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pinsir
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Pinsir

Stag Beetle Pokémon

Bug

It grips prey with its pincers until the prey is torn in half. What it can’t tear, it tosses far.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 125
Defense 100
Sp. Atk 55
Sp. Def 70
Speed 85
Total 500

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

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Evolution Chain

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Details

Category Stag Beetle Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 55.0 kg
Base Exp 175
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

pinsir Front Front
pinsir Back Back
pinsir Front Shiny Front Shiny
pinsir Back Shiny Back Shiny
pinsir Official Art Official Art
pinsir Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

monotype Usage: 0.1%
Sweeper
Item
Pinsirite
Ability
Moxie
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Mega Pinsir is easily one of the most dangerous setup sweepers in the Monotype metagame thanks to its amazing Attack, good Speed, and access to Swords Dance. It has a great ability in Aerilate, which makes all of its Normal-type moves become Flying-type while giving them a boost, making Return a powerful STAB move and granting Mega Pinsir an excellent priority STAB move in Quick Attack. Furthermore, Mega Pinsir has access to good coverage moves such as Close Combat and Earthquake to hit Steel-types like Heatran, Ferrothorn, Skarmory, and Bisharp, as well as Rock-type Pokemon like Tyranitar and Cradily. Its decent bulk lets it set up Swords Dance against most non-super effective attacks. However, Mega Pinsir's severe weakness to Stealth Rock heavily reduces its sweeping chances. It is also reliant on team support to break through its checks and counters. Mega Pinsir also has no form of recovery, which reduces its longevity even more. Furthermore, any type of status effect heavily compromises Mega Pinsir's sweeping capabilities.

Most Used Moves

X-Scissor
88.0%
Knock Off
27.7%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc