Competitive Information for Fearow [X/Y]
Normal / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Fearow? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Fearow is a pretty decent Normal and Flying-typed Pokemon. Fearow are common Pokemon to see in the XY metagame. Fearow is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Scope Lens / Focus Sash
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Sky Attack / Drill Peck
- Double-Edge / Return
- Drill Run
- U-turn
Physical Sweeper Fearow (Sniper)
Fearow is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Fearow critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Fearow's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Focus Sash helps protect Fearow from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Sniper, if Fearow strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
♦ Drill Peck is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Flying-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Fearow switches out after damaging the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Fearow? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Scope Lens / Focus Sash
Ability: Sniper
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Sky Attack / Drill Peck
- Double-Edge / Return
- Drill Run
- U-turn
Doubles Physical Sweeper Fearow (Sniper)
Fearow is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Scope Lens/Razor Claw increases Fearow critical hit ratio by 1 stage and combined with Fearow's Sniper ability will increase the amount of damage done by those critial hits. Focus Sash helps protect Fearow from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Sniper, if Fearow strikes with a critical hit the damage is multiplied by 1.5.
♦ Drill Peck is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Flying-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ 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).
♦ Drill Run is a physical 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Fearow switches out after damaging the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Fearow 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 Fearow can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Fearow
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Sniper + Item: Scope lens
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Razor Wind
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Sky Attack
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Air Cutter
- Ability: Sniper + High Crit Move: Drill Run
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Fearow's stats
- Agility
- Ominous Wind
- Steel Wing
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Fearow
- Baton Pass
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Fearow in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Fearow's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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