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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.

In Pokémon GO · 1931 max CP 1 TCG Pocket card

Details

Height0.3 m

Weight1.0 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate75(17.5%)Tricky

Base friendship50Low

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP152

Abilities

Lightning Rod

Redirects single-target Electric moves to this Pokémon where possible. Absorbs Electric moves, raising Special Attack one stage.

Electric SurgeHidden

When this Pokémon enters battle, it changes the terrain to Electric Terrain.

Egg groups: Water 1, Amorphous

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Breeding
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

101

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

435

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Ground2×

Resistant to

Flying½×

Steel½×

Electric½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Terrain Setter

Moves

Item

Terrain Extender

AbilityElectric Surge

NatureBold+Def/−Atk

TeraWaterFlying

EV spread

HP252

Def▲252

SpD4

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Where to find Pincurchin

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Sword

Route 9

Shield

Route 9

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.

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Peck Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Flying	Physical	35	100	35
1	Thunder Shock Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Electric	Special	40	100	30
5	Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	40	100	25
10	Charge Raises the user’s Special Defense by one stage. User’s Electric moves have doubled power next turn.	Electric	Status	—	—	20
15	Fury Attack Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Normal	Physical	15	85	20
20	Spark Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Electric	Physical	65	100	20
25	Bubble Beam Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Water	Special	65	100	20
30	Recover Heals the user by half its max HP.	Normal	Status	—	—	5
35	Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense.	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
40	Electric Terrain For five turns, prevents all Pokémon on the ground from sleeping and strengthens their Electric moves to 1.5× their power.	Electric	Status	—	—	10
45	Poison Jab Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
50	Zing Zap Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Electric	Physical	80	100	10
55	Acupressure Raises one of a friendly Pokémon’s stats at random by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
60	Discharge Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Electric	Special	80	100	15