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shuckle
#213

Shuckle

Mold Pokémon

BugRock

It stores berries in its shell. The berries eventually ferment to become delicious juices.

Base Stats

HP 20
Attack 10
Defense 230
Sp. Atk 10
Sp. Def 230
Speed 5
Total 505

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Mold Pokémon
Height 0.6 m
Weight 20.5 kg
Base Exp 177
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 190
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

shuckle Front Front
shuckle Back Back
shuckle Front Shiny Front Shiny
shuckle Back Shiny Back Shiny
shuckle Official Art Official Art
shuckle Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Wall
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
SpD 4

Strategy Overview

In a nutshell, Shuckle is a bad Pokemon. Despite its massive defenses, it comes with many flaws. It has an absolutely horrendous base 20 HP, which makes it not as bulky as its defenses might suggest. Shuckle also lacks any offensive presence whatsoever—not even Seismic Toss—which leaves it setup fodder for many Pokemon. Shuckle's typing is also not remarkable defensively, only giving it one useful resistance in Normal. What Shuckle can do is wall common Normal-types, set up Stealth Rock, and use a couple of utility moves such as Encore, Knock Off, and Toxic. However, this is not enough to justify Shuckle's use, as all of these things can also be done by much better NU Pokemon. Overall, Shuckle is much more trouble than it's worth, and one who intends to build a serious team should stay as far away from it as possible.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc