Strategy for Flygon [Pokemon Sun and Moon]

This article contains information for the Mystic Pokémon Flygon in Pokémon Sun and Moon.

The analysis would involve: the distribution of effort values, choice of movesets, recommended held items, and other suggested options. This will also show information on how to deal with the Pokemon during free battles and rating battles on Wi-Fi.

Basic Information for Flygon

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Type 1	Type 2
Ground	Dragon
Ability	Hidden Ability
Levitate	Levitate

HP	Attack	Defense	Sp.Atk	Sp.Def	Speed	Base Stat Total
80	100	80	80	80	100	520

Type Compatibility
Super effective （×４）	Ice
Super effective （×２）	Dragon／Fairy
Not very effective （×1/2）	Fire／Poison／Rock
Not very effective （×1/4）	–
No effect	Electric

Using Flygon

Its typing combination of Dragon/Ground is excellent in battles. However, there is Garchomp, another Dragon/Ground type-Pokemon that could be considered a rival in terms of placement in teams.

Unlike Flygon, Garchomp cannot avoid Ground-type moves because it doesn’t have Levitate, an ability that Flygon has.

Flygon can also be used as a support Pokemon because of its moves Tailwind and U-Turn.

Recommended moves for Flygon

Physical Move	Special Move	Special Move
Iron Tail	Giga Drain	Tailwind
Rock Slide	Solar Beam	Focus Energy
Outrage	Earth Power	Hone Claws
Earthquake	Fire Blast	Toxic
Fissure	Heat Wave	Sleep Talk
Stone Edge	Boomburst	Roost
Dragon Claw	Bug Buzz	Substitute
Dragon Rush	Struggle Bug
Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor
U-turn	Dragon Pulse
Superpower
Feint

Fitting Flygon in your team

Physical Attack Type

Nature	Jolly／Adamant
Ability	Levitate
Effort Values	252 Attack／252 Speed
Held Item	Life Orb／Focus Sash／Choice Scarf
Recommended Move	Earthquake

• In order to be at par with Garchomp in terms of fire power, it should learn the move Fissure, a low accuracy move that knock outs the enemy in one hit.
• If the Pokemon is holding a Choice Scarf, its Speed increases to 50%. The item may grant the Pokemon the ability to move first in a turn and use Fissure or U-Turn.

Special Attack Type

Nature	Naive／Timid
Ability	Levitate
Effort Values	252 Sp. Atk／252 Sp. Def
Held Item	Focus Sash／Life Orb／Choice Specs
Recommended Move	Draco Meteor／Earth Power

• If you want it to be different to Garchomp in terms of moveset, make it learn Boomburst and Bug Buzz.
• Having Draco Meteor and U-Turn can still increase the Pokemon’s fire power.

Countering Flygon

Watch out for Flygon’s Fissure and U-Turn, and make sure that you won’t use moves that can be avoided through the ability Levitate.

Also, since it may sometimes hold a Choice Scarf, be careful as it may move first before your Pokemon in every turn.

You can defeat it by using an Ice-type Pokemon, a type that it is very weak against.

 

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