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Pinsir

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Pinsir カイロス

Bug Generation I Stag Beetle Pokémon
Height 1.5m Weight 55.0kg
Hyper Cutter Mold Breaker Moxie （Hidden Ability）

Pokémon Profile

If it fails to crush the victim in its pincers, it will swing it around and toss it hard.

Base Stats

Form Base Stats：Pinsir · Total 500

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

Basic Info

Gender Ratio
♂ 50% / ♀ 50%
Catch Rate
45（5.9%）
Egg Groups
Bug
Egg Cycles
25
Base Friendship
50
EV Yield
Attack+2
Base Experience
175
Shape
Humanoid
Color
Brown
Experience
1,250,000（慢）

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Defensive (when attacked)

2× Weakness Fire ×2 Flying ×2 Rock ×2
1/2 Resistance Grass ×0.5 Fighting ×0.5 Ground ×0.5

Offensive (when attacking)

2× Weakness Grass ×2 Psychic ×2 Dark ×2
1/2 Resistance Fire ×0.5 Fighting ×0.5 Poison ×0.5 Flying ×0.5 Ghost ×0.5 Steel ×0.5 Fairy ×0.5

Evolution Chain

Pinsir Pinsir

Learnset

Level Moves Type Category Power Accuracy PP
— Vise Grip Normal Physical 55 100 30
— Harden Normal Status — — 30
4 Focus Energy Normal Status — — 30
8 Bind Normal Physical 15 85 20
12 Seismic Toss Fighting Physical 变化 100 20
16 Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100 20
20 Storm Throw Fighting Physical 60 100 10
24 Double Hit Normal Physical 35 90 10
28 Vital Throw Fighting Physical 70 — 10
32 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100 15
36 Strength Normal Physical 80 100 15
40 Swords Dance Normal Status — — 20
44 Submission Fighting Physical 80 80 20
48 Guillotine Normal Physical 变化 30 5
52 Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100 5

Pinsir Competitive Movesets & Sets

Pinsir movesets cover 9 generations and 25 formats with 41 sets in total, including moves, abilities, items, natures, EVs and Tera types with analysis.

9 Generation 25 Format 41 set
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Pokédex Entries

Generation I
Red：
If it fails to crush the victim in its pincers, it will swing it around and toss it hard.
Yellow：
Grips its prey in its pincers and squeezes hard! It can't move if it's cold, so it lives in warm places.
Generation II
Gold：
With its horns, it digs burrows to sleep in at night. In the morning, damp soil clings to its body.
Silver：
Swings its long antlers wildly to attack. During cold periods, it hides deep in forests.
Crystal：
When the tempera­ ture drops at night, it sleeps on treetops or among roots where it is well hidden.
Generation III
Ruby：
PINSIR is astoundingly strong. It can grip a foe weighing twice its weight in its horns and easily lift it. This Pokémon’s movements turn sluggish in cold places.
Sapphire：
PINSIR has a pair of massive horns Protruding from the surface of these horns are thorns. These thorns are driven deeply into the foe’s body when the pincer closes, making it tough for the foe to escape.
Emerald：
Their pincers are strong enough to shatter thick logs. Because they dislike cold, PINSIR burrow and sleep under the ground on chilly nights.
FireRed：
Its two long pincer horns are powerful. Once they grip an enemy, they won’t release until the foe is torn.
LeafGreen：
If it fails to crush the foe in its pincers, it will swing around and toss the opponent.
Generation IV
Diamond：
It grips prey with its pincers until the prey is torn in half. What it can’t tear, it tosses far.
HeartGold：
With its pincer horns, it digs burrows to sleep in at night. In the morning, damp soil clings to its body.
SoulSilver：
It swings its long pincer horns wildly to attack. During cold periods, it hides deep in forests.
Generation V
Black：
It grips prey with its pincers until the prey is torn in half. What it can’t tear, it tosses far.
Black 2：
It grips prey with its powerful pincers and will not let go until the prey is torn in half.
Generation VI
X：
It grips prey with its pincers until the prey is torn in half. What it can’t tear, it tosses far.
Y：
It swings its long pincer horns wildly to attack. During cold periods, it hides deep in forests.
Omega Ruby：
Pinsir is astoundingly strong. It can grip a foe weighing twice its weight in its horns and easily lift it. This Pokémon’s movements turn sluggish in cold places.
Alpha Sapphire：
Pinsir has a pair of massive horns. Protruding from the surface of these horns are thorns. These thorns are driven deeply into the foe’s body when the pincer closes, making it tough for the foe to escape.
Generation VII
Sun：
It grips its prey in its pincers and splits them apart. Although it is a powerful Pokémon, it can’t deal with the cold.
Moon：
One solid blow from its horns is enough to split apart a large tree. Its greatest rival in Alola is Vikavolt.
Ultra Sun：
It gets into territorial disputes with Vikavolt. For some reason, it apparently gets along well with Heracross in Alola.
Ultra Moon：
Although it’s tough, it can’t handle cold well. When night falls, it buries itself in leafage and sleeps.
Let's Go Pikachu：
Grips its prey in its pincers and squeezes hard! It can’t move if it’s cold out, so it lives in warm places.
Generation VIII
Sword：
These Pokémon judge one another based on pincers. Thicker, more impressive pincers make for more popularity with the opposite gender.
Shield：
This Pokémon clamps its pincers down on its prey and then either splits the prey in half or flings it away.