Is Pidgeotto Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Evolves from Pidgey at level 18. The entire line arrives postgame, so Pidgeotto never sees a gym battle or E4 fight. Battle Frontier filler.
Roark's team hits Pidgey's weaknesses hard.
Pidgey has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Pidgey trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Pidgey has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Pidgey trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Byron's team hits Pidgey's weaknesses hard.
Pidgey trades roughly evenly with 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 trades roughly evenly with Lucian'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 Mars'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 47, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Roark
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Floaroma Town
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Veilstone City (Galactic Warehouse)
- LV 49FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORFireHeat WavePower 100Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival 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
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Veilstone City (Galactic Warehouse)
- LV 38FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- LV 62FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORFireHeat WavePower 100Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
How to Get Pidgeotto in Platinum
Raising a Pidgey to level 18 is how you get Pidgeotto, since it has no wild spawn of its own. That ties it to the single late-game route where Pidgey turns up.
Catch Pidgey at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Pidgeotto.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8How to Obtain Pidgeotto in Pt
How to Get Shiny Pidgeotto in Platinum
Pidgeotto is scarce itself, so chain the plentiful Pidgey on Route 229 to 40 for a shiny and let it evolve once. Compare Shiny Pidgeotto odds across every game
Platinum 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 Platinum 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
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pidgeotto View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x305-359%KO Avalanche 2x81-96% Thunderbolt 2x63-75% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pidgeotto View Rhydon builds →Stone Edge 2x166-195%KO Avalanche 2x66-78% Thunderbolt 2x48-57% | ||
 Regirock Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 228 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pidgeotto View Regirock builds →Stone Edge 2x132-156%KO Thunderbolt 2x53-62% | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pidgeotto View Tyranitar builds →Stone Edge 2x170-200%KO Thunderbolt 2x86-102%KO Ice Beam 2x86-102%KO | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 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% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Bastiodon RockSteel | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Shieldon (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pidgeotto View Bastiodon builds →Stone Edge 2x79-94% Ice Beam 2x50-59% Thunderbolt 2x50-59% | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pidgeotto View Probopass builds →Power Gem 2x79-94% Thunderbolt 2x71-84% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Zapdos Electric | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pidgeotto View Zapdos builds →Thunderbolt 2x163-192%KO Ancient Power 2x69-81% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pidgeotto View Solrock builds →Stone Edge 2x126-149%KO Charge Beam 2x30-36% | ||
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.
Pt Pidgeotto Best Moveset
Not fast enough and not strong enough for the moveset to matter. 60 Attack and 71 Speed look passable on paper but fall short in practice. Evolve to Pidgeot.
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 Fly while coverage across 7 types 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
Base Stats
It flies over its wide territory in search of prey, downing it with its highly developed claws.
Pidgeotto Platinum Guide
In Platinum, 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 Platinum.
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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