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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 Band
Moves
Blaze Kick / Explosion / Zen Headbutt
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Hasty
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Choice Scarf
Moves
Explosion / Flamethrower
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 252
SpA 64
Spe 192

Strategy Overview

Genesect is a great Pokemon in the Doubles metagame, as it's considerable for building its team's momentum thanks to a powerful U-turn. Download can provide Genesect with offensive presence once it has switched in, but Genesect has no way to control the chances of getting the boost it requires. Genesect can be very vulnerable to attacks when running Choice Scarf, as it can make Genesect Choice-locked into a poor move that gives certain opposing Pokemon a free switch in, such as Fire-types switching into Ice Beam. While Genesect isn't too flexible, it can use items besides Choice Scarf, but they give Genesect an odd Speed tier, making it slower than positive-natured base 100 Speed Pokemon such as Mega Kangaskhan and Mega Charizard Y, and because Genesect has mediocre defenses it requires a lot of team support in order to function well. On the other hand, Choice Scarf grants Genesect the ability to outspeed and OHKO top threats, most notably Choice Scarf Landorus-T.

Most Used Moves

Iron Head
99.6%
Ice Beam
99.1%
U-turn
99.1%
Explosion
26.6%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
73.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc