#0227
Skarmory
Armor Bird Pokémon
People fashion swords from Skarmory’s shed feathers, so this Pokémon is a popular element in heraldic designs.
Details
Height1.7 m
Weight50.5 kg
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate25
Base friendship70
Growth rateslow
Appears in these games
Base stats
HP
65
Attack
80
Defense
140
Sp. Atk
40
Sp. Def
70
Speed
70
Total
465
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Defensive
- Item
- Rocky Helmet
- Ability
- Sturdy
- Nature
- Bold
- EVs
- 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
- Tera
- Ground
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Skarmory can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
22 sprites & renders for Skarmory.
Across the games
Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Peck | Flying | Physical | 35 | 100 | 35 |
| 4 | Sand Attack | Ground | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 8 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 12 | Air Cutter | Flying | Special | 60 | 95 | 25 |
| 12 | Metal Claw | Steel | Physical | 50 | 95 | 35 |
| 16 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 20 | Feint | Normal | Physical | 30 | 100 | 10 |
| 20 | Wing Attack | Flying | Physical | 60 | 100 | 35 |
| 23 | Swift | Normal | Special | 60 | — | 20 |
| 24 | Slash | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 28 | Steel Wing | Steel | Physical | 70 | 90 | 25 |
| 32 | Autotomize | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 32 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 36 | Drill Peck | Flying | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 40 | Metal Sound | Steel | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| 44 | Spikes | Ground | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 45 | Air Slash | Flying | Special | 75 | 95 | 15 |
| 48 | Iron Defense | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 52 | Brave Bird | Flying | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
| 53 | Night Slash | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
Breeding & egg moves
Skarmory can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
