Competitive Information for Spearow [Diamond/Pearl]
Normal / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Spearow? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Spearow is a marvelous Normal and Flying-typed Pokemon. Spearow is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Spearow can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Spearow is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Sky Attack / Drill Peck
- U-turn
- Steel Wing
Physical Sweeper Spearow
Spearow is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Spearow from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Spearow's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Spearow's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Drill Peck is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Flying-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Spearow switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Spearow's defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Spearow? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Sky Attack / Drill Peck
- U-turn
- Steel Wing
Doubles Physical Sweeper Spearow
Spearow is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Spearow from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Spearow's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Keen Eye, prevents other pokemon from lowering Spearow's accuracy stat stage.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Drill Peck is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Flying-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Spearow switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Spearow's defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Spearow learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Spearow can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Spearow
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Spearow's stats
- Agility
- Ominous Wind
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Spearow
- Baton Pass
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Spearow in Diamond and Pearl
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