Pincurchin (Pokémon)

Total: 2
Pincurchin
0 HP	2 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

0 HP	0 Atk	0 Def	0 Sp.Atk	0 Sp.Def	0 Speed

Shape

Footprint

Pokédex color

Purple

Base friendship

50

External Links

Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Pincurchin is a marine, sea urchin-like Pokémon with a black body. Its face has two yellow eyes with black, triangle-shaped pupils on each of them, and two yellow circular mouthparts. A line of sharp spines runs down its back, along with two other lines of two spines each on the side of its body. Each spine has a grayish tip which glows yellow when electric current runs through it.

Pincurchin stores electricity in each spine, which flows from the tip of each one. If one gets broken off, it will still continue to emit electricity for approximately three hours. It feeds on seaweed, using its teeth to scrape it off rocks.

In the anime

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

Four Pincurchin appeared in Early-Evening Waves as residents of a lake where Nessa was doing a photo shoot.

GOTCHA!

A Pincurchin briefly appeared in GOTCHA!, under the ownership of Hop.

In the manga

Pincurchin in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Hop's Pincurchin first appeared in PASS11, battling against a wild Cramorant.

In the TCG

Main article: Pincurchin (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.

Generation VIII

Galar
#353

Galar
Isle of Armor #126

Galar
Crown Tundra #158

Sinnoh
#—

Hisui
#—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus.
Sword	It feeds on seaweed, using its teeth to scrape it off rocks. Electric current flows from the tips of its spines.
Shield	It stores electricity in each spine. Even if one gets broken off, it still continues to emit electricity for at least three hours.

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.

Generation VIII

Sword

Shield

Route 9
Giant's Mirror, Lake of Outrage, Motostoke Riverbank (Max Raid Battle)

Expansion Pass

Courageous Cavern, Loop Lagoon
Frigid Sea (walking and Surfing)
Max Lair (Dynamax Adventure)

Brilliant Diamond

Shining Pearl

Unobtainable

Legends: Arceus

Unobtainable

Wild Area News

Games	Event	Gigantamax	Location	Level	Distribution period
SwSh	Wild Area News	No	hide	17, 30, 40, 50	March 19 to 25, 2020

Base stats

Stat		Range
Stat		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 48		108 - 155	206 - 300
Attack: 101		95 - 168	186 - 331
Defense: 95		90 - 161	175 - 317
Sp. Atk: 91		86 - 157	168 - 309
Sp. Def: 85		81 - 150	157 - 295
Speed: 15		18 - 73	31 - 141
Total: 435	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is:

Damaged
normally by:

Normal

1×

Fighting

1×

Poison

1×

Rock

1×

Bug

1×

Ghost

1×

Fire

1×

Water

1×

Grass

1×

Psychic

1×

Ice

1×

Dragon

1×

Dark

1×

Fairy

1×

Weak to:

Ground

2×

Immune to:

None

Resistant to:

Flying

½×

Steel

½×

Electric

½×

Notes:

If this Pokémon has Lightning Rod, the effectiveness of Electric-type moves is 0×.

By leveling up

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
011	Peck	Flying	Physical	03535	100100%	35
011	Thunder Shock	Electric	Special	04040	100100%	30
055	Water Gun	Water	Special	04040	100100%	25
1010	Charge	Electric	Status	0000—	00——%	20
1515	Fury Attack	Normal	Physical	01515	08585%	20
2020	Spark	Electric	Physical	06565	100100%	20
2525	Bubble Beam	Water	Special	06565	100100%	20
3030	Recover	Normal	Status	0000—	00——%	10
3535	Curse	Ghost	Status	0000—	00——%	10
4040	Electric Terrain	Electric	Status	0000—	00——%	10
4545	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	08080	100100%	20
5050	Zing Zap	Electric	Physical	08080	100100%	10
5555	Acupressure	Normal	Status	0000—	00——%	30
6060	Discharge	Electric	Special	08080	100100%	15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pincurchin
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Pincurchin

