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hydreigon
#635

Hydreigon

Brutal Pokémon

DarkDragon

This brutal Pokémon travels the skies on its six wings. Anything that moves seems like a foe to it, triggering its attack.

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

Darkinium Z
Item
Darkinium Z
Nature
Timid / Modest
EVs
SpA 244
SpD 32
Spe 232

Strategy Overview

Hydreigon is a decently powerful wallbreaker in the tier due to a solid Special Attack stat, a good STAB move in Dark Pulse, and great coverage options like Flash Cannon and Earth Power. Despite being a primarily offensive Pokemon, decent bulk, reliable recovery in Roost, and a unique typing allow it to check a number of Pokemon such as Heatran, Ash-Greninja before transformation, Reuniclus, and Blacephalon. Hydreigon's Speed tier, while good enough to outspeed Pokemon like Tapu Lele and Kyurem-B, unfortunately narrowly misses out on base 100s. Hydreigon is also aided by its useful ability Levitate, granting it an immunity to Spikes and Toxic Spikes, meaning it doesn't have to use Roost as much as other Pokemon and making it a more reliable switch-in to Pokemon that pair well with these entry hazards such as Reuniclus. However, Hydreigon lacks the immediate power and Speed of other offensive wallbreakers and pivots in the tier like Ash-Greninja and Mega Latios. Additionally, it can be hard to justify the use of Hydreigon on a lot of teams because of how specific its niche in the tier is.

Most Used Moves

Roost
78.2%
Defog
59.6%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
14.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc