Pokémon Pincurchin

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Electric Type
48/101/95/91/85/15
Lighting Rod/Electric Surge
Relevant Movepool:
Physical: Liquidation, Zing Zap, Poison Jab, Reversal, Sucker Punch
Special: Surf, Hydro Pump, Discharge, Hex, Tera Blast, Chilling Water, Charge Beam
Status: Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Thunder Wave, Memento, Curse, Recover, Rain Dance
Lost moves: Brine, Rising Voltage, Venom Drench, Scald

Pincurchin is a weak Pokemon. Its stats are all around 80-100, except its low HP that is at 48 and its abyssal speed of 15. The one thing that offers it a niche is its hidden ability: Electric Surge. In OU, it has always been outclassed by Tapu Koko but it's gone. Electric Surge has also been buffed indirectly by adding many Pokemon that benefits from it: Future Paradox Pokemons. It also has recovery.

Pros:
-Only Owner of Electric Surge
-Correct Bulk (252+ Atk Annihilape Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Pincurchin: 98-116 (32.6 - 38.6%) -- 5.6% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery)
-Good support movepool, dual hazards, memento
-Water Coverage can cripple Donphan twins.

Cons
-Rely on def investement, either bulk is not that good (252 SpA Choice Specs Dragapult Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Pincurchin: 303-357 (101 - 119%) -- guaranteed OHKO)
-Since it has lost Rising Voltage and Scald, it's very passive and can only spread paras.
-Really miss a pivot move like Volt Switch that doesn't kill it to let slow SIs.

Terastal options:
Don't teralize this please, eventually in emergency defensive case. Tera Flying/Grass is probably the best. Steel/Water can be nice.

Potential sets:

Defensive:
Pincurchin @ Leftovers/Terrain Extender
Ability: Electric Surge
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Recover /Toxic Spikes
- Discharge
- Spikes/Memento
- Toxic Spikes/Hydro Pump/Surf

Troll:
Pincurchin @ Choice Band
Ability: Electric Surge
Tera Type: Ice
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpA
Brave Nature
- Sucker Punch
- Poison Jab
- Tera Blast
- Liquidation

It has still a niche in OU, but will probably end ZU... It was in fact an excellent ZU mon previous gen but it lost too much.
 
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Probably not even ZU… but it doesn’t look like Koko is returning via Home so unless we get a Bulky E Terrain Sett- oh hey Bellibolt, how you doing?
 
Its not as bad as it looks, it was not terrible in OU even with Koko as competition. I would probably run Relaxed nature with 0 Speed IVs, with Max Speed almost every paralyzed Mon still outspeeds it anyway, but with Min Speed it at least can annoy Trick Room. Since Relaxed Nature lowers Speed and not Attack, Liquidation probably is a better Water move than either Surf or Hydro Pump.
 
Terrain Extender is by far best item since the only reason you would run Pincurchin is because of Electric Surge. Loss of Rising Voltage does hurt a bit, but at least it still has recovery. It's overall a very underwhelming pokemon but has a small niche.
 
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