Pokemon Analysis: Dodrio

[Okashi]

Dodrio




These adorable triple headed birds are becoming the fashionable lead for those in style.

Stats:

HP: 60
ATK: 110
DEF: 70
SPD: 100
SATK: 60
SDEF: 60

Dodrio:

Move, Dodrio, Triple Kick
Move, Dodrio, Double Kick
Move, Dodrio, Jump Kick
Move, Dodrio, Baton Pass
Move, Dodrio, Sky Attack
Trait, Dodrio, Rock Head, 1


Set 1:

Dodrio (F) @ Choice Band
Trait: Rock Head
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spd
Adamant/Jolly Nature
- Double-Edge
- Drill Peck
- HP Fight/HP Rock/HP Ground/Double Kick/HP Fire/HP Ghost/Baton Pass
- Quick Attack/Baton Pass

Rock Head is hot with stab DE. Double Kick is imo the better option for slot 3, because it can break subs. HP Fire is a comedy option that I used once, but Scizor is already taking over 30% from Double Edge. This is probably the best Dodrio set.

Set 2:

Dodrio (F) @ Choice Band/Salac Berry/Liechi Berry
Trait: Early Bird
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 SDef
Adamant/Jolly Nature
- HP Fight/HP Ground/Double Kick/HP Ghost
- Flail
- Substitute/Endure
- Drill Peck

You may be thinking "Why Choice Band on a Subflail Dodrio?" Here is the strategy: bring Dodrio in without taking a hit (unless you are using Endure) and get down to near 1 hp using your move to do so. Then switch out. Bring it back in later for a stab, cb Flail! Make sure you have taken out all the normal resists your opponent's team has if using a Choice Band.

Set 3:

Dodrio (F) @ Leftovers/Stat Boosting Berry
Trait: Rock Head
EVs: 172 HP / 160 Atk / 176 Spd
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Agility/Drill Peck
- Double-Edge
- Substitute/Drill Peck
- Baton Pass

Baton Pass Dodrio. rekt told me to put it in, so in it goes. Use Sub/Agility/whatever on their switch to a Rock/Steel/Ghost type, then bp to your recipient. The hp is for more survivability, and 308 speed is good for outspeeding stuff.


Set 4:

Dodrio (F) @ Salac Berry
Trait: Early Bird
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 6 SDef
Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk)
- Quick Attack
- Endeavor
- Substitute
- Double Kick/Drill Peck

Endeavor Dodrio set. Sub until you are down to almost 1 hp, then Endeavor and QA them. It's your choice whether you want to use Double Kick or Drill Peck. Double Kick takes care of nasty Rock/Steel subbers that plague your existance if you use Drill Peck, while Drill Peck gets rid of the ghosts that aren't harmed by Quick Attack.

Set 5:

Dodrio (F) @ Leftovers
Trait: Early Bird
EVs: 156 HP / 144 Atk / 208 Def
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Return
- Drill Peck
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

Resttalk set. Every good analysis has a comedy set. Due to Early Bird, this might work, but its too frail for it to be good enough.


Other Options: Attract, Thief, Pursuit, Haze, Mimic, Steel Wing, Taunt, Toxic. I don't see any of these having a real use on Dodrio.

Counters: Most high defense rock/steel types or prediction for the CB set, fast sweepers for the Endeavor set, Ghosts/Rock/Steel types or Substitute users (only if they are using a Choice Band) for the Flail set, hard hitting, fast pokes/hazers/phazers for the bp set, any powerful attack for the resttalker. If you don't have a sturdy defensive wall, Dodrio will rip through your team.

Overall Opinion: Dodrio is a hard hitting, speedy pokemon with a good movepool. It is the normal/flying bird that all of the others look up to and aspire to be. If you want a pokemon that can use powerful attacks and hit anything for lots of damage, check out Dodrio.

[cock_block]

I like the first two sets and the fourth set.

PIDGEOT > DODRIO BECAUSE OF AEROBLAST HAHAHAHA but Dodrio hits harder and doesn't die after using Double-Edge and Dodrio isn't powerless against Magneton. That should be noted since it's basically the reason to use Dodrio over Pidgeot.

IMO standard looks like DE / Drill Peck / Jump Kick / Quick Attack with Jump Kick beating TTar and Aggron and other rocks and shit. Everything else explains itself. 180 power DE is good.

[Okashi]

Isn't Jump Kick just HP Fighting with lower accuracy?

[cock_block]

iirc HP Fighting means you lose a speed point. You trade 90 accuracy for possibly losing speed races with other 100 basers. It's a personal decision. Personally, I hate being slow.

[Zack]

I honestly think Rock Head is kind of overdoing the bird, seeing as he can now hurt any physical wall really hard.

I may drop that and give him compound eyes (he has 6 of them, god).

[Okashi]

I don't find Dodrio to be that particularly broken. It's not hitting something like Steelix or Forretress for any damage at all. I also have some ideas for Steelix that I do like to make it better, but I'm afraid it would make it too much like Weezing.

[cock_block]

Magneton still walls everything this bitch throws at him but the Jump Kick/Hidden Power Fighting. And until Scizor is nerfed, Scizor also lols at Dodrio (or at least the Intimidate versions do).

I wouldn't mind Compoundeyes though if it got Hi Jump Kick. 100% acc 85 power fighting move would be very good for Dodrio for clearing out the multitudes of normal/flying resists that have fighting weaks.