Competitive Information for Pidgeotto [Sun/Moon]
Normal / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Pidgeotto? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Pidgeotto is a spectacular Normal and Flying-typed Pokemon. Pidgeotto is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Pidgeotto is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Flyinium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Big Pecks
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Double-Edge / Return
- U-turn
- Steel Wing
Physical Sweeper Pidgeotto (Big Pecks)
Pidgeotto is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Pidgeotto from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Big Pecks, prevents other pokemon from lowering Pidgeotto's defense stat stage.
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Pidgeotto switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Pidgeotto's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Flyinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Big Pecks
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Round / Razor Wind
- Heat Wave
- Ominous Wind
Special Sweeper Pidgeotto (Big Pecks)
Pidgeotto is a decent Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Pidgeotto's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Big Pecks, prevents other pokemon from lowering Pidgeotto's defense stat stage.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Razor Wind is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Pidgeotto? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Item: Flyinium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Big Pecks
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- Double-Edge / Return
- U-turn
- Steel Wing
Doubles Physical Sweeper Pidgeotto (Big Pecks)
Pidgeotto is a decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Pidgeotto from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Big Pecks, prevents other pokemon from lowering Pidgeotto's defense stat stage.
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Pidgeotto switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Pidgeotto's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Flyinium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Big Pecks
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave
- Razor Wind / Round
- Twister
Doubles Special Sweeper Pidgeotto (Big Pecks)
Pidgeotto is an astounding Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Pidgeotto's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Big Pecks, prevents other pokemon from lowering Pidgeotto's defense stat stage.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Razor Wind is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Pidgeotto 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 Pidgeotto can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Pidgeotto
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Bide, Detect, Endure, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Pidgeotto's stats
- Agility
- Curse
- Ominous Wind
- Rage
- Steel Wing
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Pidgeotto
- Hidden Power
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Pidgeotto in Sun and Moon
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