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Psyduck

Psyduck

SupporterRangedSpecialNovice

The classic Psyduck makes its Pokémon UNITE debut as a Ranged Supporter that erupts with mysterious power fueled by intense headaches.

Tier
S
Solo queue
A
Rated
December 27, 2025

How Psyduck plays

Psyduck’s Unite Move, Full-Power Psy-ay-ay!, releases three mysterious psychic waves around Psyduck that deal damage and reduce the damage dealt by opposing Pokémon they hit. Once Psyduck has unleashed its full power, its headache gauge greatly increases.

Builds 4

Recommended held items, battle items and move paths for Psyduck.

Surf - READ EXPLANATION; Items - HP emphasis

Path Support

Held items

Alternative: Vanguard Bell

Battle item

Alternative: Eject Button

Move path

  1. Confusion
  2. Tail Whip
  3. Surf
Prefers to fight compositions that have less crowd control that can cause interuptions while on Surf. Selection of items is to mix and match Curse Incense, Resonant Guard, Buddy Barrier, Shell Bell and Exp Share. Use Curse Incense for blind pick and versus compositions that have recovery. Self sustain and damage mitigation in the form of Resonant Guard, Shell Bell or Buddy Barrier enables tanking damage to get to Swift Swim's mysterious power which grants 20% cooldown reduction. Disable or Psychic may be used depending on enemy composition.

Bubble Beam- READ EXPLANATION

Path Support

Held items

Alternative: Resonant Guard

Battle item

Alternative: Eject Button

Move path

  1. Confusion
  2. Tail Whip
  3. Bubble Beam
Prefers supporting Pokémon that will be able to have the range to pop bubbles for sure hit control but landing the initial bubble beam may require some skill or accuracy. Disable or Psychic may be used depending on enemy composition. Selection of items is to mix and match Curse Incense, Resonant Guard, Buddy Barrier, Shell Bell, and Exp Share. Use Curse Incense for blind pick and versus compositions that have recovery. Self sustain and damage mitigation in the form of Resonant Guard, Shell Bell or Buddy Barrier enables tanking damage to get to Swift Swim's mysterious power which grants 20% cooldown reduction.

Disable- READ EXPLANATION

Path Support

Held items

Alternative: Curse Incense

Battle item

Alternative: Eject Button

Move path

  1. Confusion
  2. Tail Whip
  3. Surf
  4. Disable
Surf is just a dummy placement for this set to explain Disable. Disable prefers selction into highly mobile, slippery and teams with full heal reliance due to the bouncing aspect of Disable to be able to repeatedly affect enemies. Disable should additionally be used where an opposing Pokémon has a critical move to stop from being used again at its regular cooldown.

Moves 5

Both upgrade branches are shown for each move — you only pick one.

Stats

How Psyduck scales from level 1 to 15, and where it lands against the rest of the roster.

HP9000
Attack320
Sp. Atk650
Defense370
Sp. Def310

Level 15, scaled between the lowest and highest value across all 98 Pokémon rather than from zero — a full bar means best in the game.

Growth curve

How each stat scales from level 1 to max.

0%25%50%75%100%13691215

Each line is scaled to its own maximum so the curves stay comparable — HP is far larger in absolute terms than the other stats. Exact values are in the table below.

Stats by level

Values are as displayed in game. Percentages are additive with held items and emblems.

LvlHPAttackDefenseSp. AtkSp. DefCritCDRLifestealAtk Spd
133001308050700%0%0%10%
235031379071790%0%0%10.36%
3372614410195880%0%0%10.75%
43971152113121980%0%0%11.18%
542401611271491090%5%0%11.65%
645371711421801220%5%0%12.17%
748641821592141360%5%0%12.74%
852241941772521510%5%0%13.37%
956212071972941680%10%0%14.07%
1060582222193401860%10%0%14.84%
1165392382443912060%10%0%15.68%
1270682562714472280%10%0%16.61%
1376512753015082530%10%0%17.63%
1482932963345762800%10%0%18.76%
1590003203706503100%10%0%20%