Basculinin Pokémon Heart & Soul

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3 Forms Available:

Pokédex Entry

Hostile Pokémon

It used to be a common food source. The meat of red Basculin is on the fatty side and it's more popular with the youth. Its temperament is vicious and aggressive.

Front

Normal

Shiny

Animated

Shiny Animated

Back

Normal

Shiny

3 Forms Available

Type

Water

Dex

#550

Abilities

Rock Head(Primary)

Prevents recoil damage.

Adaptability(Secondary)

Boosts same type attacks.

Mold Breaker(Hidden)

Moves hit through abilities.

Growth Rate

mediumfast

Gender Ratio

50% Male, 50% Female

Egg Groups

water2

Hatch Rate

Medium Fast (20 cycles)

Catch Rate

190

Poké Ball15.6%

Great Ball21.3%

Ultra Ball26.1%

Base Exp

161

EV Yield

2 Speed

Wild Held Items

Deepseascale(5%)

Weak To

electric ×2grass ×2

Resists

fire ×0.5water ×0.5ice ×0.5steel ×0.5

Forms

Normal,Bluestriped,Whitestriped

Evolution Chain

This Pokémon does not evolve.

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How to Obtain

This form of Basculin has no wild encounters recorded in this game, and no other in-game source is recorded yet.

Type Summary

Weaknesses

Resistances

Immunities

Neutral

Weaknesses

Types that deal increased damage to Basculin. Use these types to counter it effectively.

electric2×grass2×

Resistances & Immunities

Types that Basculin resists or is immune to. Avoid using these types against it.

fire0.5×water0.5×ice0.5×steel0.5×

Best Counters

Pokémon that have type advantages against Basculin, either offensively or defensively.

Lotad

watergrass

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Lombre

watergrass

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Ludicolo

watergrass

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Applin

grassdragon

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Flapple

grassdragon

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Appletun

grassdragon

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Alolan Exeggutor

grassdragon

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Dipplin

grassdragon

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Hydrapple

grassdragon

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Bulbasaur

grasspoison

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Ivysaur

grasspoison

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Venusaur

grasspoison

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Oddish

grasspoison

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Gloom

grasspoison

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Vileplume

grasspoison

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Paras

buggrass

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Parasect

buggrass

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Bellsprout

grasspoison

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Weepinbell

grasspoison

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

Victreebel

grasspoison

2× STAB damage • Resists water

2×Good

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Base Stats

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