#0566 · First Bird Pokémon
Archen
Archen›
ArcheopsCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #201 · 6 votes · median A
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Rank #366 · 9 votes · median B
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Endless
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Tier history
8 recorded changes · 6 votes
7 recorded changes · 9 votes
7 recorded changes · 1 vote
Game data
Abilities
- Defeatist
Halves the Pokémon’s Attack and Sp. Atk stats when its HP drops to ½ or less.
- Wimp OutHidden
The Pokémon cowardly switches out when its HP drops to ½ or less.
Halves the damage the Pokémon takes while its HP is full.
Egg moves
- Mighty CleaveRockPhysical95 pow · 100%
The user wields the light that has accumulated through its blades to cleave the target. This move hits even if the target protects itself.
- BonemerangGroundPhysical50 pow · 90%
The user throws the bone it holds. The bone loops around to damage the target twice—coming and going.
- Floaty FallPhysical90 pow · 95%
The user floats in the air, and then dives at a steep angle to attack the target. This move has a 30% chance of making the target flinch.
- Collision CourseFightingPhysical100 pow · 100%Rare egg move
The user rushes forward and crashes to the ground, causing a massive prehistoric explosion. This move’s power is boosted by 33% if it’s a supereffective hit.
Base stats
Archen · BST 401
Archeops · BST 567
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-3 starter:
- Passive ability
- 35 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 20 / 50 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 25 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Archen eggs: 22 🍬 after 20 hatches, 18 🍬 after 40 hatches, 12 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 75
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Archen needs 75 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.