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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#085 Dodrio

NormalFlying

  • SpeciesTriplebird Pokémon
  • Japanese nameDodrio
  • PronunciationDOE-DREE-OH
  • Height5′ 11″ 1.80 m
  • Weight188.0 lb 84.60 kg
  • Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
Dodrio official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Combination of DODO, an extinct bird, and TRIO meaning “group of three”. “Bird with three heads”

Evolution

  1. DoduoLevel 31Dodrio
Dodrio in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Dodrio as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue Using its three brains to execute complex plans. While two heads sleep, one head stays awake.
Yellow One of DODUO’s 2 heads splits to form a unique species. It runs close to 40 MPH in prairies.
Stadium The three heads express joy, sorrow and anger as they plan strategy together. When it sleeps, one head stays awake.
GoldStadium 2 It collects data and plans three times as wisely, but it may think too much and become immobilized.
Silver If one of its heads gets to eat, the others will be satisfied, too, and will stop squabbling.
Crystal An enemy that takes its eyes off any of the three heads–even for a second–will get pecked severely.

Where to find Dodrio

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Blue Unknown Dungeon NA Few/Evolve
Red NA Few/Evolve
Yellow Route 17 NA Few/Evolve
Gold Mt. Silver, Routes 26, 28 Morn. or Day Few/Evolve
Silver Mt. Silver, Routes 27, 28 Morn. or Day Few/Evolve
Crystal Blackthorn City (In-Game Trade), Mt. Silver, Routes 27, 28 Morn. or Day; Any (In-Game Trade) Few/Evolve

How to catch

Ground Surf Fishing Forest Tree Mountain Tree Rock Smash Breed Evolve Event BugCatch Game Corner
R/B ✓ ✓
Yellow ✓ ✓
G/S ✓ ✓
Crystal ✓ ✓ ✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

  • Normal×1
  • Fire×1
  • Water×1
  • Electric×2
  • Grass×0.5
  • Ice×2
  • Fighting×1
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×0
  • Flying×1
  • Psychic×1
  • Bug×0.5
  • Rock×2
  • Ghost×0
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×1
  • Steel×1
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 weaknesses and 4 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 3 : 4 (75%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 weaknesses and 4 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 3 : 4 (75%).
  • This Pokémon has the same number of weaknesses in GSC as RBY. So the defense ratios are the same.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • Normal1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Fire1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Water1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Electric1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
  • Grass1st: Normal 2nd: Good
  • Ice1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Fighting1st: Normal 2nd: Good
  • Poison1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Ground1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Flying1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Psychic1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Bug1st: Normal 2nd: Good
  • Rock1st: Bad 2nd: Bad
  • Ghost1st: No Effect 2nd: Normal
  • Dragon1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Dark1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Steel1st: Bad 2nd: Bad
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 advantages and 6 disadvantages out of 34 types. Offensive ratio 1:2 (50%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 30 types. Offensive ratio 3:4 (75%).

Moves learned by levelling up

Yellow R/B G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start Start Start Peck Flying Physical
Start Start Start Growl Normal Status
— — Start Pursuit Dark Special
Start Start Start Fury Attack Normal Physical
45 45 Start Tri Attack Normal Physical
39 39 Start Rage Normal Physical
30 Start 38 Drill Peck Flying Physical
51 51 47 Agility Psychic Status

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

None.

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM03Curse
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM11Sunny Day
  • TM13Snore
  • TM15Hyper Beam
  • TM17Protect
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM27Return
  • TM31Mud-Slap
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM39Swift
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • TM46Thief
  • TM47Steel Wing
  • HM02Fly

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

  • TM04Whirlwind
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM08Body Slam
  • TM09Take Down
  • TM10Double-Edge
  • TM15Hyper Beam
  • TM20Rage
  • TM31Mimic
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM33Reflect
  • TM34Bide
  • TM40Skull Bash
  • TM43Sky Attack
  • TM44Rest
  • TM49Tri Attack
  • TM50Substitute
  • HM02Fly

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Flying Pokémon group 3

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Feint Attack Mate with a male Murkrow.
Flail Mate a male Donphan with a female Farfetch’d, then breed the male offspring with the move to a female from Doduo Family.
Haze Mate with a male from Murkrow or Zubat Family.
Quick Attack Mate with a male from Pidgey Family.
Supersonic Mate with a male from Aerodactyl or Zubat Family.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank R/B/Y rank
HP 60 293-323 27/4540.14% 24/4244.05%
Attack 110 288-318 6/4992.62% 6/4591.92%
Defense 70 208-238 24/5550.00% 21/4451.99%
Speed 100 268-298 7/4789.41% 7/4287.46%
Special Attack G/S/C 60 188-218 26/4640.14% —
Special Defense G/S/C 60 188-218 27/4136.34% —
Special R/B/Y 60 188-218 — 18/2936.34%
Total 460 G/S/C
400 R/B/Y
1433-1613
1245-1395
25/8769.15% 18/6574.19%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library