Basculin

#0550 - Basculin
Hostile Pokémon
Type	Water
Abilities	Reckless / Adaptability
Hidden Ability	Moldbreaker
Height / Weight	1.0 m / 18.0 kg
Catch Rate	25
Base Exp / Growth	161 / Medium
Egg Groups	Water2
Gender Ratio	Female50Percent

Pokédex Description

Savage, violent Pokémon, red and blue Basculin are always fighting each other over territory.

Base Stats

HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed	Total
70	92	65	80	55	98	460

Overworld Encounters

Location	Method	Level Range	Chance
Dewford Town	GoodRod	Lv. 10 - 30	1%
Dewford Town	SuperRod	Lv. 20 - 45	1%
Route 105	OldRod	Lv. 5 - 10	1%
Route 105	GoodRod	Lv. 10 - 30	1%
Route 105	SuperRod	Lv. 20 - 45	1%
Route 107	OldRod	Lv. 5 - 10	1%
Route 107	GoodRod	Lv. 10 - 30	1%
Route 107	SuperRod	Lv. 20 - 45	1%
Route 98	Water	Lv. 18 - 21	30%
Route 98	Water	Lv. 23 - 26	20%
Fossil Sanctuary	Water	Lv. 48 - 52	25%
Underwater	Land	Lv. 48 - 52	5%
Dewford Town	GoodRod	Lv. 10 - 30	1%
Dewford Town	SuperRod	Lv. 20 - 45	1%
Route 105	OldRod	Lv. 5 - 10	1%
Route 105	GoodRod	Lv. 10 - 30	1%
Route 105	SuperRod	Lv. 20 - 45	1%
Route 107	OldRod	Lv. 5 - 10	1%
Route 107	GoodRod	Lv. 10 - 30	1%
Route 107	SuperRod	Lv. 20 - 45	1%
Route 98	Water	Lv. 18 - 21	30%
Route 98	Water	Lv. 23 - 26	20%
Fossil Sanctuary	Water	Lv. 48 - 52	25%
Underwater	Land	Lv. 48 - 52	5%
Dewford Town	GoodRod	Lv. 10 - 30	1%
Dewford Town	SuperRod	Lv. 20 - 45	1%
Route 105	OldRod	Lv. 5 - 10	1%
Route 105	GoodRod	Lv. 10 - 30	1%
Route 105	SuperRod	Lv. 20 - 45	1%
Route 107	OldRod	Lv. 5 - 10	1%
Route 107	GoodRod	Lv. 10 - 30	1%
Route 107	SuperRod	Lv. 20 - 45	1%
Route 98	Water	Lv. 18 - 21	30%
Route 98	Water	Lv. 23 - 26	20%
Fossil Sanctuary	Water	Lv. 48 - 52	25%
Underwater	Land	Lv. 48 - 52	5%

Learnset by Level Up

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc	PP
1	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100	25
1	Tail Whip	Normal	Status	—	100	30
4	Tackle	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
8	Flail	Normal	Physical	1	100	15
12	Aqua Jet	Water	Physical	40	100	20
16	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
20	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	10
24	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
28	Soak	Water	Status	—	100	20
32	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
36	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
40	Final Gambit	Fighting	Special	1	100	5
44	Wave Crash	Water	Physical	120	100	10
48	Thrash	Normal	Physical	120	100	10
52	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
56	Head Smash	Rock	Physical	150	80	5

Technical Machine (TM) & Tutor Moves

Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc	PP
Agility	Psychic	Status	—	0	30
Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70	5
Chilling Water	Water	Special	50	100	20
Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Endeavor	Normal	Physical	1	100	5
Endure	Normal	Status	—	0	10
Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
Flip Turn	Water	Physical	60	100	20
Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110	80	5
Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10
Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95	15
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
Liquidation	Water	Physical	85	100	10
Muddy Water	Water	Special	90	85	10
Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15
Protect	Normal	Status	—	0	10
Psychic Fangs	Psychic	Physical	85	100	10
Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	0	5
Rest	Psychic	Status	—	0	5
Reversal	Fighting	Physical	1	100	15
Scale Shot	Dragon	Physical	25	90	20
Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	10
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	0	10
Snowscape	Ice	Status	—	0	10
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	0	10
Surf	Water	Special	90	100	15
Swift	Normal	Special	60	0	20
Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100	20
Waterfall	Water	Physical	80	100	15
Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100	20
Whirlpool	Water	Special	35	85	15
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90	15

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc	PP
Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	100	20
Endeavor	Normal	Physical	1	100	5

Evolutions

• Evolves into Basculegion via None ().