#0250 · Generation 2

Ho-Oh

FireFlying

Ho-Oh has 680 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (130) and a Speed of 90. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 350, which makes it a bulky physical attacker. It is a legendary or mythical Pokémon, so it is rarely allowed in casual in-game teams.

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What Ho-Oh is weak to

Weak to: Rock (×4), Water, Electric. Resists: Fire, Grass (×0.25), Fighting, Bug (×0.25), Steel, Fairy. Immune to: Ground (×0). The ×4 weakness is the danger: one hit of Rock does huge damage.

Attacking typeDamage taken
Rock×4
Water×2
Electric×2
Fire×0.5
Fighting×0.5
Steel×0.5
Fairy×0.5
Grass×0.25
Bug×0.25
Ground×0

Base stats

HP106
Atk130
Def90
SpA110
SpD154
Spe90
Total680

Best teammates for Ho-Oh

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Ho-Oh: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

  1. Tinkaton FairySteel

    Resists rock, which your team is weak to. Hits rock, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  2. Klefki SteelFairy

    Resists rock, which your team is weak to. Hits rock, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  3. Mawile SteelFairy

    Resists rock, which your team is weak to. Hits rock, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  4. Scizor BugSteel

    Hits psychic, rock, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  5. Escavalier BugSteel

    Hits psychic, rock, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  6. Durant BugSteel

    Hits psychic, rock, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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Counters to Ho-Oh

  1. Iron Thorns

    Rock and Electric STAB hits Ho-Oh super effectively and it resists everything Ho-Oh can hit it with by type.

  2. Kabutops

    Rock and Water STAB hits Ho-Oh super effectively and it resists everything Ho-Oh can hit it with by type.

  3. Drednaw

    Water and Rock STAB hits Ho-Oh super effectively and it resists everything Ho-Oh can hit it with by type.

  4. Omastar

    Rock and Water STAB hits Ho-Oh super effectively and it resists everything Ho-Oh can hit it with by type.

  5. Barbaracle

    Rock and Water STAB hits Ho-Oh super effectively and it resists everything Ho-Oh can hit it with by type.

  6. Carracosta

    Water and Rock STAB hits Ho-Oh super effectively and it resists everything Ho-Oh can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Ho-Oh

Ho-Oh is in the regional Pokédex of 1 game we cover:

HeartGold and SoulSilver