Rock Flying

Archen is a Rock and Flying-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 2083 in Pokémon GO. Archen's best moveset is Wing Attack and Dragon Claw. It is weather boosted by Partly Cloudy and Windy weather, and it was originally found in the Unova region. Shiny Archen is available in Pokémon GO.

Archen is weak to Electric, Ice, Rock, Steel, and Water-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Bug, Fire, Flying, Ground, Normal, and Poison-type moves.

Stats

Max CP	2083 CP
Attack	213 ATK
Defense	89 DEF
Stamina	146 STA
Weather Boost	Partly Cloudy Windy
Released	Yes
Shiny released	Yes
Buddy distance	5 km

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#566
Height	0.5 m
Weight	9.5 kg
Region	Unova Generation 5
Can be traded	Allowed
Pokémon Home transfer	Allowed
Base Catch Rate	20%
Base Flee Rate	0%
Catch rewards	3 100
Additional Move Cost	75 75000

Archen type chart

Takes increased damage

Electric	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Rock	160.0%
Steel	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Takes decreased damage

Bug	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Ground	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Poison	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Archen's best moves and movesets

Archen's best moveset is Wing Attack and Dragon Claw, with 12.23 DPS (damage per second) and 142.1 TDO (total damage output). These moves are boosted by Windy weather.

Best Archen moves

Wing Attack

Dragon Claw

DPS12.23

TDO142.11

Score14.0

Weather Boost

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If you are unable to get Archen with its best moveset, we recommend to use Wing Attack/Ancient Power. You will lose around 2.2% DPS and TDO, which makes these moves a viable alternative to Archen's strongest moveset (Wing Attack/Dragon Claw).

Archen moves comparison

The following chart shows Archen's DPS and TDO for every fast and charge attack combination. This chart is useful for comparing the relative strength of Archen's movesets. You can change the weather and the opposing Pokémon to see how it affects the rankings.

Weather

Extreme↓

Opponent

#	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score 🔽
1.	Wing Attack	Dragon Claw	12.23	142.1	14.0
2.	Wing Attack	Ancient Power	11.96	139.0	13.7
3.	Quick Attack	Dragon Claw	11.84	137.6	13.6
4.	Quick Attack	Ancient Power	11.74	136.4	13.5
5.	Wing Attack	Crunch	11.01	128.0	12.6
6.	Quick Attack	Crunch	10.75	124.9	12.3

Fast Attacks

• Wing Attack890.8s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Fighting
    • Bug
    • Grass

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel
    • Electric

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	8
  Energy	9
  Weather boost	Windy
  Duration	0.8s
  Damage window	0.6s - 0.8s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	8

  
  

  Effects

  Wing Attack has no special effects.

  See Wing Attack details page ↗
• Quick Attack8100.8s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Steel

  • 39.1%
  • • Ghost

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	8
  Energy	10
  Weather boost	Partly Cloudy
  Duration	0.8s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.6s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	8

  
  

  Effects

  Quick Attack has no special effects.

  See Quick Attack details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Ancient Power70333.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Flying
    • Bug
    • Fire
    • Ice

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Ground
    • Steel

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	70
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Partly Cloudy
  Duration	3.5s
  Damage window	2.9s - 3.1s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	60
  Energy	45

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Ancient Power has a 10.0% chance to:

  • Increase User's Attack by 25.0%
  • Increase User's Defense by 25.0%

  See Ancient Power details page ↗
• Dragon Claw50331.7s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Dragon

  • 62.5%
  • • Steel

  • 39.1%
  • • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	50
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Windy
  Duration	1.7s
  Damage window	1.1s - 1.3s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	50
  Energy	35

  
  

  Effects

  Dragon Claw has no special effects.

  See Dragon Claw details page ↗
• Crunch70333.2s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ghost
    • Psychic

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Dark
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	70
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Fog
  Duration	3.2s
  Damage window	1.3s - 3.0s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	70
  Energy	45

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Crunch has a 30.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Defense by 20.0%

  See Crunch details page ↗

Archen Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

Archen's Max CP is at Level 50. Archen Combat Power values in Pokémon GO Raids, Eggs, and Field Research encounter can be found below.

