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cyndaquil
#155

Cyndaquil

Fire Mouse Pokémon

Fire

It has a timid nature. If it is startled, the flames on its back burn more vigorously.

Base Stats

HP 39
Attack 52
Defense 43
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 50
Speed 65
Total 309

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

quilava Quilava Lv. 14

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Fire Mouse Pokémon
Height 0.5 m
Weight 7.9 kg
Base Exp 62
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

cyndaquil Front Front
cyndaquil Back Back
cyndaquil Front Shiny Front Shiny
cyndaquil Back Shiny Back Shiny
cyndaquil Official Art Official Art
cyndaquil Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.4%
Choice Scarf
Moves
Hidden Power Grass / Hidden Power Electric
Fire Blast / Flamethrower
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Rash / Naive
EVs
HP 44
Atk 24
SpA 200
Spe 236

Strategy Overview

At first glance, Cyndaquil appears to be an inferior Houndour or Ponyta. While this is true in most cases, Cyndaquil does have something that the other common Fire-types do not: Eruption. With one of the strongest Fire-type moves in existence backed by STAB, Cyndaquil has quite literally burnt itself a place in the tier.

Most Used Moves

Eruption
100.0%
Rest
8.0%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc