deal with Koraidon, it can get overwhelmed over the course of a game because it is forced to check so many physical attackers. Extreme Killer Arceus, Dragon Dance Arceus-Ground, Calyrex-I, and Necrozma-DM in particular like to run Tera Fire, gaining an immunity to burn from Sacred Fire and being able to set up on Ho-Oh.

Most Used Moves

Recover
74.6%
Whirlwind
52.8%
Fire Spin
16.0%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc