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musharna
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Musharna

Drowsing Pokémon

Psychic

The mist emanating from their foreheads is packed with the dreams of people and Pokémon.

Base Stats

HP 116
Attack 55
Defense 85
Sp. Atk 107
Sp. Def 95
Speed 29
Total 487

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Drowsing Pokémon
Height 1.1 m
Weight 60.5 kg
Base Exp 170
Growth Rate Fast
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

musharna Front Front
musharna Back Back
musharna Front Shiny Front Shiny
musharna Back Shiny Back Shiny
musharna Official Art Official Art
musharna Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Support
Moves
Protect / Imprison / Light Screen
Item
Mental Herb / Sitrus Berry
Ability
Telepathy
Nature
Sassy
EVs
HP 252
SpA 4
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

With an ability perfectly suited for the VGC metagame, overall decent stats, and a very useful support movepool, one may question why Musharna is not used in nearly all VGC teams. The answer is simple: when looking for a dedicated team supporter, Cresselia is usually preferred due to its better bulk and arguably better ability. This should not lead one to think Cresselia is superior to Musharna, however. Musharna's ability, Telepathy, enables it to fearlessly boost all its partner's spread attacks, a feat that Cresselia finds difficult to accomplish. Unlike Cresselia, Musharna also maintains the ability to remain a threat even after being Taunted, courtesy of its base 107 Special Attack stat. Furthermore, Musharna's ability to stop Trick Room teams with Imprison, a move Cresselia lacks, makes it a good candidate for a Trick Room or anti-Trick Room team. Couple this with its base 29 Speed stat and you will find Musharna to be the perfect weapon for and against Trick Room teams.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc