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Skarmory's Type

STEEL

FLYING

Skarmory's Pokédex #s

National #: 227

Galar #: --

Armor #: 153

Crown #: --

Skarmory's Base Stats

HP:: 65

Attack:: 80

Defense:: 140

Sp. Atk:: 40

Sp. Def:: 70

Speed:: 70

Total:: 465

Misc. Info

Height:: 5'7" (1.7m)

Weight:: 111.3 lbs. (50.5 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Flying

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,250,000

EV Yield:: 2 Defense

Base EXP:: 163

Catch Rate:: 25

Base Happiness:: 70

Skarmory's Abilities

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

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

Sturdy: If Skarmory has full HP and would be knocked out by a single hit, it survives with 1 HP. Also protects against OHKO moves.

Weak Armor: Raises Skarmory's Speed and lowers its Defense by one stage whenever it is hit by a Physical-based move.

Weaknesses & Resistances

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

2×: FIRE

ELECTRIC

½: NORMAL

FLYING

PSYCHIC

DRAGON

STEEL

FAIRY

¼: GRASS

BUG

immune: POISON

GROUND

Skarmory's Evolution Line

Skarmory does not evolve into any other known or available Pokémon.

Skarmory's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Skarmory 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 Skarmory 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	Leer Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
4	Sand Attack Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	GROUND	--	100%	15	One Target
8	Fury Attack Hits the target two to five times in a row.	NORMAL	15	85%	20	One Target
12	Metal Claw Has a 10% chance of raising Skarmory's Attack by one stage.	STEEL	50	95%	35	One Target
16	Agility Raises Skarmory's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
20	Wing Attack Damages the target.	FLYING	60	100%	35	One Target
24	Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
28	Steel Wing Has a 10% chance of raising Skarmory's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	70	90%	25	One Target
32	Autotomize Raises Skarmory's Speed by two stages and reduces its weight by half.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
36	Drill Peck Damages the target.	FLYING	80	100%	20	One Target
40	Metal Sound Lowers the target's Special Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	85%	40	One Target
44	Spikes Sets a layer of spikes to do damage upon switching in. Up to three layers can be set.	GROUND	--	--	20	Enemy Field
48	Iron Defense Raises Skarmory's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
52	Brave Bird Skarmory takes 33% of Brave Bird's damage as recoil damage.	FLYING	120	100%	15	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Skarmory 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
TM21	Rest Skarmory restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM22	Rock Slide Has a 30% chance of causing all nearby enemies to flinch.	ROCK	75	90%	10	Nearby Enemies
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 Skarmory from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM27	Icy Wind 100% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Speed by one stage.	ICE	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM30	Steel Wing Has a 10% chance of raising Skarmory's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	70	90%	25	One Target
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM32	Sandstorm Changes the weather to a sandstorm for 5 turns.	ROCK	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Skarmory is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM40	Swift Doesn't miss all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	60	--	20	Nearby Enemies
TM48	Rock Tomb 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	95%	15	One Target
TM49	Sand Tomb Traps the target for 4–5 turns, preventing them from switching or fleeing and also doing 1/8 max HP after every turn.	GROUND	35	85%	15	One Target
TM57	Payback Does double damage if Skarmory attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM58	Assurance Does double damage if the target was already damaged this turn.	DARK	60	100%	10	One Target
TM61	Guard Swap Skarmory swaps any modifiers to its Defense and Special Defense stats with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
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 Skarmory can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area and other locations.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR00	Swords Dance Raises Skarmory's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
TR12	Agility Raises Skarmory's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Skarmory's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR23	Spikes Sets a layer of spikes to do damage upon switching in. Up to three layers can be set.	GROUND	--	--	20	Enemy Field
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 Skarmory's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR37	Taunt Prevents the target from using Status moves for the next few turns.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
TR46	Iron Defense Raises Skarmory's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
TR58	Dark Pulse Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
TR60	X-Scissor Damages the target.	BUG	80	100%	15	One Target
TR66	Brave Bird Skarmory takes 33% of Brave Bird's damage as recoil damage.	FLYING	120	100%	15	One Target
TR70	Flash Cannon 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	STEEL	80	100%	10	One Target
TR74	Iron Head Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	STEEL	80	100%	15	One Target
TR76	Stealth Rock Sets floating rocks on the enemy's field. Does 1/8 max HP to enemies that switch in. Weakness/resistance to Rock affects this damage.	ROCK	--	--	20	Enemy Field
TR99	Body Press Does more damage based on how high Skarmory's Defense stat is.	FIGHTING	80	100%	10	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Skarmory 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 Skarmory.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Curse Raises Skarmory's Attack and Defense by one stage, but lowers its Speed by one stage.	GHOST	--	--	10	Counter
EGG	Sky Attack Charges on first turn, attacks on second. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	FLYING	140	90%	5	One Target
EGG	Whirlwind Forces the foe to switch out, or ends wild battles.	NORMAL	--	--	20	One Target
EGG	Air Cutter Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	FLYING	60	95%	25	Nearby Enemies
EGG	Night Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	DARK	70	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Feint Strikes first and breaks through the target's Protect-like moves.	NORMAL	30	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Roost Heals Skarmory's HP by 50% and removes its Flying-type for the rest of the turn.	FLYING	--	--	10	User

