Herdier - Generation 6 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Herdier can learn in Generation 6, which consists of these games:

Pokémon X
Pokémon Y
Pokémon Omega Ruby
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Herdier artwork by Ken Sugimori

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X/Y Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire

Moves learnt by level up

Herdier learns the following moves in Pokémon X & Y at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Bite	Dark	60	100
1	Leer	Normal	—	100
1	Odor Sleuth	Normal	—	—
1	Tackle	Normal	50	100
5	Odor Sleuth	Normal	—	—
8	Bite	Dark	60	100
12	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
15	Take Down	Normal	90	85
20	Work Up	Normal	—	—
24	Crunch	Dark	80	100
29	Roar	Normal	—	—
33	Retaliate	Normal	70	100
38	Reversal	Fighting	—	100
42	Last Resort	Normal	140	100
47	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
52	Play Rough	Fairy	90	90

Egg moves

Herdier learns the following moves via breeding in Pokémon X & Y. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
After You	Normal	—	—
Charm	Fairy	—	100
Endure	Normal	—	—
Fire Fang	Fire	65	95
Howl	Normal	—	—
Ice Fang	Ice	65	95
Lick	Ghost	30	100
Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
Pursuit	Dark	40	100
Sand Attack	Ground	—	100
Thunder Fang	Electric	65	95
Yawn	Normal	—	—

Pre-evolution moves

These moves can only be learned in Pokémon X & Y by a previous evolution of Herdier. Check the respective Pokédex for the exact details.

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	Method
Baby-Doll Eyes	Fairy		—	100	Level up

Moves learnt by HM

Herdier is compatible with these Hidden Machines in Pokémon X & Y:

HM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
03	Surf	Water		90	100
04	Strength	Normal		80	100

Moves learnt by TM

Herdier is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon X & Y:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
05	Roar	Normal	—	—
06	Toxic	Poison	—	90
10	Hidden Power	Normal	60	100
11	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
17	Protect	Normal	—	—
18	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
21	Frustration	Normal	—	100
24	Thunderbolt	Electric	90	100
27	Return	Normal	—	100
28	Dig	Ground	80	100
30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
32	Double Team	Normal	—	—
39	Rock Tomb	Rock	60	95
40	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
42	Facade	Normal	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	—	—
45	Attract	Normal	—	100
48	Round	Normal	60	100
66	Payback	Dark	50	100
67	Retaliate	Normal	70	100
68	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
73	Thunder Wave	Electric	—	100
87	Swagger	Normal	—	90
88	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
90	Substitute	Normal	—	—
93	Wild Charge	Electric	90	100
94	Rock Smash	Fighting	40	100
95	Snarl	Dark	55	95
100	Confide	Normal	—	—

Moves learnt by level up

Herdier learns the following moves in Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Bite	Dark	60	100
1	Leer	Normal	—	100
1	Odor Sleuth	Normal	—	—
1	Tackle	Normal	50	100
5	Odor Sleuth	Normal	—	—
8	Bite	Dark	60	100
12	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
15	Take Down	Normal	90	85
20	Work Up	Normal	—	—
24	Crunch	Dark	80	100
29	Roar	Normal	—	—
33	Retaliate	Normal	70	100
38	Reversal	Fighting	—	100
42	Last Resort	Normal	140	100
47	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
52	Play Rough	Fairy	90	90

Egg moves

Herdier learns the following moves via breeding in Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
After You	Normal	—	—
Charm	Fairy	—	100
Endure	Normal	—	—
Fire Fang	Fire	65	95
Howl	Normal	—	—
Ice Fang	Ice	65	95
Lick	Ghost	30	100
Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
Pursuit	Dark	40	100
Sand Attack	Ground	—	100
Thunder Fang	Electric	65	95
Yawn	Normal	—	—

Move Tutor moves

Herdier can be taught these attacks in Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire from move tutors (details):

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
After You	Normal	—	—
Covet	Normal	60	100
Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
Hyper Voice	Normal	90	100
Last Resort	Normal	140	100
Shock Wave	Electric	60	∞
Snore	Normal	50	100
Uproar	Normal	90	100

Pre-evolution moves

These moves can only be learned in Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire by a previous evolution of Herdier. Check the respective Pokédex for the exact details.

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	Method
Baby-Doll Eyes	Fairy		—	100	Level up

Moves learnt by HM

Herdier is compatible with these Hidden Machines in Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire:

HM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
03	Surf	Water	90	100
04	Strength	Normal	80	100
06	Rock Smash	Fighting	40	100

Moves learnt by TM

Herdier is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
05	Roar	Normal	—	—
06	Toxic	Poison	—	90
10	Hidden Power	Normal	60	100
11	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
17	Protect	Normal	—	—
18	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
21	Frustration	Normal	—	100
24	Thunderbolt	Electric	90	100
27	Return	Normal	—	100
28	Dig	Ground	80	100
30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
32	Double Team	Normal	—	—
39	Rock Tomb	Rock	60	95
40	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
42	Facade	Normal	70	100
44	Rest	Psychic	—	—
45	Attract	Normal	—	100
48	Round	Normal	60	100
66	Payback	Dark	50	100
67	Retaliate	Normal	70	100
68	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
73	Thunder Wave	Electric	—	100
87	Swagger	Normal	—	90
88	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
90	Substitute	Normal	—	—
93	Wild Charge	Electric	90	100
94	Secret Power	Normal	70	100
95	Snarl	Dark	55	95
100	Confide	Normal	—	—

Herdier egg move parents

In other generations
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Herdier

Herdier's egg groups: Field

The egg moves for Herdier are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Herdier with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Herdier with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

After You

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Buneary Lopunny Patrat Watchog Minccino
Breeding	Mareep Flaaffy Ampharos Wooper Quagsire Slakoth Vigoroth Slaking Lillipup Herdier Stoutland
Move tutor	Mareep Flaaffy Ampharos Wooper Quagsire Slakoth Vigoroth Slaking Numel Camerupt Torkoal Kecleon Buneary Lopunny Patrat Watchog Lillipup Herdier Stoutland Munna Musharna Woobat Swoobat Minccino Cinccino
Pre-evolution Level up	Cinccino
Sketch	Smeargle

Charm

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Eevee Snubbull Granbull Teddiursa Phanpy Skitty Pachirisu Buneary Lopunny Glameow Purugly Minccino Deerling Sawsbuck Cubchoo Furfrou Meowstic (Male) Dedenne
Breeding	Meowth Persian Ponyta Rapidash Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Sentret Furret Espeon Umbreon Zigzagoon Linoone Leafeon Glaceon Lillipup Herdier Stoutland Purrloin Liepard Woobat Swoobat Emolga Sylveon
Pre-evolution Level up	Pikachu Raichu Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Espeon Umbreon Ursaring Donphan Delcatty Leafeon Glaceon Cinccino Beartic Sylveon
Sketch	Smeargle

Endure

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Dunsparce Swinub Piloswine Phanpy Vigoroth Pachirisu Buneary Lopunny Mamoswine Cubchoo Beartic
Breeding	Pikachu Raichu Sandshrew Sandslash Nidoran♂ Nidorino Nidoking Diglett Dugtrio Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Espeon Umbreon Torchic Combusken Blaziken Numel Camerupt Torkoal Spoink Grumpig Bidoof Bibarel Leafeon Glaceon Lillipup Herdier Stoutland Blitzle Zebstrika Darumaka Darmanitan (Standard Mode) Minccino Cinccino Mienfoo Mienshao Sylveon
Pre-evolution Level up	Donphan Slaking Lucario
Generation 4 TM	Rattata Raticate Ekans Arbok Vulpix Ninetales Meowth Persian Psyduck Golduck Mankey Primeape Growlithe Arcanine Ponyta Rapidash Farfetch'd Seel Dewgong Rhyhorn Rhydon Tauros Cyndaquil Quilava Typhlosion Sentret Furret Mareep Flaaffy Ampharos Aipom Wooper Quagsire Girafarig Snubbull Granbull Sneasel Teddiursa Ursaring Delibird Houndour Houndoom Stantler Poochyena Mightyena Zigzagoon Linoone Seedot Nuzleaf Shiftry Slakoth Whismur Loudred Exploud Skitty Delcatty Mawile Electrike Manectric Wailmer Wailord Spinda Zangoose Seviper Kecleon Absol Spheal Sealeo Walrein Chimchar Monferno Infernape Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Shinx Luxio Luxray Buizel Floatzel Ambipom Glameow Purugly Stunky Skuntank Hippopotas Hippowdon Weavile Rhyperior
Sketch	Smeargle

Fire Fang

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Arbok Growlithe Arcanine Flareon Snubbull Granbull Houndour Houndoom Donphan Exploud Manectric Hippowdon Stoutland Darumaka Darmanitan (Standard Mode) Litleo Pyroar
Breeding	Rhyhorn Rhydon Snubbull Granbull Houndour Houndoom Poochyena Mightyena Mawile Electrike Manectric Shinx Luxio Luxray Rhyperior Lillipup Herdier Stoutland Sandile Krokorok Krookodile
Sketch	Smeargle

Howl

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Houndour Houndoom Poochyena Mightyena Whismur Loudred Exploud Electrike Manectric Fennekin Braixen Delphox
Breeding	Vulpix Ninetales Growlithe Arcanine Cyndaquil Quilava Typhlosion Numel Camerupt Shinx Luxio Luxray Lillipup Herdier Stoutland
Sketch	Smeargle

Ice Fang

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Arbok Snubbull Granbull Piloswine Exploud Walrein Floatzel Hippowdon Glaceon Mamoswine Stoutland
Breeding	Rhyhorn Rhydon Snubbull Granbull Poochyena Mightyena Mawile Electrike Manectric Shinx Luxio Luxray Rhyperior Lillipup Herdier Stoutland
Sketch	Smeargle

Lick

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Snubbull Granbull Teddiursa Ursaring Seviper Kecleon Pansage Simisage Pansear Simisear Panpour Simipour Heatmor
Breeding	Seel Dewgong Lillipup Herdier Stoutland
Sketch	Smeargle

Mud-Slap

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Diglett Dugtrio Swinub Piloswine Mamoswine Drilbur Excadrill Sandile Krokorok Krookodile Bunnelby Diggersby
Breeding	Farfetch'd Phanpy Donphan Zigzagoon Linoone Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Buizel Floatzel Lillipup Herdier Stoutland Minccino Cinccino Bouffalant
Generation 4 Move tutor	Rattata Raticate Pikachu Raichu Sandshrew Sandslash Nidoran♂ Nidorino Nidoking Meowth Persian Psyduck Golduck Mankey Primeape Growlithe Arcanine Rhyhorn Rhydon Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Cyndaquil Quilava Typhlosion Sentret Furret Aipom Wooper Quagsire Espeon Umbreon Girafarig Dunsparce Snubbull Granbull Sneasel Teddiursa Ursaring Delibird Houndour Houndoom Stantler Torchic Combusken Blaziken Poochyena Mightyena Nuzleaf Shiftry Slakoth Vigoroth Slaking Whismur Loudred Exploud Skitty Delcatty Mawile Electrike Manectric Numel Camerupt Torkoal Grumpig Spinda Zangoose Seviper Kecleon Absol Spheal Sealeo Walrein Chimchar Monferno Infernape Bidoof Bibarel Shinx Luxio Luxray Pachirisu Ambipom Buneary Lopunny Glameow Purugly Stunky Skuntank Lucario Hippopotas Hippowdon Weavile Rhyperior Leafeon Glaceon
Sketch	Smeargle

Pursuit

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Rattata Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose Absol Buizel Floatzel Purrloin Liepard Blitzle Zebstrika Zorua Zoroark Emolga Bouffalant
Breeding	Ekans Arbok Diglett Dugtrio Sentret Furret Aipom Sneasel Houndour Houndoom Zigzagoon Linoone Slakoth Vigoroth Slaking Ambipom Stunky Skuntank Weavile Snivy Servine Serperior Patrat Watchog Lillipup Herdier Stoutland Sandile Krokorok Krookodile Heatmor
Sketch	Smeargle

Sand Attack

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Sandshrew Sandslash Diglett Dugtrio Farfetch'd Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Aipom Espeon Umbreon Stantler Torchic Combusken Blaziken Poochyena Mightyena Zigzagoon Linoone Ambipom Hippopotas Hippowdon Leafeon Glaceon Patrat Watchog Purrloin Liepard Sandile Krokorok Krookodile Scraggy Scrafty Deerling Sawsbuck Furfrou Sylveon
Breeding	Mareep Flaaffy Ampharos Glameow Purugly Lillipup Herdier Stoutland Blitzle Zebstrika
Sketch	Smeargle

Thunder Fang

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Arbok Arcanine Jolteon Snubbull Granbull Houndoom Donphan Exploud Electrike Manectric Shinx Luxio Luxray Hippowdon Stoutland
Breeding	Rhyhorn Rhydon Snubbull Granbull Houndour Houndoom Poochyena Mightyena Mawile Electrike Manectric Shinx Luxio Luxray Rhyperior Lillipup Herdier Stoutland Sandile Krokorok Krookodile
Sketch	Smeargle

Yawn

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Wooper Quagsire Dunsparce Slakoth Slaking Numel Camerupt Bidoof Bibarel Hippopotas Hippowdon Pansear Munna
Breeding	Psyduck Golduck Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Espeon Umbreon Teddiursa Ursaring Poochyena Mightyena Numel Camerupt Torkoal Spheal Sealeo Walrein Piplup Prinplup Empoleon Leafeon Glaceon Tepig Pignite Emboar Lillipup Herdier Stoutland Purrloin Liepard Darumaka Darmanitan (Standard Mode) Cubchoo Beartic Litleo Pyroar Espurr Meowstic (Male) Sylveon
Pre-evolution Level up	Vigoroth Simisear Musharna
Sketch	Smeargle