Pidgey

No. 0016 · Gen 1

Pidgey weakness and type

NormalFlying

Hit PIDGEY with Electric, Ice and Rock for 2× damage.

Moves against Pidgey

2×Super effective
ElectricIceRock
½×Not very effective
GrassBug
0×No effect
GroundGhost

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

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Abilities

  • Keen EyeNo change to type matchups
  • Tangled FeetNo change to type matchups
  • Big PecksNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP40
  • Attack45
  • Defense40
  • Sp. Atk35
  • Sp. Def35
  • Speed56
  • Total251

Best nature

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

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

Defeating Pidgey gives 1 Speed EV.

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How Pidgey evolves

PidgeyNormalFlying
All evolutions

What Pidgey 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
FlyingSky Attacksame typePhysical140
NormalDouble-Edgesame typePhysical120
FireHeat WaveSpecial95
SteelSteel WingPhysical70
BugU-turnPhysical70
DarkThiefPhysical60
GhostOminous WindSpecial60
DragonTwisterSpecial40
GroundMud-SlapSpecial20

Type counters to Pidgey

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.