Move Tutor Moves

Here are all of the moves that Skarmory can learn from Move Tutors. Most of these require the Expansion Pass and can be found in the Isle of Armor's Dojo, costing some Armorite Ore to teach. However, there are a few moves that can be taught aside from this.

	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target	Info
TUTOR	Dual Wingbeat Hits the target two times in a row.	FLYING		40	90%	10	One Target

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Skarmory 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	Leer Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
4	Sand Attack Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	GROUND	--	100%	15	One Target
8	Fury Attack Hits the target two to five times in a row.	NORMAL	15	85%	20	One Target
12	Metal Claw Has a 10% chance of raising Skarmory's Attack by one stage.	STEEL	50	95%	35	One Target
16	Agility Raises Skarmory's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
20	Wing Attack Damages the target.	FLYING	60	100%	35	One Target
24	Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
28	Steel Wing Has a 10% chance of raising Skarmory's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	70	90%	25	One Target
32	Autotomize Raises Skarmory's Speed by two stages and reduces its weight by half.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
36	Drill Peck Damages the target.	FLYING	80	100%	20	One Target
40	Metal Sound Lowers the target's Special Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	85%	40	One Target
44	Spikes Sets a layer of spikes to do damage upon switching in. Up to three layers can be set.	GROUND	--	--	20	Enemy Field
48	Iron Defense Raises Skarmory's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
52	Brave Bird Skarmory takes 33% of Brave Bird's damage as recoil damage.	FLYING	120	100%	15	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Skarmory can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught once per use of the TM.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM05	Roar Forces the foe to switch out, or ends wild battles.	NORMAL	--	--	20	One Target
TM11	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM12	Taunt Prevents the target from using Status moves for the next few turns.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
TM17	Protect Protects Skarmory from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM32	Double Team Raises Skarmory's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM37	Sandstorm Changes the weather to a sandstorm for 5 turns.	ROCK	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM39	Rock Tomb 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	95%	15	One Target
TM40	Aerial Ace Doesn't miss the target.	FLYING	60	--	20	One Target
TM41	Torment Prevents the target from using the same move twice in a row.	DARK	--	100%	15	One Target
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Skarmory is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Skarmory restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM45	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM46	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM47	Steel Wing Has a 10% chance of raising Skarmory's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	70	90%	25	One Target
TM51	Roost Heals Skarmory's HP by 50% and removes its Flying-type for the rest of the turn.	FLYING	--	--	10	User
TM58	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM66	Payback Does double damage if Skarmory attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM70	Flash Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
TM75	Swords Dance Raises Skarmory's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
TM76	Stealth Rock Sets floating rocks on the enemy's field. Does 1/8 max HP to enemies that switch in. Weakness/resistance to Rock affects this damage.	ROCK	--	--	20	Enemy Field
TM79	Dark Pulse Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
TM80	Rock Slide Has a 30% chance of causing all nearby enemies to flinch.	ROCK	75	90%	10	Nearby Enemies
TM81	X-Scissor Damages the target.	BUG	80	100%	15	One Target
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Skarmory's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM88	Pluck Does double damage if the target has a Berry and then Skarmory consumes that Berry immediately.	FLYING	60	100%	20	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Skarmory's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM91	Flash Cannon 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	STEEL	80	100%	10	One Target
TM93	Cut Damages the target.	NORMAL	50	95%	30	One Target
TM94	Fly Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	FLYING	90	95%	15	One Target
TM97	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
TM98	Rock Smash 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	40	100%	15	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Skarmory 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 Skarmory.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Curse Raises Skarmory's Attack and Defense by one stage, but lowers its Speed by one stage.	GHOST	--	--	10	Counter
EGG	Sky Attack Charges on first turn, attacks on second. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	FLYING	140	90%	5	One Target
EGG	Whirlwind Forces the foe to switch out, or ends wild battles.	NORMAL	--	--	20	One Target
EGG	Air Cutter Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	FLYING	60	95%	25	Nearby Enemies
EGG	Night Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	DARK	70	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Feint Strikes first and breaks through the target's Protect-like moves.	NORMAL	30	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Drill Peck Damages the target.	FLYING	80	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Brave Bird Skarmory takes 33% of Brave Bird's damage as recoil damage.	FLYING	120	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Assurance Does double damage if the target was already damaged this turn.	DARK	60	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Guard Swap Skarmory swaps any modifiers to its Defense and Special Defense stats with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target

Skarmory's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Skarmory's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Skarmory's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Skarmory is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	240	271	303	334	65
Attack	165	196	228	259	80
Defense	285	316	348	379	140
Sp. Atk	85	116	148	179	40
Sp. Def	145	176	208	239	70
Speed	145	176	208	239	70
Total					465

Where to Find Skarmory in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

If you're looking for where to find Skarmory, 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 Skarmory in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Special Ways to Get Skarmory

Catchable (with Hidden Ability) during Dynamax Adventures in Crown Tundra (DLC), level 65.

Skarmory in the Wild

Challenge Road

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%
Lv. 16-21	Lv. 16-21	Lv. 16-21	Lv. 16-21	Lv. 16-21	Lv. 16-21	Lv. 16-21	Lv. 16-21	Lv. 16-21

Location information on where to find Skarmory in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will be coming to the Marriland Pokédex in a future update! Thank you for your patience!

Pokédex Entries for Skarmory

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

Sword

The pointed feathers of these Pokémon are sharper than swords. Skarmory and Corviknight fight viciously over territory.

Shield

People fashion swords from Skarmory's shed feathers, so this Pokémon is a popular element in heraldic designs.

Generation 7 Pokédex Entries

Sun

Its feathers, which fall off as it grows, are thin and sharp. In times long past, warriors used them as swords.

Moon

Its metal body is sturdy, but it does rust rather easily. So on rainy days, this Pokémon prefers to stay put in its nest.

Ultra Sun

The wing feathers it sheds can be processed and made into knives whose sharpness is recognized by the finest chefs.

Ultra Moon

Its body is draped in steel armor. It looks heavy, but it can fly at speeds of up to 185 miles an hour!

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X

After nesting in bramble bushes, the wings of its chicks grow hard from scratches by thorns.

Y

Despite being clad entirely in iron-hard armor, it flies at speeds over 180 mph.

Omega Ruby

Skarmory is entirely encased in hard, protective armor. This Pokémon flies at close to 190 mph. It slashes foes with its wings that possess swordlike cutting edges.

Alpha Sapphire

Skarmory's steel wings become tattered and bashed in from repeated battles. Once a year, the battered wings grow back completely, restoring the cutting edges to their pristine state.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White

Despite being clad entirely in iron-hard armor, it flies at speeds over 180 mph.

Black 2 White 2

Its heavy-looking iron body is actually thin and light, so it can fly at speeds over 180 mph.

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond Pearl Platinum

Despite being clad entirely in iron-hard armor, it flies at speeds over 180 mph.

HeartGold

Its sturdy wings look heavy, but they are actually hollow and light, allowing it to fly freely in the sky.

SoulSilver

After nesting in bramble bushes, the wings of its chicks grow hard from scratches by thorns.

Generation 3 Pokédex Entries

Ruby

SKARMORY is entirely encased in hard, protective armor. This POKéMON flies at close to 190 mph. It slashes foes with its wings that possess swordlike cutting edges.

Sapphire

SKARMORY's steel wings become tattered and bashed in from repeated battles. Once a year, the battered wings grow back completely, restoring the cutting edges to their pristine state.

Emerald

A POKéMON that has a body and wings of steel. People in the past used feathers fallen from SKARMORY to make swords and knives.

FireRed

After nesting in bramble bushes, the wings of its chicks grow hard from scratches by thorns.

LeafGreen

Its sturdy wings look heavy, but its bones are hollow and light, allowing it to fly freely in the sky.

Generation 2 Pokédex Entries

Gold

Its sturdy wings look heavy, but they are actually hollow and light, allowing it to fly freely in the sky.

Silver

After nesting in bramble bushes, the wings of its chicks grow hard from scratches by thorns.

Crystal

The feathers that it sheds are very sharp. It is said that people once used the feathers as swords.