What is a good moveset for Pidgeot?

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Mega Pidgeot

Pidgeot @ PidgeotiteAbility: Keen EyeEVs: 4 Defor4 SpD / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Hurricane- Heat Wave- U-turn / Hidden Power [Grass] / Hidden Power [Ground]- Roost

Hurricane is a powerful STAB move that has really good neutral coverage and won’t miss due to No Guard. Hurts Grass-, Bug- and Fighting-types.Heat Wave is used to hurt Steel types (not including Heatran) that can take Hurricane with ease. Also hurts Ice-types.U-turn can be used to switch out of a counter and keep momentum. Hidden Power [Grass] or [Ground] are the other option, with HP Grass hurting Rock-, Ground- and Water-types, while HP Ground hurts Fire-, Steel-, Electric-, Rock- and Poison-types.Roost is so you can recover any lost health, especially if Stealth Rock is up.

Hyper Beam is an option to go out with a big bang once Mega Pidgeot is no longer needed.

Pidgeot @ PidgeotiteAbility: Tangled Feet / Keen EyeEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeModest Nature- Hurricane- Heat Wave- Hidden Power [Ground]- U-turn

Explanation: Start things off by Mega Evolving Pidgeot to get the Special Attack bonus. After that, the fun begins. Hurricane is Pidgeot’s STAB move and cannot miss due to No Guard. Heat Wave is to cover up Mega Pidgeot’s weakness to Ice-types. Again, you do not have to worry about accuracy. Hidden Power [Ground] is to take out Electric- and Rock-types. U-turn is to get yourself out of trouble.

BIRDY! Who didn’t name their Pidgey birdy? Everyone names their Pidgey birdy!Well… that’s a bit off… But it’s still a cheesy yet completely needed name!

Pidgeot @ Sharp BeakAbility: Tangled Feet / Big PecksEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Substitute- Brave Bird- Return- U-turn

Move details:Substitute- Hide behind your Sub.. you know you want to..Brave Bird- Insanely hard hitting STAB! It’s in a lower tier than Staraptor, so it’s actually good at the suicide gimmick.Return- STAB. That’s… it. Great use for when you know Brave Bird will take you down.U-turn- Coverage and scouting.

Pidgeot @ Life Orb / LeftoversAbility: Big PecksEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Return / Quick Attack- Brave Bird / Fly- Steel Wing- Roost

Pidgeot is not the best option for a Flying member on a team, but it can work out in certain situations. I’d go with a Life Orb as Pidgeot can do some damage due to its average Attack, good Speed and then regain some HP with Roost. Although Leftovers can help it last longer, if it gets a status problem, then is pretty much a death bird.

Return / Quick Attack- STAB moves, Return has good power, is reliable and has no recoil damage, Quick Attack is weaker, but priority moves are really useful in competitive battles..Brave Bird / Fly- STAB moves, both have good power, can hit any foe in Triple Battles, good accuracy, Brave Bird is stronger, but has recoil damage, good option to use when HP is low.Steel Wing- Coverage against Ice- and Rock-type move weaknesses, decent power and accuracy, there´s a chance to boost the bird´s defense which can´t be lowered due to its ability.Roost- Since Pidgeot is kind of bulky, it can restore good HP and take more hits, recover HP from Brave Bird’s recoil and Life Orb´s recoil.

I hope it works.

Pidgeot @ Muscle Band / Choice BandAbility: Tangled FeetEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeJolly Nature- Brave Bird- Return- Steel Wing- Roost / U-turn

Move details:

Pidgeot-Mega @ PidgeotiteAbility: Tangled Feet / Keen EyeEVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpeTimid Nature- U-turn- Hurricane- Defog / Tailwind- Hidden Power [Ground] / Heat Wave

Mega Pidgeot’s great speed can offer Tailwind / Defog support and great scouting. With No Guard and the Special Attack boost after Mega Evolution, Hurricane can hit hard and accurately. Magnezone/Heatran and Skarmony can wall Pidgeot, and Hidden Power Ground and Heat Wave can deal with them respectively.

