Moves
Move usage- 1
Iron Head
86.8% - 2
Brave Bird
74.2% - 3
Protect
65.5% - 4
Tailwind
37.1%

Pokemon Champions profile
This Pokemon's moves cannot be redirected to a different target by any effect.
Before Mega: Keen Eye / Sturdy / Weak Armor
Base Stats
Type defenses
Mega Skarmory takes damage from each attacking type below.
| Normal | Fire | Water | Electric | Grass | Ice | Fighting | Poison | Ground | Flying | Psychic | Bug | Rock | Ghost | Dragon | Dark | Steel | Fairy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2x | 2x | 1x | 2x | 1/4x | 1x | 1x | 0x | 0x | 1/2x | 1/2x | 1/4x | 1x | 1x | 1/2x | 1x | 1/2x | 1/2x |
Forms / Mega
Battle Data
Learnable Moves
| Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerial Ace | 60 | - | 20 | This move does not check accuracy. | ||
| Agility | - | - | 20 | Raises the user's Speed by 2 stages. | ||
| Air Cutter | 60 | 95 | 20 | Has a higher chance for a critical hit. | ||
| Air Slash | 75 | 95 | 15 | Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch. | ||
| Assurance | 60 | 100 | 10 | Power doubles if the target has already taken damage this turn, other than direct damage from Belly Drum, confusion, Curse, or Pain Split. | ||
| Body Press | 80 | 100 | 10 | Damage is calculated using the user's Defense stat as its Attack, including stat stage changes. Other effects that modify the Attack stat are used as normal. | ||
| Brave Bird | 120 | 100 | 15 | If the target lost HP, the user takes recoil damage equal to 33% the HP lost by the target, rounded half up, but not less than 1 HP. | ||
| Curse | - | - | 10 | If the user is not a Ghost type, lowers the user's Speed by 1 stage and raises the user's Attack and Defense by 1 stage. If the user is a Ghost type, the user loses 1/2 of its maximum HP, rounded down and even if it would cause fainting, in exchange for the target losing 1/4 of its maximum HP, rounded down, at the end of each turn while it is active. If the target uses Baton Pass, the replacement will continue to be affected. Fails if there is no target or if the target is already affected. | ||
| Dark Pulse | 80 | 100 | 15 | Has a 20% chance to make the target flinch. | ||
| Drill Peck | 80 | 100 | 20 | No additional effect. | ||
| Drill Run | 80 | 95 | 10 | Has a higher chance for a critical hit. | ||
| Dual Wingbeat | 40 | 90 | 10 | Hits twice. If the first hit breaks the target's substitute, it will take damage for the second hit. | ||
| Endure | - | - | 10 | The user will survive attacks made by other Pokemon during this turn with at least 1 HP. This move has a 1/X chance of being successful, where X starts at 1 and triples each time this move is successfully used. X resets to 1 if this move fails, if the user's last move used is not Baneful Bunker, Burning Bulwark, Detect, Endure, King's Shield, Max Guard, Obstruct, Protect, Quick Guard, Silk Trap, Spiky Shield, or Wide Guard, or if it was one of those moves and the user's protection was broken. Fails if the user moves last this turn. | ||
| Facade | 70 | 100 | 20 | Power doubles if the user is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned. The physical damage halving effect from the user's burn is ignored. | ||
| Feint | 30 | 100 | 10 | If this move is successful, it breaks through the target's Baneful Bunker, Detect, King's Shield, Protect, or Spiky Shield for this turn, allowing other Pokemon to attack the target normally. If the target's side is protected by Crafty Shield, Mat Block, Quick Guard, or Wide Guard, that protection is also broken for this turn and other Pokemon may attack the target's side normally. | ||
| Flash Cannon | 80 | 100 | 10 | Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by 1 stage. | ||
| Fly | 90 | 95 | 15 | This attack charges on the first turn and executes on the second. On the first turn, the user avoids all attacks other than Gust, Hurricane, Sky Uppercut, Smack Down, Thousand Arrows, Thunder, and Twister, and Gust and Twister have doubled power when used against it. If the user is holding a Power Herb, the move completes in one turn. | ||
| Giga Impact | 150 | 90 | 5 | If this move is successful, the user must recharge on the following turn and cannot select a move. | ||
| Hurricane | 110 | 70 | 10 | Has a 30% chance to confuse the target. This move can hit a target using Bounce, Fly, or Sky Drop, or is under the effect of Sky Drop. If the weather is Heavy Rain or Rain, this move does not check accuracy. If the weather is Intense Sun or Sun, this move's accuracy is 50%. If this move is used against a Pokemon holding Utility Umbrella, this move's accuracy remains at 70%. | ||
| Hyper Beam | 150 | 90 | 5 | If this move is successful, the user must recharge on the following turn and cannot select a move. | ||
