No. 0550 · Gen 5
Basculin weakness and type
Hit BASCULIN with Electric and Grass for 2× damage.
Moves against Basculin
2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
In Pokémon GO: Electric deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart
Test a matchup against BasculinAbilities
- RecklessNo change to type matchups
- AdaptabilityNo change to type matchups
- Mold BreakerNo change to type matchups
Base stats
- HP70
- Attack92
- Defense65
- Sp. Atk80
- Sp. Def55
- Speed98
- Total460
Best nature
JollyOutspeeds more opponents and drops Sp. Atk.
AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.
Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.
Defeating Basculin gives 2 Speed EVs.
Calculate Basculin's statsHow Basculin evolves
BasculinWater- White-Striped only: lose 294 HP from recoil without fainting, then level up (male)S/V
3 other methods
White-Striped only: lose 294 HP from recoil without fainting, then level up (female)S/VWhite-Striped only: lose 294 HP from recoil without fainting (male)ArceusWhite-Striped only: lose 294 HP from recoil without fainting (female)Arceus
BasculegionNo evolution for this line in the game you picked.
What Basculin can hit with
The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.
Type counters to Basculin
Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.
