Pokédex · I (Kanto)

Mega Aerodactyl#10042

Its strongest point is Speed — among the highest in the entire Pokédex. In base stat total it is among the strongest — higher than 98% of species. In defense it has 5 weaknesses, 5 resistances and 1 full immunity at its disposal. Ground-type moves do nothing to it at all.

Mega Aerodactyl
Shiny version
Rock Flying
Height: 2.1 m (6′11″) Weight: 79.0 kg (174.2 lbs)

Base stats

HP
80
68%
Atk
135
97%
Def
85
68%
SpA
70
55%
SpD
95
82%
Spe
150
99%
TOTAL
615
98%

Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Speed.

A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Speed, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.

Mega Evolution adds a fixed pool of one hundred points and replaces the ability with a single one.

Which nature to choose

It hits physically: its Attack (135) is 65 points higher than its Sp. Atk. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.

  • Jolly +Spe · −SpA Its Speed is higher than 99% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
  • Adamant +Atk · −SpA If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.
  • Hidden Power and Weather Ball still deal damage based on Sp. Atk. If either of them is going into the set, lowering Sp. Atk is no longer free.

A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.

Abilities

  • Tough Claws Strengthens moves that make contact to 1.33× their power.

Pokédex entry

A Pokémon that roamed the skies in the dinosaur era. Its teeth are like saw blades.

Habitat: Mountain Egg Group: Flying Gender: 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀ Catch difficulty: hard (45/255) Base friendship: 70/255 Base EXP: 215
Evolution line

Resistances and weaknesses

Type chart →

How much damage Mega Aerodactyl takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.

Weak to Water ×2 Electric ×2 Ice ×2 Rock ×2 Steel ×2
Resistant to Normal ×½ Fire ×½ Poison ×½ Flying ×½ Bug ×½
Immune to Ground ×0

Variant gallery

The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.

Mega Aerodactyl — large render in its regular coloring
Pokémon HOME
Mega Aerodactyl — large render in its shiny coloring
Pokémon HOME shiny
Mega Aerodactyl — small pixel sprite in its regular coloring
Pixel sprite
Mega Aerodactyl — small pixel sprite in its shiny coloring
Shiny pixel sprite

Offspring can come from 73 species from the same Egg Groups (with opposite genders) or from Ditto. Below are the first 12 by Pokédex number.

Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (50 via TM/TR, 10 via Egg, 12 via tutor) are on the full list.

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
1 Bite Dark Physical 60 100% 25
1 Fire Fang Fire Physical 65 95% 15
1 Ice Fang Ice Physical 65 95% 15
1 Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100% 15
1 Scary Face Normal Status — 100% 10
1 Thunder Fang Electric Physical 65 95% 15
1 Wing Attack Flying Physical 60 100% 35
7 Roar Normal Status — — 20
14 Supersonic Normal Status — 55% 20
21 Rock Throw Rock Physical 50 90% 15
25 Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100% 5
28 Agility Psychic Status — — 30
35 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100% 15
42 Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90% 10
49 Fly Flying Physical 90 95% 15
49 Sky Drop Flying Physical 60 100% 10
56 Take Down Normal Physical 90 85% 20
63 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90% 5
81 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90% 5