Staryu
Water
Base stats
HP30
Atk45
Def55
SpA70
SpD55
Spe85
BST340
Abilities
- Primary
- Illuminate
- Secondary
- Natural Cure
- Hidden
- Analytic
Singles analysis
What this movepool and ability set qualify for under the Singles on National Dex role checks used by league synergy and the roster builder.
Base 85 Speed sits in the middle tier: neither a natural revenge killer nor a slow pivot.
Hazard removal
- Rapid Spin (premium: +1 Spe)
- Rapid Spin
- Hazard removal
- Rapid Spin
Pivoting
- Pivot (U-turn / Volt Switch / Flip Turn / Parting Shot / Chilly Reception)
- Flip Turn
- Teleport (slow pivot)
- Teleport
Recovery
- Reliable recovery
- Recover
- Rest (near-universal; pairs with Sleep Talk)
- Rest
Setup
- Defensive setup (Iron Defense / Curse)
- Curse
Status
- Toxic
- Paralysis (Thunder Wave / Glare / Nuzzle)
- Thunder Wave
- Status chance riders (minor)
- Scald
Stallbreak / utility
- Substitute (near-universal)
- Substitute
- Chip / utility (Pain Split / Future Sight / Corrosive Gas)
- Pain Split
Screens
- Screens (near-universal movepool)
- Reflect, Light Screen
Defense abilities
- Defensive ability
- Natural Cure
Moves — National Dex
76 of 76 moves
| Details | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 | A target of the opposite gender gets infatuated. | |
| Bide | Normal | Physical | — | — | 10 | Waits 2 turns; deals double the damage taken. | |
| Blizzard | Ice | Special | 110 | 70 | 5 | 10% chance to freeze foe(s). Can't miss in Snow. | |
| Brine | Water | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 | Power doubles if the target's HP is 50% or less. | |
| Bubble Beam | Water | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 | 10% chance to lower the target's Speed by 1. | |
| Camouflage | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | Changes user's type by terrain (default Normal). | |
| Confide | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | Lowers the target's Sp. Atk by 1. | |
| Confuse Ray | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 | Confuses the target. | |
| Cosmic Power | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 | Raises the user's Defense and Sp. Def by 1. | |
| Curse | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 | Curses if Ghost, else -1 Spe, +1 Atk, +1 Def. | |
| Dazzling Gleam | Fairy | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 | No additional effect. Hits adjacent foes. | |
| Dive | Water | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 | Dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2. | |
| Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | Raises the user's evasiveness by 1. | |
| Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 | Has 33% recoil. | |
| Endure | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 | User survives attacks this turn with at least 1 HP. | |
| Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | Power doubles if user is burn/poison/paralyzed. | |
| Flash | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Lowers the target's accuracy by 1. | |
| Flash Cannon | Steel | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 | 10% chance to lower the target's Sp. Def by 1. | |
| Flip Turn | Water | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | User switches out after damaging the target. | |
| Frustration | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | Max 102 power at minimum Happiness. | |
| Gravity | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 | 5 turns: no Ground immunities, 1.67x accuracy. | |
| Gyro Ball | Steel | Physical | — | 100 | 5 | More power the slower the user than the target. | |
| Hail | Ice | Status | — | — | 10 | For 5 turns, hail crashes down. | |
| Harden | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 | Raises the user's Defense by 1. | |
| Headbutt | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 | 30% chance to make the target flinch. |