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Pincurchin
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Pincurchin

Sea Urchin Pokémon

It stores electricity in each spine. Even if one gets broken off, it still continues to emit electricity for at least three hours.

Appears in these games

Base stats

HP
48
Attack
101
Defense
95
Sp. Atk
91
Sp. Def
85
Speed
15
Total
435
Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Competitive movesets

Smogon · Gen 9

Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.

Terrain Setter

Item
Terrain Extender
Ability
Electric Surge
Nature
Bold
EVs
252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
IVs
Tera
WaterFlying

Evolution

This Pokémon does not evolve.

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Pincurchin can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Sprites & renders

9 sprites & renders for Pincurchin.

Official artwork
Official artwork
Pokémon HOME
Pokémon HOME
Animated
Animated
Animated (back)
Animated (back)
Front
Front
Back
Back

Across the games

scarlet violet
scarlet violet
Black · White
Black · White
Menu Icons
Menu Icons

Moves

Lv.MoveTypeClassPowerAcc.PP
1PeckFlyingPhysical3510035
1Thunder ShockElectricSpecial4010030
5Water GunWaterSpecial4010025
10ChargeElectricStatus20
15Fury AttackNormalPhysical158520
20SparkElectricPhysical6510020
25Bubble BeamWaterSpecial6510020
30RecoverNormalStatus5
35CurseGhostStatus10
40Electric TerrainElectricStatus10
45Poison JabPoisonPhysical8010020
50Zing ZapElectricPhysical8010010
55AcupressureNormalStatus30
60DischargeElectricSpecial8010015

Breeding & egg moves

Pincurchin can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.

MementoDark29 compatible parents
GrimerMukKoffingWeezingMisdreavusSlugmaMagcargoDelibirdRaltsGardevoirDuskullDusclopsShellosGastrodon
Sucker PunchDark29 compatible parents
GastlyHaunterGengarMisdreavusCorsolaShuppetBanetteDuskullDusclopsHuntailDrifloonDrifblimMismagiusSpiritomb