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reuniclus
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Reuniclus

Multiplying Pokémon

Psychic

While it could use its psychic abilities in battle, this Pokémon prefers to swing its powerful arms around to beat opponents into submission.

Base Stats

HP 110
Attack 65
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 125
Sp. Def 85
Speed 30
Total 490

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

duosion Duosion Lv. 32
reuniclus Reuniclus Lv. 41

Moves

Details

Category Multiplying Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 20.1 kg
Base Exp 221
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 50
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Indeterminate

Sprites

reuniclus Front Front
reuniclus Back Back
reuniclus Front Shiny Front Shiny
reuniclus Back Shiny Back Shiny
reuniclus Official Art Official Art
reuniclus Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Life Orb + 3 Attacks
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Magic Guard
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 188
Def 32
SpA 252
SpD 36

Strategy Overview

Reuniclus is a unique Pokemon that serves as a slow yet bulky and powerful wallbreaker with good longevity. Its ability, Magic Guard, allows it to completely ignore passive damage, such as Toxic from Chansey and Hippowdon, as well as sand damage from the latter. Magic Guard also negates Life Orb recoil, which, in tandem with its high natural Special Attack stat, makes it extremely difficult to switch into, and its coverage options in Focus Blast and Thunder are able to wipe out checks like Zarude, Hydreigon, Mandibuzz, and Celesteela. Reuniclus's bulk allows it to trade with and KO common Pokemon such as Moltres, Salamence, and Zygarde-10% with enough prior chip damage. However, Reuniclus is terribly slow and often relies on prediction. It is also prone to getting overwhelmed by offensive teams, which give it very few chances to use Recover. Psychic is also a fairly mediocre defensive typing because it doesn't resist common attacks and is weak to the omnipresent Knock Off and U-turn, which means Reuniclus is often forced into using Recover more than it would like to, further limiting its offensive presence. Furthermore, Focus Blast and Thunder's poor accuracies make using an attack that isn't Psychic a gamble. Reuniclus also faces heavy competition from Pokemon like Galarian Slowbro and Azelf; the former has more expansive coverage and a better defensive typing, while the latter is faster, generating momentum with U-turn and progress with Knock Off. Reuniclus is stronger than both, however, and can ignore passive damage like sand and entry hazards, making it harder to overwhelm.

Most Used Moves

Recover
84.7%
Calm Mind
65.7%
Psyshock
63.8%
Thunder
29.5%
Psychic
27.1%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
26.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc