Taillow

No. 0276

Type: Normal / Flying

Taillow is young—it has only just left its nest. As a result, it sometimes becomes lonesome and cries at night. This Pokémon feeds on Wurmple that live in forests.

Base stats

Total 270

What to answer with

Attacking types that hit what hits it hard, and the best move of each one it learns.

• Steel — Cover 2 weaknesses (Ice, Rock) — Steel Wing
• Fighting — Cover 2 weaknesses (Ice, Rock) — It learns nothing of that type
• Ground — Cover 2 weaknesses (Electric, Rock) — It learns nothing of that type
• Fire — Covers 1 weakness (Ice) — Heat Wave
• Grass — Covers 1 weakness (Rock) — It learns nothing of that type
• Rock — Covers 1 weakness (Ice) — It learns nothing of that type

Abilities

• Guts
• Scrappy (Hidden)

Evolution line

• Taillow
• Swellow

Moves

• Aerial Ace
• Agility
• Air Slash
• Attract
• Boomburst
• Brave Bird
• Confide
• Defog
• Double Team
• Echoed Voice
• Endeavor
• Facade
• Fly
• Focus Energy
• Frustration
• Growl
• Heat Wave
• Hidden Power
• Hurricane
• Mirror Move
• Peck
• Protect
• Pursuit
• Quick Attack
• Quick Guard
• Rage
• Rain Dance
• Refresh
• Rest
• Return
• Reversal
• Roost
• Round
• Sky Attack
• Sleep Talk
• Snore
• Steel Wing
• Substitute
• Sunny Day
• Supersonic
• Swagger
• Tailwind
• Thief
• Toxic
• U-turn
• Whirlwind
• Wing Attack
• Work Up

What the optimizer would run

Rules: Gen 9 OU (singles)

Role

Hazard removal

Ability

Scrappy

Item

Life Orb

Nature

Adamant

EVs

4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe

Moves

Defog, U-turn, Brave Bird, Facade