#164 Noctowl

normal flying

Height1.6 m(5'03")

Weight40.8 kg(89.9 lbs)

Gender♂ 50%♀ 50%

Gen 2

Noctowl Evolution

HoothootLevel 1

NoctowlLevel 20

Noctowl's Detailed Stats

Stat	Base	EVs	Total
HP	100		341
Attack	50		136
Defense	50		136
Sp. Atk	86		208
Sp. Def	96		228
Speed	70		176
		0/508	1225

Type Effectiveness

2xdamage

electric ice rock

1xdamage

normal fire water fighting poison flying psychic dragon dark steel fairy

0.5xdamage

grass bug

0xdamage

ground ghost

Noctowl Abilities

Insomnia

Prevents sleep.

Keen Eye

Prevents accuracy from being lowered.

Tinted LensHidden

Doubles damage inflicted with not-very-effective moves.

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Noctowl Moves

Move▲	Type▲	Cat.▲	Pow▲	Acc▲	Method▲	Description
Tackle	normal	physical	40	100	Level 1	A physical attack in which the user charges and slams into the target with its whole body.
Growl	normal	status	–	100	Level 1	The user growls in an endearing way, making opposing Pokémon less wary. This lowers their Attack stats.
Peck	flying	physical	35	100	Level 1	The target is jabbed with a sharply pointed beak or horn to inflict damage.
Sky Attack	flying	physical	140	90	Level 1	The user attacks the turn after using this move. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit and may also make the target flinch.
Echoed Voice	normal	special	40	100	Level 1	The user attacks the target with an echoing voice. If this move is used consecutively by any Pokémon, its power is boosted.
Confusion	psychic	special	50	100	Level 9	The target is hit with a weak telekinetic force to inflict damage. This may also confuse the target.
Reflect	psychic	status	–	–	Level 12	A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from physical moves for five turns.
Air Slash	flying	special	75	95	Level 18	The user attacks with a blade of air that slices even the sky. This may also make the target flinch.
Extrasensory	psychic	special	80	100	Level 23	The user attacks with an odd, unseeable power. This may also make the target flinch.
Take Down	normal	physical	90	85	Level 28	A reckless full-body charge attack for slamming into the target. This also damages the user a little.
Uproar	normal	special	90	100	Level 33	The user attacks in an uproar for three turns. During that time, no Pokémon can fall asleep.
Roost	flying	status	–	–	Level 38	The user lands and rests its body. This move restores the user's HP by up to half its max HP.
Moonblast	fairy	special	95	100	Level 43	Borrowing the power of the moon, the user attacks the target. This may also lower the target's Sp. Atk stat.
Hypnosis	psychic	status	–	60	Level 48	The user employs hypnotic suggestion to make the target fall asleep.
Dream Eater	psychic	special	100	100	Level 53	The user eats the dreams of a sleeping target. The user's HP is restored by up to half the damage taken by the target.
Acrobatics	flying	physical	55	100	TM	The user nimbly strikes the target. This attack does massive damage if the user isn't holding an item.
Aerial Ace	flying	physical	60	–	TM	The user confounds the target with speed, then slashes. This attack never misses.
Agility	psychic	status	–	–	TM	The user relaxes and lightens its body to move faster. This sharply boosts its Speed stat.
Air Cutter	flying	special	60	95	TM	The user launches razor-like wind to slash opposing Pokémon. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit.
Amnesia	psychic	status	–	–	TM	The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. This sharply boosts the user's Sp. Def stat.
Body Slam	normal	physical	85	100	TM	The user attacks by dropping onto the target with its full body weight. This may also leave the target with paralysis.
Brave Bird	flying	physical	120	100	TM	The user tucks in its wings and charges at a low altitude. This also damages the user quite a lot.
Calm Mind	psychic	status	–	–	TM	The user quietly focuses its mind and calms its spirit to boost its Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats.
Confuse Ray	ghost	status	–	100	TM	The target is exposed to a sinister ray that causes confusion.
Curse	ghost	status	–	–	TM	A move that has different effects depending on whether the user is a Ghost type or not.
Double Edge	normal	physical	120	100	TM	A reckless life-risking tackle in which the user rushes the target. This also damages the user quite a lot.
Dual Wingbeat	flying	physical	40	90	TM	The user slams the target with its wings to inflict damage. The target is hit twice in a row.
Endure	normal	status	–	–	TM	The user endures any attack with at least 1 HP. This move's chance of failing rises if used in succession.
Facade	normal	physical	70	100	TM	This move's power is doubled if the user is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.
Fly	flying	physical	90	95	TM	The user flies up into the sky on the first turn, then attacks on the next turn.
Future Sight	psychic	special	120	100	TM	Two turns after this move is used, a hunk of psychic energy attacks the target.
Giga Impact	normal	physical	150	90	TM	The user charges at the target using every bit of its power. The user can't move on the next turn.
Haze	ice	status	–	–	TM	The user creates a haze that eliminates every stat change among all the Pokémon engaged in battle.
