Swords Dance
ZUItem
Heavy-Duty Boots / Grassy Seed
Heavy-Duty Boots / Grassy SeedAbilityTangled Feet
NatureJolly+Spe/−SpA
TeraFightingNormalGrass
EV spread
Atk252
SpD4
Spe▲252
#0085
Dodrio
Triple Bird Pokémon
One of Doduo’s two heads splits to form a unique species. It runs close to 40 mph in prairies.
Details
Height1.8 m
Weight85.2 kg
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth ratemedium
Base EXP165
Base stats
HP
60
Attack
110
Defense
70
Sp. Atk
60
Sp. Def
60
Speed
110
Total
470
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Dodrio
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Blue
Yellow
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
XD: Gale of Darkness
Green Japan
Red Japan
Evolution
Lv. 31
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Dodrio can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fury Attack Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 1 | Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Mirror Move Uses the target’s last used move. | Flying | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Peck Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Flying | Physical | 35 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Quick Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Supersonic Confuses the target. | Normal | Status | — | 55 | 20 |
| 8 | Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 15 | Pluck If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry. | Flying | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 15 | Pursuit Has double power against, and can hit, Pokémon attempting to switch out. | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 15 | Wing Attack Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Flying | Physical | 60 | 100 | 35 |
| 19 | Double Hit Hits twice in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 35 | 90 | 10 |
| 26 | Uproar Forced to use this move for several turns. Pokémon cannot fall asleep in that time. | Normal | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 30 | Acupressure Raises one of a friendly Pokémon’s stats at random by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 30 | Drill Peck Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Flying | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 34 | Swords Dance Raises the user’s Attack by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 39 | Rage If the user is hit after using this move, its Attack rises by one stage. | Normal | Physical | 20 | 100 | 20 |
| 43 | Endeavor Lowers the target’s HP to equal the user’s. | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 |
| 43 | Lunge Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage after inflicting damage. | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 45 | Tri Attack Has a chance to burn, freeze, or paralyze the target. | Normal | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| 48 | Jump Kick If the user misses, it takes half the damage it would have inflicted in recoil. | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 95 | 10 |
| 50 | Thrash Hits every turn for 2-3 turns, then confuses the user. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 51 | Agility Raises the user’s Speed by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
Breeding & egg moves
Dodrio can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
25 sprites & renders for Dodrio.
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Community notes
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Cite this page
“Dodrio”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/dodrio.
Species data from PokéAPI.