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Psyduck build: Confusion opening for focused damage

Psyduck is a Water partner with an unusual default opening: Confusion. Keep this Psychic projectile as your first damage investment, evolve it with Reflexes and fuse Nasty Plot when a Bond becomes available.

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Psyduck
WaterKanto
Confusion
Default starting move
1
Bonds for the planned group
2
Moves in the finished group
Starter
Partner availability

Moves, damage categories and recipes

These pieces form the target group. Evolutions and fusions are earned during the run, rather than assumed at the opening.

MoveType and categoryEvolutionRun card
ConfusionPsychic · SpecialPsyshockReflexes
Nasty PlotNormal · SupportNo evolutionNo recipe required

Each evolving attack needs level 5, its required run card and its own gold evolution choice. When two recipes share a card, one obtained card can meet both prerequisites; it does not automatically evolve both attacks.

Check all move evolution recipes →

From the opening to the completed group

  1. Start with the real opening: Confusion

    Keep Confusion active and improve its ability to clear enemies before searching for every support piece.

    This partner is among the starter choices.

  2. Develop the attacks and their recipes

    Confusion → Psyshock (Reflexes).

    Prioritize the attack handling your current pressure. Permanent upgrades and held items do not replace the evolution card obtained in that run.

  3. Form the group with 1 earned Bonds

    Confusion + Nasty Plot.

    Join Confusion and Nasty Plot with the first Bond. Keep that group selected: separate slots do not attack simultaneously.

Positioning and combat decisions

Move across a boss’s warning line rather than retreating straight down it. Let the projectile pursue the target while you look for safe ground and accessible experience drops.

The main tradeoff

Psyduck’s Water typing does not turn Confusion into a Water attack. Its Psychic damage can be strongly reduced by the target’s types, and tracking does not make every shot unavoidable.

One held item: compare the benefit

IF FOUND

Quick Claw

20% less cooldown on all moves.

ALTERNATIVE

Leftovers

Recovers 1.5% of HP per second.

Quick Claw reduces the wait between casts. Choose Leftovers instead if health loss is preventing you from staying in a useful firing position.

Items are found in chests and from defeated bosses. You can hold only one; finding an alternative means choosing between them, and the recommended drop is not guaranteed.

Base stats and permanent upgrades

92
Base HP
×0.99
Physical Attack
×1.06
Special Attack
101
Base movement speed

These are game base values before account upgrades and run cards. They are not a DPS measurement and do not include target defenses, type matchups or actual landed hits.

  • Permanent upgrades belong to each Pokémon; investing in another partner does not strengthen this one.
  • Strength and Vitality help damage and health; Reflexes and Stride support frequency and movement. Prioritize the problem limiting your next attempt.
  • Ban and Card reroll can shape offers, but do not guarantee a particular card sequence.
Separate permanent upgrades from run effects →

Psyduck build questions

Which move does Psyduck start with?

Its default opening is Confusion. The Starting move upgrade can change a configured opening; this guide describes the default.

How many Bonds does this build need?

1 to combine the 2 planned moves in one group. You can play before completing it, but only the selected slot is active.

Which cards unlock its evolutions?

Reflexes. Each attack must reach level 5 and receive its own gold offer. The support moves in this route do not evolve.

Game data & sources

Sprites: PMD SpriteCollab · CC BY-NC 4.0.

PUT THE BASICS INTO PRACTICE

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