Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 0.6 m
- Weight
- 19.5 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate190(35.2%)Moderate
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth ratemedium
Base EXP67
Base stats
HP
60
Attack
60
Defense
50
Sp. Atk
40
Sp. Def
50
Speed
75
Total
335
Base Stat Total
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
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Where to find Deerling
Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Deerling can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
17 of 17
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| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camouflage User’s type changes to match the terrain. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 4 | Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 7 | Sand Attack Lowers the target’s accuracy by one stage. | Ground | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 10 | Double Kick Hits twice in one turn. | Fighting | Physical | 30 | 100 | 30 |
| 13 | Leech Seed Seeds the target, stealing HP from it every turn. | Grass | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 16 | Bullet Seed Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Grass | Physical | 25 | 100 | 30 |
| 16 | Feint Attack Never misses. | Dark | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 20 | Take Down User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 |
| 24 | Jump Kick If the user misses, it takes half the damage it would have inflicted in recoil. | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 95 | 10 |
| 24 | Zen Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Psychic | Physical | 80 | 90 | 15 |
| 28 | Aromatherapy Cures the entire party of major status effects. | Grass | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 28 | Energy Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Grass | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 32 | Charm Lowers the target’s Attack by two stages. | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 37 | Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
| 41 | Nature Power Uses a move which depends upon the terrain. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 42 | Solar Beam Requires a turn to charge before attacking. | Grass | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
Breeding & egg moves
Deerling can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
15 sprites & renders for Deerling.
Across the games
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Cite this page
“Deerling”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/deerling.
Species data from PokéAPI.