#0261 · Bite Pokémon
Poochyena
Poochyena›
MightyenaCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #530 · 8 votes · median D
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Rank #447 · 9 votes · median B
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Endless
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Tier history
Moved B → C 27 days ago
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Game data
Abilities
- Run Away
Enables a sure getaway from wild Pokémon, as well as ignoring any effect that would usually prevent the Pokémon from switching out.
- Quick Feet
When the Pokémon has a status condition, its Speed stat is boosted by 50%. Being paralyzed does not lower the Pokémon’s Speed stat.
- RattledHidden
The Pokémon gets scared when hit by a Dark-, Ghost-, or Bug-type attack or if intimidated, which boosts its Speed stat.
Boosts the power of the Pokémon’s contact moves by 30%.
Egg moves
- Knock OffDarkPhysical65 pow · 100%
The user slaps down a target’s held item, removing the item. This move’s power is boosted by 50% if the target has a held item.
- 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.
- Dire ClawPoisonPhysical80 pow · 100%
The user lashes out at the target with ruinous claws. This move has a 30% chance of leaving the target poisoned, paralyzed, or asleep.
- Victory DanceFightingStatus— · —Rare egg move
The user performs an intense dance to usher in victory, boosting its Attack, Defense, and Speed stats.
Base stats
Poochyena · BST 220
Mightyena · BST 420
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-2 starter:
- Passive ability
- 40 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 25 / 60 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 30 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Poochyena eggs: 27 🍬 after 20 hatches, 22 🍬 after 40 hatches, 15 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 50
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Poochyena needs 50 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.