| Icy Wind | 55 | 95 | 15 | Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed by 1 stage. | ||
| Iron Defense | - | - | 15 | Raises the user's Defense by 2 stages. | ||
| Iron Head | 80 | 100 | 15 | Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch. | ||
| Metal Sound | - | 85 | 20 | Lowers the target's Special Defense by 2 stages. | ||
| Night Slash | 70 | 100 | 20 | Has a higher chance for a critical hit. | ||
| Payback | 50 | 100 | 10 | Power doubles if the user moves after the target this turn, including actions taken through Instruct or the Dancer Ability. Switching in does not count as an action. | ||
| Protect | - | - | 5 | The user is protected from most attacks made by other Pokemon during this turn. This move has a 1/X chance of being successful, where X starts at 1 and triples each time this move is successfully used. X resets to 1 if this move fails, if the user's last move used is not Baneful Bunker, Burning Bulwark, Detect, Endure, King's Shield, Max Guard, Obstruct, Protect, Quick Guard, Silk Trap, Spiky Shield, or Wide Guard, or if it was one of those moves and the user's protection was broken. Fails if the user moves last this turn. | ||
| Rest | - | - | 5 | The user falls asleep for the next two turns and restores all of its HP, curing itself of any non-volatile status condition in the process. Fails if the user has full HP, is already asleep, or if another effect is preventing sleep. | ||
| Reversal | - | 100 | 15 | The power of this move is 20 if X is 33 to 48, 40 if X is 17 to 32, 80 if X is 10 to 16, 100 if X is 5 to 9, 150 if X is 2 to 4, and 200 if X is 0 or 1, where X is equal to (user's current HP × 48 / user's maximum HP), rounded down. | ||
| Roar | - | - | 20 | The target is forced to switch out and be replaced with a random unfainted ally. Fails if the target is the last unfainted Pokemon in its party, or if the target used Ingrain previously or has the Suction Cups Ability. | ||
| Rock Slide | 75 | 90 | 10 | Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch. | ||
| Rock Tomb | 60 | 95 | 15 | Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed by 1 stage. | ||
| Roost | - | - | 5 | The user restores 1/2 of its maximum HP, rounded half up. If the user is not Terastallized, until the end of the turn Flying-type users lose their Flying type and pure Flying-type users become Normal type. Does nothing if the user's HP is full. | ||
| Round | 60 | 100 | 15 | If there are other active Pokemon that chose this move for use this turn, those Pokemon take their turn immediately after the user, in Speed order, and this move's power is 120 for each other user. | ||
| Sand Tomb | 35 | 85 | 15 | Prevents the target from switching for four or five turns (seven turns if the user is holding Grip Claw). Causes damage to the target equal to 1/8 of its maximum HP (1/6 if the user is holding Binding Band), rounded down, at the end of each turn during effect. The target can still switch out if it is holding Shed Shell or uses Baton Pass, Flip Turn, Parting Shot, Shed Tail, Teleport, U-turn, or Volt Switch. The effect ends if either the user or the target leaves the field, or if the target uses Mortal Spin, Rapid Spin, or Substitute successfully. This effect is not stackable or reset by using this or another binding move. | ||
| Sandstorm | - | - | 5 | For 5 turns, the weather becomes Sandstorm. At the end of each turn except the last, all active Pokemon lose 1/16 of their maximum HP, rounded down, unless they are a Ground, Rock, or Steel type, or have the Magic Guard, Overcoat, Sand Force, Sand Rush, or Sand Veil Abilities. During the effect, the Special Defense of Rock-type Pokemon is multiplied by 1.5 when taking damage from a special attack. Lasts for 8 turns if the user is holding Smooth Rock. Fails if the current weather is Sandstorm. | ||
| Sky Attack | 140 | 90 | 5 | Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch and a higher chance for a critical hit. This attack charges on the first turn and executes on the second. If the user is holding a Power Herb, the move completes in one turn. | ||
| Slash | 80 | 100 | 20 | Has a higher chance for a critical hit. | ||
| Sleep Talk | - | - | 10 | One of the user's known moves, besides this move, is selected for use at random. Fails if the user is not asleep. The selected move does not have PP deducted from it, and can currently have 0 PP. This move cannot select Assist, Beak Blast, Belch, Bide, Blazing Torque, Celebrate, Chatter, Combat Torque, Copycat, Dynamax Cannon, Focus Punch, Hold Hands, Magical Torque, Me First, Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Move, Nature Power, Noxious Torque, Shell Trap, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Struggle, Uproar, Wicked Torque, or any two-turn move. | ||
