
Is Pidgeotto Good in Yellow Playthrough?
A steady mid-game presence while the rest of your team sorts itself out. Handles Erika's Grass-types if you need it and evolves into Pidgeot at 36.
Brock's typing presses Pidgey's defenses.
Pidgeotto trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Lt. Surge's team hits Pidgeotto's weaknesses hard.
Pidgeotto has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Pidgeot resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Pidgeot trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Pidgeot trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Pidgeot trades roughly evenly with Giovanni's team.
Pidgeot trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Pidgeot has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Pidgeot trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Pidgeot trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Pidgeot trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Catch Pidgey
Catch Pidgey on Route 1 (walking, Lv 2-7, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 2)
- LV 2NormalGustPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 35
- LV 12NormalQuick AttackPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Misty
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 12 Gate 2F
- After Lt. Surge
- TM10NormalDouble-EdgePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Rocket Hideout
- TM09NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20Silph Co.
- TM02NormalRazor WindPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 10On B4F of the Rocket Hideout, in the northwest area near Giovanni's office
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Route 16 (from girl in house)
- After Giovanni
- TM43FlyingSky AttackPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Victory Road
Evolve Pidgey to Pidgeotto
Pidgey evolves into Pidgeotto at Level 18. Your Pidgey should hit Level 18 before you reach Misty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 18)
- LV 18NormalGustPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 35
- LV 18NormalQuick AttackPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Misty
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 12 Gate 2F
- After Lt. Surge
- TM10NormalDouble-EdgePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Rocket Hideout
- TM09NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20Silph Co.
- TM02NormalRazor WindPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 10On B4F of the Rocket Hideout, in the northwest area near Giovanni's office
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Route 16 (from girl in house)
- After Giovanni
- TM43FlyingSky AttackPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Victory Road
Evolve Pidgeotto to Pidgeot
Pidgeotto evolves into Pidgeot at Level 36. Your Pidgeotto should hit Level 36 before you reach Koga, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 12 Gate 2F
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Rocket Game Corner
- TM10NormalDouble-EdgePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Rocket Hideout
- TM09NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20Silph Co.
- TM02NormalRazor WindPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 10On B4F of the Rocket Hideout, in the northwest area near Giovanni's office
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Route 16 (from girl in house)
- LV 44PsychicAgilityPower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Giovanni
- TM43FlyingSky AttackPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Victory Road
How to Get Pidgeotto in Yellow
Pidgeotto shows up wild across 13 routes, but it's the rare-to-uncommon bird at most of them. If you'd rather not gamble on the grass, a Route 1 Pidgey evolves at level 18.
13 locations to catch Pidgeotto13 locations to catch Pidgey
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Catch Pidgey at any of the 13 locations below, then level it up to 18 — it evolves into Pidgeotto.
Where To Catch Pidgeotto in Y
The path to Pidgeotto starts with Pidgey at Lv. 2-28 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 2Pidgeotto ✓Route 21Lv.15-19GrassRate 10%Viridian ForestLv.9GrassRate 1%Route 13Lv.28GrassRate 15%Route 11Lv.18-20GrassRate 10%or evolve from Pidgey (Step 1)
Step 3Evolve into Pidgeot
Bring the right balls: check Pidgeotto catch odds in the Yellow Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
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 |
- Only 15 types exist — Dark, Steel, and Fairy are absent
- Ghost has no effect on Psychic (a known bug, fixed in Gen II)
- Special stat governs both offense and defense — no Sp.Atk / Sp.Def split
What is Pidgeotto Weak Against
GoodPidgeotto Evolutions
Partway through Pidgey's chain, Pidgeotto is a Normal/Flying type pushing toward Pidgeot. No breeding at this stage. 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
Y Pidgeotto Best Moveset
A middle-stage Normal/Flying that collapses against anything fully evolved. 75 Speed keeps up briefly, but the line ends at Pidgeot, which stops well short of Dodrio. Strictly worse at every step of the competition.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Gust
- Quick Attack
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Pidgeotto's limited coverage all comes from technical machines, built on top of Sky Attack and Double-Edge for same-type damage. Double-Edge and Fly are the payoff moves.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- 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.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM 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 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
All 15 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
This POKéMON is full of vitality. It constantly flies around its large territory in search of prey.
Pidgeotto Yellow Guide
In Yellow, for a casual playthrough, Pidgeotto works as a placeholder. Normal/Flying coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Pidgeot. That's where the stats start mattering.
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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Where to go next after Pidgeotto.