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masquerain
#284

Masquerain

Eyeball Pokémon

BugFlying

Its antennae have eye patterns on them. Its four wings enable it to hover and fly in any direction.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 60
Defense 62
Sp. Atk 100
Sp. Def 82
Speed 80
Total 454

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Eyeball Pokémon
Height 0.8 m
Weight 3.6 kg
Base Exp 159
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Waters Edge
Egg Groups Water1 ,Bug

Sprites

masquerain Front Front
masquerain Back Back
masquerain Front Shiny Front Shiny
masquerain Back Shiny Back Shiny
masquerain Official Art Official Art
masquerain Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu
Agility
Moves
Air Slash / Bug Buzz
Hydro Pump / Roost
Item
Leftovers / Life Orb
Nature
Timid / Modest
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Masquerain looks like yet another generic Bug- and Flying-type Pokemon, but it has a few tricks up its sleeve that might surprise you. It distinguishes itself from other Pokemon with identical typing by its somewhat superior special movepool, which includes two attacks that are more commonly seen on Water-types--Hydro Pump and Ice Beam--as well as an excellent ability in Intimidate. Intimidate is very helpful, since it allows Masquerain to switch into a slew of physical moves that it wouldn't be able to handle otherwise, despite Masquerain's poor defenses. Hydro Pump and Air Slash together hit every Pokemon in UU neutrally except for Lanturn.

Unfortunately, Masquerain is still a mediocre Pokemon, as its horrendous typing and stats hold it back from doing much at all. Being 4x weak to Stealth Rock hinders the usefulness of Intimidate, while its low Speed and Special Attack make its excellent two-move coverage in Hydro Pump and Air Slash not as great as it could be. All in all, Masquerain is a fairly unique Pokemon that, despite horrible, crippling flaws, can be quite useful to your team through proper support.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc