Drill Peck (move)
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| Drill Peck ドリルくちばし Drill Beak | ||||||||||||
| A corkscrewing attack with the sharp beak acting as a drill. | ||||||||||||
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Drill Peck (Japanese: ドリルくちばし Drill Beak) is a damage-dealing Flying-type move introduced in Generation I.
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Effect
Drill Peck inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.
In the anime
Prinplup about to use Drill Peck |
Pokémon
Prinplup. The yellow crest on its head glow white. Its beak also glows white and expands greatly in size. Prinplup then starts spinning and hits the opponent.
- Used by Kenny's Prinplup in Settling a Not-So-Old Score!.
Empoleon. Empoleon's "trident" glows yellow and Empoleon starts spinning and hits the opponent.
- Used by Kai's Empoleon in The Rise of Darkrai.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 021 | | Spearow | Normal | Flying | 29 |
| 022 | | Fearow | Normal | Flying | 34 |
| 084 | | Doduo | Normal | Flying | 30 |
| 085 | | Dodrio | Normal | Flying | -- |
| 085 | | Dodrio | Normal | Flying | 30 |
| 145 | | Zapdos | Electric | Flying | -- |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move. | |||||
Generation II
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 021 | | Spearow | Normal | Flying | 37 |
| 022 | | Fearow | Normal | Flying | 40 |
| 084 | | Doduo | Normal | Flying | 33 |
| 085 | | Dodrio | Normal | Flying | 38 |
| 145 | | Zapdos | Electric | Flying | 49 |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move. | |||||
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | | Natu | Psychic | Flying | Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio |
| 198 | | Murkrow | Dark | Flying | Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Natu, Xatu Skarmory |
| 227 | | Skarmory | Steel | Flying | Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. | |||||
Generation III
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 021 | | Spearow | Normal | Flying | 37 |
| 022 | | Fearow | Normal | Flying | 40 |
| 084 | | Doduo | Normal | Flying | 37 |
| 085 | | Dodrio | Normal | Flying | 47 |
| 145 | | Zapdos | Electric | Flying | 49 |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move. | |||||
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | | Natu | Psychic | Flying | Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio |
| 198 | | Murkrow | Dark | Flying | Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Natu, Xatu Skarmory |
| 227 | | Skarmory | Steel | Flying | Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. | |||||
Generation IV
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 021 | | Spearow | Normal | Flying | 37 |
| 022 | | Fearow | Normal | Flying | 47 |
| 084 | | Doduo | Normal | Flying | 41 |
| 085 | | Dodrio | Normal | Flying | 47 |
| 145 | | Zapdos | Electric | Flying | 71 |
| 393 | | Piplup | Water | 39 | |
| 394 | | Prinplup | Water | 46 | |
| 395 | | Empoleon | Water | Steel | 52 |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move. | |||||
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | | Natu | Psychic | Flying | Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio |
| 198 | | Murkrow | Dark | Flying | Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Natu, Xatu Skarmory |
| 227 | | Skarmory | Steel | Flying | Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. | |||||
In other languages
- Spanish: Pico Taladro
- French: Bec Vrille
- German: Bohrschnabel
- Italian: Perforbecco
| | This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move. |