Heat Wave	fire	special	95	90	TM	The user attacks by exhaling hot breath on opposing Pokémon. This may also leave them with a burn.
Hurricane	flying	special	110	70	TM	The user attacks by wrapping its opponent in a fierce wind. This may also confuse the target.
Hyper Beam	normal	special	150	90	TM	The target is attacked with a powerful beam. The user can't move on the next turn.
Hyper Voice	normal	special	90	100	TM	The user attacks by letting loose a horribly loud, resounding cry.
Imprison	psychic	status	–	–	TM	If opposing Pokémon know any move also known by the user, they are prevented from using it.
Nasty Plot	dark	status	–	–	TM	The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. This sharply boosts the user's Sp. Atk stat.
Protect	normal	status	–	–	TM	This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.
Psybeam	psychic	special	65	100	TM	The target is attacked with a peculiar ray. This may also confuse the target.
Psych Up	normal	status	–	–	TM	The user hypnotizes itself into copying any stat change made by the target.
Psychic	psychic	special	90	100	TM	The target is hit with a strong telekinetic force to inflict damage. This may also lower the target’s Sp. Def stat.
Psychic Noise	psychic	special	75	100	TM	The user attacks the target with unpleasant sound waves. For two turns, the target is prevented from recovering HP through moves, Abilities, or held items.
Rain Dance	water	status	–	–	TM	The user summons a heavy rain that falls for five turns, powering up Water-type attacks. The rain also lowers the power of Fire-type attacks.
Rest	psychic	status	–	–	TM	The user goes to sleep for two turns. This fully restores the user's HP and cures any status conditions.
Scary Face	normal	status	–	100	TM	The user frightens the target with a scary face to harshly lower its Speed stat.
Shadow Ball	ghost	special	80	100	TM	The user attacks by hurling a shadowy blob at the target. This may also lower the target’s Sp. Def stat.
Skill Swap	psychic	status	–	–	TM	The user employs its psychic power to exchange Abilities with the target.
Sleep Talk	normal	status	–	–	TM	The user randomly uses one of the moves it knows. This move can only be used while the user is asleep.
Spite	ghost	status	–	100	TM	The user unleashes its grudge on the move last used by the target by cutting 4 PP from it.
Stored Power	psychic	special	20	100	TM	The user attacks the target with stored power. The more the user's stats are boosted, the greater the move's power.
Substitute	normal	status	–	–	TM	The user creates a substitute for itself using some of its own HP. The substitute serves as the user's decoy.
Sunny Day	fire	status	–	–	TM	The user intensifies the sun for five turns, powering up Fire-type attacks. The sunlight also lowers the power of Water-type attacks.
Swift	normal	special	60	–	TM	Star-shaped rays are shot at opposing Pokémon. This attack never misses.
Tailwind	flying	status	–	–	TM	The user whips up a turbulent whirlwind that boosts the Speed stats of itself and its allies for four turns.
Tera Blast	normal	special	80	100	TM	If the user has Terastallized, it unleashes energy of its Tera Type. This move inflicts damage using the Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever is higher for the user.
Thief	dark	physical	60	100	TM	The user attacks and steals the target's held item simultaneously. The user can't steal anything if it already holds an item.
Zen Headbutt	psychic	physical	80	90	TM	The user focuses its willpower to its head and attacks the target. This may also make the target flinch.
Feather Dance	flying	status	–	100	Egg	The user covers the target's body with a mass of down that harshly lowers its Attack stat.
Night Shade	ghost	special	–	100	Egg	The user makes the target see a frightening mirage. It inflicts damage equal to the user's level.
Supersonic	normal	status	–	55	Egg	The user generates odd sound waves from its body that confuse the target.
Whirlwind	normal	status	–	–	Egg	The target is blown away, and a different Pokémon is dragged out. In the wild, this ends a battle against a single Pokémon.
Wing Attack	flying	physical	60	100	Egg	The target is struck with large, imposing wings spread wide to inflict damage.

Noctowl Sprites

Normal

Shiny

Back

Back Shiny

Pokedex Entries

Gold

Its eyes are specially adapted. They concentrate even faint light and enable it to see in the dark.

Silver

When it needs to think, it rotates its head 180 de grees to sharpen its intellectual power.

Crystal

Its extremely soft feathers make no sound in flight. It silently sneaks up on prey without being detected.

Ruby

NOCTOWL never fails at catching prey in darkness. This POKéMON owes its success to its superior vision that allows it to see in minimal light, and to its soft, supple wings that make no sound in flight.

Emerald

It unfailingly catches prey in darkness. NOCTOWL owe their success to superior vision that allows them to see in minimal light, and to their supple and silent wings.

In Other Languages

Noctowl's Japanese name is Yorunozuku (ヨルノズク). Here are all the official names for Noctowl across different languages:

JapaneseヨルノズクYorunozuku

Korean야부엉

Chinese (Traditional)貓頭夜鷹

FrenchNoarfang

GermanNoctuh

SpanishNoctowl

ItalianNoctowl

Chinese (Simplified)猫头夜鹰