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Hydreigon, a Dark and Dragon type Pokémon, official artwork

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Hydreigon: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

DarkDragonUU

Hydreigon is a straightforward attacker, led by its Sp. Atk (125) and Attack (105), with a base stat total of 600. Competitively it is a leading pick in the UnderUsed tier. It currently appears on 1.6% of OU teams. In the VGC ladder it sits at 4.5% usage.

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What is Hydreigon weak to?

How much damage Hydreigon takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toFairy
2×Weak toBugDragonFightingIce
0.5×ResistsDarkElectricFireGhostGrassWater
0×Immune toPsychic

With Levitate, Ground attacks do nothing instead of normal damage.

Hydreigon takes super-effective damage from Fairy, Bug, Dragon, Fighting, Ice (Fairy hit it for 4x damage). It resists Dark, Electric, Fire, Ghost, Grass, Water and is immune to Psychic. That is by type alone: with Levitate, Ground attacks do nothing instead of normal damage.

Best moveset for Hydreigon

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

  • Dark PulseDark8023.9%
  • Draco MeteorDragon13018.7%
  • Earth PowerGround9017.1%
  • Flash CannonSteel8016.7%
  • Nasty PlotDark-12.9%
  • TauntDark-4.7%

Best nature for Hydreigon

Timid. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Timid with 0/0/0/252/4/252 EVs (65.1% of sets).

Abilities

  • LevitateThis Pokemon is immune to Ground; Gravity/Ingrain/Smack Down/Iron Ball nullify it.

Evolution line

Deino
Zweilous
Hydreigon

Best counters for Hydreigon

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

Best teammates for Hydreigon

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

Full learnset (73 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Draco MeteorDragon13090%Special
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
Hydro PumpWater11080%Special
Dragon RushDragon10075%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Heat WaveFire9590%Special
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
FlyFlying9095%Physical
Hyper VoiceNormal90100%Special
SurfWater90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dragon PulseDragon85100%Special
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
SlamNormal8075%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
Tri AttackNormal80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
U-turnBug70100%Physical
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
Ice FangIce6595%Physical
Thunder FangElectric6595%Physical
AssuranceDark60100%Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
Breaking SwipeDragon60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Dragon BreathDragon60100%Special
Dragon TailDragon6090%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
ThiefDark60100%Physical
AcrobaticsFlying55100%Physical
SnarlDark5595%Special
Dual WingbeatFlying4090%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
Double HitNormal3590%Physical
Fire SpinFire3585%Special
Scale ShotDragon2590%Physical
Dragon CheerDragon--Status
Dragon DanceDragon--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Focus EnergyNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Psych UpNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
TailwindFlying--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
Work UpNormal--Status