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genesect
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Genesect

Paleozoic Pokémon

BugSteel

This ancient bug Pokémon was altered by Team Plasma. They upgraded the cannon on its back.

Base Stats

HP 71
Attack 120
Defense 95
Sp. Atk 120
Sp. Def 95
Speed 99
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Paleozoic Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 82.5 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 0
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Mythical Pokémon

Sprites

genesect Front Front
genesect Back Back
genesect Front Shiny Front Shiny
genesect Back Shiny Back Shiny
genesect Official Art Official Art
genesect Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Choice Scarf
Moves
Ice Beam / Extreme Speed
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Naive / Hasty
EVs
Atk 248
SpA 8
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Genesect is an effective momentum gainer and revenge killer in the Ubers metagame. This is because, when coupled with Download, Genesect's U-turn hits extremely hard, allowing it to keep offensive pressure up and gain momentum at the same time. Download also gives most of Genesect's moves more of an edge. Genesect is also useful for its ability to revenge kill both Latios and Latias with relative ease, which is almost invaluable for offensive teams. Latios and Latias's popularity also harms Genesect in a way, as the ease of Defog support weakens one of its niches as a solid team member on Sticky Web archetypes. Genesect has severe problems with Primal Groudon and Ho-Oh, two very prevalent Pokemon in the metagame, hindering its effectiveness. Furthermore, the slow, bulky metagame means that Genesect has a somewhat harder time denting threats with U-turn, but the decrease in Choice Scarf users gives Genesect a more defined niche as a revenge killer.

Most Used Moves

Iron Head
89.6%
U-turn
85.4%
Ice Beam
30.8%
Explosion
25.2%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc