Competitive Information for Pidgey [X/Y]
Normal / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Pidgey? 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.
Pidgey is a remarkable Normal and Flying-typed Pokemon. Pidgey is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Pidgey can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Pidgey is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Big Pecks
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- U-turn
- Steel Wing
Physical Sweeper Pidgey (Big Pecks)
Pidgey is a sensational Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Pidgey from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pidgey's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Big Pecks, prevents other pokemon from lowering Pidgey's defense stat stage.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Pidgey switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Pidgey's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Big Pecks
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Round / Snore
- Heat Wave
- Ominous Wind
Special Sweeper Pidgey (Big Pecks)
Pidgey is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Pidgey's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Pidgey'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 Pidgey'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).
♦ Snore is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Normal-type move (Pidgey must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ 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 Pidgey? 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: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Big Pecks
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Brave Bird / Sky Attack
- U-turn
- Steel Wing
Doubles Physical Sweeper Pidgey (Big Pecks)
Pidgey is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Pidgey from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Pidgey's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Big Pecks, prevents other pokemon from lowering Pidgey's defense stat stage.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Brave Bird is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Flying-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Sky Attack is a physical STAB-boosted 140-base power Flying-type move (charges, then hits turn 2. 30% flinch. high crit).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Pidgey switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Steel Wing is a physical 70-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Pidgey's defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Big Pecks
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave
- Round / Snore
- Twister
Doubles Special Sweeper Pidgey (Big Pecks)
Pidgey is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Pidgey's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Pidgey'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 Pidgey'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).
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Normal-type move (Pidgey must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ 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 Pidgey 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 Pidgey 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 Pidgey
- 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: Endure, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Pidgey's stats
- Agility
- Ominous Wind
- Steel Wing
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Pidgey
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Pidgey in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Pidgey's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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