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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

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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

Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb / Lum Berry
Ability
Mold Breaker / Moxie
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Stealth Rock
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Mold Breaker
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Ability
Mold Breaker
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Pinsir is one of the only notable offensive Bug-types in the tier, possessing a high Attack stat alongside good coverage and Swords Dance, as well as good offensive abilities in Mold Breaker and Moxie: the former allows Pinsir to bypass Levitate and Unaware, making it trickier to check, and also allows Stealth Rock Pinsir to disrupt any team reliant on Xatu for entry hazard control, whereas the latter grants Pinsir snowballing potential. However, Pinsir's Speed is only decent, and its typing gives it weaknesses to all entry hazards and no useful resistances; moreover, while it has the bulk to take some Fighting-type attacks, Pinsir cannot do much to Fighting-types in return. This means Pinsir is more of a glass cannon than it appears to be at first. The Base Power of Pinsir's attacks can also leave a bit to be desired, with its best attack in STAB X-Scissor having only a mediocre 80 Base Power, much lower than that of the STAB moves of most other common attacking types such as Fighting, Fire, and Normal.

Most Used Moves

X-Scissor
98.7%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
18.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc