#0954 · Paldea · Generation 9

Rabsca

Rolling Pokémon · Bug/Psychic-type

Rabsca is a Bug/Psychic-type Pokémon, the Rolling Pokémon, number 954 (#0954) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 0.3 m tall and weighs 3.5 kg.

Rabsca is the Rolling Pokémon, a Bug and Psychic scarab that gently rolls a glowing ball with a sleeping infant inside. The Pokédex says it is thought that the baby, not the beetle, is the real Pokémon.

How to pronounce Rabsca

Rabsca is pronounced RAB-skuh. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Rabsca said out loud:

In Japanese it is ベラカス (Beracas).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Rabsca is a teal, metallic beetle, 0.3 m tall and 3.5 kg, that floats upside down above the ground. It has a red face with a white star shape on its forehead, plus long white whiskers that look like eyebrows and a moustache. Its hind legs hold a reddish-pink ball that can shine brightly to show a sleeping, cocoon-like baby inside.

Behaviour

Rabsca is a careful nursemaid: the Pokédex says it turns the ball gently with its legs so the baby can sleep well. Its own body stays almost motionless while it works.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat, but Serebii lists the Desert biome in Paldea. In Scarlet and Violet you get one by evolving Rellor or from 4-star Tera Raids, and The Indigo Disk adds it to the Savanna Biome with Blueberry Pokédex number 31.

Powers

Synchronize passes a burn, paralysis or poison back to whoever inflicted it, and Telepathy is hidden. It learns Revival Blessing, which revives a fainted ally, the moment it evolves, and later gains Psybeam, Extrasensory, Bug Buzz and Psychic. With 115 base Special Attack and 100 Special Defense it is a sturdy special attacker.

Name origin

Rabsca may be 'scarab' with its syllables transposed, which also makes it an anagram of the word, and it may nod to Ra, the Egyptian sun god sometimes linked with scarabs. The Japanese name is Beracas (ベラカス), which may be sukarabe (scarab) spelled in reverse.

Design inspiration

Rabsca appears to be a sacred scarab beetle, and may echo an Egyptian scarab-faced god of the rising sun and renewal, which Bulbapedia links to its Revival Blessing. Its long white moustache and eyebrows give it the look of an old sage who gained wisdom through lifelong training, and the ball with a baby inside may reflect dung beetles that lay eggs in a ball of dung. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Rabsca is the evolved form of Rellor, which needs 1,000 steps walked with it in Let's Go before it levels up.

In the games

Rabsca appears in Tera Raid Battles as well as through evolution in Scarlet and Violet, where it debuted. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Rabsca debuted in the Horizons episode 'Friends as Two, Me and You', where four of them helped Indi and Rubina fight Roy and Ult.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia notes that the infant inside the ball is a separate model within Rabsca's in-game model, resembling a basic insect larva and distinct from Rellor.
• With a base Speed of 45, it is the slowest Psychic type of Generation IX.
• It learns all three Swap moves, Power Swap, Guard Swap and Speed Swap, at level 40.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Rabsca (Pokémon) · Serebii: Rabsca (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 75
• Attack: 50
• Defense: 85
• Sp. Atk: 115
• Sp. Def: 100
• Speed: 45

Rabsca’s base stat total is 470. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Rabsca weak to?

Rabsca takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Flying (2×), Bug (2×), Rock (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Fighting (¼×), Grass (½×), Ground (½×), Psychic (½×).

Evolution

What does Rabsca evolve from?

Rabsca evolves from Rellor (Level up after walking 1,000 steps). Walk the 1,000 steps in Let's Go mode (Scarlet and Violet), without going back in the Poké Ball.

Rabsca is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Rellor, Rabsca.

Abilities

• Synchronize: Copies burns, paralysis, and poison received onto the Pokémon that inflicted them.
• Telepathy (hidden ability): Protects against friendly Pokémon's damaging moves.

Moves

Moves Rabsca learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Rabsca learns the move the moment it evolves: Revival Blessing.

TM moves (57)

Rabsca can learn 57 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Protect, Struggle Bug, Psybeam, Confuse Ray, Thief, Pounce, Facade, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Stored Power, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Psyshock, Dig, Zen Headbutt, Sleep Talk, Electro Ball, Reflect, Light Screen, Dazzling Gleam, Rest, Imprison, Leech Life, Skill Swap, Power Gem, Gunk Shot, Substitute, Iron Defense, X-Scissor, Trick, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball, Psychic, Calm Mind, Earth Power, Psychic Terrain, Sludge Bomb, Giga Impact, Trick Room, Bug Buzz, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Gravity, Bug Bite, Lunge, Weather Ball, Poltergeist, Psych Up, Future Sight, Expanding Force, Skitter Smack, Psychic Noise.

Egg moves (2):Psych Up, Safeguard.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Bug.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Fast (800,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 165.

Pokédex entries

An infant sleeps inside the ball. Rabsca rolls the ball soothingly with its legs to ensure the infant sleeps comfortably. (Violet)

The body that supports the ball barely moves. Therefore, it is thought that the true body of this Pokémon is actually inside the ball. (Scarlet)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Slowest Psychic type in Gen 9: 45 Speed.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Bug types in Gen 9: 115.
• Taller than 4% of all Pokémon (0.3 m).
• Heavier than 11% of all Pokémon (3.5 kg).
• Base stat total 470, ranked #450 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #89 of 1,025.
• One of 3 Pokémon that are both Bug and Psychic.
• One of 130 green Pokémon.
• Number 49 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 68 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% 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 open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Rabsca (Pokémon), Serebii: Rabsca (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (RAB-skuh): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

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

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