Pinsir #0127

Bug

Max CP	L402959L503345L51 · Best Buddy3385
Buddy Distance	5 km per Candy
Released	Jul 6, 2016Nov 1, 2018

Type Effectiveness

Pinsir takes 160% from Fire, Flying and Rock moves.

Weak ×1.6

FireFlyingRock

Resists ×0.6

GrassFightingGround

Pinsir is a Bug-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Fire, Flying and Rock.

It reaches 3345 CP at level 50, or 3385 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Bug Bite with X-Scissor.

Base Stats

Attack238

Defense182

Stamina163

Not main-series base stats. Bars scale to 450 / 450 / 500.

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	BugBug Bite	BugX-Scissor	12.5	204
2	BugFury Cutter	BugX-Scissor	12.2	198
3	BugBug Bite	FightingSuperpower	11.4	186
4	BugBug Bite	NormalReturn	11.3	184
5	BugBug Bite	FightingClose Combat	11.2	181
6	BugFury Cutter	FightingSuperpower	11.0	178
7	FightingRock Smash	BugX-Scissor	10.5	171
8	BugBug Bite	FightingSubmission	10.5	171

10 More Pairings

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
9	BugFury Cutter	FightingClose Combat	10.5	171
10	BugFury Cutter	NormalReturn	10.5	171
11	BugFury Cutter	FightingSubmission	9.8	159
12	FightingRock Smash	FightingSuperpower	9.7	158
13	FightingRock Smash	NormalReturn	9.2	149
14	BugBug Bite	NormalVise Grip	8.9	145
15	FightingRock Smash	FightingClose Combat	8.9	144
16	FightingRock Smash	FightingSubmission	8.8	144
17	BugFury Cutter	NormalVise Grip	8.1	131
18	FightingRock Smash	NormalVise Grip	7.8	128

Raid damage at level 40, 15/15/15 IVs, no weather boost.

DPS is damage per second, TDO total damage before fainting. For one boss, see the raid counters.

Moves

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	EPS
Rock Smash	Fighting	17	12	1.5s	11.3	8.0
Bug Bite	Bug	5	6	0.5s	10.0	12.0
Fury Cutter	Bug	4	8	0.5s	8.0	16.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
ReturnP	Normal	25	33	0.5s	50.0	0.76
Close Combat	Fighting	105	100	2.5s	42.0	1.05
X-Scissor	Bug	45	33	1.5s	30.0	1.36
Superpower	Fighting	85	50	3.0s	28.3	1.70
SubmissionE	Fighting	55	50	2.0s	27.5	1.10
Vise Grip	Normal	35	33	2.0s	17.5	1.06

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Bug Bite	Bug	4	3	1	4.0	3.0
Rock Smash	Fighting	9	7	3	3.0	2.3
Fury Cutter	Bug	3	4	1	3.0	4.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
Close Combat	Fighting	100	45	2.22
Superpower	Fighting	85	40	2.13
ReturnP	Normal	130	70	1.86
Vise Grip	Normal	70	40	1.75
X-Scissor	Bug	65	40	1.63
SubmissionE	Fighting	60	50	1.20

DPS damage per second · EPS energy per second · DPE damage per energy.

Elite TM: only an Elite TM teaches it now.

Purified: Return is learned by purifying a Shadow.

Top Counters

Full Rankings

As a Tier 5 raid boss. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

1Mega RayquazaFlyingAir SlashFlyingDragon AscentK43.6 eDPS
2Mega DelphoxFireFire SpinFireMystical Fire+38.5 eDPS
3BlacephalonFireIncinerateFireMind BlownE36.7 eDPS
4Shadow ReshiramFireFire FangFireFusion FlareE35.6 eDPS
5Mega BlazikenFireFire SpinFireBlast BurnE35.3 eDPS
6Mega Charizard YFireFire SpinFireBlast BurnE35.0 eDPS

See Full Rankings

Worth Powering Up?

Not stronger than the everyday pick against any Tier 5 or Mega boss.

The everyday pick is the best attacker that isn’t a Mega, Shadow or Legendary. Each number is how much more of the boss’s health this Pokémon takes off than that pick would. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	120910/10/10	126815/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	161310/10/10	169015/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	201610/10/10	211315/15/15
L40	40	25600/0/0	295915/15/15
L50	50	28940/0/0	334515/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	29290/0/0	338515/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	1268	1097
Level 20	1690	1462
Level 25	2113	1828
Level 30	2536	2194
Level 35	2747	2377
Level 40	2959	2560
Level 45	3149	2724
Level 50	3345	2894
Level 51	3385	2929

Research, raid and egg catches have at least 10/10/10 IVs. A wild catch can be as low as 0/0/0.

L40 is the cap without XL Candy, L50 with it. L51 is Best Buddy only.

Dex Details

Second Charged Move	75 Candy · 75,000 Stardust
Height / Weight	1.5 m · 55 kg
Gender Ratio	50.0%50.0%
Trading	TradableTransferable

Abilities, EVs, breeding and learnsets: Pinsir in the RotomLabs Pokédex

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/13/141499 CP at level 19

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/13/14	1499	19	100.00%
#2	0/14/13	1498	19	99.53%
#3	0/12/14	1495	19	99.48%
#4	0/12/15	1499	19	99.48%
#5	1/15/11	1500	19	99.48%
#6	1/11/14	1497	19	99.39%
#7	2/10/14	1500	19	99.28%
#8	0/15/11	1493	19	99.06%
#9	0/15/12	1498	19	99.06%
#10	4/15/15	1496	18.5	99.05%

A 15/15/15 ranks #1670 of 4,096, with 95.07% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/14/152498 CP at level 33

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/14/15	2498	33	100.00%
#2	2/15/14	2499	32.5	99.79%
#3	0/12/14	2498	33.5	99.76%
#4	0/15/14	2498	33	99.75%
#5	0/13/13	2498	33.5	99.52%
#6	0/10/13	2498	34	99.51%
#7	0/13/15	2492	33	99.48%
#8	1/15/10	2499	33.5	99.43%
#9	1/15/12	2494	33	99.41%
#10	3/15/15	2496	32	99.40%

A 15/15/15 ranks #975 of 4,096, with 97.05% of the best stat product.

Ultra League Rankings on PvPoke

Ranked by stat product at the highest level under the CP cap.

Trades and research have at least 10 in each IV, lucky trades 12. Check your own. This ranks IVs only. For the meta, see PvPoke.

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Pinsir #0127

Type Effectiveness

Base Stats

Best Movesets

Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Top Counters

Worth Powering Up?

CP by Level

Dex Details

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

Ultra League