Poochyena

No. 0261 · Gen 3

Poochyena weakness and type

Hit POOCHYENA with Fighting, Bug and Fairy for 2× damage.

Moves against Poochyena

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
0×No effect

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

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Abilities

  • Run AwayNo change to type matchups
  • Quick FeetNo change to type matchups
  • RattledNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP35
  • Attack55
  • Defense35
  • Sp. Atk30
  • Sp. Def30
  • Speed35
  • Total220

Best nature

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

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

Defeating Poochyena gives 1 Attack EV.

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How Poochyena evolves

PoochyenaDark
All evolutions

What Poochyena 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
NormalDouble-EdgePhysical120
SteelIron TailPhysical100
DarkFoul Playsame typePhysical95
FairyPlay RoughPhysical90
PsychicPsychic FangsPhysical85
GroundDigPhysical80
GhostShadow BallSpecial80
ElectricThunder FangPhysical65
IceIce FangPhysical65
FireFire FangPhysical65
PoisonPoison FangPhysical50
GrassTrailblazePhysical50
FightingRock SmashPhysical40

Type counters to Poochyena

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.