Gen 7 ZU (Mawile and Avalugg lure)Pidgeot @ Life OrbAbility: Keen EyeEVs: 252 Atk / 96 SpA / 160 SpeNaive Nature- Brave Bird- Steel Wing-Heat Wave- Roost

Brave Bird is STAB. Steel Wing deals with rock types. Yes, Heat Wave is on this set. Let me explain. Heat Wave is a surprise that can catch defensive Mawile and Avalugg off guard because it can 2HKO them upon switching in. Heat Wave also OHKOes offensive Mawile. Roost is for healing.

Calcs for Heat Wave vs Avalugg:

Heat Wave is better than Steel Wing vs Avalugg because with Steel Wing….

252 Atk Life Orb Pidgeot Steel Wing vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Avalugg: 68-81 (17.2 - 20.5%) – possible 7HKO after Leftovers recoveryPossible damage amounts: (68, 68, 68, 70, 70, 70, 73, 73, 73, 75, 75, 75, 78, 78, 78, 81

Heat Wave vs defensive Mawile:

96 SpA Life Orb Pidgeot Heat Wave vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Mawile: 244-289 (80.5 - 95.3%) – guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recoveryPossible damage amounts: (244, 247, 250, 252, 255, 257, 263, 265, 268, 270, 273, 276, 278, 281, 283, 289)

Heat Wave can even OHKO offensive Mawile:

Gen V

Pidgeot (M) @ Life OrbAbility: Tangled FeetEVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Brave Bird- Tailwind- U-turn- Quick Attack

Okay, mainly team support/scouting. Brave Bird is just there because you don’t really have anything else in terms of support, so it’s just there in case you need to attack. U-turn allows you to scout out the situation. Quick Attack allows for revenge killing. All these moves use Life Orb to actually do something. Tailwind gives the rest of your team some Speed to use, which can be pretty helpful. Tangled Feet isn’t really useful, but it is better than the other abilities it gets.

Role: Rain Sweeper

Pidgeot (M) @ Life OrbAbility: Keen EyeEVs: 100 Atk / 156 SpA / 252 SpeMild Nature- Hurricane- Work Up- Hidden Power [Water]- Double-Edge

Hurricane gives you beastly STAB, and a good confusion chance. Work Up increases Attack and Special Attack, which works. Hidden Power [Water] gets a power boost in the rain, and Double Edge hits for hard STAB, making him suicide with Life Orb.

Gen III

Pidgeot (M) @ Choice BandAbility: Keen EyeEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeNaive Nature- Mud-Slap- Aerial Ace / Wing Attack- Frustration / Return- Faint Attack

Choice Band! The only Gen III Choice Item!

Mud Slap being physical in Gen III can be annoying with a Choice Banded Pokemon, because you’ll actually do damage to your opponent, and be lowering their Accuracy!Aerial Ace can be replaced with Wing Attack due to Pidgeot having Keen Eye, so yeah.Frustration is super powered, a great sub is Return if this isn’t PO.Faint Attack will take out the powerhouses Alakazam and Gengar (ugh…) which are both total monsters in the Gen III metagame.

Double/Triple Battle

Pidgeot (M) @ Life OrbAbility: Tangled FeetEVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpeModest Nature- Tailwind- Heat Wave- Air Slash- Round

Pidgeot sucks. Yeah, it’s just awful.Tailwind provides you with team support. That way Pidgeot can die knowing it helped better Pokemon do something. Heat Wave is a great move in multi-battles, hitting multiple Pokemon. However, having only 262 Special Attack puts a damper on that, but hey, Life Orb helps out there. Air Slash is STAB and in Triple Battles can hit any foe. Round is just a multi-battle move. If you team Pidgeot up with other Round users, you can do some damage.

Doubles / Triples

Pidgeot (M) @ Heat RockAbility: Tangled FeetEVs: 252 HP / 128 Def / 38 SpA / 92 SpDCalm Nature- Heat Wave- Sunny Day- Roost- Tailwind

Heat Wave hits both the opponents and might actually do something after it sets up Sun! 8 turn Sun is nice is doubles. Roost recovers, Tailwind supports.

Pidgeot (F) @ PidgeotiteAbility: Big PecksEVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Hurricane- Heat Wave- Hidden Power [Ground]- Roost / Uproar / Hyper Beam

The ability will change to No Guard upon Mega Evolution. Hurricane is STAB, Heat Wave hits Steel types, and Hidden Power [Ground] covers your Electric- & Rock-type weaknesses. Last move is tough. Roost could heal off Stealth Rock damage if you can predict a switch, Uproar is STAB but locks you into it, and Hyper Beam could be used as a powerful last resort if you think you’re going to die anyways or are going for the last hit of the match.

