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Poochyena, a Dark type Pokémon, official artwork

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Poochyena: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Poochyena is a balanced Pokémon, led by its Attack (55) and HP (35), with a base stat total of 220. Competitively it is a Little Cup Pokémon.

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What is Poochyena weak to?

How much damage Poochyena takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toBugFairyFighting
0.5×ResistsDarkGhost
0×Immune toPsychic

Poochyena takes super-effective damage from Bug, Fairy, Fighting. It resists Dark, Ghost and is immune to Psychic.

Best moveset for Poochyena

Poochyena has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Double-EdgeNormal120
  • Foul PlayDark95
  • Play RoughFairy90
  • Psychic FangsPsychic85

Best nature for Poochyena

Adamant. Poochyena is a physical attacker (55 Attack vs 30 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Run AwayNo competitive use.
  • Quick FeetIf this Pokemon is statused, its Speed is 1.5x; ignores Speed drop from paralysis.
  • RattledSpeed is raised 1 stage if hit by a Bug-, Dark-, or Ghost-type attack, or Intimidated.

Evolution line

Poochyena
Mightyena
Full learnset (49 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
Hyper VoiceNormal90100%Special
Play RoughFairy9090%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
UproarNormal90100%Special
Psychic FangsPsychic85100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
DigGround80100%Physical
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
Ice FangIce6595%Physical
Thunder FangElectric6595%Physical
AssuranceDark60100%Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
CovetNormal60100%Physical
ThiefDark60100%Physical
SnarlDark5595%Special
Poison FangPoison50100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
AstonishGhost30100%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
Super FangNormal?90%Physical
CharmFairy-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
HowlNormal--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
Sand AttackGround-100%Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
TauntDark-100%Status
YawnNormal--Status