Masquerain (Pokémon)

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Masquerain アメモース Amemoth #284
Art by Ken Sugimori from Ruby and Sapphire
Type Bug Flying Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Eyeball Pokémon
Abilities Intimidate Blue-Striped ----- Tension Hidden Ability
Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn #033 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 2'07" Imperial 0.8 m Metric 2'07"/0.8 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 7.9 lbs. Imperial 3.6 kg Metric 7.9 lbs./3.6 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Blue	Catch rate 75 (9.8%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Water 1 and Bug groups 16 cycles (4080 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 1 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 128 Battle Exp.: 1281*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Masquerain (Japanese: アメモース Amemoth) is a dual-type Bug/Flying Pokémon.

It evolves from Surskit starting at level 22.

Biology

Physiology

Masquerain has a light-blue body with four rhombus-shaped "feet" that also function as the Pokémon's wings. Masquerain's head is shaped like an elongated teardrop and has a pair of angry-looking antennae.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Masquerain has patterns on its antennae that it uses to scare off would-be attackers. It can fly in nearly any direction, but is unable to do this if its wings get wet.

Behavior

Despite its appearance, Masquerain is usually a peaceful Pokémon. Because it cannot fly if its wings get wet, it shelters itself from rain under large trees and eaves.

Habitat

Masquerain can sometimes be found near small ponds, but usually scatter when humans approach.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Drew's Masquerain

Major appearances

Masquerain first appeared in A Fan with a Plan. Drew was seen practicing with it for the upcoming Rubello Town Contest, which was in the following episode. It appeared in subsequent episodes since.

In Destiny Deoxys, a Masquerain was owned by Audrey. The Eyeball Pokémon helped to rotate the fan blades of the windmills in order for LaRousse City's power to come back on.

Minor appearances

Masquerain made a small appearance in The Rise of Darkrai as one of the Pokémon Darkrai hit with a Dark Void attack as the other trainers were attacking him.

A Masquerain made a cameo appearance in Old Rivals, New Tricks.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Guile Hideout's Surskit evolved into a Masquerain toward the end of the Emerald arc, but it was easily subdued by Polibo and vanished with its owner soon afterward.

In the TCG

Main article: Masquerain (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Platinum		SilverPowder (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation V Other generations: III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	0000—	090}}90%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	09595	100}}100%	10
	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120120	070}}70%	5
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	0000—	—}}—%	5
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM22	SolarBeam	Grass	Special	120120	100}}100%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	15
	TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	06060	—}}—%	20
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	15
	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	04040	100}}100%	10
	TM48	Canon	Normal	Special	06060	100}}100%	15
	TM53	Energy Ball	Grass	Special	08080	100}}100%	10
	TM55	Boiling Water	Water	Special	08080	100}}100%	15
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150150	090}}90%	5
	TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	0000—	100}}100%	20
	TM76	Struggle Bug	Bug	Special	03030	100}}100%	20
	TM77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	0000—	090}}90%	15
	TM89	U-turn	Bug	Physical	07070	100}}100%	20
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	0000—	—}}—%	10
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Masquerain Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Masquerain Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation V Other generations: III - IV - VI - VII - VIII - IX
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Aqua Jet	Water	Physical	40	100%	20
	Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100%	20
	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	Foresight	Normal	Status	—	—%	40
	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	120	80%	5
	Mind Reader	Normal	Status	—	—%	5
	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95%	15
	Psybeam	Psychic	Special	65	100%	20
	Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100%	15
Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Masquerain in Generation V Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Masquerain in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Masquerain Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Masquerain Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

Special moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Pinball RS    Acquisition: Evolve		Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team File:MDP RT 284.png Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Tadpole Pond Phrases 51%-100% HP I don't like it when it rains. It prevents me from flying. 26%-50% HP Huh? My health is down to only half already. I have to be careful. 1%-25% HP That's it... My antennae feel too heavy to fly... Level up I got my next level! I'll work that much harder! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up I got my next level! I'll work that much harder!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -10% IQ group: D
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Loops: 0 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Normal  Poké Assist: None Field move: None Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Normal  None Past ( Normal ) None Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: Move: {{{ConquestMove}}} Attack: Ability 1: {{{ConquestAbility1}}} Defense: Ability 2: {{{ConquestAbility2}}} Speed: Ability 3: {{{ConquestAbility3}}} Does not evolve. Range: 0 Perfect Links: {{{ConquestLink}}}

Evolution

Unevolved Surskit  Bug  Water

Level 22 →

First evolution Masquerain  Bug  Flying

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Masquerain images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Masquerain, a moth-like Pokémon, evolves from Surskit, a water strider-like Pokémon, despite the fact that the two real animals aren't even in the same order of insects.
• Masquerain's Pokédex entries from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and Pokémon Emerald state that Masquerain cannot fly during rain, or when its wings are wet at all. However, in the games, nothing will happen to it if it is raining on the battlefield. It is also capable of learning the move Rain Dance.
• Masquerain is so far the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 414.
• Masquerain and its pre-evolution are the only non-legendary Bug-type Pokémon capable of using Ice-type attacks.
• As of Generation V, no other Pokémon have same dual egg group as Masquerain's family. In this case, both in Bug and Water 1 are unique.

Origin

Masquerain is based on insects (especially moths) with eyespots used to frighten would-be predators. It is also possible that Masquerain was designed to look like a mask. Both of its antennae have designs that look like eyes, much like an owl butterfly. Also, its flight is similar to that of a damselfly.

Name origin

Masquerain's name is a combination of masquerade, a disguise, and rain.

Amemoth is a combination of 雨 ame, rain, and English moth.

In other languages

• German: Maskeregen
• French: Maskadra
• Korean: 비나방 Binabang
• Chinese (Taiwan): 雨翅蛾 Yǔ Chì É - Literally "Rain wing moth".

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