Is Pidgeotto Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Evolve from postgame Pidgey encounters. Staraptor already owns the Normal/Flying slot by this point. Building Pidgeotto when Staraptor exists feels like a downgrade.
Roark's team hits Pidgey's weaknesses hard.
Pidgey resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Pidgey has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Pidgey trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Pidgey trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Byron's team hits Pidgey's weaknesses hard.
Pidgey has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Volkner's team hits Pidgey's weaknesses hard.
Pidgeot has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Pidgeot trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Pidgeot trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Pidgeot has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Pidgeot has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Pidgeot has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Pidgeot has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Pidgeot trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Pidgey
Catch Pidgey on Route 229 (walking, Lv 51, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 51)
- LV 51FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- LV 51FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Roark
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Floaroma Town
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Inside the Galactic Warehouse in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Pidgey to Pidgeot
Pidgeotto evolves into Pidgeot at Level 36. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Inside the Galactic Warehouse in Veilstone City
- LV 38FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- LV 62FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Pidgeotto in Diamond & Pearl
With no wild Pidgeotto in Sinnoh, you evolve one from a Pidgey at level 18, and even that Pidgey only turns up during its rare postgame Swarm.
Catch Pidgey at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Pidgeotto.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8How to Obtain Pidgeotto in DP
How to Get Shiny Pidgeotto in Diamond & Pearl
Pidgeotto is missing from the wild here, so start a PokeRadar chain on Pidgey at Route 229, then let it evolve. Compare Shiny Pidgeotto odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Pidgeotto Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
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 | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Pidgeotto in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Pidgeotto Weakness
Electric, Ice, and Rock moves hit Pidgeotto for super-effective damage. The upside? Ground and Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground, Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Pidgeotto Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Pidgeotto
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pidgeotto View Rhydon builds →Stone Edge 2x166-195%KO Avalanche 2x66-78% Thunderbolt 2x48-57% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pidgeotto View Kabutops builds →Stone Edge 2x148-175%KO Ice Beam 2x63-75% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pidgeotto View Abomasnow builds →Ice Beam 2x126-149%KO Rock Slide 2x62-73% | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pidgeotto View Solrock builds →Stone Edge 2x126-149%KO Charge Beam 2x30-36% | ||
 Plusle Electric | B | |
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pidgeotto View Probopass builds →Thunderbolt 2x71-84% Stone Edge 2x84-98% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pidgeotto View Aerodactyl builds →Stone Edge 2x138-162%KO Thunder Fang 2x60-71% Ice Fang 2x60-71% | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
Pidgeotto Evolutions
Pidgeotto sits between Pidgey and Pidgeot in this three-stage line. Not the final form yet. For breeding, quick to hatch with a decent partner pool via one egg group. So far, HP got the biggest boost (+23 from Pidgey). The final form adds another 130 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Pidgeotto to get Pidgey eggs easily using 31 partners from the Flying egg group. Notable egg moves include Air Cutter, Air Slash, Brave Bird and 5 more.
DP Pidgeotto Best Moveset
Everything Pidgeot does but weaker and slower. The moveset runs the same Normal/Flying physical attacks with less power behind them and no move that justifies using this over the evolution.
Best Build
Pidgeotto best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- U Turn
- Brave Bird
- Roost
- Return
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Pidgeotto picks up Air Cutter and Air Slash only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Brave Bird and Double-Edge while Dragon and Steel coverage and more adds range.
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
25 of 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It flies over its wide territory in search of prey, downing it with its highly developed claws.
Pidgeotto Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Pidgeotto has 349 BST and evolves into Pidgeot. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Pidgeotto is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Pidgeotto becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Pidgeotto appears in 19 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Pidgeotto have the longest track record of availability in the series.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
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 5BW
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
Winds & Waves
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