Pidgeot @ PidgeotiteAbility: Keen EyeEVs: 6 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Hurricane- Heat Wave- Roost- Hidden Power [Ground]

Hurricane is STAB and has a chance of confusion.Heat Wave is coverage.Roost for healing.Hidden Power [Ground] for Electric-type weakness.

Pidgeot @ PidgeotiteAbility: Keen Eye / Tangled FeetEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Hurricane- Hidden Power [Ground]- Heat Wave- Hyper Beam

Move details:

Pidgeot @ PidgeotiteAbility: Big PecksTimid NatureEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe- Heat Wave- Hurricane- Round- Quick Attack / U-Turn

Alright lemme explain. Heat Wave is to cover those Steel-types that wall it such as Scizor. Hurricane has a nice chance to confuse and 100% accuracy with No Guard so it is quite useful unless the opponent switches. Round is because Gengars are fairly common and if you use Uproar, they are likely to switch to Gengar and cream you with Thunderbolt. Quick Attack for UU and below to finish off Pokemon quickly. U-turn for OU and above to scout and get some damage and switch out if you see a threat.

Hope this set brings victory to many! :D

Once there was a noob named Radicool21 on PokemonDB. He generally posted decent movesets. Sometimes he even got upvotes! But one day, he decided to break his mold…and make one of the stupidest movesets…of all time.

PHYSICAL MEGA PIDGEOT LET’S DO THIS

Pidgeot @ PidgeotiteAbility: Tangled FeetEVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 SpeAdamant Nature- Brave Bird- Steel Wing / Double-Edge- Roost- U-turn

BRAVE BIRD.Steel Wing is coverage, and Double-Edge is STAB. Whichever one you prefer.Roost is obligatory to heal off BB Recoil.U-turn is to get the heck out when you’re against a check/counter/etc.

Pidgeot was always one of my favorite Pokémon, but it was defenseless and weak. But now, it got a MEGA! :D

Pidgeot @ PidgeotiteAbility: No GuardEVs: 64 Def / 64 SpD / 252 SpA / 128 SpeModest Nature- Heat Wave- Hurricane- Hidden Power [Ground]- Roost / Tailwind

Pidgeot has a beastly Special Attack, and it’s movepool supports it. Heat Wave takes out Steel types who try to wall you, Hurricane is for STAB and confusion. Hidden Power [Ground] is for coverage over Electric-, Rock-, Fire-, and Steel-types, Roost is if you want to be annoying, and Tailwind is if you want to be speedy.

Pidgeot @ PidgeotiteAbility: No GuardEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeModest Nature- Hurricane- Heat Wave- Ominous Wind- Mimic

Hurricane- 165 Base Power with STAB, 30% chance to confuseHeat Wave- 95 Base Power with 90% accuracy, hits all but the user on the field, 10% chance to burn, coverage for Grass-, Ice-, Bug-, and Steel-typesOminous Wind- 60 Base Power, but has a 10% chance to raise all the user’s stats at once, coverage for Psychic- and Ghost-typesMimic- Allowing you to permanently copy the target’s last move used, however you can only use this once

Since it’s not in SwSh, it’s time to do a Mega pidgeot set for gen 7… ig

Gen VII UUMega Special AttackerPidgeot @ PidgeotiteAbility: Big Pecks / Tangled FeetEVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 SpeModest Nature- Hurricane- Roost / Hyper Beam- Heat Wave- U-turn

No Guard + STAB Hurricaneis a nasty combination, since now the latter can’t miss and still has its annoying 30% confusion rate. Combined with high SpA and Speed makes for a potencially very dangerous Special Attacker

Roostallows reilable recovery and heal Stealth Rock damage (it’s not like it can use Heavy Duty Boots), whileHyper Beamis a risky Normal type STAB that can be used sometimes to pick a surprise K.O. on would-be-checks to the roost variant.Heat Waveis for coverage, mainly forSteeltypes.U-turnallows safe switches into its teamates.