Pinsir

No. 127

Role

PVE

Requirement

Level 80

Tier

T3

Generation

1

Moveset type

Fast

It grips its prey with its pincers until it splits it in two. What it cannot tear apart, it throws far away.

Moves

Moveset type2 of 6 area moves10 moves

Pinsir moves
Slot	Move	Element	Range	Effects	PVE cooldown	PVP cooldown
M1	CrunchHits the opponent many times in a row. Some Pokémon use a STEEL version that instead deals damage in a large area around the Pokémon.		Target	Damage	15 s	15 s
M2	Brick BreakDeals damage in a frontal area, applying the STUN effect to opponents for 5 seconds.		Area	DamageStun	30 s	30 s
M3	BindDeals damage to the opponent over 8 seconds, applying the STUN effect for 1.5 seconds and SLOW for 2 seconds.		Target	DamageStunSlow	32 s	32 s
M4	BulldozeDeals damage progressively in a frontal area, allowing the same opponent to be hit more than once.		Area	Damage	50 s	50 s
M5	Fury CutterLaunches two attacks, dealing damage in a frontal area.		Area	Damage	15 s	15 s
M6	GuillotineDeals damage to the opponent; can only be used at short range.		Target	Damage	35 s	35 s
M7	RevengeDeals damage in an area around the Pokémon for 2 seconds.		Area	Damage	40 s	40 s
M8	HardenIncreases the Pokémon's defense for 10 seconds.		Area	Buff	30 s	30 s
M9	Swords DanceDoubles the damage dealt by physical attacks for 15 seconds and grants bonus damage to your Pokémon's next attack.		Area	Buff	50 s	50 s
—	Bug InstinctReveals illusions in an area around your Pokémon.		Passive	BuffNevermiss	10 s	10 s

Loot

Base3Wildscape3Primal0

Pinsir loot in Base
Item	Chance	Amount
bug gosme	100%	10–14
Pinsir Horn	15%	1
Cocoon Stone	Very rare	1

Pinsir loot in Wildscape
Item	Chance	Amount
bug gosme	100%	10–14
Pinsir Horn	45%	1
Cocoon Stone	2%	1

No drops in Primal.

Locations

Hunts1

Hunt Finder hunts where Pinsir spawns
Hunt	Level	Zone	Shiny tier
Pinsir	150–350	Wildscape

On the map

Each dot is a tile where the game’s Pokédex places Pinsir.

Game map around x 3,360, y 2,856, floor 6, with the tiles where Pinsir spawns — Common
Floor6
Aroundx 3,360, y 2,856

Game map around x 2,760, y 624, floor 7, with the tiles where Pinsir spawns — Wildscape
Floor7
Aroundx 2,760, y 624

Game map around x 2,880, y 2,184, floor 8, with the tiles where Pinsir spawns — Wildscape
Floor8
Aroundx 2,880, y 2,184

Effectiveness

Damage taken by attack element.

Damage taken by attack element.
Very weak×2
Weak×1.5	None
Neutral×1
Resists×0.5	None
Very resistant×0.4
Immune×0	None

Field abilities

Headbutt
Cut
Rock Smash
Strength

Variants

PinsirNormalLevel 80Tier T3
Shiny PinsirShinyLevel 120Tier

Trade

See Pinsir listings in Trade