Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 1.9 m
- Weight
- 105.0 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender87.5% ♂ · 12.5% ♀
Catch rate3(1.6%)Very hard
Base friendship50Low
Hatch time120 cycles · ~30,855 steps
Growth rateslow
Base EXP275
Base stats
HP
100
Attack
130
Defense
100
Sp. Atk
63
Sp. Def
60
Speed
97
Total
550
Base Stat Total
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
Swords Dance
UBERS
Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026
Evolution
tower of darkness
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Urshifu can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
17 of 17
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| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Wicked Blow Always scores a critical hit. | Dark | Physical | 75 | 100 | 5 |
| 1 | Endure Prevents the user’s HP from lowering below 1 this turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Focus Energy Increases the user’s chance to score a critical hit. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Rock Smash Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage. | Fighting | Physical | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Sucker Punch Only works if the target is about to use a damaging move. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 |
| 12 | Aerial Ace Never misses. | Flying | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 16 | Scary Face Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 20 | Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 24 | Brick Break Destroys Reflect and Light Screen. | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| 28 | Detect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. | Fighting | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 32 | Bulk Up Raises the user’s Attack and Defense by one stage. | Fighting | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 36 | Iron Head Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Steel | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 40 | Dynamic Punch Has a chance to confuse the target. | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 50 | 5 |
| 44 | Counter Inflicts twice the damage the user received from the last physical hit it took. | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 48 | Close Combat Lowers the user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage after inflicting damage. | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |
| 52 | Focus Punch If the user takes damage before attacking, the attack is canceled. | Fighting | Physical | 150 | 100 | 20 |
Sprites & renders
9 sprites & renders for Urshifu.
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Cite this page
“Urshifu”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/urshifu-single-strike.
Species data from PokéAPI.