Pinsir

No. 0127 · Gen 1

Pinsir weakness and type

Hit PINSIR with Fire, Flying and Rock for 2× damage.

Moves against Pinsir

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

In Pokémon GO: Fire deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

Test a matchup against Pinsir

Abilities

  • Hyper CutterNo change to type matchups
  • Mold BreakerNo change to type matchups
  • MoxieNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP65
  • Attack125
  • Defense100
  • Sp. Atk55
  • Sp. Def70
  • Speed85
  • Total500

Best nature

AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.
JollyOutspeeds more opponents and drops Sp. Atk.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Pinsir gives 2 Attack EVs.

Calculate Pinsir's stats

What Pinsir 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.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalHyper BeamSpecial150
FightingFocus PunchPhysical150
DragonOutragePhysical120
GroundEarthquakePhysical100
RockStone EdgePhysical100
DarkThroat ChopPhysical80
BugX-Scissorsame typePhysical80
FlyingAerial AcePhysical60

Type counters to Pinsir

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.

Other forms