#21

Spearow

NormalFlying

Best attacking moveset: Quick Attack and Sky Attack, worth 7.2 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Spearow can learn 8 combinations. Quick Attack with Sky Attack does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Fast attack	Type	Power	Duration	Energy
Peck	Flying	10	1.0s	+10
Quick Attack	Normal	10	1.0s	+13

Charged attack	Type	Power	Duration	Energy
Aerial Ace	Flying	55	2.5s	-33
Drill Peck	Flying	70	2.5s	-33
Sky Attack	Flying	80	2.0s	-50
Twister Legacy	Dragon	50	3.0s	-33

Best moveset against each type

Spearow does not have one best moveset, it has 2. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Fighting, Bug, Grass.

Against	Best moveset	DPS
Fighting	Peck + Sky Attack	10.4
Bug	Peck + Sky Attack	10.4
Grass	Peck + Sky Attack	10.4
Normal	Quick Attack + Sky Attack	7.2
Flying	Quick Attack + Sky Attack	7.2
Poison	Quick Attack + Sky Attack	7.2
Ground	Quick Attack + Sky Attack	7.2
Fire	Quick Attack + Sky Attack	7.2
Water	Quick Attack + Sky Attack	7.2
Psychic	Quick Attack + Sky Attack	7.2
Ice	Quick Attack + Sky Attack	7.2
Dragon	Quick Attack + Sky Attack	7.2
Dark	Quick Attack + Sky Attack	7.2
Fairy	Quick Attack + Sky Attack	7.2
Ghost	Peck + Sky Attack	6.7
Electric	Quick Attack + Sky Attack	5.5
Rock	Quick Attack + Sky Attack	4.9
Steel	Quick Attack + Sky Attack	4.9

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Spearow is actually for.

Counters: what beats Spearow

Attacker	Type	Moveset	DPS
Regieleki	Electric	Lock OnThunder CageLegacy	92.0
Zeraora	Electric	Volt SwitchPlasma Fists	79.0
Zekrom	DragonElectric	Charge BeamFusion BoltLegacy	77.1
Xurkitree	Electric	Thunder ShockDischarge	76.2
Glimmora	RockPoison	Rock ThrowMeteor Beam	69.7

Ranked by damage per second against Spearow's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family. Twelve deep, with what Spearow is weak to.

Type matchups

Weak toRockElectricIce

ResistsBugGrass

Strongly resistsGroundGhost

Shiny

Yes. Shiny Spearow has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, photobomb.

Evolution family

Spearow

Fearow

Numbers

Max CP	902 at level 50, 798 at level 40
Raid catch	456 CP at level 20, or 570 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch	415 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats	112 attack · 60 defense · 120 stamina

What it costs

Candy to evolve	50 Candy
Second charged move	10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Buddy distance	1 km per Candy
Size	0.3 m and 2 kg