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#0579 · GENERATION 5

Reuniclus Build Guide

Psychic

Bulky special setup attacker with recovery

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMLife Orb

ABILITYMagic Guard

NATUREBold

Calm Mind

Psychic

Focus Blast

Recover

How to play

Use Calm Mind to raise Special Attack and Special Defense when the matchup allows it, then recover with Recover. Magic Guard prevents Life Orb recoil while keeping its damage boost.

Watch out for

Key risk. Magic Guard does not prevent direct attacks or all status effects. Low Speed and physical attackers can make setup unsafe. Bug, Ghost and Dark attacks are super effective, and Focus Blast can miss.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

BATTLE PLAN

When to attack, set up or switch

Use Calm Mind to raise Special Attack and Special Defense when the matchup allows it, then recover with Recover. Magic Guard prevents Life Orb recoil while keeping its damage boost.

A Dark type is on the field

Psychic moves cannot touch a Dark type, which is the one immunity the setup cannot simply bulk through. Focus Blast is the answer there, and it can miss on the turn the whole set is counting on.

The opponent sends in a physical attacker

Reuniclus is slow, and Magic Guard does not reduce incoming damage, only the residual kinds. Bug, Dark and Ghost each deal 2×, and the Calm Mind raise is on the special side, so a strong physical hit ignores the boost entirely.

You are deciding when to Recover

The heal spends the setup turn, so the question is whether the +1 raise is worth more than the HP. Magic Guard keeps the Life Orb from draining it in the meantime, which is precisely what makes the delay affordable.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Reuniclus in. A slower pivot may take the opponent’s hit first. Turn order and the opponent’s move still matter.

ITEM & ABILITY

How this build works

Magic Guard turns the Life Orb into pure damage with no recoil, and it also ignores poison, burn and Leech Seed — but never the attack itself. Calm Mind raises Special Attack and Special Defense together, while Recover is what pays for the turns spent setting up.

Watch the tradeoff. Magic Guard does not prevent direct attacks or all status effects. Low Speed and physical attackers can make setup unsafe. Bug, Ghost and Dark attacks are super effective, and Focus Blast can miss.

These battle mechanics do not change the builder’s type-and-base-stat score. The tool does not simulate moves, abilities, held items or damage.

COMPARE YOUR OPTIONS

Reuniclus or Clefable?

Clefable offers a Fairy setup role and Magic Guard, with different defensive matchups.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Reuniclus	Clefable
HP	110	95
Attack	65	70
Defense	75	73
Sp. Attack	125	95
Sp. Defense	85	90
Speed	30	60

Base stats are not final battle stats. Level, nature, IVs, EVs and battle effects affect the result. Check availability in your game before choosing an alternative.

Teammate ideas

A Dark partner can resist Ghost and Dark attacks. A Steel teammate can help against Bug attackers; add faster damage in remaining slots.

Umbreon

Resists Ghost and Dark and provides another defensive support option.

Read Umbreon guide →Compare teammates →

Scizor

Resists Bug and adds physical damage with priority.

Read Scizor guide →Compare teammates →

These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

Compare computed teammate suggestions →

Alternative: Clefable

Clefable offers a Fairy setup role and Magic Guard, with different defensive matchups.

Read Clefable guide →

Try Clefable →

Type matchups

Weak to

Bug2×Ghost2×Dark2×

Resistances and immunities

Fighting0.5×Psychic0.5×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP110

Attack65

Defense75

Sp. Attack125

Sp. Defense85

Speed30

Evolution chain

Solosis#577
Level 32
Duosion#578
Level 41
Reuniclus#579

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

Build your Reuniclus team

Start with Reuniclus. Add teammates and compare your type-and-base-stat score.

Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

SLOT 01#579

Reuniclus

Psychic

SLOT 02

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SLOT 04

SLOT 05

SLOT 06

Understand your team

Offense83

Defense57

Coverage11

Synergy17

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Bug attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Dark attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Your own types can hit 2 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.
No teammate has a base Speed of 100 or higher. Consider adding a faster option.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Reuniclus	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	1×	0	0
Water	1×	0	0
Electric	1×	0	0
Grass	1×	0	0
Ice	1×	0	0
Fighting	½×	0	1
Poison	1×	0	0
Ground	1×	0	0
Flying	1×	0	0
Psychic	½×	0	1
Bug	2×	1	0
Rock	1×	0	0
Ghost	2×	1	0
Dragon	1×	0	0
Dark	2×	1	0
Steel	1×	0	0
Fairy	1×	0	0

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

NormalNeutral

FireNeutral

WaterNeutral

ElectricNeutral

GrassNeutral

IceNeutral

Fighting✓ Super effective

Poison✓ Super effective

GroundNeutral

FlyingNeutral

PsychicResisted

BugNeutral

RockNeutral

GhostNeutral

DragonNeutral

DarkImmune target

SteelResisted

FairyNeutral

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.