Treecko Starting Stats and Moves

This is a page about the Pokemon Treecko in the game Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX for Nintendo Switch. Read on to find out about Treecko's Base Stats, Abilities, and Moves on starting the game.

Basic Information

Type

Treecko
Type 1	Type 2
Grass	-

Base Stats

Ability

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Best Pokemon for the Story

Best Partner for Treecko

Pokemon	Type
Totodile	Type 1: Water Type 2:

Treecko may have a lot of weaknesses, but Totodile can cover most of them with its wide moveset.

With access to Water-, Ice-, Fighting-, and Rock-type moves, Totodile can deal with Fire-, Flying-, Ice-, and Bug-type Pokemon handily.

Best Moveset

Move	Type	Effect
Aerial Ace	Flying	It damages an enemy. It never misses.
Agility	Psychic	It boosts the Travel Speed of you and your teammates in the same room.
Dragon Breath	Dragon	It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also cause Paralysis.
Energy Ball	Grass	It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also lower the enemy's Sp. Def.

Notes

• Dragon Breath and Energy Ball provides Treecko with amazing ranged coverage throughout the game.
• Aerial Ace is a reliable move when your ranged moves fail to keep enemy Pokemons at range.
• Agility is one of the best moves in the game as it affects your whole team. One use of Agility in a party of 3+ more than triples your team's offensive capability.

Learned Moves

Starting Moves

Move	Type	Effect
Absorb	Grass	It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
Dragon Breath	Dragon	It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also cause Paralysis.
Iron Tail	Steel	It damages an enemy. It could also lower the enemy's Defense.
Quick Attack	Normal	It damages an enemy. It reaches up to 2 tiles away.

Moves Learned By Level Up

Lv.	Move	Type	Effect
Base	Pound	Normal	It damages an enemy.
Base	Leer	Normal	It lowers the enemy's Defense.
5	Absorb	Grass	It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
9	Quick Attack	Normal	It damages an enemy. It reaches up to 2 tiles away.
13	Mega Drain	Grass	It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
17	Pursuit	Dark	It damages an enemy. The damage goes up if the enemy has a bad status.
21	Giga Drain	Grass	It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
25	Agility	Psychic	It boosts the Travel Speed of you and your teammates in the same room.
29	Slam	Normal	It damages an enemy.
33	Detect	Fighting	You'll Protect yourself from enemies' moves. But its chance of failure rises if you use it after you've already used a move that blocks enemies' attacks.
37	Energy Ball	Grass	It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also lower the enemy's Sp. Def.
41	Quick Guard	Fighting	You and your teammates in the same room will get the Quick Guard condition, which protects you from faraway enemies' moves.
45	Endeavor	Normal	It damages an enemy, cutting the enemy's HP down to equal your HP. If your HP is higher than the enemy's, it has no effect.
49	Screech	Normal	It sharply lowers the enemy's Defense.

Moves Learned By TM

Move	Type	Effect
Acrobatics	Flying	It damages an enemy. If you are not holding an item, the damage goes up.
Aerial Ace	Flying	It damages an enemy. It never misses.
Attract	Normal	It makes an enemy Infatuated, which makes the enemy's moves more likely to fail.
Brick Break	Fighting	It damages an enemy. It also shatters the enemy's Reflect, Light Screen, and Aurora Veil conditions.
Confide	Normal	It lowers the enemy's Sp. Atk.
Double Team	Normal	It boosts your evasiveness. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Energy Ball	Grass	It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also lower the enemy's Sp. Def.
Facade	Normal	It damages an enemy. The damage it causes goes up if you have a bad status. It also prevents your Attack from being lowered when you use this move while you have a Burn.
Fling	Dark	You throw an item in an arc, hitting another Pokemon with it. It causes the same effect as throwing an item at an enemy.
Frustration	Normal	It damages an enemy. The less you have opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Grass Knot	Grass	It damages an enemy. The heavier the enemy, the greater the damage caused by the move.
Hidden Power	Normal	It damages an enemy. The move's type changes on each adventure.
Nature Power	Normal	Borrowing power from nature, a variety of damaging moves will be used depending on the scenery of the floor.
Protect	Normal	You'll Protect yourself from enemies' moves. But its chance of failure rises if you use it after you've already used a move that blocks enemies' attacks.
Rest	Psychic	You'll get the Napping condition. With the Napping condition, you'll fall asleep, awakening later with all your HP restored and bad statuses healed.
Return	Normal	It damages an enemy. The more you've opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Rock Slide	Rock	It damages an enemy. It could also make the enemy Flinch.
Rock Tomb	Rock	It damages an enemy. It also lowers the enemy's Travel Speed.
Round	Normal	It damages an enemy. It causes more damage if your teammate in the same room just used the same move.
Safeguard	Normal	You and your teammates in the same room get the Safeguard condition, which prevents you from having bad statuses.
Sleep Talk	Normal	If you're sleeping, a move you know will be used automatically on an enemy near you. But keep in mind that nothing will happen if you use this while you're wide awake.
Substitute	Normal	You'll create a Substitute if you have more than half your max HP. Every time you use this move, your HP decreases. When you create a Substitute, you won't be targeted by enemies, but you can't use moves or items, and you can't restore your HP naturally.
Sunny Day	Fire	It changes the floor's weather to Sunny. The power of Fire-type moves goes up, and the power of Water-type moves goes down.
Swagger	Normal	It makes an enemy Confused, but it also sharply raises the enemy's Attack.
Swords Dance	Normal	It sharply boosts your Attack. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Toxic	Poison	It makes the enemy Badly Poisoned. It never misses if used by a Poison-type Pokemon. It will even hit a Pokemon that's used Dig, Fly, or the like.

Evolution

Evolution Chain

Pokemon	How to Evolve
Treecko	-
Grovyle	Evolves from Treecko at Lv. 16
Sceptile	Evolves from Grovyle at Lv. 36

Can Treecko Mega Evolve?

This Pokemon can not Mega Evolve.

How to Get Treecko

Dungeons Where Treecko is Found

This Pokemon is not found in any Dungeons.

Treecko's Rescue Camp

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Starter Pokemon

Cyndaquil	Totodile	Pikachu	Mudkip
Treecko	Psyduck	Chikorita	Charmander
Bulbasaur	Torchic	Cubone	Machop
Eevee	Squirtle	Skitty	Meowth

Pokemon by Type

Pokemon by Type
Fire	Water	Grass
Electric	Ice	Fighting
Poison	Ground	Flying
Psychic	Bug	Rock
Ghost	Dragon	Dark
Fairy	Steel	Normal

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