| Snore | 50 | 100 | 15 | Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch. Fails if the user is not asleep. | ||
| Spikes | - | - | 20 | Sets up a hazard on the opposing side of the field, damaging each opposing Pokemon that switches in, unless it is a Flying-type Pokemon or has the Levitate Ability. Can be used up to three times before failing. Opponents lose 1/8 of their maximum HP with one layer, 1/6 of their maximum HP with two layers, and 1/4 of their maximum HP with three layers, all rounded down. Can be removed from the opposing side if any Pokemon uses Tidy Up, or if any opposing Pokemon uses Mortal Spin, Rapid Spin, or Defog successfully, or is hit by Defog. | ||
| Stealth Rock | - | - | 20 | Sets up a hazard on the opposing side of the field, damaging each opposing Pokemon that switches in. Fails if the effect is already active on the opposing side. Foes lose 1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, or 1/2 of their maximum HP, rounded down, based on their weakness to the Rock type; 0.25×, 0.5×, neutral, 2×, or 4×, respectively. Can be removed from the opposing side if any Pokemon uses Tidy Up, or if any opposing Pokemon uses Mortal Spin, Rapid Spin, or Defog successfully, or is hit by Defog. | ||
| Steel Beam | 140 | 95 | 5 | Whether or not this move is successful and even if it would cause fainting, the user loses 1/2 of its maximum HP, rounded up, unless the user has the Magic Guard Ability. | ||
| Steel Wing | 70 | 90 | 20 | Has a 10% chance to raise the user's Defense by 1 stage. | ||
| Substitute | - | - | 10 | The user takes 1/4 of its maximum HP, rounded down, and puts it into a substitute to take its place in battle. The substitute is removed once enough damage is inflicted on it, if the user switches out or faints, or if any Pokemon uses Tidy Up. Baton Pass can be used to transfer the substitute to an ally, and the substitute will keep its remaining HP. Until the substitute is broken, it receives damage from all attacks made by other Pokemon and shields the user from status effects and stat stage changes caused by other Pokemon. Sound-based moves and Pokemon with the Infiltrator Ability ignore substitutes. The user still takes normal damage from weather and status effects while behind its substitute. If the substitute breaks during a multi-hit attack, the user will take damage from any remaining hits. If a substitute is created while the user is trapped by a binding move, the binding effect ends immediately. Fails if the user does not have enough HP remaining to create a substitute without fainting, or if it already has a substitute. | ||
| Sunny Day | - | - | 5 | For 5 turns, the weather becomes Sun. The damage of Fire-type attacks is multiplied by 1.5 and the damage of Water-type attacks is multiplied by 0.5 during the effect. Lasts for 8 turns if the user is holding Heat Rock. Fails if the current weather is Sun. | ||
| Swords Dance | - | - | 20 | Raises the user's Attack by 2 stages. | ||
| Tailwind | - | - | 15 | For 4 turns, the user and its party members have their Speed doubled. Fails if this move is already in effect for the user's side. | ||
| Taunt | - | 100 | 20 | Prevents the target from using non-damaging moves for its next three turns. Pokemon with the Oblivious Ability or protected by the Aroma Veil Ability are immune. | ||
| Thief | 60 | 100 | 20 | If this attack was successful and the user has not fainted, it steals the target's held item if the user is not holding one. A target with the Sticky Hold Ability does not lose its held item if it has not fainted. The target's item is not stolen if it is a Blue Orb, Red Orb, Adamant Crystal, Lustrous Globe, Griseous Core, Plate, Drive, Memory, Rusted Sword, Rusted Shield, Booster Energy, or Mask held by a Kyogre, Groudon, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus, Genesect, Silvally, Zacian, Zamazenta, Paradox Pokemon, or Ogerpon, respectively, or if the user is one of those species and the target is holding the respective item. In this case, Paradox Pokemon include every species with the Protosynthesis and Quark Drive Abilities, except Gouging Fire, Raging Bolt, Iron Boulder, and Iron Crown. Items lost to this move cannot be regained with Recycle or the Harvest Ability. | ||
| Whirlwind | - | - | 20 | The target is forced to switch out and be replaced with a random unfainted ally. Fails if the target is the last unfainted Pokemon in its party, or if the target used Ingrain previously or has the Suction Cups Ability. | ||
| X-Scissor | 80 | 100 | 15 | No additional effect. |