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archeops
#567

Archeops

First Bird Pokémon

RockFlying

They are intelligent and will cooperate to catch prey. From the ground, they use a running start to take flight.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 140
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 112
Sp. Def 65
Speed 110
Total 567

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

archeops Archeops Lv. 37

Moves

Details

Category First Bird Pokémon
Height 1.4 m
Weight 32.0 kg
Base Exp 177
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Flying ,Water3

Sprites

archeops Front Front
archeops Back Back
archeops Front Shiny Front Shiny
archeops Back Shiny Back Shiny
archeops Official Art Official Art
archeops Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 14.0%
Offensive
Nature
Hasty
EVs
Atk 252
SpA 4
Spe 252
BulkyCheops
Moves
Taunt / Defog
Earthquake / Defog
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Suicide Lead
Item
Focus Sash
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

With its gargantuan mixed attacking stats and a blazing Speed that lets it outspeed almost all of the unboosted metagame, Archeops has established itself as one of the best Pokemon in the tier. Its offensive stats are matched with an equally strong offensive movepool, with a wide variety of both special and physical moves that allow Archeops to potentially beat almost every one of its counters. In particular, STAB Acrobatics is one of the most spammable and powerful attacks in the tier, though it comes at the price of not being able to viably run an item. Archeops's typing is even decent defensively, giving it resistances to Normal-, Fire-, Bug-, and Flying-type moves, and its access to reliable recovery in Roost and support moves in Taunt and Defog gives Archeops both defensive and supportive utility. While these would all be traits of an easily OverUsed or even Ubers Pokemon, Archeops's wings are clipped by Defeatist, which makes Archeops virtually useless when it's below half HP. A Stealth Rock weakness and low defenses don't do Archeops any favors in compensating for its ability, either. In addition, very common Pokemon such as Rhydon, Steelix, and Regirock check Archeops with ease if it lacks the appropriate coverage move.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
56.8%
U-turn
52.8%
Taunt
26.8%

Most Used Items

Nothing
39.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc