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pidgeot
#018

Pidgeot

Bird Pokémon

NormalFlying

This Pokémon flies at Mach 2 speed, seeking prey. Its large talons are feared as wicked weapons.

Base Stats

HP 83
Attack 80
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 70
Sp. Def 70
Speed 101
Total 479

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

pidgeotto Pidgeotto Lv. 18
pidgeot Pidgeot Lv. 36

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Bird Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 39.5 kg
Base Exp 216
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

pidgeot Front Front
pidgeot Back Back
pidgeot Front Shiny Front Shiny
pidgeot Back Shiny Back Shiny
pidgeot Official Art Official Art
pidgeot Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 0.1%
Defog
Item
Sky Plate
Ability
Big Pecks
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Because of its consistently low stats barring Speed and small movepool, Pidgeot is an unviable and completely outclassed Flying-type in PU. Offensively, Pidgeot is outclassed by other Flying-types like Swanna, Scyther, Oricorio-E, and Dodrio in particular, which can hit harder and has more useful coverage with boosting moves like Swords Dance. Additionally, its mediocre typing and stats offer nothing defensively over Articuno, Altaria, or other Defog users like Skuntank. Pidgeot often doesn't force much out, while other Defog users like Swanna and Skuntank can use Defog while the opponent is switching.

Most Used Moves

U-turn
96.0%
Defog
95.3%
Roost
69.9%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
10.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc