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starmie
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Starmie

Mysterious Pokémon

WaterPsychic

This Pokémon has an organ known as its core. The organ glows in seven colors when Starmie is unleashing its potent psychic powers.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 75
Defense 85
Sp. Atk 100
Sp. Def 85
Speed 115
Total 520

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Mysterious Pokémon
Height 1.1 m
Weight 80.0 kg
Base Exp 182
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender Genderless
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water3

Sprites

starmie Front Front
starmie Back Back
starmie Front Shiny Front Shiny
starmie Back Shiny Back Shiny
starmie Official Art Official Art
starmie Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Wallbreaker
Moves
Ice Beam / Psyshock
Recover / Rapid Spin
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Analytic
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Starmie stands out as a great wallbreaker and spinner in NU thanks to its coverage and utility options alongside its Speed tier. Starmie outspeeds most of the unboosted metagame, making it easy to safely wallbreak and difficult to revenge kill. Starmie can also use its defensive utility to switch in and threaten Pokemon like Arcanine. Unfortunately, Starmie is vulnerable to common revenge killers like Choice Scarf Passimian and Rotom-C, as well as Toxicroak's Sucker Punch, which can easily OHKO Starmie. Additionally, specially bulky Pokemon like Escavalier, Dhelmise, and Guzzlord can be difficult to break past, especially without proper prediction.

Most Used Moves

Ice Beam
47.7%
Recover
44.6%
Psychic
43.4%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
50.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc