Hoothoot • Sword & Shield Pokédex

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Sprite of Hoothoot in Pokémon Sword/Shield

Hoothoot's Type

NORMAL

FLYING

Hoothoot's Pokédex #s

Galar #: 19

National #: 163

Hoothoot's Base Stats

HP:: 60

Attack:: 30

Defense:: 30

Sp. Atk:: 36

Sp. Def:: 56

Speed:: 50

Total:: 262

Misc. Info

Egg Groups:: Flying

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,000,000

EV Yield:: 1 HP

Hoothoot's Abilities

Here are what abilities Hoothoot can possibly have, along with their effects.

Insomnia: Hoothoot cannot fall asleep or use Rest.

Keen Eye: Protects Hoothoot from having its accuracy lowered and ignores evasion on any Pokémon Hoothoot targets.

Tinted Lens: Hoothoot does 2× as much damage when hitting with moves that are "not very effective".

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Hoothoot's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: ELECTRIC

ICE

ROCK

½: GRASS

BUG

immune: GROUND

GHOST

Hoothoot's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Hoothoot evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Hoothoot: starting form

Noctowl: at level 20

Hoothoot's Moves

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Hoothoot can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Hoothoot learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Peck Damages the target.	FLYING	35	100%	35	One Target
1	Growl Lowers all nearby enemies' Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	40	Nearby Enemies
3	Tackle Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
6	Echoed Voice Increases power by 40 each consecutive turn Echoed Voice is used, by Hoothoot or any ally.	NORMAL	40	100%	15	One Target
9	Confusion Has a 10% chance of confusing the target.	PSYCHIC	50	100%	25	One Target
12	Reflect Reduces damage from Physical-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User's Field
15	Psycho Shift Transfers any major status conditions affecting Hoothoot to the target.	PSYCHIC	--	100%	10	One Target
18	Air Slash Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	FLYING	75	95%	15	One Target
21	Extrasensory Has a 10% chance of causing the target to flinch.	PSYCHIC	80	100%	20	One Target
24	Take Down Hoothoot takes 25% of Take Down's damage as recoil damage.	NORMAL	90	85%	20	One Target
27	Uproar Lose control for up to 5 turns. While the Uproar is active, no Pokémon can be asleep.	NORMAL	90	100%	10	Random Enemy
30	Roost Heals Hoothoot's HP by 50% and removes its Flying-type for the rest of the turn.	FLYING	--	--	10	User
33	Moonblast 30% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Atk by one stage.	FAIRY	95	100%	15	One Target
36	Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep.	PSYCHIC	--	60%	20	One Target
39	Dream Eater Heals Hoothoot by half the damage dealt. Fails unless foe is asleep.	PSYCHIC	100	100%	15	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Hoothoot can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM06	Fly Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	FLYING	90	95%	15	One Target
TM16	Screech Lowers the target's Defense by two stages.	NORMAL	--	85%	40	One Target
TM18	Reflect Reduces damage from Physical-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User's Field
TM21	Rest Hoothoot restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM23	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Hoothoot from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM30	Steel Wing Has a 10% chance of raising Hoothoot's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	70	90%	25	One Target
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Hoothoot is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM40	Swift Doesn't miss all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	60	--	20	Nearby Enemies
TM44	Imprison Hoothoot can't use any moves Hoothoot knows.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM95	Air Slash Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	FLYING	75	95%	15	One Target

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Hoothoot can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR11	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TR12	Agility Raises Hoothoot's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
TR17	Amnesia Raises Hoothoot's Special Defense by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Hoothoot's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Hoothoot's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR33	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TR35	Uproar Lose control for up to 5 turns. While the Uproar is active, no Pokémon can be asleep.	NORMAL	90	100%	10	Random Enemy
TR36	Heat Wave Has a 10% chance to burn all nearby enemies.	FIRE	95	90%	10	Nearby Enemies
TR42	Hyper Voice Damages all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	90	100%	10	Nearby Enemies
TR49	Calm Mind Raises Hoothoot's Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TR68	Nasty Plot Raises Hoothoot's Special Attack by two stages.	DARK	--	--	20	User
TR69	Zen Headbutt Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	PSYCHIC	80	90%	15	One Target
TR82	Stored Power Increases power by 20 for each positive stat modifier Hoothoot has, excluding accuracy or evasion.	PSYCHIC	20	100%	10	One Target
TR85	Work Up Raises Hoothoot's Attack and Special Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
TR89	Hurricane 30% chance of confusing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	FLYING	110	70%	10	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Hoothoot can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Hoothoot.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Supersonic Confuses the target.	NORMAL	--	55%	20	One Target
EGG	Wing Attack Damages the target.	FLYING	60	100%	35	One Target
EGG	Whirlwind Forces the foe to switch out, or ends wild battles.	NORMAL	--	--	20	One Target
EGG	Feather Dance Lowers the target's Attack by two stages.	FLYING	--	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Night Shade Does exact damage equal to Hoothoot's level.	GHOST	varies	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Defog Lowers the target's evasion by one stage. Removes effects on the enemy's field such as Light Screen, Reflect, etc.	FLYING	--	--	15	One Target

Where to Find Hoothoot

If you're looking for where to find Hoothoot, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Hoothoot in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Hoothoot in the Wild

Galar Route 1

Random Encounters

Any Weather
5%			Lv. 2-5

Galar Route 2

Random Encounters

Any Weather
5%			Lv. 4-6

Wild Area: Dappled Grove

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
25%	28%	--	--	--	10%	--	10%	10%
Lv. 13-15	Lv. 13-15				Lv. 13-15		Lv. 13-15	Lv. 13-15

Wild Area: Giant's Cap (2)

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
10%	5%	10%	5%	5%	5%	--	10%	5%
Lv. 28-30	Lv. 28-30	Lv. 28-30	Lv. 28-30	Lv. 28-30	Lv. 28-30		Lv. 28-30	Lv. 28-30