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Rookideein Pokémon SoulGold

flying

Pokédex Entry

Tiny Bird Pokémon

It will bravely challenge any opponent, no matter how powerful. This Pokémon benefits from every battle--even a defeat increases its strength a bit.

Rookidee in Pokémon SoulGold

Rookidee is #821 in the Pokédex for Pokémon SoulGold. This page covers its flying typing, base stats, abilities, level-up and TM/HM moves, evolution chain, and where to find it.

Type
Flying
Dex
#821
Abilities
Keen Eye(Primary)

Prevents loss of accuracy.

Unnerve(Secondary)

Foes can't eat Berries.

Big Pecks(Hidden)

Prevents Defense loss.

Growth Rate
mediumslow
Gender Ratio
50% Male, 50% Female
Egg Groups
flying
Hatch Rate
Medium Fast (20 cycles)
Catch Rate
255
pokeball
Poké Ball19.4%
greatball
Great Ball26.7%
ultraball
Ultra Ball33.0%
Base Exp
49
EV Yield
1 Speed
Wild Held Items
None
Weak To
electric ×2ice ×2rock ×2
Resists
grass ×0.5fighting ×0.5bug ×0.5
Immune To
ground

How to Obtain

Rookidee isn't found in the wild. You'll need to evolve, trade, or breed to get one.

Level Up Moves (11)

LeerLevel: 1normal
010030
Frightens the foes with a leer to lower Defense.
PeckLevel: 1flying
3510035
Attacks the foe with a jabbing beak, etc.
Power TripLevel: 4dark
2010010
It hits harder the more stat boosts the user has.
Hone ClawsLevel: 8dark
0015
Sharpens its claws to raise Attack and Accuracy.
Fury AttackLevel: 12normal
158520
Jabs the foe 2 to 5 times with sharp horns, etc.
PluckLevel: 16flying
6010020
Eats the foe's held Berry gaining its effect.
TauntLevel: 20dark
010020
Taunts the foe into only using attack moves.
Scary FaceLevel: 24normal
0010
Frightens with a scary face to sharply reduce Speed.
Drill PeckLevel: 28flying
8010020
A corkscrewing attack with the beak acting as a drill.
SwaggerLevel: 32normal
0015
Confuses the foe, but also sharply raises its Attack.
Brave BirdLevel: 36flying
12010015
A low altitude charge that also hurts the user.

Egg Moves (7)

Sky Attackflying
140905
2-turn attack. High critical hit ratio, and may flinch.
Sand Attackground
010015
Reduces the foe's accuracy by hurling sand in its face.
Tailwindflying
000
Whips up a breeze, doubling ally Speed for 4 turns.ally Speed for 3 turns.
Defogflying
0015
Removes obstacles and lowers evasion.
Rock Smashfighting
010015
A rock-crushing attack that may lower Defense.
Spiteghost
010010
Spitefully cuts the PP of the foe's last move by 4.of foe's last move by 2-5.
Roostflying
000
Restores the user's HP by half of its max HP.

TM/HM Moves (19)

Aerial Aceflying
60020TM40
An extremely speedy and unavoidable attack.
Attractnormal
010015TM45
Makes the opposite gender less likely to attack.
Facadenormal
7010020TM42
Boosts power when burned, paralyzed, or poisoned.
Flyflying
09515HM02
Flies up on the first turn, then strikes the next turn.
Hone Clawsdark
0015TM76
Sharpens its claws to raise Attack and Accuracy.
Paybackdark
5010010TM66
An attack that gains power if the user moves last.
Protectnormal
0010TM17
Evades attack, but may fail if used in succession.
Restpsychic
000TM44
The user sleeps for 2 turns, restoring HP and status.
Rock Smashfighting
010015HM06
A rock-crushing attack that may lower Defense.
Roostflying
000TM19
Restores the user's HP by half of its max HP.
Roundnormal
6010015TM48
A song that inflicts damage. Others can join in too.
Substitutenormal
0010TM90
Creates a decoy using 1/4 of the user's maximum HP.
Tauntdark
010020TM12
Taunts the foe into only using attack moves.
Thiefdark
01000TM46
While attacking, it may steal the foe's held item.
U Turnbug
7010020TM89
Does damage then switches out the user.
Work Upnormal
0030TM01
The user is roused. Ups Attack and Sp. Atk.
Frustrationnormal
110020TM21
An attack that is stronger if the Trainer is disliked.
Hidden Powernormal
010015TM10
The type varies with the user.The type and effectiveness vary with the user.
Returnnormal
110020TM27
An attack that increases in power with friendship.

Type Summary

3
Weaknesses
3
Resistances
1
Immunities
11
Neutral

Weaknesses

Types that deal increased damage to Rookidee. Use these types to counter it effectively.

Resistances & Immunities

Types that Rookidee resists or is immune to. Avoid using these types against it.

Immunities (0×)

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