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Aerodactyl

5,482 appearances (Regulation M-A)
C
Tier
200
Speed #10
Forms: Mega Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl
Rock Flying
HP 80
Atk 105
Def 65
Sp.Atk 60
Sp.Def 75
Speed 130
Total 515
Weight 130.1 lbs.
Rock Head
The Pokémon will not lose HP due to recoil damage from its moves.
Pressure
Causes opponents to expend 1 more PP when using moves against the Pokémon.
Unnerve
Makes opponents unable to eat Berries.

Type effectiveness

Weakness · 2×
Water Electric Ice Rock Steel
Resistance · ½×
Normal Fire Poison Flying Bug
Immunity · 0×
Ground

Meta Builds

Meta Popular

Builds ranked by competitive performance — higher placement at larger events scores more.

#1
Unnerve Focus Sash
100.0 56.2% WR · 398 teams
Protect Rock Slide Tailwind Wide Guard
Stat Alignment: 100% Jolly
Team
Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl
Unnerve · Focus Sash
100%
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Dragon Fang
81%
Charizard
Charizard
Blaze · Charizardite Y
68%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant · Chople Berry
68%
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil · Floettite
61%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Choice Scarf
57%
The Grand Champions Festival · mudhiman (#1) · 19–1
Charizard
Charizard
Ability Blaze
Item Charizardite Y
Heat Wave Weather Ball Solar Beam Protect
Floette
Floette
Ability Flower Veil
Item Floettite
Dazzling Gleam Moonblast Light of Ruin Protect
Garchomp
Garchomp
Ability Rough Skin
Item Dragon Fang
Scale Shot Earthquake Stomping Tantrum Protect
Kingambit
Kingambit
Ability Defiant
Item Chople Berry
Kowtow Cleave Low Kick Sucker Punch Protect
Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl
Ability Unnerve
Item Focus Sash
Rock Slide Tailwind Wide Guard Protect
Basculegion
Basculegion
Ability Adaptability
Item Choice Scarf
Wave Crash Last Respects Aqua Jet Flip Turn
#2
Unnerve Aerodactylite
99.4 55.2% WR · 1187 teams
Dual Wingbeat Protect Rock Slide Tailwind
Stat Alignment: 100% Jolly
Team
Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl
Unnerve · Aerodactylite
100%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Focus Sash
66%
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Sitrus Berry
54%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant · Chople Berry
53%
Sneasler
Sneasler
Unburden · White Herb
51%
Sylveon
Sylveon
Pixilate · Fairy Feather
29%
The Grand Champions Festival · Testing800 (#5) · 16–2
Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl
Ability Unnerve
Item Aerodactylite
Rock Slide Dual Wingbeat Tailwind Protect
Kommo-o
Kommo-o
Ability Soundproof
Item Leftovers
Clanging Scales Aura Sphere Clangorous Soul Protect
Kingambit
Kingambit
Ability Defiant
Item Chople Berry
Kowtow Cleave Sucker Punch Iron Head Protect
Scovillain
Scovillain
Ability Moody
Item Scovillainite
Overheat Leech Seed Rage Powder Protect
Sneasler
Sneasler
Ability Unburden
Item White Herb
Close Combat Dire Claw Fake Out Protect
Basculegion
Basculegion
Ability Adaptability
Item Sitrus Berry
Wave Crash Last Respects Aqua Jet Protect
#3
Unnerve Aerodactylite
96.7 60.3% WR · 22 teams
Protect Rock Slide Tailwind Wide Guard
Team
Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl
Unnerve · Aerodactylite
100%
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Sitrus Berry
95%
Charizard
Charizard
Blaze · Charizardite Y
64%
Sylveon
Sylveon
Pixilate · Fairy Feather
64%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant · Chople Berry
59%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Focus Sash
55%
VGC Trainer school x MMHM x Pride month event! #2 · 138mysx (#1) · 9–1
Charizard
Charizard
Ability Blaze
Item Charizardite Y
Solar Beam Weather Ball Heat Wave Protect
Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl
Ability Unnerve
Item Aerodactylite
Rock Slide Tailwind Wide Guard Protect
Garchomp
Garchomp
Ability Rough Skin
Item Roseli Berry
Dragon Claw Earthquake Poison Jab Protect
Sylveon
Sylveon
Ability Pixilate
Item Fairy Feather
Hyper Beam Hyper Voice Quick Attack Detect
Kingambit
Kingambit
Ability Defiant
Item Black Glasses
Kowtow Cleave Sucker Punch Iron Head Protect
Basculegion
Basculegion
Ability Adaptability
Item Focus Sash
Aqua Jet Liquidation Last Respects Protect
#4
Unnerve Focus Sash
95.0 52.5% WR · 2583 teams
Dual Wingbeat Protect Rock Slide Tailwind
Stat Alignment: 100% Jolly
Team
Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl
Unnerve · Focus Sash
100%
Sneasler
Sneasler
Unburden · White Herb
61%
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Choice Scarf
50%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant · Black Glasses
40%
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil · Floettite
37%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate · Sitrus Berry
34%
The Grand Champions Festival · Samuel T (#3) · 16–3
Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl
Ability Unnerve
Item Focus Sash
Rock Slide Dual Wingbeat Tailwind Protect
Garchomp
Garchomp
Ability Rough Skin
Item White Herb
Earthquake Dragon Claw Swords Dance Protect
Aegislash
Aegislash
Ability Stance Change
Item Spell Tag
Poltergeist Iron Head King's Shield Shadow Sneak
Floette
Floette
Ability Flower Veil
Item Floettite
Light of Ruin Moonblast Dazzling Gleam Protect
Wash Rotom
Wash Rotom
Ability Levitate
Item Sitrus Berry
Thunderbolt Hydro Pump Will-O-Wisp Protect
Incineroar
Incineroar
Ability Intimidate
Item Charcoal
Flare Blitz Darkest Lariat Fake Out Parting Shot
#5
Unnerve Aerodactylite
91.1 56.0% WR · 29 teams
Dual Wingbeat Ice Fang Rock Slide Tailwind
Team
Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl
Unnerve · Aerodactylite
100%
Charizard
Charizard
Blaze · Charizardite Y
83%
Farigiraf
Farigiraf
Armor Tail · Sitrus Berry
79%
Sylveon
Sylveon
Pixilate · Fairy Feather
79%
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Soft Sand
76%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Focus Sash
59%
VGC Trainer School; champions M/A #6 · Abe (#1) · 7–2
Sylveon
Sylveon
Ability Pixilate
Item Fairy Feather
Hyper Voice Hyper Beam Quick Attack Protect
Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl
Ability Unnerve
Item Aerodactylite
Dual Wingbeat Ice Fang Tailwind Rock Slide
Garchomp
Garchomp
Ability Rough Skin
Item Soft Sand
Earthquake Protect Rock Slide Dragon Claw
Basculegion
Basculegion
Ability Adaptability
Item Focus Sash
Aqua Jet Liquidation Protect Last Respects
Charizard
Charizard
Ability Blaze
Item Charizardite Y
Heat Wave Protect Weather Ball Solar Beam
Farigiraf
Farigiraf
Ability Armor Tail
Item Sitrus Berry
Trick Room Hyper Voice Helping Hand Psychic

Tournament Stats

Submissions that don't match in-game data (typos, renamed moves or abilities) are discarded during import, so the counts here can differ from the total appearance count above.

Most Common Teammates

Garchomp
Garchomp
Dragon Ground
52.4% usage · WR 53.4%
Sneasler
Sneasler
Fighting Poison
51.8% usage · WR 52.5%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Dark Steel
43.8% usage · WR 55.2%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Water Ghost
39.5% usage · WR 54.8%
Floette
Floette
Fairy
28.5% usage · WR 55.3%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Fire Dark
28.4% usage · WR 51.4%
Charizard
Charizard
Fire Flying
26.5% usage · WR 54.5%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Grass Ghost
17.8% usage · WR 49.9%

Most Common Moves

Rock Slide
5440 (99.2%)
Tailwind
5233 (95.5%)
Dual Wingbeat
4869 (88.8%)
Protect
4854 (88.5%)
Wide Guard
988 (18.0%)
Taunt
121 (2.2%)
Ice Fang
106 (1.9%)
Iron Head
53 (1.0%)
Sunny Day
41 (0.7%)
Earthquake
30 (0.5%)

Most Common Items

Focus Sash Focus Sash
3563 (65.0%)
Aerodactylite Aerodactylite
1692 (30.9%)
Lum Berry Lum Berry
61 (1.1%)
Hard Stone Hard Stone
23 (0.4%)
Sitrus Berry Sitrus Berry
21 (0.4%)
King's Rock King's Rock
18 (0.3%)
No item
18 (0.3%)
Leftovers Leftovers
15 (0.3%)
White Herb White Herb
12 (0.2%)
Mental Herb Mental Herb
11 (0.2%)

Most Common Abilities

Unnerve
5176 (94.5%)
Rock Head
146 (2.7%)
Pressure
99 (1.8%)
Tough Claws (not precise)
55 (1.0%)

Learnable Moves

Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 101 20
Agility Psychic Status - 101 20
Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100 8
Assurance Dark Physical 60 100 12
Attract Normal Status - 100 16
Bite Dark Physical 60 100 20
Brutal Swing Dark Physical 60 100 20
Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100 20
Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 16
Curse Ghost Status - 101 12
Dragon Claw Dragon Physical 80 100 16
Dragon Dance Dragon Status - 101 20
Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 85 100 12
Dual Wingbeat Flying Physical 40 90 12
Earth Power Ground Special 90 100 12
Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 12
Endure Normal Status - 101 12
Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
Fire Blast Fire Special 110 85 8
Fire Fang Fire Physical 65 95 16
Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 16
Fly Flying Physical 90 95 16
Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90 8
Heat Wave Fire Special 95 90 12
Hurricane Flying Special 110 70 12
Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90 8
Ice Fang Ice Physical 65 95 16
Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100 16
Iron Tail Steel Physical 100 75 16
Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Meteor Beam Rock Special 120 90 12
Payback Dark Physical 50 100 12
Protect Normal Status - 101 8
Psychic Fangs Psychic Physical 85 100 12
Rain Dance Water Status - 101 8
Rest Psychic Status - 101 8
Roar Normal Status - 101 20
Rock Blast Rock Physical 25 90 12
Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 12
Rock Tomb Rock Physical 60 95 16
Roost Flying Status - 101 8
Round Normal Special 60 100 16
Sandstorm Rock Status - 101 8
Scary Face Normal Status - 100 12
Sky Attack Flying Physical 140 90 8
Sleep Talk Normal Status - 101 12
Snore Normal Special 50 100 16
Stealth Rock Rock Status - 101 20
Steel Wing Steel Physical 70 90 20
Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 8
Substitute Normal Status - 101 12
Sunny Day Fire Status - 101 8
Swagger Normal Status - 85 16
Tailwind Flying Status - 101 16
Taunt Dark Status - 100 20
Thief Dark Physical 60 100 20
Thunder Fang Electric Physical 65 95 16
Whirlwind Normal Status - 101 20
Wide Guard Rock Status - 101 12

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