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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

almostanyability Usage: 21.8%
Refrigerate Revenge Killer
Moves
Flamethrower / Blaze Kick / Shift Gear
Techno Blast / U-turn
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Refrigerate
Nature
Hasty
EVs
Atk 252
SpA 72
Spe 184
Sheer Force Wallbreaker
Moves
Dark Pulse / Iron Head / Flamethrower
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Sheer Force
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 56
SpA 252
Spe 200
Tough Claws BandSect
Item
Choice Band
Ability
Tough Claws
Nature
Hasty
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 56
Spe 200
No Guard Special Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Ability
No Guard
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 56
SpA 252
Spe 200

Strategy Overview

Genesect's diverse movepool, paired with its great mixed offensive stats and access to power-boosting abilities, means it can easily plow through slower teams and makes it very difficult for faster Pokemon to switch in. Genesect has access to Extreme Speed, which, paired with a stat-boosting ability, makes Genesect a very potent revenge killer, and sporting the second strongest U-turn in the AAA metagame, Genesect can easily maintain offensive pressure and gain momentum while taking out huge chunks of the foe's HP when it U-turns out. Genesect's typing also grants it a nice set of resistance and a single weakness to Fire-type moves.

However, Genesect often finds itself being outpaced and overpowered against hyper offensive teams, and full stall teams usually carry both physical and special walls that can wall different Genesect sets and wear it down via entry hazards. Other than that, Genesect variants that lack Extreme Speed are always forced out by the ever-present Gale Wings users and, bar variants that are immune to Fire-type moves, Fire-types also generally force Genesect out. Another downside to using Extreme Speed Genesect is that it's forced to use a Hasty nature due to Extreme Speed being an event-exclusive move. However, Genesect can effectively beat the checks and counters of one set with another one, making it very unpredictable and powerful. That, along with its ability to overpower a lot of the common walls or revenge kill a good amount of the metagame, makes Genesect easy to fit into most teams.

Most Used Moves

U-turn
68.7%
Iron Head
54.3%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
23.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc