Is Hydreigon Good in X & Y Playthrough?
Dark/Dragon at level 64 with AbilityLevitate. 600 BST with three immunities through AbilityLevitate. Handles Olympia and Malva. The level 64 evolution means most players reach the E4 before Hydreigon evolves. The new Fairy weakness makes Valerie and Diantha's Gardevoir dangerous.
Hydreigon has the type edge here and should clean up Viola's team.
Hydreigon resists most of Grant's coverage and hits back hard.
Hydreigon has the type edge here and should clean up Korrina's team.
Hydreigon has the type edge here and should clean up Ramos's team.
Hydreigon has the type edge here and should clean up Clemont's team.
Hydreigon trades roughly evenly with Valerie's team.
Hydreigon has the type edge here and should clean up Olympia's team.
Hydreigon trades roughly evenly with Wulfric's team.
Hydreigon trades roughly evenly with Malva's team.
Wikstrom's team hits Hydreigon's weaknesses hard.
Hydreigon has the type edge here and should clean up Drasna's team.
Hydreigon trades roughly evenly with Siebold's team.
Hydreigon trades roughly evenly with Diantha's team.
Catchable
Catch Hydreigon in Victory Road (walking, Lv 59, rare). Shaking/Bubbling spots.
Catch Zweilous
Catch Zweilous in Victory Road (walking, Lv 59, rare).
How to Get Hydreigon in X & Y
By level 59, Hydreigon prowls a single high-end stretch of grass, always rare wherever it shows. The two games match each other, offering that one demanding spot and nothing lower.
Where To Catch Hydreigon in XY
- Step 2Catch or Evolve ZweilousVictory Road - Cave 1Lv.59CaveRate 5%Victory Road - Cave 2Lv.59CaveRate 5%Victory Road - Cave 3Lv.59CaveRate 5%Victory Road - Cave 4Lv.59CaveRate 5%or evolve from Deino (Step 1)
- Step 3Hydreigon ✓Victory Road - Outside Section 1Lv.59CaveRareShaking spotVictory Road - Outside Section 2Lv.59CaveRareShaking spotVictory Road - Outside Section 3Lv.59CaveRareShaking spotor evolve from Zweilous (Step 2)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in X & Y for Hydreigon.
How to Get Shiny Hydreigon in X & Y
Hydreigon caps the Deino line; raise a shiny Deino from a foreign-language pairing and evolve it fully. Compare Shiny Hydreigon odds across every game
X & Y Shiny Hydreigon Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method at full boosts, about 1 in 512 on each try. Tune it below.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 54 |
| 25%one in four | 148 |
| 50%coin flip | 355 |
| 90%very likely | 1,178 |
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your X & Y shiny odds for Hydreigon.
Hydreigon Weakness
Hydreigon's Dark/Dragon typing leaves it vulnerable to Fairy, Ice, Fighting, Bug, and Dragon. Fairy hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Psychic-type attacks completely. It resists 6 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Fairy |
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Fighting, Bug, Dragon |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Electric, Grass, Ghost, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Psychic |
What is Hydreigon Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Hydreigon
 Florges Fairy | B | |
 Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hydreigon View Gardevoir builds →Moonblast 4x170-201%KO Focus Blast 2x71-84% | ||
 Granbull Fairy | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hydreigon View Granbull builds →Play Rough 4x155-183%KO Outrage 2x69-81% Brick Break 2x43-51% Ice Fang 2x37-44% | ||
 Haxorus Dragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hydreigon View Haxorus builds →Outrage 2x123-145%KO X-Scissor 2x55-65% Brick Break 2x52-61% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hydreigon View Heracross builds →Close Combat 2x107-127%KO Megahorn 2x107-127%KO | ||
 Mr. Mime PsychicFairy | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hydreigon View Mr. Mime builds →Dazzling Gleam 4x120-141%KO Focus Blast 2x59-70% Infestation 2x11-13% | ||
 Lucario FightingSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodTower Of Mastery Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hydreigon View Lucario builds →Close Combat 2x96-113%KO Dragon Pulse 2x47-56% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Hydreigon View Hariyama builds →Close Combat 2x103-121%KO | ||
 Sawk Fighting | C | |
 Klefki SteelFairy | C | |
 Mienshao Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hydreigon View Mienshao builds →High Jump Kick 2x116-137%KO U-turn 2x42-50% | ||
 Gurdurr Fighting | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Hydreigon View Gurdurr builds →Focus Punch 2x115-136%KO | ||
 Scrafty DarkFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hydreigon View Scrafty builds →Focus Punch 2x102-120%KO Dragon Claw 2x37-43% | ||
 Throh Fighting | C | |
Hydreigon Evolutions
The three-stage chain from Deino through Zweilous ends here at Hydreigon. Want more? Breed for Deino eggs. A decent partner pool available via one egg group. The evolution from Deino pushed Hydreigon to 600 total stats. Sp.Atk saw the largest single gain at +80. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Hydreigon to get Deino eggs using 50 partners from the Dragon egg group. Notable egg moves include Assurance, Astonish, Dark Pulse and 7 more.
XY Hydreigon Best Moveset
Dark/Dragon carries a devastating 4x Fairy weakness this generation because Fairy hits both Dark and Dragon super-effectively simultaneously. AbilityLevitate blocks Ground. 125 Sp. Atk at 98 Speed fires TermStab that almost nothing resists. The moveset maintained A-tier because the offensive power overwhelms targets before Fairy types can switch in.
Best Build
Hydreigon best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Dark Pulse
- Draco Meteor
- Fire Blast
- Flash Cannon
Moves List
STAB runs through Draco Meteor and Outrage for the basics, but Hydreigon's real strength is the 12-type coverage spread. Normal and Flying hit common defensive types, and the movepool keeps going.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
The heads on their arms do not have brains. They use all three heads to consume and destroy everything.
It responds to movement by attacking. This scary, three-headed Pokémon devours everything in its path!
Hydreigon X & Y Guide
In X & Y, use Hydreigon as a wallbreaker. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling,
For X & Y, build your team around Metagross Mega. These have the highest co-usage rates with Hydreigon in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
For X & Y, run Timid on Hydreigon. +Speed is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Since Black & White, Hydreigon has been obtainable in 8 games. A Generation 5 debut means a shorter history, but Hydreigon has appeared steadily across every generation since.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BWDebut
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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