Pokémon Aerodactyl

[Sickist]

Aerodactyl

| 80 HP / 105 Atk / 65 Def / 60 SpA / 75 SpD / 130 Spe |
Abilities -Pressure / Rock Head / Unnerve

Moveset - Level Up, TM, TR, Egg Move, Move Tutor, Transfer Only

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Level Up

Level 00 - Bite
Level 00 - Ancient Power
Level 05 - Supersonic
Level 10 - Wing Attack
Level 15 - Scary Face
Level 20 - Rock Slide
Level 25 - Roar
Level 30 - Crunch
Level 35 - Iron Head
Level 40 - Take Down
Level 45 - Stone Edge
Level 50 - Agility
Level 55 - Hyper Beam
Level 60 - Giga Impact

TM Learnset

TM06 - Fly
TM08 - Hyper Beam
TM09 - Giga Impact
TM21 - Rest
TM22 - Rock Slide
TM23 - Thief
TM24 - Snore
TM25 - Protect
TM26 - Scary Face
TM30 - Steel Wing
TM31 - Attract
TM32 - Sandstorm
TM33 - Rain Dance
TM34 - Sunny Day
TM39 - Facade
TM40 - Swift
TM48 - Rock Tomb
TM54 - Rock Blast
TM57 - Payback
TM58 - Assurance
TM66 - Thunder Fang
TM67 - Ice Fang
TM68 - Fire Fang
TM76 - Round
TM81 - Bulldoze
TM97 - Brutal Swing

TR Learnset

TR02 - Flamethrower
TR10 - Earthquake
TR12 - Agility
TR15 - Fire Blast
TR20 - Substitute
TR26 - Endure
TR27 - Sleep Talk
TR31 - Iron Tail
TR32 - Crunch
TR36 - Heat Wave
TR37 - Taunt
TR47 - Dragon Claw
TR51 - Dragon Dance
TR62 - Dragon Pulse
TR67 - Earth Power
TR74 - Iron Head
TR75 - Stone Edge
TR76 - Stealth Rock
TR89 - Hurricane
TR97 - Psychic Fangs

Egg moves

Curse
Dragon Breath
Roost
Tailwind
Whirlwind
Wide Guard

Move tutor

Dual Wingbeat
Meteor Beam

Transfer-Only Moves

Toxic
Smack Down
Double Team
Aerial Ace
Torment
Rock Polish
Swagger
Confide
Headbutt
Reflect
Aqua Tail
Sky Attack
Defog
Laser Focus
Hone Claws
Incinerate
Rock Smash
Strength
Air Cutter
Twister
Double Edge
Mimic
Detect

Newly Obtainable Moves -

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Physical - Dual Wingbeat, Rock Blast, Psychic Fangs
Special - Hurricane, Meteor Beam
Status - Dragon Dance

Notable Moves -

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Stone Edge
Earthquake
Dual Wingbeat
Ice Fang
Fire Fang
Rock Slide
Stealth Rock
Roost
Taunt
Dragon Dance
Aqua Tail
Tailwind
Rock Tomb

Pros:

• A blazing 130 base speed outruns the majority of viable mons in the tier, notably Tornadus-Therian and the Eon Twins, as well as speed typing Tapu Koko. This allows Aerodactyl to outrun and threaten these with super effective attacks.
• Access to good utility moves, such as Taunt and Stealth Rock, alongside Roost, Tailwind, and Defog, allow it to, in theory, fill a lot of roles.
• Aerodactyl has pretty good coverage options, such as Earthquake, Aqua Tail, and Crunch, which allow it to threaten a plethora of OU-viable pokemon.
• Access to Taunt and Stealth Rock in particular make Aerodactyl very effecient at keeping Stealth Rock on the field. Considering a decent amount of viable defoggers in the OU tier share a flying typing, Aerodactyl can effectively threaten a lot of these with Stone Edge.

Cons:

• While base 105 attack isn't terrible, persay, Aerodactyl isn't quite strong enough to break common OU staples, such as Tangrowth, Landorus-Therian, or Corviknight.
• Aerodactyl's bulk is barely passible enough to check threats such as Tornadus-Therian, but is easily overwhelmed by moderately strong, neutral attacks. This also prevents it from coming in a lot of the time, as one wrong call will generally cause Aerodactyl to be KO'd.
• 130 Base speed is good, but Aerodactyl still finds itself being outrun a lot of the time by Dragapult, Pheramosa, and common Choice Scarfers such as Landorus-Therian and Latias.
• While it does have a versatile amount of coverage options, the fact that it (like every other pokemon) is unable to run all of these at the same time means Aerodactyl will always be walled by something, no matter what.

Potential Sets

Suicide Lead

Aerodactyl @ Focus Sash
Ability: Unnerve
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Stone Edge / Rock Tomb
- Earthquake

A good speed tier, coupled with Stealth Rock and Taunt, make Aerodactyl an effective lead on Hyper-Offensive builds. Taunt keeps Defoggers from coming in and removing it's rocks. Stone Edge coupled with Earthquake is a notorious combination, hitting a lot of the metagame for at least neutral damage. Rock Tomb can be an option over Stone Edge to drop the opponent's speed, possibly forcing a KO or at least a switch.

Utility

Aerodactyl @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Stealth Rock / Defog
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake / Taunt
- Roost

Rock + Flying is a decent defensive typing, allowing Aerodactyl to capitalize on it's typing to check threats such as Tornadus-Therian, Moltres, and so on. Stealth Rock and Defog are both options of hazard control, either setting them up or removing. Roost is essential to keep Aerodactyl healthy throughout a match. Taunt is another option to have a better matchup vs Defoggers, but Taunt should probably only be considered on Stealth Rock variants.

Dragon Dance

Aerodactyl @ Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Unnerve
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake / Fire Fang
- Aqua Tail / Ice Fang / Dual Wingbeat

With Screens and Hazard Support, Dragon Dance can potentially make Aerodactyl to pull off a setup sweeper set. Aqua Tail and Ice Fang allow Aerodactyl to hit Ground types such as Landorus-Therian and Hippowdon for Super-Effective Damage. Other options include Dual Wingbeat to hit Grass types harder, or Fire Fang to hit the likes of Ferrothorn, Genesect, and Kartana.

 

[STEELDRAGON]

I think Life Orb should be the primary item on the DD set because Aerodactly is pretty frail as it is and really appreciates the power boost as base 105 attack is underwhelming without a boost.