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Corviknight, a Flying and Steel type Pokémon, official artwork

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Corviknight: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Corviknight is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Defense (105) and HP (98), with a base stat total of 495. Competitively it is a staple of OverUsed, the main competitive singles tier. It currently appears on 10.9% of OU teams. In the VGC ladder it sits at 2.0% usage.

Build a team with Corviknight

What is Corviknight weak to?

How much damage Corviknight takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toElectricFire
0.5×ResistsDragonFairyFlyingNormalPsychicSteel
0.25×ResistsBugGrass
0×Immune toGroundPoison

Corviknight takes super-effective damage from Electric, Fire. It resists Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Normal, Psychic, Steel, Bug, Grass and is immune to Ground, Poison.

Best moveset for Corviknight

The most-used moves on Corviknight in OU (Smogon singles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • RoostFlying-25.7%
  • DefogFlying-18.9%
  • U-turnBug7016.7%
  • Brave BirdFlying12014.9%
  • Body PressFighting8011.9%
  • Iron DefenseSteel-8.5%

Best nature for Corviknight

Impish. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Impish with 248/0/252/0/8/0 EVs (55.8% of sets).

Abilities

  • PressureIf this Pokemon is the target of a foe's move, that move loses one additional PP.
  • UnnerveWhile this Pokemon is active, it prevents opposing Pokemon from using their Berries.
  • Mirror ArmorIf this Pokemon's stat stages would be lowered, the attacker's are lowered instead.

Evolution line

Rookidee
Corvisquire
Corviknight

Best counters for Corviknight

Based on OU (Smogon singles) battle statistics, these Pokémon most reliably beat or force out Corviknight:

Best teammates for Corviknight

Pokémon most often paired with Corviknight on successful OU (Smogon singles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (54 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Steel BeamSteel14095%Special
Brave BirdFlying120100%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
HurricaneFlying11070%Special
FlyFlying9095%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
Drill PeckFlying80100%Physical
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Air SlashFlying7595%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Steel WingSteel7090%Physical
U-turnBug70100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Air CutterFlying6095%Special
PluckFlying60100%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
Dual WingbeatFlying4090%Physical
PeckFlying35100%Physical
Power TripDark20100%Physical
Fury AttackNormal1585%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
AgilityPsychic--Status
Bulk UpFighting--Status
CurseGhost--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Fake TearsDark-100%Status
Hone ClawsDark--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
Metal SoundSteel-85%Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
TailwindFlying--Status
TauntDark-100%Status