Pincurchin
Electric · Sea Urchin Pokémon — first seen in Generation VIII.
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Base stats
| Stat | Base | Min | Max | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 48 | 206 | 300 | |
| Attack | 101 | 186 | 331 | |
| Defense | 95 | 175 | 317 | |
| Sp. Attack | 91 | 168 | 309 | |
| Sp. Defense | 85 | 157 | 295 | |
| Speed | 15 | 31 | 141 | |
| Total | 435 |
Min and max are at level 100: the minimum is 0 IVs, 0 EVs and a hindering nature, the maximum 31 IVs, 252 EVs and a beneficial nature. Shedinja's HP is always 1 whatever the formula says.
Type defences
Damage Pincurchin takes from each attacking type.
Evolution
Pincurchin does not evolve, and nothing evolves into it.
Moves
Pincurchin is not in any of the 16 official games this site covers (Red & Blue through Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon), so there is no learnset here yet.
Where to find it in the official games
Not obtainable in the wild in any of the 16 official games this site covers. In those games it has to be evolved, traded or bred — or it belongs to a game whose data is not here yet.
Where to find it in the ROM hacks
10 guides on this site put it somewhere you can catch it. Areas link to that guide's own route page, with its own rates and levels.
| Guide | Where |
|---|---|
| Pokémon R.O.W.E | |
| Sword and Shield Ultimate Plus | Wild Area 3 SouthRaid Den · Lv — · 4 Wild Area 3 WestRaid Den · Lv — · 4 Wild Area 3 NorthRaid Den · Lv — · 4 and 5 more areas |
| Radical Red | Route 10Grass (Day) · Lv 27-29 · 10% Route 10Grass (Night) · Lv 27-29 · 10% Route 15Raid Den 3★ · Lv ? |
| Elite Redux | Route 127Surfing · Lv — · 10% |
| Pokémon Crippling Medical Debt Edition | Route 103Good Rod · Lv 20-25 · 60% Route 115Good Rod · Lv 40-50 · 60% and 1 more area |
| Pokémon Emerald Imperium | Route 110Surf · Lv 5-35 · 60% Route 131Old Rod · Lv 10-30 · 33% Route 131Good Rod · Lv 10-30 · 67% and 4 more areas |
| Pokémon Exceeded | |
| Pokémon Emerald Squared | Route 115Land · Lv 6-10 · 5% Route 115Fishing · Lv 5-10 · 10% |
| Pokémon Saiph 2 | Fillbur IsleWater · Lv 10-15 · 5% Sabbio Desert (Safari Zone)Water · Lv 24 · 5% Sabbio Desert (Safari Zone)Fishing · Lv 20-25 · 40% and 3 more areas |
| Pokémon Mirror Gold | Cerulean Cave B1FGrass (Night) · Lv 78 · 10% Dark Cave Route 45 EntranceSurf · Lv 40-45 · 10% Olivine CityGood Rod · Lv 30-34 · 30% and 5 more areas |
| Unbound | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Emerald Rogue | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Pokémon Heart & Soul | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Inclement Emerald | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Pokémon: Wishes of Tomorrow | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| HeartGold Generations | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Pokémon Black Pearl Emerald | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Pokémon Spirits of the Storm | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
| Pokémon Overcomplicated | not in the wild in this guide's tables — evolve, trade or battle it |
Compare official Pincurchin with the ROM hacks →
In the 19 guides that include it
Changed in 9 of 19 guides: retyped in 4, stats in 8, abilities in 2.
Every ROM hack on this site that has Pincurchin, and what it did to it. Guides that changed something are first. Click one for that version's full page — locations, moveset and TMs.
| Guide | Type | Total | Abilities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radical Red | Changed | Electric→ElectricWater | 435 +20 HP, -20 Attack | Lightning Rod, Electric Surge |
| Elite Redux | Changed | Electric→ElectricWater | 482 +47 +27 HP, +10 Sp. Atk, +10 Sp. Def | Lightning Rod, Iron Barbs, Sap Sipper |
| Inclement Emerald | Changed | Electric | 435 | LightningRod, Electric Surge + LightningRod − Lightning Rod |
| Pokémon Crippling Medical Debt Edition | Changed | 0 -435 -48 HP, -101 Attack, -95 Defense, -91 Sp. Atk, -85 Sp. Def, -15 Speed | — | |
| Pokémon Emerald Imperium | Changed | Electric→ElectricWater | 435 +20 HP, -20 Attack | Lightning Rod, Electric Surge |
| Pokémon Emerald Squared | Changed | Electric | 485 +50 +20 Defense, +30 Sp. Def | Lightning Rod, Electric Surge |
| Pokémon Saiph 2 | Changed | 0 -435 -48 HP, -101 Attack, -95 Defense, -91 Sp. Atk, -85 Sp. Def, -15 Speed | — | |
| Pokémon Spirits of the Storm | Changed | 0 -435 -48 HP, -101 Attack, -95 Defense, -91 Sp. Atk, -85 Sp. Def, -15 Speed | Electric Surge | |
| Pokémon Mirror Gold | Changed | Electric→ElectricWater | 530 +95 +52 HP, +11 Attack, +21 Sp. Atk, +10 Sp. Def, +1 Speed | Electric Surge − Lightning Rod |
| Unbound | Unchanged | Electric | 435 | Lightning Rod, Electric Surge |
| Emerald Rogue | Unchanged | Electric | 435 | Lightning Rod, Electric Surge |
| Pokémon Heart & Soul | Unchanged | Electric | 435 | Lightning Rod, Electric Surge |
| Pokémon R.O.W.E | Unchanged | Electric | 435 | Lightning Rod, Electric Surge |
| Sword and Shield Ultimate Plus | Unchanged | Electric | 435 | Lightning Rod, Electric Surge |
| Pokémon: Wishes of Tomorrow | Unchanged | Electric | 435 | Lightning Rod, Electric Surge |
| Pokémon Exceeded | Unchanged | Electric | 435 | Lightning Rod, Electric Surge |
| HeartGold Generations | Unchanged | Electric | 435 | Lightning Rod, Electric Surge |
| Pokémon Black Pearl Emerald | Unchanged | Electric | 435 | Lightning Rod, Electric Surge |
| Pokémon Overcomplicated | Unchanged | Electric | 435 | Steam Engine, Ice Scales, Comatose |
Names in other languages
| Japanese | バチンウニ |
| Japanese (Rōmaji) | Bachinuni |
| German | Britzigel |
| French | Wattapik |
| Spanish | Pincurchin |
| Italian | Pincurchin |
| Korean | 찌르성게 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 啪嚓海胆 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 啪嚓海膽 |
Official data here is present-day reference data from PokéAPI, not a snapshot of any one game's era — the Fairy type and hidden abilities arrived partway through the series, so a difference against an older game can belong to the series rather than to that ROM hack.