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psyduck
#054

Psyduck

Duck Pokémon

Water

If its usual headache worsens, it starts exhibiting odd powers. It can’t remember doing so, however.

Base Stats

HP 50
Attack 52
Defense 48
Sp. Atk 65
Sp. Def 50
Speed 55
Total 320

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

golduck Golduck Lv. 33

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Duck Pokémon
Height 0.8 m
Weight 19.6 kg
Base Exp 64
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 190
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water1 ,Ground

Sprites

psyduck Front Front
psyduck Back Back
psyduck Front Shiny Front Shiny
psyduck Back Shiny Back Shiny
psyduck Official Art Official Art
psyduck Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc
Weather Counter
Moves
Hidden Power Grass / Hidden Power Electric
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Cloud Nine
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 24
SpA 240
Spe 236

Strategy Overview

At first glance, Psyduck looks vastly inferior to the majority of usable Water-type Pokemon. Psyduck, however, has two things working for it that sets it apart: access to Cross Chop and its ability, Cloud Nine. Cross Chop allows Psyduck to threaten Snover, who walls most other Water-types easily. Cloud Nine, however, is the main reason that Psyduck is a viable option in Little Cup play. With Cloud Nine, Psyduck is able to stop weather-based teams cold. Furthermore, its respectable base 65 Special Attack and base 52 Attack stat allows Psyduck to retain general utility if the opposing team does not have a weather abuser.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc