Psyduck
Duck Pokémon
Suffers perpetual headaches. If the agony grows too great, Psyduck's latent power erupts, contrary to Psyduck's intent. Ergo, I am exploring ways to ease the pain.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Psyduck
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Psyduck can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bubble Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage. | Water | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Scratch Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Water Sport Halves all Fire-type damage. | Water | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 3 | Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Water | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 |
| 12 | Water Pulse Has a chance to confuse the target. | Water | Special | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 18 | Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep. | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 18 | Zen Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Psychic | Physical | 80 | 90 | 15 |
| 21 | Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| 24 | Aqua Tail Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Water | Physical | 90 | 90 | 10 |
| 27 | Psybeam Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 27 | Soak Changes the target’s type to Water. | Water | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 28 | Tail Whip Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 30 | Psych Up Discards the user’s stat changes and copies the target’s. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 31 | Disable Disables the target’s last used move for 1-8 turns. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 34 | Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 36 | Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 36 | Surf Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dive users. | Water | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 39 | Wonder Room All Pokémon’s Defense and Special Defense are swapped for 5 turns. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 43 | Fury Swipes Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 18 | 80 | 15 |
| 52 | Hydro Pump Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Water | Special | 110 | 80 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Psyduck can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
25 sprites & renders for Psyduck.






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More Water-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
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Cite this page
“Psyduck”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/psyduck.
Species data from PokéAPI.