Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 1.6 m
- Weight
- 66.6 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate90(20.1%)Moderate
Base friendship50Low
Hatch time25 cycles · ~6,630 steps
Growth ratemedium
Base EXP169
Base stats
HP
58
Attack
95
Defense
145
Sp. Atk
50
Sp. Def
105
Speed
30
Total
483
Base Stat Total
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
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Where to find Runerigus
Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Runerigus can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
18 of 18
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| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Shadow Claw Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Ghost | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Haze Resets all Pokémon’s stats, accuracy, and evasion. | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Night Shade Inflicts damage equal to the user’s level. | Ghost | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Scary Face Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 12 | Disable Disables the target’s last used move for 1-8 turns. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Brutal Swing Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 20 | Crafty Shield Protects all friendly Pokémon from non-damaging moves. | Fairy | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 24 | Hex Has double power if the target has a major status ailment. | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 28 | Mean Look Prevents the target from leaving battle. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 32 | Slam Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 80 | 75 | 20 |
| 38 | Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 44 | Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 50 | Earthquake Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dig users. | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 |
| 56 | Guard Split Averages Defense and Special Defense with the target. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 56 | Power Split Averages Attack and Special Attack with the target. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 62 | Destiny Bond If the user faints this turn, the target automatically will, too. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
Sprites & renders
9 sprites & renders for Runerigus.
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Cite this page
“Runerigus”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/runerigus.
Species data from PokéAPI.