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psyduck
#054

Psyduck

Duck Pokémon

Water

Overwhelmed by enigmatic abilities, it suffers a constant headache. It sometimes uses mysterious powers.

Base Stats

HP 50
Attack 52
Defense 48
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 50
Speed 55
Total 320

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

golduck Golduck Lv. 33

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Duck Pokémon
Height 0.8 m
Weight 19.6 kg
Base Exp 64
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 190
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water1 ,Ground

Sprites

psyduck Front Front
psyduck Back Back
psyduck Front Shiny Front Shiny
psyduck Back Shiny Back Shiny
psyduck Official Art Official Art
psyduck Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.0%
Choice Scarf
Moves
Hydro Pump / Surf
Hidden Power Fire / Hidden Power Grass
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Cloud Nine
Nature
Modest
EVs
SpA 240
Spe 240

Strategy Overview

Psyduck seems to be just a standard Water-type on the surface, but below that lies an interesting difference. Psyduck is one of the few Pokemon with the Cloud Nine ability, allowing safe revenge killing of threats such as Drilbur. Psyduck is fast enough to use a Choice Scarf as it reaches 14 Speed unboosted, and it has a good movepool to hit opponents with. Sadly, it's not all good news for Psyduck. Its stats are a bit lacking, and most of what it can do would be horribly outclassed if not for its situational ability. Overall, Psyduck is an interesting option, if only for the fact that it is a safe choice to KO the important Drilbur.

Most Used Moves

Hydro Pump
100.0%
Ice Beam
100.0%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc