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hydreigon
#635

Hydreigon

Brutal Pokémon

DarkDragon

There are a slew of stories about villages that were destroyed by Hydreigon. It bites anything that moves.

Base Stats

HP 92
Attack 105
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 125
Sp. Def 90
Speed 98
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

zweilous Zweilous Lv. 50
hydreigon Hydreigon Lv. 64

Moves

Details

Category Brutal Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 160.0 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Dragon

Sprites

hydreigon Front Front
hydreigon Back Back
hydreigon Front Shiny Front Shiny
hydreigon Back Shiny Back Shiny
hydreigon Official Art Official Art
hydreigon Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Three Attacks
Item
Leftovers / Life Orb
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Nasty Plot
Item
Leftovers / Life Orb
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Hydreigon's high Special Attack and wide movepool give it unique power to punch holes by threatening common defensive Pokemon such as Slowking, Heatran, and defensive Landorus-T. This is further complemented by its decent Speed allowing it to outpace common offensive Pokemon such as offensive Landorus-T, Urshifu-R, and Tapu Lele. On top of all this, Hydreigon's defensive typing, ability, and Roost let it check Heatran extremely effectively and come in on slower defensive Pokemon such as Toxapex and Slowking with ease. However, although Hydreigon has passable Speed, it is still outpaced and OHKOed by common Pokemon such as Dragapult, Weavile, and Tapu Koko. It will also often be checked by some Pokemon such as Fairy-types, which it struggles to break through without Flash Cannon, and Blissey, which it can't do much to without Nasty Plot boosts.

Most Used Moves

Roost
32.6%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
27.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc