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#0871 · Galar · Generation 8

# Pincurchin

Sea Urchin Pokémon · Electric-type

![Pincurchin official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/871.webp)

Pincurchin is a [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric)-type Pokémon, the Sea Urchin Pokémon, number 871 (#0871) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the [Galar](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/galar) region. It is 0.3 m tall and weighs 1 kg.

Pincurchin is the Sea Urchin Pokémon, an Electric type that makes electricity as it digests seaweed and stores it in its spines. Even a spine that breaks off keeps sparking for at least three hours, the Pokédex says.

## How to pronounce Pincurchin

Pincurchin is pronounced **pin-KUR-chin**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Pincurchin said out loud:

[Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/871.mp3)

In Japanese it is バチンウニ (Bachinuni).

Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce).

## Lore

### Biology

Pincurchin is 0.3 m tall and weighs 1 kg. It has a black, sea-urchin body with yellow eyes, triangular pupils and two yellow mouthparts. A line of spines runs down its back, with two short lines of two spines on its sides, each tipped grey and glowing yellow when current flows. Its five hard teeth do the scraping, and the Pokédex says its lips do not conduct electricity.

### Behaviour

Pincurchin is timid: the Pokédex says even brushing against seaweed makes it discharge in surprise. Bulbapedia says this jumpiness helps keep off its natural predator, Mareanie.

### Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it lives on Paldea's beaches in the East, North and West Provinces, and also around Glaseado Mountain.

### Diet

Seaweed, which it scrapes off rocks and other surfaces with its teeth.

### Powers

Its Ability is Lightning Rod, which pulls Electric moves towards it and turns them into Special Attack, or the hidden Electric Surge, which sets Electric Terrain on arrival. Bulbapedia says Zing Zap is its signature move in Generation IX, alongside Discharge, Spark, Poison Jab and Recover. With base Attack 101, Defense 95 and Special Defense 85 it is built to hit and soak up damage.

### Name origin

Pincurchin may combine 'pincushion' and 'sea urchin'. The Japanese name is Bachinuni (バチンウニ), which may blend bachin (the crackle of electricity) with uni ('sea urchin').

### Design inspiration

Pincurchin may be modelled on a sea urchin, in particular a burrowing kind, and perhaps on a pincushion. Its yellow mouthparts may nod to sea urchin roe, a prized food, and its Electric type could recall sea urchin fossils once thought in southern England to be petrified thunderbolts. These are fan readings.

### In the games

Players meet Pincurchin on Route 9 and in Max Raid Battles in Sword and Shield, the games that introduced it. In Scarlet and Violet it also appears in 3, 5 and 6 star Tera Raid Battles, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A.

### In the anime

Pincurchin debuted in 'Curtain Up! Fight the Fights!' as a Trainer's Pokémon. Hop owns one that briefly appears in the animated music video GOTCHA!.

### Fun facts

- Its base Speed of 15 is the lowest of any Electric type.
- Bulbapedia lists it as the sole Electric type with a multiped body shape.
- In Pokémon: Twilight Wings, four Pincurchin live in a lake where Nessa is doing a photo shoot in 'Early-Evening Waves'.
- Two motorised Pincurchin plushies in the Munchies Watch collection have their mouths joined by a stretchy green strand of kelp.

Sources: [Bulbapedia: Pincurchin (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pincurchin_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Pincurchin (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/pincurchin/)

## Base stats

- HP: **48**
- Attack: **101**
- Defense: **95**
- Sp. Atk: **91**
- Sp. Def: **85**
- Speed: **15**

Pincurchin’s base stat total is **435**. Its highest stat is Attack.

## Type matchups

### What is Pincurchin weak to?

Pincurchin takes extra damage from [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground) (2×) moves.

It resists [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric) (½×), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying) (½×), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel) (½×).

## Evolution

Pincurchin does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

## Abilities

- [Lightning Rod](https://pokee.si/abilities/lightning-rod): Redirects single-target Electric moves to this Pokémon where possible. Absorbs Electric moves, raising Special Attack one stage.
- [Electric Surge](https://pokee.si/abilities/electric-surge) (hidden ability): When this Pokémon enters battle, it changes the terrain to Electric Terrain.

## Moves

### Moves Pincurchin learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Peck](https://pokee.si/moves/peck) | Flying | Physical | 35 |
| 1 | [Thunder Shock](https://pokee.si/moves/thunder-shock) | Electric | Special | 40 |
| 5 | [Water Gun](https://pokee.si/moves/water-gun) | Water | Special | 40 |
| 10 | [Charge](https://pokee.si/moves/charge) | Electric | Status | — |
| 15 | [Fury Attack](https://pokee.si/moves/fury-attack) | Normal | Physical | 15 |
| 20 | [Spark](https://pokee.si/moves/spark) | Electric | Physical | 65 |
| 25 | [Bubble Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/bubble-beam) | Water | Special | 65 |
| 30 | [Recover](https://pokee.si/moves/recover) | Normal | Status | — |
| 35 | [Curse](https://pokee.si/moves/curse) | Ghost | Status | — |
| 40 | [Electric Terrain](https://pokee.si/moves/electric-terrain) | Electric | Status | — |
| 45 | [Poison Jab](https://pokee.si/moves/poison-jab) | Poison | Physical | 80 |
| 50 | [Zing Zap](https://pokee.si/moves/zing-zap) | Electric | Physical | 80 |
| 55 | [Acupressure](https://pokee.si/moves/acupressure) | Normal | Status | — |
| 60 | [Discharge](https://pokee.si/moves/discharge) | Electric | Special | 80 |

### TM moves (38)

Pincurchin can learn 38 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: [Take Down](https://pokee.si/moves/take-down), [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect), [Chilling Water](https://pokee.si/moves/chilling-water), [Charge Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/charge-beam), [Facade](https://pokee.si/moves/facade), [Hex](https://pokee.si/moves/hex), [Swift](https://pokee.si/moves/swift), [Venoshock](https://pokee.si/moves/venoshock), [Endure](https://pokee.si/moves/endure), [Rain Dance](https://pokee.si/moves/rain-dance), [Body Slam](https://pokee.si/moves/body-slam), [Sleep Talk](https://pokee.si/moves/sleep-talk), [Electro Ball](https://pokee.si/moves/electro-ball), [Thunder Wave](https://pokee.si/moves/thunder-wave), [Poison Jab](https://pokee.si/moves/poison-jab), [Rest](https://pokee.si/moves/rest), [Spikes](https://pokee.si/moves/spikes), [Toxic Spikes](https://pokee.si/moves/toxic-spikes), [Substitute](https://pokee.si/moves/substitute), [Liquidation](https://pokee.si/moves/liquidation), [Surf](https://pokee.si/moves/surf), [Thunderbolt](https://pokee.si/moves/thunderbolt), [Reversal](https://pokee.si/moves/reversal), [Electric Terrain](https://pokee.si/moves/electric-terrain), [Hydro Pump](https://pokee.si/moves/hydro-pump), [Wild Charge](https://pokee.si/moves/wild-charge), [Giga Impact](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-impact), [Hyper Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/hyper-beam), [Thunder](https://pokee.si/moves/thunder), [Tera Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/tera-blast), [Charge](https://pokee.si/moves/charge), [Scald](https://pokee.si/moves/scald), [Pain Split](https://pokee.si/moves/pain-split), [Muddy Water](https://pokee.si/moves/muddy-water), [Supercell Slam](https://pokee.si/moves/supercell-slam), [Electroweb](https://pokee.si/moves/electroweb), [Throat Chop](https://pokee.si/moves/throat-chop), [Curse](https://pokee.si/moves/curse).

Egg moves (2):[Memento](https://pokee.si/moves/memento), [Sucker Punch](https://pokee.si/moves/sucker-punch).

## Breeding & training

- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Water 1, Amorphous.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 75 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 2 Attack effort values.
- Base experience yield: 152.

## Pokédex entries

It stores electricity in each spine. Even if one gets broken off, it still continues to emit electricity for at least three hours. *(Shield)*

It feeds on seaweed, using its teeth to scrape it off rocks. Electric current flows from the tips of its spines. *(Sword)*

## Names around the world

- **Japanese**: バチンウニ
- **Romaji**: Bachinuni
- **French**: Wattapik
- **German**: Britzigel
- **Spanish**: Pincurchin
- **Italian**: Pincurchin
- **Korean**: 찌르성게
- **Chinese (Simplified)**: 啪嚓海胆
- **Chinese (Traditional)**: 啪嚓海膽

## Trivia

- Slowest Electric type: 15 Speed.
- Lightest Electric type in Gen 8: 1 kg.
- Shortest Electric type in Gen 8: 0.3 m, shared with 2 others.
- Slowest Electric type in Gen 8: 15 Speed.
- Highest Attack among Electric types in Gen 8: 101.
- Highest Defense among Electric types in Gen 8: 95.
- Highest Sp. Def among Electric types in Gen 8: 85.
- Taller than 4% of all Pokémon (0.3 m).
- Heavier than 3% of all Pokémon (1 kg).
- Base stat total 435, ranked #538 of 1,025.
- One of 69 Electric-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 87 purple Pokémon.
- Number 62 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
- Can learn 50 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 75: about 9.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.

## Sources and fact-checking

- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: [PokéAPI](https://pokeapi.co) open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Pincurchin (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pincurchin_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Pincurchin (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/pincurchin/).
- Pronunciation (pin-KUR-chin): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

**Last checked:** 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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