Pinsir

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#127    Pinsir
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Type(s)

Bug

Generation

  I  

Abilities
Ability 1
Hyper Cutter		 Ability 2
Mold Breaker		 Hidden Ability
Moxie

Rarity Tier

  Rare  

Catch rate

  45/255 (5.88%)  

Base stats

HP
65

Atk
125

Def
100

Sp.Atk
55

Sp.Def
70

Spd
85

Base-stat total: 500
EV Yield

HP
0

Atk
2

Def
0

Sp.Atk
0

Sp.Def
0

Spd
0

EV-yield total: 2

Base Experience

  200  

Gender Ratio

    50%  
  50%    

Height

  1.5m  

Weight

  55kg  

Pinsir is a Bug-type Pokémon. It can Mega Evolve via the exposure to Pinsirite.

Obtainability

Wild

Location Levels Times Held Item Rarity Tier
Breakers Beach 40-44 Morning Rare
Bug Catching Area 15-19 Morning Day Night Rare
Hoenn Safari Zone Area 4 10-27 Morning Day Rare
Isolated Forest 55-60 Day Rare
Route 229 47-51 Morning Day Night Rare
Safari Area 1 29-32 Morning Day Night Rare
Safari Exclusive 21-25 Morning Day Night Rare
  • Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly members-accessible
  • Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Discontinued methods

Wild

Pinsir previously spawned in these areas.

Headbutt Trees
Location Levels Rarity Tier
Azalea Town 5-10 Rare
Cherrygrove City 5-10 Rare
Route 1 2-6 Rare
Route 11 18-22 Rare
Route 117 13-16 Uncommon
Route 14 25-30 Rare
Safari Zone Exclusive 21-25 Rare

Pink denotes a Membership requirement for the area or spawn.

Discontinued Areas

Region Location Levels Times Held Item Rarity Tier

Pinsir is no longer accessible in this area—be it due to the area’s present inaccessibility or the Pokémon’s removal. This data exists strictly for archival purposes.

Moves

Level-up

Level Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
1 Focus Energy Normal Status — — 30
4 Bind Normal Physical 15 85 20
8 Seismic Toss Fighting Physical — 100 20
11 Harden Normal Status — — 30
15 Revenge Fighting Physical 60 100 10
18 Vital Throw Fighting Physical 70 — 10
22 Double Hit Normal Physical 35 90 10
26 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 15
29 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100 10
33 Submission Fighting Physical 80 80 25
40 Swords Dance Normal Status — — 30
40 Thrash Normal Physical 120 100 10
43 Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100 5
50 Guillotine Normal Physical — 30 5
  • Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

TMs/HMs

TM Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
TM6 Toxic Poison Status — 90 10
TM58 Bulk Up Fighting Status — — 20
TM60 Hidden Power Normal Special 60 100 15
TM61 Sunny Day Fire Status — — 5
TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90 5
TM67 Protect Normal Status — — 10
TM68 Rain Dance Water Status — — 5
TM Frustration Normal Physical — 100 20
TM156 Smack Down Rock Physical 50 100 15
TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 10
TM130 Return Normal Physical — 100 20
TM81 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 15
TM32 Double Team Normal Status — — 15
TM89 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 60 95 15
TM92 Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
TM44 Rest Psychic Status — — 10
TM Round Normal Special 60 100 15
TM145 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 5
TM104 False Swipe Normal Physical 40 100 40
TM Fling Dark Physical — 100 10
TM146 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90 5
TM149 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 5
TM75 Swords Dance Normal Status — — 30
TM Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100 20
TM48 Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 10
TM144 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100 10
TM Swagger Normal Status — 90 15
TM138 Sleep Talk Normal Status — — 10
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move’s obtainability.

TM-tutors

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Move tutors

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Bind Normal Physical 15 85 20
Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100 20
Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150 100 20
Iron Defense Steel Status — — 15
Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 25
Snore Normal Special 50 100 15
Stealth Rock Rock Status — — 20
Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100 5
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Egg Moves

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100 20
Close Combat Fighting Physical 120 100 5
Feint Normal Physical 30 100 10
Feint Attack Dark Physical 60 100 20
Flail Normal Physical — 100 15
Fury Attack Normal Physical 15 85 20
Me First Normal Status — — 20
Quick Attack Normal Physical 40 100 30
Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100 5
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
 2×  Weak to  1×  Neutral to  ½×  Resistant to  0×  Immune to
Flying
Rock
Fire
Normal
Poison
Bug
Ghost
Steel
Water
Electric
Psychic
Ice
Dragon
Dark
Fairy
Fighting
Ground
Grass
None

Leveling Chart

Level XP Level-Up Differential
1 160 16
2 176 16
3 252 76
4 449 197
5 826 377
6 1444 618
7 2362 918
8 3640 1278
9 5339 1699
10 7518 2179
11 10238 2720
12 13559 3321
13 17539 3980
14 22241 4702
15 27723 5482
16 34046 6323
17 41269 7223
18 49454 8185
19 58659 9205
20 68945 10286
21 80372 11427
22 93000 12628
23 106889 13889
24 122100 15211
25 138691 16591
26 156724 18033
27 176259 19535
28 197355 21096
29 220073 22718
30 244472 24399
31 270614 26142
32 298558 27944
33 328364 29806
34 360093 31729
35 393805 33712
36 429560 35755
37 467417 37857
38 507439 40022
39 549685 42246
40 594214 44529
41 641089 46875
42 690369 49280
43 742114 51745
44 796386 54272
45 853244 56858
46 912750 59506
47 974964 62214
48 1039948 64984
49 1107762 67814
50 1178467 70705
51 1252125 73658
52 1328797 76672
53 1408544 79747
54 1491429 82885
55 1577514 86085
56 1666861 89347
57 1759533 92672
58 1855593 96060
59 1955105 99512
60 2058133 103028
61 2164742 106609
62 2274998 110256
63 2388968 113970
64 2506720 117752
65 2628322 121602
66 2753846 125524
67 2883366 129520
68 3016957 133591
69 3154696 137739
70 3296668 141972
71 3442960 146292
72 3593663 150703
73 3748879 155216
74 3908717 159838
75 4073298 164581
76 4242760 169462
77 4417256 174496
78 4596970 179714
79 4782115 185145
80 4972948 190833
81 5169787 196839
82 5373028 203241
83 5583176 210148
84 5800890 217714
85 6027040 226150
86 6262800 235760
87 6509792 246992
88 6770292 260500
89 7047572 277280
90 7346444 298872
91 7674160 327716
92 8041960 367800
93 8467812 425852
94 8981460 513648
95 9634171 652711
96 10518560 884389
97 11811557 1292997
98 13874801 2063244
99 17511920 3637119
100 24709240 7197320

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

External Links

  • Pinsir’s Bulbapedia
  • Pinsir’s Serebii
  • Pinsir’s Pokémon Database