Drill Peck (move)

Drill Peck ドリルくちばし Drill Beak

A corkscrewing attack with the sharp beak acting as a drill.

Battles Type  Flying Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0 A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Drill Peck on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Drill Peck on Eevee's Movedex

Drill Peck (Japanese: ドリルくちばし Drill Beak) is a damage-dealing Flying-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Drill Peck inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

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 the anime

	Prinplup about to use Drill Peck	Prinplup
A corkscrewing attack with the sharp beak acting as a drill.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Dodrio	Dodrio jumps into the air and onto the opponent, its beaks spin like a drill and it pecks the foe, or Dodrio repeatedly pecks its target with its beaks.
Falkner's Dodrio	Fighting Flyer with Fire!		Debut
Gary's Dodrio	Putting the Air Back in Aerodactyl!		None
Fearow	Fearow's beak spins like a drill and its pecks the opponent.
Skyler's Fearow	The Big Balloon Blow-Up		None
Tyson's Fearow	Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution		None
Rico's Fearow	A Poached Ego!		None
Skarmory	Skarmory's beak spins like a drill and it pecks the opponent.
Winona's Skarmory	Who's Flying Now?		None
Prinplup	Prinplup jumps into the air and its crown and beak glow white. Its beak also grows larger. It falls at the opponent, spinning like a drill.
Kenny's Prinplup	Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!		None
Empoleon	Empoleon's beak and crown glows gold and it spins like a drill as it jumps at the opponent, hitting it with its beak.
Kai's Empoleon	The Rise of Darkrai		None
Barry's Empoleon	DP157		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

A corkscrewing attack with the sharp beak acting as a drill.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Fearow	Fearow spins its body like a drill and pecks the opponent.
Red's Fearow	...But Fearow Itself!		Debut

In other languages

• Spanish: Pico Taladro
• French: Bec Vrille
• German: Bohrschnabel
• Italian: Perforbecco
• European Portuguese: Bicada Escavadora

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