Strong point: Attack — among the highest in the entire Pokédex. Overall it is one of the stronger species — above 94% of the Pokédex. On defense it has 5 weaknesses, 3 resistances and 1 full immunity. Watch out for the Rock type — damage from it is quadrupled.
Base stats
Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Attack.
A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Attack, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.
Mega Evolution adds a fixed pool of one hundred points and replaces the ability with a single one.
Which nature to choose
It hits physically: its Attack (155) is 90 points higher than its Sp. Atk. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.
- Jolly +Spe · −SpA Its Speed is higher than 89% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
- Adamant +Atk · −SpA If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.
- Hidden Power and Weather Ball still deal damage based on Sp. Atk. If either of them is going into the set, lowering Sp. Atk is no longer free.
A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.
Abilities
- Aerilate Turns the bearer's normal moves into flying moves and strengthens them to 1.3× their power.
Pokédex entry
If it fails to crush the victim in its pincers, it will swing it around and toss it hard.
Resistances and weaknesses
Type chart →How much damage Mega Pinsir takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.
Variant gallery
The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.
Breeding
All Egg Groups →Offspring can come from 91 species from the same Egg Groups (with opposite genders) or from Ditto. Below are the first 12 by Pokédex number.
Moves (79)
Full move list →Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (45 via TM/TR, 9 via Egg, 9 via tutor) are on the full list.
| Lv. | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Focus Energy | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Vice Grip | Normal | Physical | 55 | 100% | 30 |
| 4 | Bind | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85% | 20 |
| 8 | Seismic Toss | Fighting | Physical | — | 100% | 20 |
| 12 | Harden | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 15 | Revenge | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100% | 10 |
| 16 | Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100% | 15 |
| 18 | Vital Throw | Fighting | Physical | 70 | — | 10 |
| 20 | X Scissor | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 22 | Double Hit | Normal | Physical | 35 | 90% | 10 |
| 26 | Submission | Fighting | Physical | 80 | 80% | 20 |
| 32 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 36 | Storm Throw | Fighting | Physical | 60 | 100% | 10 |
| 36 | Thrash | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100% | 10 |
| 44 | Superpower | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100% | 5 |
| 50 | Guillotine | Normal | Physical | — | 30% | 5 |