Archen

No. 0566 · Gen 5

Archen weakness and type

Hit ARCHEN with Water, Electric, Ice, Rock and Steel for 2× damage.

Moves against Archen

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
0×No effect

In Pokémon GO: Water deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • DefeatistNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP55
  • Attack112
  • Defense45
  • Sp. Atk74
  • Sp. Def45
  • Speed70
  • Total401

Best nature

AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.
JollyOutspeeds more opponents and drops Sp. Atk.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Archen gives 1 Attack EV.

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How Archen evolves

ArchenRockFlying
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What Archen can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
RockHead Smashsame typePhysical150
NormalThrashPhysical120
GroundEarthquakePhysical100
SteelIron TailPhysical100
FireHeat WaveSpecial95
WaterAqua TailPhysical90
FlyingBouncesame typePhysical85
DragonDragon PulseSpecial85
DarkCrunchPhysical80
PsychicZen HeadbuttPhysical80
BugU-turnPhysical70
GhostShadow ClawPhysical70
FightingRock SmashPhysical40

Type counters to Archen

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.