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Game data
Abilities
- Reckless
Boosts the power of the Pokémon’s moves by 20% if they have recoil or crash damage.
- Adaptability
Boosts the power of moves of the same type as the Pokémon by 100% instead of 50%. Does not stack with the Stellar-type Tera boost.
- Mold BreakerHidden
The Pokémon’s moves are unaffected by the Ability of the target, with certain exceptions.
When the Pokémon knocks out a target with an attack, it shows moxie, which boosts its Attack stat.
Egg moves
- Wild ChargeElectricPhysical90 pow · 100%
The user shrouds itself in electricity and smashes into its target. The user takes ¼ of the damage dealt by this move.
- Close CombatFightingPhysical120 pow · 100%
The user fights the target up close, inflicting damage without guarding itself. This also lowers the user’s Defense and Sp. Def stats.
- Ice SpinnerIcePhysical80 pow · 100%
The user covers itself in thin ice and twirls around, slamming into the target. This move’s spinning motion also destroys the terrain.
- No RetreatFightingStatus— · —Rare egg move
The user puts everything on the line and boosts its Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed stats. In exchange, the user loses the ability to flee or be switched out of battle. Can only be used once per time the user enters battle.
Base stats
Basculin · BST 460
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-3 starter:
- Passive ability
- 35 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 20 / 50 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 25 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Basculin eggs: 22 🍬 after 20 hatches, 18 🍬 after 40 hatches, 12 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 75
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Basculin needs 75 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.