Max CP	2083 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	741 CP - 789 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	989 CP - 1052 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	989 CP - 1052 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather Boost Partly Cloudy Windy	1236 CP - 1316 CP
	Weather boosted, Level 25, 10/10/10 minimum IVs

More information

• Field and Special Research encounters are always Level 15. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Field Research encounters have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Pokémon hatched from Eggs are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Egg Hatches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Raid Bosses caught without weather boost are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Raid Bosses caught with weather boost are always Level 25. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Weather boosted Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Wild encounters range from Level 1 to Level 30 Pokémon. Their IVs range from 0 (min) to 15 (max) for each stat.
• Weather Boosted wild Pokémon encounters get a 5 Level boost, bringing their Level range to Level 6 to Level 35. In addition, they have a guaraneed minimum IV value of 4 for each stat, resulting in a 4/4/4 IV floor.

Archen Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

Archen Max CP per level chart. This table shows maximum Combat Power values from Level 1 to Level 50.

Archen evolution chart

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Archen	50 Candy	Archeops

• Archen evolves into Archeops which costs 50 Candy.

Regular and Shiny Archen

• #566Archen
• #566Shiny Archen

Mega Pokémon that boost Archen

A list of Mega Pokémon that boost Archen's Rock and Flying-type moves, Candy, and Candy XL from catching Archen.

Mega Pidgeot

Mega Pinsir

Mega Aerodactyl

Mega Tyranitar

Mega Salamence

Mega Rayquaza

Mega Diancie

More information

Mega and Primal Raid Bonus –Mega Pokémon boost the attack power of all other Pokémon when battling in Raid Battles by 10%. Attacks that share their type with the Mega Pokémon's type(s) receive a 30% boost. However, these bonuses do not stack if there are multiple Mega-Evolved Pokémon battling simultaneously; only the higher boost will be applied.

Mega and Primal Catch Bonus –While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.

Note on Primal Kyogre and Groudon

• Primal Kyogre boosts Water-, Electric- and Bug-type attacks and Pokémon.
• Primal Groudon boosts Fire-, Grass- and Ground-type attacks and Pokémon.

Archen Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Archen in Pokémon GO is 24.03%, calculated for catching a Level 20 with no berries. Curved Great throw has a 50.38% chance to catch, and adding a Razz Berry raises that to 65.04%.

Configure

Pokémon level

Level 20↓

Ball Type

PokéBall↓

Rock medal

None↓

Flying medal

None↓

Number of throws

1↓

		Normal	Nice	Great	Excellent
No Berry	-	24.03%	27.09%	33.78%	39.85%
	Curve	37.32%	41.56%	50.38%	57.86%
Razz Berry	-	33.78%	37.75%	46.11%	53.35%
	Curve	50.38%	55.33%	65.04%	72.65%
Silver Pinap Berry	-	39.02%	43.38%	52.38%	59.95%
	Curve	56.87%	61.98%	71.67%	78.89%
Golden Razz Berry	-	49.69%	54.62%	64.32%	71.94%
	Curve	68.90%	73.89%	82.65%	88.47%

More information

Catch probability with multiple throws

In order to help Trainers understand their overall odds when catching Archen, we enable the functionality to showing the total chance to catch it depending on the number of available throws. We calculate this chance as if you repeated the same throw N-number of times.

To activate this functionality, change the number of Number of throws to a value greater than 1. The Number of throws option is available in the configuration options above the chart

Catch rate formula

Pokémon GO catch rate formula can be expressed as follows:

• CATCH_MULTIPLIERS = ball * curve * berry * throwType * (type1Medal + type2Medal / 2)
• CATCH_RATE = 1 - Math.pow(1 - baseCatchRate / (2 * cpm), CATCH_MULTIPLIERS)

There are different multipliers that come into play when calculating catch rate.

Curved throws are more effective than regular throws, stronger types of Poké Ball have a higher catch rate, and using a Razz Berry or a Golden Razz Berry also improves your chances.

Catch rate multipliers

The following table shows all the different catch rate multipliers in Pokémon GO:

Multiplier	Amount
Razz Berry	1.5
Silver Pinap Berry	1.8
Golden Razz Berry	2.5
Curveball	1.7
Nice Throw	1.15
Great Throw	1.5
Excellent Throw	1.85
PokéBall	1.0
Premier Ball	1.0
Great Ball	1.5
Ultra Ball	2.0
Bronze medal	1.1
Silver medal	1.2
Gold medal	1.3

Archen family

A list of Pokémon that are somehow related to Archen in Pokémon GO. Includes evolutions, regional, and form variations.

Archen

Archeops

List of Archen costumes

A list of Archen costumes available in Pokémon GO.

Archen high resolution sprites

A list of high resolution Pokémon HOME sprites related to Archen. Sprite description is a best guess on what the sprite is related to, use your own judgment. Click to download full 512x512 resolution.

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