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pyukumuku
#771

Pyukumuku

Sea Cucumber Pokémon

Water

It lives in shallow seas, such as areas near a beach. It can eject its internal organs, which it uses to engulf its prey or battle enemies.

Base Stats

HP 55
Attack 60
Defense 130
Sp. Atk 30
Sp. Def 130
Speed 5
Total 410

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Sea Cucumber Pokémon
Height 0.3 m
Weight 1.2 kg
Base Exp 144
Growth Rate Fast
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Water1

Sprites

pyukumuku Front Front
pyukumuku Back Back
pyukumuku Front Shiny Front Shiny
pyukumuku Back Shiny Back Shiny
pyukumuku Official Art Official Art
pyukumuku Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Unaware Wall
Moves
Spite / Soak
Rest / Taunt / Toxic
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Unaware
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 252
SpD 4

Strategy Overview

Due to Pyukumuku's combination of good defensive stats, a pure Water typing, access to reliable recovery, and an amazing ability in Unaware, it's able to carve itself a decent niche by being an Unaware user with better overall bulk than both Quagsire and Clefable, allowing it to handle certain setup sweepers and offensive threats such as Mega Pinsir, Mega Swampert, and Manaphy better than the other two, while having useful and unique utility options in Block, Spite, and Soak that make the target unable to switch out, lower the target's PP, or allow it to poison Steel- and Poison-types. Aside from being an Unaware wall, Pyukumuku's other role is that of a bulky trapper that is able to either PP or Toxic stall passive targets such as Clefable, Gliscor, and Celesteela. This is incredibly useful for stall teams that want to remove a specific nuisance early on. However, Pyukumuku is a massive momentum drain, so much so that it basically requires that you use it exclusively on stall teams where its teammates can make up for its shortcomings. It also has a barren movepool, leaving it both one-dimensional and predictable. Due to not having any attacking options and only being able to inflict damage with Toxic, Pyukumuku is extremely passive and will lose to any Taunt users while being severely annoyed by Substitute users. Finally, even though it has a lot of unique features going for it, Pyukumuku can still fall behind the other Unaware users; Quagsire having actual attacking options prevents it from being complete Taunt bait, and it also checks Choice Band Tyranitar and provides a useful Electric immunity, while Clefable can support teammates with the use of Heal Bell and Wish.

Most Used Moves

Recover
98.4%
Block
76.0%
Toxic
59.9%
Soak
45.9%
Spite
43.3%
Rest
41.3%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
60.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc