Archeops
First Bird Pokémon
Though capable of flight, Archeops was apparently better at hunting on the ground.
Details
Abilities
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Pivot
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Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Archeops can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Quick Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Rock Throw Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Rock | Physical | 50 | 90 | 15 |
| 1 | Wing Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Flying | Physical | 60 | 100 | 35 |
| 8 | Double Team Raises the user’s evasion by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 9 | Dragon Breath Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Dragon | Special | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 12 | Ancient Power Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage. | Rock | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 15 | Pluck If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry. | Flying | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 18 | Quick Guard Prevents any priority moves from hitting friendly Pokémon this turn. | Fighting | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 21 | U-turn User must switch out after attacking. | Bug | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 24 | Rock Slide Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Rock | Physical | 75 | 90 | 10 |
| 27 | Scary Face Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 28 | Acrobatics Has double power if the user has no held item. | Flying | Physical | 55 | 100 | 15 |
| 30 | Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage. | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 33 | Agility Raises the user’s Speed by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 36 | Tailwind For three turns, friendly Pokémon have doubled Speed. | Flying | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 41 | Dragon Claw Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Dragon | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 46 | Thrash Hits every turn for 2-3 turns, then confuses the user. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 51 | Endeavor Lowers the target’s HP to equal the user’s. | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 |
Sprites & renders
12 sprites & renders for Archeops.






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Cite this page
“Archeops”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/archeops.
Species data from PokéAPI.