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noctowl
Generation II

noctowl

Owl Pokémon

normalflying

When it needs to think, it rotates its head 180 degrees to sharpen its intellectual power.

1.6 m

Height

40.8 kg

Weight

158

Base XP

90

Capture Rate

70

Base Happiness

♂ 50% ♀ 50%

Gender

Base Stats

HP100
+2 EV
Attack50
Defense50
Sp. Atk86
Sp. Def96
Speed70
Total452

Historical Stats

Generation VI

Sp. Atk76

Abilities

Insomnia
Slot 1Generation III

Prevents sleep.

The Pokémon's insomnia prevents it from falling asleep.

Keen Eye
Slot 2Generation III

Prevents accuracy from being lowered.

The Pokémon's keen eyes prevent its accuracy from being lowered.

Tinted Lens
Slot 3HiddenGeneration IV

Doubles damage inflicted with not-very-effective moves.

The Pokémon can use “not very effective” moves to deal regular damage.

Evolution Chain

Evolves from Hoothoot

Breeding

Egg Groups

15 cycles

Hatch Counter

Forest

Habitat

Medium

Growth Rate

Wings

Shape

No

Gender Diff.

Moves (96)

Level Up (14)

Lv.MoveTypeClassPwrAccPP
1

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.

Changed in: Black White, Sun Moon

normalphysical40100%35
1

Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.

All Opponents

normalstatus100%40
1

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.

flyingphysical35100%35
1
Sky AttackTM43★crit

User charges for one turn before attacking. Has a chance to make the target flinch.

Changed in: Gold Silver, Lets Go Pikachu Lets Go Eevee, Sword Shield

flyingphysical14090%5
1

Forces the target to have no Evade, and allows it to be hit by Normal and Fighting moves even if it’s a Ghost.

normalstatus40
1

Power increases by 100% for each consecutive use by any friendly Pokémon, to a maximum of 200.

normalspecial40100%15
9

Has a chance to confuse the target.

psychicspecial50100%25
15

Transfers the user’s major status effect to the target.

Changed in: X Y

psychicstatus100%10
23

Has a chance to make the target flinch.

Changed in: X Y

psychicspecial80100%20
38
RoostTM51

Heals the user by half its max HP.

User

Restores 50% HP

flyingstatus5
43

Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Attack by one stage.

fairyspecial95100%15
48

Puts the target to sleep.

Changed in: Diamond Pearl, Platinum

psychicstatus60%20
51

Hits any Pokémon that shares a type with the user.

All Other Pokemon

Changed in: X Y

psychicspecial120100%10
53

Only works on sleeping Pokémon. Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.

psychicspecial100100%15

TM / HM (72)

Egg Moves (3)

Tutor (7)

Sprites (13)

noctowl Back defaultBack default
noctowl Back shinyBack shiny
noctowl Front defaultFront default
noctowl Front shinyFront shiny
noctowl Other dream world front defaultOther dream world front default
noctowl Other home front defaultOther home front default
noctowl Other home front shinyOther home front shiny
noctowl Other official Artwork front defaultOther official Artwork front default
noctowl Other official Artwork front shinyOther official Artwork front shiny
noctowl Other showdown back defaultOther showdown back default
noctowl Other showdown back shinyOther showdown back shiny
noctowl Other showdown front defaultOther showdown front default
noctowl Other showdown front shinyOther showdown front shiny

Cries

Latest

Legacy

Encounter Locations

Mt Coronet Exterior Snowfall

DiamondWalk Lv.3910%
PearlWalk Lv.3910%
PlatinumWalk Lv.3910%

Mt Coronet Exterior Blizzard

DiamondWalk Lv.3910%
PearlWalk Lv.3910%
PlatinumWalk Lv.3910%

Great Marsh Area 1

DiamondWalk Lv.2610%
PearlWalk Lv.2610%
PlatinumWalk Lv.2820%

Great Marsh Area 2

DiamondWalk Lv.2610%
PearlWalk Lv.2610%
PlatinumWalk Lv.2820%

Great Marsh Area 3

PlatinumWalk Lv.2810%

Great Marsh Area 4

PlatinumWalk Lv.2810%

Sendoff Spring Area

DiamondWalk Lv.5320%
PearlWalk Lv.5320%

Lake Valor Area

DiamondWalk Lv.3420%
PearlWalk Lv.3420%

Lake Acuity Area

DiamondWalk Lv.3420%
PearlWalk Lv.3420%

Acuity Lakefront Area

DiamondWalk Lv.3510%
PearlWalk Lv.3510%

Sinnoh Route 210 South Towards Solaceon Town

PlatinumWalk Lv.2110%

Sinnoh Route 210 West Towards Celestic Town

DiamondWalk Lv.2510%
PearlWalk Lv.2510%
PlatinumWalk Lv.2710%

Sinnoh Route 211 East Towards Celestic Town

DiamondWalk Lv.2810%
PearlWalk Lv.2810%
PlatinumWalk Lv.2910%

Sinnoh Route 216 Area

DiamondWalk Lv.3310%
PearlWalk Lv.3310%

Sinnoh Route 217 Area

DiamondWalk Lv.3510%
PearlWalk Lv.3510%

Ilex Forest Area

CrystalHeadbutt Low Lv.1020%
HeartgoldHeadbutt Lv.6–810%
SoulsilverHeadbutt Lv.6–810%

Johto Route 37 Area

CrystalWalk Lv.1510%

Johto Route 38 Area

CrystalWalk Lv.1610%

Johto Route 39 Area

CrystalWalk Lv.1610%

Johto Route 43 Area

GoldWalk Lv.1720%
SilverWalk Lv.1720%
HeartgoldWalk Lv.1720%
SoulsilverWalk Lv.1720%

Johto Route 47 Area

HeartgoldWalk Lv.3520%
SoulsilverWalk Lv.3520%

Kanto Route 26 Area

CrystalWalk Lv.2850%

Kanto Route 27 Area

CrystalWalk Lv.2840%

Kanto Route 2 South Towards Viridian City

GoldWalk Lv.710%
SilverWalk Lv.715%
CrystalWalk Lv.715%
HeartgoldWalk Lv.714%
SoulsilverWalk Lv.714%

Kanto Route 5 Area

CrystalWalk Lv.1520%

+16 more locations

Game Appearances

Gold#164Silver#164Crystal#164Ruby#164Sapphire#164Emerald#164Firered#164Leafgreen#164Diamond#164Pearl#164Platinum#164Heartgold#164Soulsilver#164Black#164White#164Black 2#164White 2#164

Pokédex Numbers

#164

National

#107

Extended Sinnoh

#20

Galar

#118

Kalos Mountain

#46

Kitakami

#16

Original Johto

#107

Original Sinnoh

#114

Updated Akala

#213

Updated Alola

#16

Updated Johto

Names in Other Languages

야부엉

Korean

Noarfang

French

Noctuh

German

Noctowl

Spanish

Noctowl

Italian

ヨルノズク

Japanese

Pal Park

Forest

Score: 50Rate: 30

Meta

#261

Order

Yes

Default Form

Generation II

Generation

Brown

Color