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duosion
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Duosion

Mitosis Pokémon

Psychic

Since they have two divided brains, at times they suddenly try to take two different actions at once.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 40
Defense 50
Sp. Atk 125
Sp. Def 60
Speed 30
Total 370

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

duosion Duosion Lv. 32
reuniclus Reuniclus Lv. 41

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Mitosis Pokémon
Height 0.6 m
Weight 8.0 kg
Base Exp 130
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 100
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Indeterminate

Sprites

duosion Front Front
duosion Back Back
duosion Front Shiny Front Shiny
duosion Back Shiny Back Shiny
duosion Official Art Official Art
duosion Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 7.7%
Bulky Calm Mind
Moves
Psyshock / Psychic
Acid Armor / Signal Beam
Item
Eviolite
Ability
Magic Guard
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
SpA 4

Strategy Overview

With the combination of reliable recovery, Eviolite, and, most notably, Magic Guard, Duosion makes for a prime option as a wall and bulky setup sweeper. Unlike many other setup sweepers, Duosion can check many walls such as Bronzor, Maractus, and Tentacool and use them as setup fodder without fear of moves like Toxic and Leech Seed. However, Duosion has to watch out for Knock Off, as it relies heavily on its Eviolite to tank hits while setting up, especially if not running Acid Armor. Duosion can also do significant damage without the need to set up with its naturally high Special Attack, making it both an offensive and defensive threat. The immunity to hazards allows Duosion to switch in and take hits more safely, which is very valuable due to the lack of hazard removal in the tier. However, Duosion faces large competition with Beheeyem, which can serve as a bulky setup sweeper without having to rely on Eviolite for bulk, allowing it to hold Leftovers or expand its versatility on offensive sets with items like Choice Specs and Life Orb. Duosion also suffers from four-moveslot syndrome, making it choose between a worse matchup against physical wallbreakers like Stoutland and Marowak or being hard-walled by Dark-types like Shiftry and Zweilous.

Most Used Moves

Recover
98.5%
Calm Mind
94.0%
Psyshock
53.0%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
98.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc