Spearow

No. 0021 · Gen 1

Spearow weakness and type

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

Moves against Spearow

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

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

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Abilities

  • Keen EyeNo change to type matchups
  • SniperNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP40
  • Attack60
  • Defense30
  • Sp. Atk31
  • Sp. Def31
  • Speed70
  • Total262

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 Spearow gives 1 Speed EV.

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How Spearow evolves

SpearowNormalFlying
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What Spearow 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
GroundDrill RunPhysical80
SteelSteel WingPhysical70
BugU-turnPhysical70
DarkThiefPhysical60
GhostOminous WindSpecial60
DragonTwisterSpecial40

Type counters to Spearow

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.