By TM/TR

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

	TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM07	TM07	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	02525	095}}95%	20
TM14	TM14	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	0000—	090}}90%	20
TM20	TM20	Self-Destruct	Normal	Physical	200200	100}}100%	5
TM21	TM21	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM24	TM24	Snore	Normal	Special	05050	100}}100%	15
TM25	TM25	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TM31	TM31	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
TM33	TM33	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	5
TM39	TM39	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
TM55	TM55	Brine	Water	Special	06565	100}}100%	10
TM57	TM57	Payback	Dark	Physical	05050	100}}100%	10
TM58	TM58	Assurance	Dark	Physical	06060	100}}100%	10
TM74	TM74	Venoshock	Poison	Special	06565	100}}100%	10
TM76	TM76	Round	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
TM77	TM77	Hex	Ghost	Special	06565	100}}100%	10
TM90	TM90	Electric Terrain	Electric	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR03	TR03	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110110	080}}80%	5
TR04	TR04	Surf	Water	Special	09090	100}}100%	15
TR08	TR08	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	09090	100}}100%	15
TR09	TR09	Thunder	Electric	Special	110110	070}}70%	10
TR20	TR20	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR21	TR21	Reversal	Fighting	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	15
TR23	TR23	Spikes	Ground	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TR26	TR26	Endure	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR27	TR27	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	10
TR45	TR45	Muddy Water	Water	Special	09090	085}}85%	10
TR54	TR54	Toxic Spikes	Poison	Status	0000—	00—}}—%	20
TR57	TR57	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	08080	100}}100%	20
TR84	TR84	Scald	Water	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
TR91	TR91	Venom Drench	Poison	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
TR95	TR95	Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	08080	100}}100%	15
TR98	TR98	Liquidation	Water	Physical	08585	100}}100%	10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pincurchin
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Pincurchin

By breeding

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Parent	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Memento	Dark	Status	—	100%	10
	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100%	5

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Pincurchin in Generation VIII
Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Pincurchin in that game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pincurchin
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Pincurchin

By tutoring

Generation VIII

Other generations:
None

Game					Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Sw	Sh	EP	BD	SP	Rising Voltage	Electric	Special	70	100%	20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pincurchin
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Pincurchin

Side game data

Pokémon GO

File:GO871.png	Base Stamina: 134	Base Attack: 176	Base Defense: 161
	Egg Distance: N/A km	Buddy Distance: 5 km	Evolution Requirement: N/A
	Fast Attacks: Thunder Shock, Water Gun, Poison Jab
	Charged Attacks: Discharge, Thunderbolt, Bubble Beam

Evolution

Unevolved

Pincurchin
Electric

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.

Generation VIII

Sword	Shield


HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Pincurchin images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Pincurchin has the lowest base Speed stat of all Electric-type Pokémon.

Origin

Pincurchin appears to be based on a sea urchin, specially the burrowing urchin. Its behavior may reference the ability that some urchins have to regenerate spines that are broken in order to inject venom as a defense mechanism, but in Pincurchin's case, it is electricity instead.

Its yellow mouthparts (orange in its Shiny coloration) may be a reference to sea urchin roe, which is often yellow or orange in color and is considered a delicacy. It may also draw some inspiration from pincushions.

Name origin

Pincurchin may be a combination of pin and sea urchin. It may be a play on pincushion.

Bachinuni may be a combination of バチン bachin (onomatopoeia for crackling electricity) and 海胆 uni (sea urchin). It may also be derived from バフンウニ Bafun uni (Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus), which is one of the most popular species of sea urchins.

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Japanese	バチンウニ Bachinuni	From バチン bachin and 海胆 uni
French	Wattapik	From watt and piquant
Spanish	Pincurchin	Same as English name
German	Britzigel	From Blitz, britzeln, and Seeigel
Italian	Pincurchin	Same as English name
Korean	찌르성게 Jjireuseongge	From 찌르다 jjireuda and 성게 seongge
Cantonese Chinese	啪嚓海膽 Pāakchaathóidáam	From 啪嚓啪嚓 pāakchaatpāakchaat and 海膽 hóidáam
Mandarin Chinese	啪嚓海膽 / 啪嚓海胆 Pācāhǎidǎn	From 啪嚓啪嚓 pācāpācā and 海膽 / 海胆 hǎidǎn

More languages
Thai	บาจินอุนิ Bachinuni	Transcription of Japanese name

External links

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